Softie

On Friday night, I was working on the computer when I realized that it was rather quite in Tyler's room. If there is more than three minutes of silence, I get suspicious! I walk down the hall to his room to find that he had individually pulled out all 80 wipes from the wipe dispenser. They were covering his entire floor. In addition, he had laid down on them so his backside was soaked with wipe stuff! Usually Tyler runs away if he hears us coming and has done something wrong, but this time he just looked up at me sitting in a pile of white and smiled! I just had to laugh. What a cute boy!

He again tried my patience the next night. I was changing over a load of laundry when I came upstairs to hear him run to the other side of his room. I knew he must have done something he considered to be wrong. Indeed he had! He had eaten about 1/4 of a dog flashcard that I had recently bought. I found little bits of paper in his mouth, on his collar and scattered on the floor. Apparently he is trying to tell me he needs more fiber! Again, I just couldn't get mad at him. He doesn't know any better. I guess I am going to be one of those mom's that let her kids get away with anything because they flash a super cute smile! NO!!!!

Good Citizen

Yesterday two out of the ordinary things happened to me. Both of them put my values to the test. First, I went to get the mail yesterday and on top of the community mailbox was a large stack of mail. I looked and saw that it was my entire streets mail, including our own. I took our mail then put the stack under the mailbox. Now I had to decide whether or not to do anything about it. I went through the U.S. Postal Service's automated process of tracking down which post office delivers to our street. After several minutes, I was connected to the right place and told them what happened. I was feeling quite proud of myself. After all, if my mail was just sitting out there, I would want a concerned citizen to take the necessary steps to let the post office know.

Once I finished on the phone with the post office, I looked out into our side yard and saw a super nice mountain bike sitting against our fence. Hmmmmm. Once Steve woke up, and confirmed that he didn't know what it was doing there I called the police. A few hours later and nice police officer came, took my information, and then relieved us of the bike. Super weird that a bike would just show up. Again, I thought that it had to be someone's bike and they would probably want it back.

I felt like I was on hidden camera or something to see what I would do in a given situation. Like I said, two super random things that helped me realize that it really isn't that hard to do the right thing.

Birth Week

I have to say that I absolutely love my birthday. I only have 10 more days until the actual day. However, I am of the firm belief that a person should celebrate for at least two days before and two days after your birthday. And by celebrate I mean get whatever you want. I don't necessarily need presents, I just want to feel like it is my day. I love being able to say, "I don't have to do to that because it's my birth week" or "I can do this because it's my birthday." You'd think that after 23 other birthdays, I'd be less excited, but that just isn't the case. There is no other time that you can have it your way than your birthday.

Oh and I want to give a shout out to Whitney, since her birth week starts just one day after mine! Good times my friend, good times!

Sad day in the Pulley home...

So we officially dropped our asking price today. Instead of taking a loss on the house, we are now taking a big loss. Crap! Don't get me wrong, I would rather be in a house than renting and sharing walls with other people, but I guess now it feels like we've been renting for the past 18 months. I know the main objective is to have our home sell, but I guess it is just a little discouraging. I'm trying to think of all the ways to lure people into our house...so I'm definitely open to anyone's suggestions. Since Steve has been playing the Star Wars complete saga on the Wii and using the force on objects, all I can come up with is to be like Obi Won Kenobi and use the force on people to say, "you want to buy our home" or "pay more than our asking price." The outlook with my idea looks bleak!

Drum roll please....

So I never thought this day would come, but Steve has come to a decision about law school! After a lot of fasting, discussing, praying, temple attendance and interviewing attorneys, Steve has decided that he will be going to BYU this fall! Utah county here we come! I am very excited about knowing where I'll be for the next three years, but a little nervous about being able to find a new place, making friends, finding a new pediatrician for Tyler, and all the other worries that come with moving. I would be a wreck right now if it weren't for the knowledge that Heavenly Father knows what is best. And Steve and I know that BYU is best for us. So to all of you who didn't vote for BYU, I require that you send us a check for $100 to go towards his tuition. And for those of you who voted for BYU...gold star on your forehead.

So family and friends in Utah, here we come....well in like three months!