Shamed into blogging!

So Abby finally decided she was going to start blogging again and is hard at it. I think her recent blogging was spurred on by a visit from Katie Lynn who showed her some of the ins and outs. I am pretty sure she is surpassing my knowledge of blogging by leaps and bounds. So here I am shamed into writing. Abby informed me today that it has been almost a month since I last wrote. I have done an awful lot since then. I flew to New York, which was supposed two be a two day stint before I flew to Rome with Brandon on a business trip. Second day in New York, probably one of Brandon's worst days documented, he informs me that the project he is on really does not want him to go to Rome and that He will be leaving them at a critical time. So long story short we did fly to Rome a day late and then returned to New York two days later. This is not what I would recommend for a European vacation. Rome was amazing and I felt like crying because I new it would only be for two short days. So I won't tell you everything but I would highly recommend Rome for a vacation destination. It was the neatest place I have ever been. It was early spring when I was there and the park was covered with little white daisies and it really truly was breathtaking. The city is clean and so fun to wander in. It was really weird being a foreigner. Some very important things to know before you go to Rome, if you drink Diet Coke they don't have it. They have something called Coke Light (which is nothing like the real thing) and if you want ice well just forget it. What they do have is really good ice cream. I don't see how they can have ice cream but ice is so foreign to them! Come on people it is not that hard. I also highly recommend first class (which we had on the way out) and I highly don't recommend Air Italia coach (which we took back to the states) talk about miserable and soooo so long 9+ hours in the air. So New York was actually really fun and it was all thanks to my sister Heather Anna. Thanks for salvaging my vacation Heath. I was once again blown away by her awesome preseverence and her great attitude. She is truly an inspiration to me. She really knows how to make the best out of any situation. I learned a lot from her while I was with her and, amazingly, this sunday in relief society our lesson was about enjoying the journey and living in the now. I was so thankful for Heather's example and then a totally inspired lesson by my very own relief society. I hope I can do better at enjoying these precious, fleeting moments and be a better friend, mother, sister, and wife. I am so thankful for my mom, Katie Lynn and Katie Lila for watching my kids. They are the best and I hope they realize the lasting relationships they are building. I still remember my Grandma, my aunts Lynan and Nanette babysitting when I was young and I know that our relationships were formed in those young years of my life. Thanks for remembering and celebrating my birthday with me (You Know who you are). Have a good day and if I continue on the same track, talk to you next month!