Too busy!

I feel like my blogging skills have become super rusty lately. I am going to play a little catch up. Here are 10 things I have failed to mention over the last month.

1. Josh lost his first tooth two days ago. He was squealing with excitement. We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Within 3 minutes, he had dropped the tooth and fell to the ground moaning while I searched for 10 minutes. The tooth was never found, but good thing for Josh, that trusty old tooth fairy didn't forget! That trusty old tooth fairy even wrote a poem for him!

2. I have discovered a whole new world! It is the world of ZUMBA! I am addicted to it. At my gym, I am usually the only white girl in this particular class. Most of the women have me by at least 15 years and about 50 extra pounds. I am not trying to be rude or racist, I am just trying to give you a picture of my zumba experience. I LOVE IT! I am learning how to shake it baby!

3. Maddie has moved up to the next level in gymnastics and ballet. I love watching her and practicing with her around our house! Oh, I would love to be a dancer.

4. Dave just finished two long months of adult psychiatry. He is now back to working with kids, thank goodness. You can only deal with so many suicidal people per day!

5. Last month I auditioned for The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. I have had 4 rehearsals and am completely loving it! Our first performance will be the beginning of November. We have a great season of music ahead. The practice schedule is every Tuesday night from 7-10 p.m. My sweet husband has a soccer league he has been playing on every Tuesday night. He has been very supportive of me singing but has not quite been able to say goodbye to his team. Thus, he takes 3 kids to late night soccer games by himself. (That tells you what kind of parents we are.)

6. Josh has picked up a new sport this fall. (My dream sport) Ice hockey!!! We got him some great skates on clearance for $15. He also has his own helmet, gloves, and stick. It is once a week and I am amazed by his improvement after 6 practices. I don't know why I get some type of high being around ice. I am pretty sure it has something to do with my love for the movie, "The Cutting Edge." I told my mom I wanted to be an ice skater when I was little. She gave me one private lesson and decided it was too expensive. I don't blame her. Now, it does make me smile to see Josh out there cruising on the ice.

7. Josh is loving first grade. I was a helper in the classroom this last week. I helped the kids cut apples to make applesauce. Very cute classroom and teacher. I was amazed by how well behaved all the kids were.

8. Maddie is loving preschool 3 days a week. She should really be going every day. I can not keep that girl entertained to save my life! She wants to be doing something every second! I actually have been wishing my kids liked T.V. more because they never want to chill out. It is always go, go, go!

9. Dave and I have been taking full advantage of this weather by going biking as much as possible. It is perfect biking weather! We also have been hooked on a hamburger joint called "Five Guys". After all that biking, we need some burgers and fries. SO GOOD!

10. So, life is good around here. It's Saturday night which means I better start thinking about what I am going to do in primary tomorrow. Primary chorister can be quite an exhausting calling at times. Our primary program is coming up in a few weeks. I really liked church when I could sit for three hours. Now I never sit anymore. Tyler is absolutely NOT doing the whole sacrament thing. 10 minutes on the bench is all I can hope for with him. Speaking of church, I was able to see the R.S. Broadcast tonight. I loved every word from President Monson. Truly inspiring.

P.S. If you want to see what I did with a few crazy friends of mine Thursday night, click on the link below.
http://www.pjbischoff.blogspot.com/

Downtown Indy

I have to admit, I really love the feel of being in a big city. I would like to try the farm life,

but I think living in a big city is great!

Looks cozy huh?

Anyway...

Anyway- Mother Theresa

People are unreasonalble, illogical, and self-centered,

Love Them Anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives,

Do Good Anyway.

If you are successful,

you win false friends and true enemies,

Succeed Anyway

The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow,

Do Good Anyway.

Honest and frankness make you vulnerable,

Be Honest And Frank Anyway.

What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight,

Build Anyway

People really need help but may attack you if you help them,

Help People Anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.

Give The World The Best You've Got Anyway.

I have to remind myself daily of all the good in the world.

There is so much more of it when you're looking for it.

Who lost the lizard?

I am not talking about my mom, by the way! (Her nickname has often been "lizard" since her name is Liz.)

Ok, I have failed to mention on our blog that 3 weeks ago Dave and Josh bought a new pet. A gecko lizard. Sorry I don't have a picture to post, but I must say that he is perhaps the most beautiful lizard I have ever seen. (next to my mom, ha,ha!) He is (or was) bright yellow with black dots all over and super sticky feet that can climb anything. Josh named his new pet, "Vein." Interesting choice, but the name actually started to grow on us. (He must have thought Vein was a cool name because he hears Dave talking about the blood in our veins, and he knows about vampires sucking blood from your veins." So I guess it is a pretty cool name that a 6 year old boy would choose.

I actually started to grow fond of this new pet of ours. I had fun scaring one of our neighbors during our "Bowie Lane Ice Cream Social". (A big black dude in the air force screamed and ran away when I startled him with it!)

So, last night at midnight I went to give Vein some fresh crickets and meal worms, when lo and behold......he was gone!!! Dave was working overnight at the hospital and I was a little uneasy going to bed knowing that a lizard was on the loose in our house! So, who lost the lizard? We are still trying to unravel the mystery. It was not Josh because when I told him the news this morning he broke into hysterical sobs.......so that leaves one culprit. Maddie. She has not fully confessed yet. Her story is a little jumbled. Little Maddie's arms are not long enough to reach into the cage on her own. She must have had some help from our mischievous neighbor next door.

It has been over 24 hours. We have searched the entire house. No Vein. Poor guy. I know it all sounds a bit weird, but I kind of miss him already!

FHE

FAMILY HOME EVENING

Last night we had FHE as I was to be on call Monday. It started out with a normal, straight-forward song, and then Maddie took over. I thought we should share her dancing with the world.

Honestly, I know she's only four, but she already has it all. She has the grace and poise of a ballerina, but at the end, she'll show you a little sass too.