Bed Heist :)

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Hello Elder Caden!!!

What's up???? How are you buddy!! Did you see the cute video I sent you of Chip and the trumpet players??? Chip was really cute, I don't know if I can say the same for the Trumpet players. LOL, JK. 

I can't believe it's already 11pm tonight. I feel like the day has ran away. I was working on Trek stuff all day after church and then Lexie had a piano recital. It just wasn't the same without you. I really missed being able to hear you play. 

So do you have any musical numbers you will be doing for the ward? Lynette came over to the house to look for some music to send you and she couldn't find it. I know she said she was shipping you some music. I'm sure you got it. But she was looking for a specific book and I felt bad she didn't find it. Then a few days after she shipped off the music her boys were getting ready to go skiing for lessons and Dad was getting them outfitted so they could go. I pulled out stuff in the coat closet and there was your music bag. I looked in and found 2 Christmas books. I took a pic of them both and sent it to her. She told me the one with the Girl in the Skanky dress was the one she was wanting to send to you. I was going to send it to you but then I wondered if the cover was appropriate for the mission field. I guess if you think it is then we can send it next time. But I was excited to have found what she was looking for. I must have cleaned up the music room and put the bag in the closet for some reason.

Speaking of cleaning, we actually finally got Lexie's old room cleaned. Oh my goodness it was driving me nuts seeing it a disaster all the time. So I told her she couldn't hang out with her friends until it was done. She threw an attitude but she asked me to help. So I figured, the only way it was ever going to get done was if I was in there with her making sure she kept going. We took about 2 and a half hours or more but we finally got it done. With 4 garbage bags and 2 DI bags and 2 totes we finished. Holy Cow!!!! That was a ton of crap. But, it looks so good. We now just have to take all the dressers and stuff to the dump. 

It was pretty funny though, Lexie was wanting her bed taken back down stairs and it's one that is terribly hard to move......So dad told Lexie no way was he going to take that bed back downstairs. Lexie was not happy but was ok with it. Then Dad decided he wanted to try that bed, which was our bed to begin with, again. SHHHHHH, Lexie has no idea, you CAN'T TELL HER! So Dad and I snuck into her old room and traded the bed for ours. It was sooooo funny, we had it half way through our doorway and it was getting stuck. Lexie was coming out of the scrapbook room and Dad just shoved it in our room all crumpled up and on top of me. But Lexie didn't see. We hurried and got it on our bed and put covers over her old bed. We were putting the sheets on the bed in our room now and Lexie came in. i told her we were just changing sheets. So a little later she went back into her old bedroom to lay on her bed because she was wanting to take a nap on it. She then said to me, Hey, i know that you took the bed thing. I was like, what? What thing are you talking about. She said that mattress thing on my old bed. That's what makes it so soft. I said, oh, ya, we did. cuz we did put the mattress pad on our bed. So I told her she could have that part cuz she thinks that is what made the bed so amazing. SHHHH don't tell her we actually have our old bed back which was also her old bed........ We are trying it tonight and we will see if we will keep it. Ha Ha. 

Well, I am guessing transfers are in a week or so???? I wasn't positive so I haven't sent your Christmas yet. I didn't want to be wrong an if you move I didn't want it to get lost. Let us know if transfers are this week or next or what. 

Also, when you know anything about getting to face time or Skype, let us know. If you are going to face time you will want to do it to Dad so we can answer from his Mac and put it on the screen. Otherwise you will need to set up a skype account. Do you already have one? You tell us what would be better. Zac and Megan will be with us until about 5pm. They want to be here when you can call. We will be at church from 10am-11am our time. So let us know as soon you you know what we can plan on. Yay!!! I can't wait. 

I'm so grateful for the many things I am learning in life. I feel like the Lord has so much to teach me and I can't learn things fast enough. I'm so grateful for the spirit in my life and so grateful for all I have. We have been working hard on trek and it has taken a lot of time to get people called and we are still needing the rest of the Mas and Pas to be called and then all the rest of the committees. Crazy. 

I LOVE you so much Buddy!!! Keep smiling!

Love Always MOM!