Stimulus Package

Our most recent stimulus package comes in the form on 19 18-24 month olds every Sunday afternoon. This week we only had 14 and a measly four crying at various intervals. I call it a success. We had a good time (especially with the snugglers) and went through about 1/2 a bag of marshmallows (one culprit ate most of those "Moreplease!" - all one word). Afterwards, Dallin had a headache and I could barely keep my eyes open. We come from a house of two adults and zero noise so just the busyness of it all is exhausting. This is why people are only sent (usually) one child at a time, I believe. It was fun and they are so smart and were so good at being reverent during the lesson; but I am so grateful it's only one time per week. Soon we switch to a new building (hopefully with awesome toys) and an earlier time so I'm optimistic the kids will be even better behaved since we won't be interfering with naptime.
We also bug-bombed our house last night. Spiders be gone! It was stinky but we got it all aired out and I'm just paranoid that it got in my cereal and is going to poison me. But I feel like it is cleaner knowing that all insects are dead in my house. We sprayed the door frames with spray too so nothing can sneak in now that we are bug-free.
I just wanted to post this AWESOME picture that my cousin McCall painted for me and Dallin as a wedding present. She worked long and hard on it and I'm in awe of her talents and grateful she made me look better in her painting than in real life! She is such the artist that she has been commissioned to paint a life-sized horse for the state of Utah (like those buffaloes you see around but a horse). Look at how amazing she is!
And a small little progress update - I lost another pound this week so I'm down about 4 pounds. I'm very happy about it even thought I splurged this weekend and had ice cream. It was so delicious. Gotta keep it up! I've upped my running to 4 miles and sometimes it's just miserable but I guess it's working. Hopefully my body will start to feel stronger instead of like dead weight when I'm done.