How to roll like Meg Willardson

Ok, I know. I'm crazy late in posting anything.  We just got internet on monday and I have a feeling I'll be playing catch up for a long time.

1) Our ward split on sunday and a new ward was created.  We are now members of the newly formed Sugar Creek Ward. We will miss attending church with some of our very best friends in the Bella Vista Ward, but we're enthusiastic about serving in our new ward, meeting new friends, and the rapid growth of members in NWA.  Someday we will have a temple here!

2) Our move.  Have I written about how wonderful our friends are?  We live in a good place with really good people. I see service everywhere I look. Our move was smooth and wonderful and we are still overwhelmed by the love and support we've felt from our friends.

3) I have the best neighbors and neighborhood in the world. NO. CONTEST.
Seriously, guys. I won the prize, hit the jackpot, struck gold, whatever you wanna call it.
They are the best.

4) The chickens survived the move. Barely.

5) Corbin pooped in the toilet tonight for the FIRST TIME EVER.  My life is forever changed and this is officially the best day ever.

6) My house has been a zoo since we moved here.  Really. I have non-stop people in and out of here. I love it and I am exhausted but I love it so I don't care that I am exhausted.

7) Remember that 5am spin class I was rocking at the beginning of the summer? I went one time after our vacation. Then we moved. My body has ached since, I've lost 15 lbs since the day we returned from our trip, and I haven't exercised at all, save one sorry attempt at a run that I ended up walking most of.  We have two flights of stairs in this house and I run up and down them a fazillion times a day. So if you're looking to boost your workout, take my advice: Stop exercising or cleaning your house. Live out of boxes, eat on microwave friendly food (on paper plates of course), and just climb a crazy amount of stairs all day long.  Forget healthy diet and exercise, or showering.  Showering is for losers who have time to breathe and do important things...like taking showers.  Frozen Twinkies (they're back!), a load of cardboard boxes, and stairs all dang day long.  That's where it's at.

8) I'm attempting to make the last few weeks of summer really count, and not be all about the move (much unlike this blog post).  The house is in a place of no real sort of order, which drives me crazy, but order come later. We're hitting the library, parks, jump zone, the lake, walking trails, and friends houses as much as possible.  If someone isn't here, we're there.  The kids are so happy.

9) The girls are officially obsessed with American Girl Dolls.

10) Quincy came to me crying with a tick on her stomach. Not awesome.  She got the tweezers, I removed it. And then we realized it was a freckle.  Yep. I pulled a freckle off my kid today.  Mother of the year!