I sort of hate it when web sites change their look or ways. I got on to my blog to write a new post, and couldn't figure out for the life of me how to get a new post started. I think I just stared at it for about 15 minutes. Luckily, I figured it out and it all seems to be a little easier to manage than before. It just takes a genius to figure out how to get started is all.
We had the opportunity about a month ago to attend the open house of the new LDS Temple in Kansas City, MO. It was gorgeous. It only took us about three hours to drive there. We took Breanna out of school early so we could have time to eat lunch together, and then make it to our allotted tour time. We also had to stop at a gas station just down the street from the temple to change our clothes. I didn't want to wear a dress for three or four hours in the car. The temple was absolutely beautiful inside and out. The kids noted how tall it was. We seemed to just keep climbing stairs. All the gold, marble and crystal accents were just amazing. Not to mention the beautiful paintings and murals throughout. What a blessing to have all these temples throughout the world. (All these pictures were taken from my phone. I really need a camera camera)
Not really sure what's going on with me there. I must of thought we were between pictures.
We have done a little more work on the house. I put a few before and after pictures on here. Not sure if you can really see the difference.
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After (You have to see a previous post for the before. Plus, this is blurry)
These next pictures are the "afters" of the basement. I'm pretty sure I posted the "before"s on an earlier post. My mom and sister came into town two weeks ago, while John was out of town for a show, and helped me organize the basement and a few other things in life. We had so much fun that week playing, shopping, and organizing. Oh ya, and eating. Can't forget that one.
We have so much space in the basement for food storage, luggage storage, and storage of all kinds, and laundry things. It's wonderful.
We have had a lot of rain this past month. Not just rain, but thunderstorms. It seems to be that we will have a week of sun and warm weather, and then a week of cooler weather and storms everyday. Or maybe the opposite. It's nice. At least I think it is. Breanna might say otherwise. She is still very afraid of thunder. I guess the tornadoes and severe storms that were happening one weekend didn't help. We didn't get a tornado here, but we did get a severe storm that rattled the house and made us lose power for 24 hours. We are thinking a generator might be in our best interest in the future. It would have been nice in Texas too, but we heard them all over our neighborhood here in Iowa. That usually says something.
Breanna only has two weeks left of school, and John has vacation time starting in July, so maybe another road trip is in order. I guess we'll see...trips also take money...
