Life

Life has been very crazy the past couple of weeks; between school, work, church, kids, husband, household duties, babysitting other people's kids, I could go on and on. I proclaimed to John that this week is my week of no. I am not going to volunteer for anything, I am not going to watch anyone's kids, I am just going to say no. And it feels great!

We went to dance class again on Saturday and Morgan was very excited to dance, as long as I was glued to her.... So it was the day they got measured for their costumes, and her teacher proclaimed to the seamstress that they would have to sew a "big" outfit for Morgan's mommy 'cause it looked like I would be on stage with them.
Great, something else to look forward to...

Dance class and dance video

You will have to pardon my long absences, I am finding school a little overwhelming at the moment. But to update everyone on Morgan and her dance class. We went on Saturday and she again didn't want to dance in front of everyone. We sat and watched for about fifteen minutes and I kept asking her if she was ready to go out and dance. I was really thinking about leaving and not ever going back. So then I asked her if she wanted to dance and I would go out there with her, she finally said yes. So out we went to dance. I had to stand behind her the entire time and "help" her do the dance. You know how you always feel less stupid when someone is making a fool of themselves with you, I guess this was just one of those situations. I just never thought of Morgan as someone who would need a "stupid buffer". I guess she is a "Nelson". But to make a long story short, she finally danced. Now let's see if she can dance next week without her buffer.

Now on to the dance video portion of the blog. In our ward there are these cute set of 17-year old twins, a boy and a girl, who have adopted John and I ever since we went to Youth Conference. A couple of weeks ago, Stephen, (the boy) asked us if we would help him ask a girl to the homecoming dance. We, of course, said yes. Who doesn't love to re-live these moments without any of the awkwardness!? So him and his friends came over to our house and I recorded a dance/singing video to ask this girl out. It was sooo hilarious. John was front and center of the video, so much so that Stephen's mom said this poor girl wouldn't know who was asking her to the dance, Stephen or Brother Burton! Well I am trying to figure out how to post it on here. It is something we can all enjoy! Just don't tell John.

Missy Homemaker

So tell me if you have ever felt this way. In relief society they ask for volunteers to sew some book bags for a humanitarian project. I, of course, volunteer. I haven't sewn much in the past 20 years, so really what am I doing volunteering for that? I guess I had a moment of weakness. Anyway, after reading the instructions 5,000 times and going back to the relief society president three times for more handles (how embarrasing), I finally complete my bags. So we are supposed to bring them to our Super Saturday activity that we had last Saturday. Well the Sunday before I see someone else's bag and it looks really different than mine. I am sitting there trying not to be obvious looking at it and really the only thing I can think of is, "Well I am NOT going to start over!" So on Saturday I show up at the church for Super Saturday and quickly put my bags in the middle of the stack of other bags. This little lesson will make me think twice about volunteering my sewing services again!

Life is still going well. John likes his new job, but he says the only part of the day he gets excited about, is going home. Join the club! He is also feeling much better about his Young Men's calling. Last Sunday was his first real Sunday and he said it went very well. He had more young men than he thought. Which is a good sign...

Morgan is also still loving preschool, but still insists that she has made no friends. I don't believe her...

Un-dance class

Morgan started dance class on Saturday, well, we went to dance class on Saturday, but the only one of us that danced was me! We got there and Morgan just wanted to watch for a while before she felt like she could go out there. So we sat and watched.... and watched. Finally the owner of the dance studio hopped up and took Morgan out there with her. Morgan just stood there looking at her new dance shoes...that's it! So I got up and went out there, still nothing. So after the class I asked her why she didn't dance in dance class. She said she wanted to dance, but not in front of all the other people. I tried to tell her that that's exactly what dance class is, dancing in front of other people. We will see what next class brings. I am willing to bet we do lots of "watching" again.

It has also been pointed out to me by my Aunt Kay that I never divulged what John's new calling is in church. (I can't even keep up with my own life!) He is the new Young Men's President. He is very excited but more overwhelmed right now. We have good young men in our ward, but it seems like most are really struggling in life right now. And since John and I were in charge of Youth Conference this year, and the kids just loved John, the bishop said he was the man for the job. Good Luck John!

Speaking of John, he started his new job today. I can't wait to hear all about it. I'm sure he is hating it right this minute, isn't that the way it is with new jobs? But I told him that after 3 days, it will get much better...

Preschool

Today was Morgan's first day of preschool. She has been so excited to go. She had such a good time and she said her teacher, Miss Jennifer, was really nice. Miss Jennifer, or as I like to call her, Jenn, was an old neighbor of mine when I lived in West Jordan. I always said that when Morgan was old enough she would go to "Miss Jennifer's" school.

Morgan told me she made friends with a boy named Karter and a girl whose name starts with an M and is hard to remember. She sounds like me after my first day of school....

I'm sure with Morgan going to preschool now there will be many more opportunities for funny stories... stay tuned.

Labor Day

I guess it is time to write again, I took a Labor Day break, but I am back. We had such a great time on Labor Day this year. We did our yearly tradition and headed to Park City for the day. (Can it be considered a tradition if this is our second year?) Anyway, we took Morgan down the Alpine Slide and we had soo much fun. We got to race Aunt Julie and Morgan is still talking about how she liked the big hills.

Then we, of course, went to the outlets where the boys (John and Darren) shopped for new clothes. What's that about? We also got Morgan some new clothes for school. I decided she has to be there when I go clothes shopping for her because I have so many cute outfits at home that have gone un-worn because she is so dang picky!

Then we went out to dinner to a place called Nacho Mama. And in case you couldn't tell by the name, it was a Mexican Food restaurant. It was yummy!

Ah, it was such a fun day and I didn't do one ounce of homework. I will probably regret that all week....