A very long post after a very long delay

Finally, things feel like they make a little more sense again. This has been a very hard month for us, but a very exciting one too. Last night we got most of our boxes and things organized and our home is making a little more sense. Also, Lucy finally slept through the night last night with no accidents or mid-night whimperings. This is VERY exciting.
We got to officially pick up the puppy a few weeks sooner than we had originally anticipated, which was great. She is such a sweetheart, and so smart. We are VERY glad to have an all-tile floor, but she's definitely getting better about the potty-training thing by the day. She's also learned the commands "sit", "no", "drop it", "fetch, "come", "potty", and "ouch" (aka "stop biting so hard"). We finally found Kenny's camera after the move so we can start taking pictures and posting them.
So, we stretched the move over a two-week period. It sounds nice and more relaxing, but really it just means in the end that I had twice the amount of time to worry and stress and feel guilty for whatever relaxing we did manage.
The new place is working out great. We did have to buy our own fridge, washer and dryer, which was unexpected but will be a good investment in the end. It is really hard for me to spend that much money without having it all planned, though. But now we have our own appliances and someday when we have our own house we won't have to start from scratch.
Kenny has been working so hard on "fixing up" our place and making it more our style. In truth, Kenny has REALLY amazed me the last few weeks. He's dealt with finals (and did fairly well), moving, work, and has been the main keeper of the puppy- mostly because he's home more than I am. He even brought me roses yesterday:)- seriously a husband couldn't be more perfect. We had a slight incident the other evening because Kenny lost his temper at the puppy- one of the few times I've seen Kenny breakdown. I wasn't mad at all- it was just Kenny being mad at himself, which is hard to watch. We ended up concluding that Kenny was just exhausted and needed to force himself to relax. He slept for a long time then woke up just fine.
We went to our new ward on Sunday for the first time, and I'm pretty excited about it. The Bishop seems really cool- we had a good chuckle about my "calling" in my last ward (aloha committee member) and how he was going to give me a REAL calling (which I would be fine with.)
Oh, the other big news is that my department at work is going through some major re-organization to account for the major growth this year (my department plans on doubling to keep up with demand). With the new re-org, I have a new boss (Adam, a very nice fellow who works remotely from Chicago) and only 3 team members- 2 of which are more on the business side and one who is more on the tech side (like me). The four of us will specialize in Financial Services and work only with Fin services clients. I love this. It's going to be great to focus on one problem set and be able to really get ahead of the game. It also opens up a lot of career opportunities (a remote new boss means someday working remotely from home may be a possibility.) I've also been getting lots of compliments from those who work above me and it's been very flattering and self-esteem boosting (even though they are often in the form of "you are the most patient/best at handling clients so we're handing you these dreadful clients who need to work with someone like you"). Too bad all I still really want to do is go home and be a mom. Soon enough, soon enough.
My sister Lori moves to Houston tomorrow. I don't even want to think about it, or I'll break down. Lori and I have been really close. I'm just glad she'll be online all summer so we'll still talk all the time. I think it's what the move represents that bums me out more than anything (growing up, separate paths).
Well, I need to not make this blog too long, so I'll leave you with those more important updates. Hopefully now that things have settled we'll all get back into the blog thing again.

A Long post about a short and exciting weekend

The first week of April went quickly enough, and this last weekend was really great. On Friday we went to a Charity Ball at the Provo Library. It was a fancy affair- I got to wear my homecoming dress from senior year of high school. My sister Lori did my hair up and did an amazing job. It isn't very often that I like anything about my hair.
There was a live auction- we bid on and won a paragliding trip for $120. Kenny really wanted it and I figured, hey, we have the money, and his birthday is coming up. It may be the only time I actively participate in a live auction ("120 going once, 120 going twice… sold, to the lady in the blue dress!"). So that was fun. Afterwards we had Ben and some friends over and played games.
Then Saturday was also an exciting day. We got up fairly early and started packing up some of our stuff that we won't need for the next two weeks. We got up to our new apartment and got out own set of keys and everything. It definitely needs some work- one can tell that a cat got locked down there accidentally without a littler box. After attacking the walls with Mr. Clean pads and leaving the windows open, it's not bad at all. Kenny was really good about getting right to work with the cleaning and stuff. He also took care of some spider webs for me. We'll have to get some anti-ant spray- Kenny has this whole ant-phobia going on. My sister Lori came up to see the place and gives it her stamp of approval, which makes me happy.
Then we drove out to Saratoga Springs (middle of nowhere, on the Northwestern corner of Utah lake) and picked up our puppy for the day. She is now 7 weeks old and as cute as a button. We drove her back to the new apartment and played with her all day, doing a little bit of cleaning on the side. We were torn between naming her Lucy or Rosie, but our new landlady decided for us that we couldn't' name her Rosie since one of our landlady's daughters is named Rosie. So Lucy it is. Lucy Rose Underfoot.
At first she was pretty timid and hid in the corner but after things calmed down she had no problem playing with us. We took her for a few short walks and tired her out. We got three good puppy naps in- one where she slept on Kenny's arm and the other two with me. She only piddled on the floor once (hooray for tile)- seems like she is well on her way to being potty trained. We'll have some pictures once sister Lori gets them to me.
Then yesterday, of course, was Easter. I made Easter crepes (we died them pink to make them extra eastery) and put together a nice little Easter basket full of candy. We hardboiled a dozen eggs, but apparently we aren't egg experts. Both Kenny and I remember something from last year about knowing the egg is done when it floats. So we waited for them to float. And we waited. And waited. After almost a half hour, they still didn't float and our place REEKED of eggs. So we gave up and dyed them:). We then hid them from each other in the apartment- 6 each. I've had more practice hiding eggs- it took Kenny a bit longer to find the last three. It was a lot of fun. We also went folfing- I even let Kenny do all 18 holes! Mostly because he was on a role- a couple of his throws were phenomenal. We joked that he sucked what little skill I had out of me because I was throwing horribly, even for me.
We also watched Iron Giant (one of Kenny's favorites) and Alice in Wonderland. All in all, one of the best weekends I have had for a long time.