Time flies!

Wow time flies when you are stressed to the max. So what you may ask has the Lang family been up to these past 7 yes I said 7 months.

Amanda turned 5 in October Katrina turned 7 Steve turned 36 and Stacie turned ** in November. That being said we went to Disney land for all but my Birthday as we had passes and they gave us gift cards for our birthdays. The girls spent their $62 gift cards in about 10 minutes and then we spent the remainder of the days having fun running from ride to ride. On Steves b-day we left the kids at home and had a birthday date to disney land and went to dinner at the blue bayou resteraunt. It was loads of fun and I think it was more fun watching him spend his money than the girls. He literally took hours and ended up building himself his own light sabor. :) My baby sister McKensi got married and Allison came for a Thanksgiving visit which entailed two trips to Utah that month. We loved every minute of it but it kept us super busy.

We purchased a new home and moved in December with the help of family and made a suprise visit to St George to suprise both Steve and my families on Christmas eve. The new house is a blessing in disguise and came very unexpectadly. We love the new found space we have and I especially love that there is room for everyone to spread out and have a little space to do so. We have lots of work to do on the house as it was a bank owned property but bit by bit it is becoming home.

January left us feeling a bit unsetteled and we spent most of our free time trying to finish up the move and clean up the old house. Allison turned 12 and entered young womens, and yes it makes me feel old to have a 12 year old. My baby Elizabeth turned 3 at the end of the month and we celebrated by going to chucky cheese for the evening.

Febuary brought my youngest starting preschool and I found myself with several hours 3 days a week without children. I am suprised however that in the weeks that have followed I have not found any more time. I still do the same things errands, shopping, dr appts, the only difference is that I do not have the company of little ones to keep me entertained as I do the mundane things of life. I do not look forward to the day that they are all in school and I have every day to myself, maybe we will have to look into foster care at that point or I can get a job at the school as a teachers aid. I guess only time will tell :)

March we were able to have Allison come and visit and we once agin went to Disney Land. Ali does not get to go as much as the rest of us for the obviouse reason that she lives in Oklahoma and when she does come it is the busier times of the year and who wants to spend our entire vacation waiting in line? This year our passes were not blocked and some good friends of ours came with us. They made the trip so much more enjoyable, thanks Carol and Kerri for coming with us :) Ali flew home and then Steve and Katrina started their spring break. We went to Utah for a couple of days to see Steves grandfather who's health is not great. We came back and spent the rest of the vacation on the yard. We stained most of the fence, pulled out all the dead plants and planted 2 peach, 2 apple and 1 pear tree. We also planted 2 grape plants and about 100 strawberries (thanks Ali for helping get those planted and for your help in starting to stain the fence)
April is now upon us and we like everyone else celebrated Easter. We had the Easter Bunny come a day early so Saturday could be about the candy and Sunday could be about the Savior. We made ressurection cookies which helped the kids better understand the Saviors roll in all of this as we read passages from the scriptures to understand the days leading up to the crucifiction and ressurection. I loved listening to conference as we had people in and out of our home joining us for various sessions. Life in the mission field sure is different, no watching conference in your pjs when you have strangers coming into your home to listen to the words of a prophet. On Easter Sunday I also learned that a dear friend of mine had passed away. I made plans to attend the funeral and was touched by the spirit as I watched all of her family and friends (including myself) struggle with the loss. I was touched by the love of her husband for their 5 young children as he made the decision to stay home and be a dad for a while.

I think that about wraps it up for now, I will try to post some pictures as time permits ;)