Mammals

There has been a lot of talk about mammals at our house lately. Weston's class was learning about the characteristics of mammals, which led to questions about all kinds of animals and whether or not they are mammals, and if so, where do they grow their hair (since having hair is one of the characteristics of mammals)?  Weston did a mammal report for school.  He chose to learn about black panthers.  After he filled out his little report questionnaire his class had a Mammal Zoo.  Weston really wanted me to come see him in the zoo, so I took Davin with me and we ran over to his school and checked out all the wild animals in his classroom.  It was very cute.  The other kindergarten class came and toured the zoo too.

 

This is from awhile back, but Davin made a lion mask at preschool.

As far as our big move goes . . . it is semi on hold.  We are already renting the house in Lehi, so we have been slowly moving our stuff down there.  I have set up all the utilities there in our name.  However, we have to wait for the actual short sale approval before we up and actually start living there.  And for some reason it is taking much longer than anticipated.  Our account finally is showing as "under review" so we are still hoping that we hear back sooner rather than later.  We have plans to move a whole bunch of stuff to the new house this weekend while we have Ian's dad in town to help, and access to a flatbed trailer.  The actual big moving day (whenever that might be) should be much easier with all this prep and involve only one trip in a U-haul since about half of our stuff will already be there. 

With the move imminent, Ian and I were released from our callings this last Sunday.  I taught my last Young Women lesson Sunday morning, then handed over my keys, manuals, etc.  It was actually more sad than I thought it would be.  I was expecting to feel about 95% relief and 5% sad, but the split was much more even than that.  I am grateful that the transition is going to be smooth and I am really grateful for the opportunities that our family had to serve in our ward.  It's easy to see the blessings and growth we experienced in hindsight.  :)  I will miss being a part of the young women's lives, but I am also looking forward to having a few more evenings with my whole family home.

A few of my cute YW.  We made these flower hair clips at my last mutual activity with them.

  

Finally, an update on Miss Talia.  She is going to be 17 months old on Saturday.  Wow.  She all of a sudden seems like such a big girl.  She walks everywhere and is getting fast.  She is very opinionated and shakes her head no when she doesn't want something.  It's so cute that I sometimes ask her things I know she will say no to--"Talia, do you want to go take a nap?"--just to see her shake her head.  I am having fun dressing her in her cute summery clothes now that the weather is warming up.  

This is what she looks like in the morning when I first get her ready for the day.

  

This is what she looks like most of the time.  Pulled out ponytail, food and drool all over herself, etc.