Tornado!

So yesterday we had an interesting experience. Just to set the scene, it was just like any other Sunday afternoon. I was busy trying (trying but not succeeding) to make up a crochet pattern for little baby loafers, Steve was doing the dishes like a good little husband, and all of the sudden there was literally a tornado in our backyard. I looked outside and saw the little cyclone swirling debris around. Then it was gone, just as fast as it came. The real fun was when we looked outside at our backyard.....our temporary fence was completely destroyed. We had pieces of wood lying all over our lawn and only one panel and a half was able to withstand the rage of the microburst (I say it was a microburst, Steve is adament it was a dust devil).

Honestly I cannot imagine what it would be like to be in a real tornado and to see your entire house destroyed - we were at a total loss just looking at our fence damage trying to figure out what to do. In the end, we decided to do nothing. It was Sunday! So we left our yard in pieces until today after work.

Apparently some of our ward members saw our destroyed fence today and thought we would be the perfect service project for the deacons. Don't they realize it was Sunday and we were just trying not to break the Sabbath? At any rate, we now have a gaping hole in our backyard that you can easily see from Stapley, its a little scary. Thankfully, we got word from the City of Mesa today and that land is finally OURS. So we will be rebuilding the fence this week, permanently. No more make shifty fence, hooray!

Here is a little taste of the damage....

Follow the Leader

Last week my life became a stressball the minute our Bishopric second counselor asked me if I would be willing to serve as the PRIMARY MUSIC LEADER, I don't know what these people are thinking. I don't sing. And most importantly, I don't sing in front of people.

I went to primary last week, just to observe how the current music leader runs the show, and was completely floored by #1 how many songs I have forgotten or just have flat our never heard, and #2 how huge our primary is. There were over 80 kids in primary last week. That is a lot of people who are going to hear how much I really don't sing.

So this Sunday is my first "try"....yes, EASTER Sunday. Then mother's day is coming up and we have to do TWO songs in sacrament meeting. Ugh! I have been desperately trying to learn all these songs this week - poor Steve has to bear the brunt of it. I hear him walking around the house singing the fourth article of faith - I have played it on the piano about a hundred times since last Sunday.

This week was also stressful because we found out our little baby may not be as perfectly healthy as we thought. I had an ultrasound last week - not even sure why I had it, I thought it was routine, but come to find out most people don't get an ultrasound at 29 weeks unless something is wrong. She is a small baby, which I already knew since my belly is really not that big (I am measuring three weeks behind), but her head is why the doctor is concerned. Apparently the size of her head is measuring in the less than two-percentile.

It could mean a scary word like Dolichocephaly, or maybe it just means she has a small head and I will have an easy delivery. At any rate, my doctor wants me to see a specialist for a level two ultrasound. Steve and I are doing that next Tuesday morning. I am trying my best to not freak myself out, but I just want to know what's going on!

I think I'm in for another stressful week....