Tales of a Shoebox Princess

One of them bought a car with all his own money. One of them likes pink now. One of them still makes random strange noises at odd times. One of them works on the roads of Minnesota. One of them has blue hair again. One of them will have braces removed at the end of May. One of them goes to bed early. One of them has been planning Korean food cooking and cake making. One of them does not want to go to Prom. One of them is now a gospel doctrine teacher in the singles ward. One of them wants to sit with me in Relief Society. One of them has about a month of seminary left this year. The other two children are doing fine also. One got straight As (as did at least one of the two collegians who just came home--good kids!) and the other one is having a baby shower in a couple of weeks. I get to do the food. Lavender cupcakes again!

Today, my oldest child asked me who was the naughtiest of my children. Like I was going to tell her. But I'll tell the faceless random stranger who happens by my blog....ALL OF THEM. In other news, we regain two children this coming week. Jim and I are driving out to Utah to retrieve two collegers, Paul and Hayley. So the house will be moderately full again, especially if Katie comes over. We'll miss OJ though. I wonder if he'll move back here after he finishes college, which isn't that far off. He'll have to share a room with Matt. Also, I feel a great weight lifted from my brain. In late February, I was asked to "facilitate" a class on modeling righteous marriages. I agreed to do it, and from that time forth, my life kinda got hectic. 3 people in my circle of acquaintanceship died, one of them being my husband's father (a great big bear of a man with the softest heart), necessitating a trip to CA for the memorial service. Which led to Jim going t