We decided to make our Living Room back into a Living Room. For the past 6-7 years it has been a sewing / crap oops I mean craft room. For the last 6 months it was a storage room for wedding paraphernalia. So once we cleaned that out we decided to make the change. We moved everything up to Alicia's room and brought down the furniture, sofa, chair and table, that was in her room. Alicia's room is huge since it is the bonus room. So with half the room set up as the craft area she still has more room than the boy's do in their rooms. But as it always turns out it is more than just moving furniture. We took down a wallpaper border that was up and re-painted. We added crown molding and had to buy some new accessories. It looks better than it ever has since we moved in. We were going to paint the “dining room” which is really our exercise room at the same time but we ran out of time. Beth had a group of friends coming over for the evening. This became our motivation and deadline to get it all finished. It is funny how that seems to works so much better if you plan an event that gives you a deadline. I was still painting trim the day of but we got it finished. We will get back to the exercise room in due time.
Brittany is enjoying married life. She is really busy. She discovered that if she dropped her French minor that she can graduate in December. It was a no-brainer decision for her. So that was exciting news. She is getting burned out on school and is ready to be done. She and Michael are also going to be running an ice cream shop that is opening up in Provo. It is called Sub-Zero. She and Michael have been working at the one in Orem for
awhile and the owner wanted to open another one in Provo. So they have been working to get that opened on March 1st. So you guys that are in Provo area stop by and have a scoop.
The new store will be taking a Ben and Jerry's location in Brigham's Landing (click for map), which is at the intersection of University Parkway and Freedom Boulevard. So they will be busy. They are going to stay in Provo over the summer to work. I will be going out to Salt Lake in March for work and will get to see them. I can't wait.
Christian continues to work and save. He has had his interview with the Bishop and just needs to talk with the Stake President. So we should know something in the next few weeks about where he will be serving. He has started taking Mission Prep and Temple Prep classes. It is starting to hit him and he is getting a little nervous. I think once he gets his call he will feel more comfortable. Not that he still won't be nervous. He still says he wants to go to New Zealand but we will see. One of the guys in his mission prep class is going there. So he has his fingers crossed.
Cory's rec-league basketball team came in 3rd place. They played hard and lost only by a couple of points. He had a good time and it was a great experience for him. It gave him much better experience than just playing church ball. Their church team came in second. It was a tough loss. The way the tournament worked out they had a bye the first round but ended up playing two games back to back for the championship. In the championship game they only had 6 players and the other team had at least 15 players. They were able to substitute and keep their players fresh. We just wore out at the end. But again it was fun! Cory is looking forward to next year and is planning on working hard at getting better. He is almost finished writing up his Eagle Project to submit it for approval. once this is done he can start driving. he has had his permit for about 4 months now but the arrangement was that he could not practice driving until he turns in his Eagle Project proposal. So we are cl
ose. That means he may be driving soon....
Alicia is doing great. She misses Brittany a lot. But she is enjoying our new puppy. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that we got a new puppy. It is a Yorkie/Bichon mix. So you can say she is a Yoshon or a Borkie we are not sure which is correct. Her name is Sophie. She is cute as a button. She still pees and poops all the time but at least she is cute when she does it.(ha,ha). She actually has been doing well in that area. It helps having another dog that shows her t
he ropes. It is funny how a couple of months before Brittany left for college we got Jasmine. Now that Christian is leaving in a couple of months we got Sophie. Cory said the other day, “When I leave can you get a big dog? I want a big dog to represent me not some little puny dog.” We made no promises.
All else is well!
Love,
Jeff, Beth, Christian, Cory and Alicia (and the rest of the litter)
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