January 2019 Cont...

Aside from Cruise's ordination, we did a few more things in January...

The boys made a snow fort. I had to start them out because everyone was having a meltdown in their own way.

Speaking of meltdowns, we started Jett on an anti-depressant in January since coming to us and telling us that he was suicidal. He had been struggling with some anxiety for quite some time and depression last year, but this was a whole new level of things and it was like being punched in the gut. For your 9 year old to have to deal with that, it's heartbreaking. But the meds started working that week and it made a huge difference. I feel like he's back to his happy, social self.

Cruise did his science fair project that was actually required. And of course he didn't remember until 2 weeks after it was assigned. So he we did it on what happens when you blow a bubble in freezing temperatures. He worked pretty hard on it and was proud of what he did. He did not, however, like the fact that he only got a participation ribbon this time around. But I told him he did a great job and should be proud of the work he did.

I went shopping with a mini Napoleon Dynamite.

Miles helped me make Snickerdoodles. We had like 4 deaths in the ward in January, so I started out making cookies for the funerals...after the first two, I just bought a huge cookie platter from Costco and divvied them up. So. Many. Cookies.

We started on our makeover of the living/front room. We decided to turn it into a dining room so we'd have more space in the kitchen and it saves money on not having to buy a new couch and stuff. We sold the kitchen table, got rid of the couch giant dog bed, got rid of pretty much everything in the front room, and bought the grey paint for the walls. It took me about a week to choose the grey. Guys, there are SO many shades of grey! They need to remake the movie and make it about a lady who can't decide on a shade of grey paint even though  to everyone else they all look the same but to her, they are all slightly different and she sits and stares at test sections for hours and hours, in different lighting, on different walls, until she's convinced she's gone completely mad. It would be such a good movie. We found a GIGANTIC table on KSL classifieds for like $60. It has 2 leafs and can seat up to 10 people. The plan is to paint the base white and refinish the top real nice. I have a vision for it.