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I can't believe how much time is flying between posts.

I normally have pictures that create the inspiration for a post and I have been super lame at taking photos.

So no blogging has been generated.

But so much is happening, I have to update so I can look back and not feel like life stopped.

So one of the happenings this week, is that our ward was split and a new Caldwell 16th ward was created.

At the time of the announcement everyone who was being moved from their ward into a new ward was released, everyone, all at once.  

So basically all new leadership had to be created in two wards.

That creates allot of buzz. 

And for me, working for one of those Bishops... I knew what kind of pressure that put on him so I was having anxiety pains for him during the  day and worried about the prospects of a new calling for me and Jim.

Well Jim got his call early in the week, he is the new High Priest Group Leader in the new 16th ward.  He was blown away and in shock!

He says its very humbling, but he is also very very excited!  There is a wonderful group of men in our ward to serve with, so that is really exciting to him.

A funny story about the transition... Saturday he read an email from the old presidency that said they would cover things for Sunday.  Then Sunday he was sustained in the calling in opening exercises and they moved to another room and he walked in last, sat down in the only chair left open in the room (the Stake Presidents chair) and everyone was starring at him.  He was looking around the room taking it all in, still in a daze, and someone tells him "your the man".  Meaning he would be conducting the meeting.  He was totally taken off guard, but muffled through it.

Later the Stake Presidency asked him how he was doing as we were leaving the building and he said jokingly, well after I get this wet shirt off, I will be okay.  The Stake Presidency member told him next week it will be a little less wet. 

So when we get home, he takes off his suit jacket and his shirt is literally soaked!!  I thought he was just joking, but nope, he was wet to the bone with nervous sweaty yuk!!!

Poor guy, but he is busy busy busy already, he used to come home and enjoy some quiet tv and dinner... this week the tv has not been on, and our phone has not stopped, it's all good and he will be a great leader.

But life has changed at our house for sure :)

Someones world is upside down...

Thursday morning when my brother left, Jim also left to go to a work conference in Portland.

Well you guessed it, someone's world was turned upside down as they lost their newest best friend and their ROCK all in the same moment!

So I'll admit, as much as I LOVE some "me" time, I am missing him too.  But he comes home today so my heart will at least be up righted soon.   Surprisingly I got to only one craft project, but ran out of time for the rest of the me things on my list I wanted to to do while he was gone... like

Bubble bath's

Chick Flicks

Couponing

Cleaning out his closet

Painting a room

Design my raised garden beds I want him to build

Treat the wood furniture

Scrapbook mission photos

Mail letters to all the missionaries serving from our ward and a few of the missionaries friends

Clean the leather furniture

Create cards to send for family birthdays this year its Feb and I have already missed a schlew of bdays, but I still have hope to catch up.

But mostly because I was so busy... yesterday after work I got a call from Mr. Bremmeyer and he was flying I use "fly" because he doesn't do anything except at mach speed... through Boise on his way home from visiting in Arizona and invited me to dinner.

It was so fun to get to see him.  When ever he calls us on his way through Boise, I just had it in my mind I was special and he made time to stop just to see me... but come to find out, there were two other couples in Boise he invited.  He knows someone everywhere and everyone seems to know who he is.  A great man with the biggest heart ever, he gives and gives of himself and it's most always devoted to the elderly.

A very great way to live.

I got home later, finished up my VT reporting and was too tired to go to the church to get it in the computer.  

So I am up early this morning, scrapped the plans to lay in bed and be lazy and sleep in... my internal clock is just not going to me stay down that long, so why fight it.

So I am off to finish my reports and then back home to pull out all the scrapping supplies and spread out on the dining room table to create mission photo magic! 

I hope.

Brother time!!!

My Brother Ralph got to come work in Oregon this week, only about 30 minutes from our house.

So I got some Brother Time!!

Yay!

He came bearing gifts... an entire suitcase full!

5 new bamboo socks my SIL made for me, I got some new ones to replace the old ones with holes in em... and I wear them to work all the time, so I picked colors to match my scrubs.  

There is a couple missing from the photo, I will post my custom BSU socks later :)

They are the softes nicest socks!  If you want your own, and matching dress or t-shirt or jacket... go check out her new website! www.pandastreasures.com

 She us so super talented and has some neat clothing!

I can't wait to pick out a few rayon skirts and dresses to wear in Paraguay!  Light and flowing and cool... just what i will need :)

Also, this package from Mom... so far so good. Only 7 more days until we can open it!

And the rest of the suitcase was FULL of clothes my Mom has shrunk out of!  Yay Mom, I am so proud of you for getting so healthy!!

And what a bonus for me getting all your nice clothes!

But only for a short interum, cause I am shrinking too!  Yay me for getting my healthy self back too!

Last night Ralph, or more fondly known around our house as "Uncle Ralph" (even when Jacob is not here)...

stayed the night at our house.  We had yummy taco's for dinner and played Farkle, which he had tremendous beginners luck the first two hands.  

And just watch the progressing of the love affair Taylor now has with him.

cautious but close...

to very quickly can't get enough of "Uncle Ralph"

She is IN LOVE... you can see it in her eyes!!

After sleeping in the same bed with him all night, she still couldn't get enough this morning.

It was so fun to have him for even a short time!

Thanks for sharing him Panda!!  We missed you!

It will be a rough couple of days, but they will survive... goodbyes are just really really hard.