Our Week.

Our Week.

It seems like things are the same every week, so I sometimes have a hard time keeping track. I mostly track things by looking at what we ate for dinner. Which makes me laugh, but that is the one thing that is usually different from night to night, but usually one night a week we eat tacos and we could probably eat them more than that. We had a horrible meal week last week and so that’s all I remember. Not to make those meals again!

Monday we had a great meal! But, we really had the best company. We went to meet baby Nolan and see Mary and Andrew in Bountiful. I can’t say enough how funny Andrew is and Nic thinks I’m so weird for telling him all the time. But, then we hang out with them and he agrees. HA! Baby Nolan is so sweet and it was great to see a baby boy, it curbs my craving for our little guy to come. Even if it’s just for a minute. And then I leave and all I can think about is getting my guy here. I also love seeing my best guy friends being dads! It’s so weird to me and so exciting. I think that their babies and wives are lucky to have them. We did enjoy a little drive to Bountiful and seeing the temple, Nic didn’t know that was the temple I was endowed in. So you learn something new everyday. How he didn’t know that was my fav Utah temple, I’ll never know.

Something I’ve really been trying to do is to go to Dunford once a month or so to get bread. It’s my favorite little tradition. They have .99 cent bread on Monday’s and it’s delicious. I just feel like it’s a domesticated thing to do. I feel like a real stay at home Mom or something when I do things like that, I mean I’d feel really great about myself if I was making bread every Monday. But until then, I’ll just stick with the .99 cent bread. And Ruby and I love the donuts too!

Tuesday Nic had the day off, but mostly just worked from home. It’s something we’ve been struggling to find balance in lately. Me finding the balance of not complaining and Nic realizing that he goes WAY above and BEYOND to answer the phone every single time it rings, schools even on Saturdays, even when he has a day off. I love my guy! Ruby had preschool, and Nic took me to lunch. A little date for the two of us, without Ruby. It doesn’t happen as much as we should make it. And then I was headed down to Orem. I texted Nic at around 2:00 to make sure he was headed to pick up Ruby. Well… long story short he got locked out, panicked and drove straight home from school. Well by the time I got home they were already inside. Poor Rubes! Nic still blamed the keys not being in his pocket on me though!

We had a fun little family night and went park hopping with the Ruby girl. She is so easily amused and sometimes we try to do something crazy, but really all the girl wants is a park and swings. She is so darn brave, that we can’t swing her high enough. She scares me to death, she’s such a dare devil.

Wednesday I had a doctors appointment to check on Baby Jones #2. He is doing great, I loved having the earliest appointment, because I was in and out really quickly. Dr. Merrill’s office is always running a little behind. Ruby and I were pretty proud of ourselves for being ready to go and getting to our appointment on time. They are still unsure on his due date. He is big, I am small. I am happy though. After we ran errands for Ruby’s birthday party and got a few looooong shirts for me since my belly is showing off to the world. And luckily with a bunch of Kohl’s coupons it wasn’t too bad. We then went to a play place Ruby’s favorite and waited for our Dad to get off work. We ran more errands and just got home in time to make dinner and get Rubes to bed. How do days go by so quickly, we don’t know!

I had surprised Nic by taking him to get his windows tinted on his car. We talked about it a lot with his TL and never got it done, then we talked about it with the Tahoe and never got it done. So finally we decided to go get it done on the Accord. I took him to work and we dropped his car off on the way home. This ended up taking forever since Nic works in the least convenient location in all of Salt Lake. ARGH!  We got home and the doorbell rang. It was Kara! She was already there to take Ruby to preschool and we were literally still in our PJ’s.

I’m so thankful for Kara, she comes to get Rubes every Thursday and takes her to her preschool for me. It really makes my life so much better. I love having someone to rely on and help with anything. Kara is the dearest, most thoughtful and funny person I know. She always makes things happen and I’m so grateful for her. Ruby gets picked up by Scoob, Tam Tam, or Aunt Katy. It just depends on the day. We are lucky to have the help we do, it’s made this school transition so easy and so worth it.

Friday we spent cleaning like maniacs. It’s amazing how messy my house can get in a week. The bathrooms get dirty, the wood gets dusty, and the floors look like we run a jam factory. They are always sticky and I’m dying about how it happens so quickly. I always want this gigantic house, I dream of it. I’ve built and rebuilt every room in my dream house in my head. But, on Fridays I decide that maybe this little 1300 square foot condo is all I can take. I guess I’ll just have to set aside two days when I get a larger house, or make sure that my babies are good cleaners. We have Rubes off to a nice start. Her favorite chores are garbages, switching the laundry, and putting away the shoes. She’s actually getting pretty good at dusting and we’re working on that.

Friday night we had planned to go to the temple, but as you know… Nic is the worst at getting home on time. So we ended up making hoagie sandwiches and went to target so I could get a conference journal. Yes, I do have a drawer full of empty journals. But I still think it’s the biggest thrill of my life to get a new journal. It took me twenty minutes to choose one. It’s so funny the things that thrill me.

Saturday morning we had the YW over for a Waffrence as Ruby called it. The YW President made the cutest journals for everyone. We watched the Saturday Morning Session, made duct tape pens, and ate yummy waffles with a lot of toppings. I love and adore these sweet girls. The leaders and the girls are so dear to my heart. I swear there isn’t a better place to be in the church than serving the youth. They make me want to be better and help me to hold to the rod. After they left, we packed up our bags and headed to Las Vegas.

Nic ended up having to work Sunday and Monday before he had a conference Tuesday through Thursday down in Vegas. Since I don’t have the flight benefits we were kind of bummed. So we decided that we would drive down and visit Jo Jo and watch our favorite Red Storm play that night. The drive was so great, because I’m obsessed with listening to conference uninterrupted. It was by far my favorite session. It’s funny that the environment I’m in helps me to love the speakers and the talks more. I felt like we were getting just direct talks from Elder Christofferson, President Packer, and Elder Holland straight to the Jones’ home. It was awesome.

We stopped in St. George and had dinner with Jody after the game. I love that Nic loves Jody so much. I think the feeling is mutual. I think one of the things I’ve always loved the most about my Nic is that I feel like Nanny would love him the most. I think he just has the personality she loves. He would stop there every single day and take care of her. So with the whole Hood family, I think they all just like Nic because he’s so friendly and funny. He’s everyones favorite cousin and he’s only been in the family for four years.

We finally headed to the South Pointe Casino and got settled in our room. Ruby was a trooper the entire drive. She is such a good girl, she just couldn’t wait to get into that hotel room and go shwimming! She is just like her Mom. We got in and were getting things ready for bed and I look at Rubes and she is butt naked looking for her swimming suit. It’s about 1am and the girl can’t think of anything but swimming. Oh my heart. I love her, I love her, I love her.