Lisa to Kori (an old email between Lisa and a best friend, reposted by Rich)

March 31, 2007

Kori,

So good to hear from you. I wish I could see your house and how it is coming along. I hope you guys took before pictures. I'd love to see your before and after pictures to appreciate all that you have put into this!
I think you are so amazing Kori. I love to hear you say that you feel like you can keep up most days, except laundry days. I have about 9 or 10 loads of laundry waiting to be done right now! It's amazing there are still clean clothes to be worn. That reminds me how very blessed we are.
Things have been pretty crazy for me lately. I am not feeling like I can keep up right now. Our tax forms haven't been mailed to our accountant yet, the puppy has been enjoyable but has created a new set of jobs for me, there have been extra doctor and school related appointments for Scott, my visiting teaching hasn't really been done this month, and today I felt like I was sprinting all day. I wasn't able to see the first conference session and during the second one I was having to do dishes and prepare dinner (that the missionaries failed to show up for), and keep tabs on my kids, the dog, and the neighbor kids who were playing out back. I was definately feeling like Martha not Mary. What a bummer.
It's been very pretty lately; blossoms, new green leaves and the grass is taking off again. I love the spring and summer when Missouri looks like one big green park. Through the winter it's pretty brown. But we actually look forward to snow because we get so little and we really enjoyed watching the cardinals, and geese, and other birds. We've even seen deer out our back door along with squirrels and rabbits. We have definately enjoyed the wild life here. Oh, we had a great time last weekend at Purina Farms. Around Easter they have a bunch of baby animals in their "Easter Village" in one of the barns. The kids were able to see and pet so many little fuzzy animals. They just loved it. The place was decorated really cute and the workers wore dresses and aprons and cute droopy bunny ears. The hayloft had a great play area for the kids too. We were so glad that Heidi and Jaysen called to tell us about it and invite us along. We watched them exercise dogs, milk a cow, and rode on a wagon pulled by a tractor. It was so fun we spent 3 hours there!

I am looking forward to going to Seattle in May with Rich for the AAO conference. I'll have to get tips from Michelle Worley about the best sights to see. Rich's mom is going to come stay with the boys. It also looks like I will get to fly out to Utah for a couple of days the beginning of June. My nephew is getting married in the Salt Lake Temple. And the kids ask me regularly how long it will be until July when you guys will visit. It will be so fun!

I better get to bed. Happy Easter next week!

Love, Lisa