May 10-16



 Monday, Paul finished with his classes.  We celebrated by going to the Cheesecake factory.  Paul no longer has classes and will be in lab full time!

Tuesday, Paul's brother, Sam, got his mission call to Indiana, Indianapolis! He goes to the MTC September 1st.  We are very excited for him!
Wednesday I noticed a fourth bud on my hibiscus! I hope it stops raining so much so we can get a little more  sun for these flowers. update: Friday I noticed 6 buds!
Saturday we had Brianna's baby shower for Finley.  Thank you to everyone who came and participated.  To summarize, we did an ice breaker game where Whitney won by listing the most baby items in one minute.  Then Brianna and Lizzy opened gifts and Jacob showed them to the camera for Whitney and I to see.  The next game we went through questions that Jacob and Brianna answered and Amelia won that one.  Then we went around and followed a prompt to send well wishes to baby Finley.  Whitney, Brianna, Mom and Jacob were good sports and let me put them on the spot to answer some questions.  I asked Whitney what advice she could give Brianna in preparation for baby #2 and she said that letting the older child participate in helping with the new baby is a good way to help them be included and still feel loved even when there is a new child.  I asked Brianna and Jacob what they learned from Lizzy that they want to implement better with Finley and they said similar things, Brianna said that she wants to be more relaxed and not be so stressed and fret over the baby so much and Jacob said not to have strict expectations and to let Finley tell him what she needs instead of him forcing a schedule or his expectations on her.  I asked Mom what her favorite memories were with raising Jacob and she said that he was a very easy baby and teenager.  She said he is very gentle and kind and is always looking to help out and help finish projects around the house.  
Later that day we joined up with some new ward friends, the Walker's, and went to a baseball game in Frisco.  It was super fun and we got great seats.  The game itself was entertaining and our team won 8-2!  They had a firework show after the game and we got ice cream.
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