Goodbye and God Speed

Our Brother Hannu will be leaving Finland tommorow for a new adventure. He has been called to serve in Birmingham England. Good luck and enjoy your time there. It will go by faster than you think! : )

Snow fun

We took these about a month ago up in the canyon. We wanted Eila to get the mountain snow experience. She loved it! We took so many pictures but these were our favorites.

Now I can breathe

Well the presentation at the expo went well and now we are getting prepared for another week. I am going to be working during the mornings and Antti will be doing some overtime. We are happy about the progress we are making in our financial security but it's not always fun to be pushing yourself all the time. Especially when your pregnant : )

The baby has started kicking more and more. She was jumping on my bladder during church today. I was not happy because I had to read a scripture that was coming up so I couldn't just run to the bathroom. Though it was nice to feel her kicking because she doesn't really move much. She usually wakes up when I am about to go to bed.

Eila was not a happy girl today. She was crying and whining about everything. She didn't want to eat or play. We realized later that she had a stomach ache. She is better now after eating some light yogurt with blueberries. She doesn't really like the blueberries much. She kept wanting me to take them off her tongue.. HA HA it was funny.

I am thinking about becoming a scrapbooking consultant. That is where I can hold parties and give out catologs that advertise easy to use scrapbook items. I need to finish Eila's book up so I can get started on the new baby. I used to write so much about my 1st pregnancy and lately I just haven't thought about with my 2nd.

What a week!

Okay so I am ready for a two day nap! Antti and I have been preparing for a geneology expo for the past couple of weeks and now we are up to the last day before the event. I have to make 100 Karelian rice pasties for a presentation Antti will be doing about Finland. I also had to put together a poster with information on Finland and its customs! Man, since I am a perfectionist I can't do it quickly. I will put some pictures of the poster on here soon. I need to go to the store and make a CD.

Eila has been waking me up at 6:30 or 7 am everyday the past week or so. I need rest! Being pregnant you don't sleep all that well and you get hungry at night. I couldn't take naps this week because I was so busy with preparing everything for the expo. Antti has been working tons of overtime and is enjoying it because we are making DANG good money with time and a half. We are feeling blessed at the moment.

I miss Finland when spring starts to come. I miss the fresh air and the trees the most. I loved taking Eila for walks to downtown. It was our time to be at peace. Funny thing is I also miss our old apartment. even though it was older and not that big. I miss that comfort. Hopefully we get that back when we move in May. I am so excited to move.

I am thinking about names and I have found one I really like. I want to name the baby Isabelle. I love that name it so feminine. Antti likes it but hasn't said much about it yet. We'll see. I think he's still getting over that we're not having a boy.

Well tonight we are going to a birthday party for two friends. Laura and Wendy. Laura is my ex-boyfriend's girlfriend. (yes he's the one I left for Antti). We have become good friends and I am happy that he has found a nice girl. It's St. Patty's day so wear your green!

Our new home!!!

Okay so Antti and I have been waiting and waiting to move out of my parents house. I love them but we NEED our own space. We have decided on a 3 bedroom apartment in Herriman. Herriman is a small little town west of everything. It's a in a fast growing area. This is where all the new shops and homes are being built. We are excited for the change.

We are having fun picking out furniture, so far we agree on what we want but I can tell that there will be problems with colors! Antti loves multi colored items. I am more basic like tan, red, black and etc. I want to use a couple of bold colors and then accent them with others. He would probably buy a couch with striped colored patterns if I let him!!! Just kidding he's not that bad.

Our Apartment Complex is called Legacy Springs. It's cute with an onsite daycare and playground. Our ward is like one building. It's so crazy to come from Finland and back to America when you are in the church. It's such a change.

Inspired to do more

I have never really given much thought to doing family history work. I know that it's important to do but I guess I don't know where to start... Anyway the point of this post is to explain my feelings when listening to our Relief Society President talking about her father who passed away. Our President has been trying to encourage the sisters to focus more on researching our own families, so that we can share with our children experiences and challenges our ancestors faced.

She spoke about how much she loved her Father, but never really told her own children about who he was. Her Father was in Honalulu at the time Pearl Harbor was bombed, he was a airplane mechanic for the Navy. Her Mother told her that he assisted in cleaning up the mess that was left behind. The President mentioned that her Father never told her this because it may have been a painful memory to drudge up again. He wasn't proud or boastful that he was there. This was something she never would have knew if her Mother hadn't told her.

I want to be the kind of Mother that my children can come to and ask questions about who they are and where they come from.

I also need to start doing temple work for those in my family who are gone. I know of a few tools I can use to start. Hopefully I can get some help through the ward. People say you can become addicted to it because it becomes so fascinating.... We'll see.

A blog! What a great idea!

Okay so I have to admit that creating a blog didn't just come to me. I have so many friends that use one so I guess you could say i'm a follower : ) ha ha (thanks Daniela!)

Actually I need somewhere to write down my experiences. I also want to allow others to see how we are doing in our family. Hopefully there will be some interesting stuff to read.

Today Antti, Eila and I went to pick up a ceiling fan that we are going to install in our new apartment. It's so cute! We are planning on doing the kitchen and dining area in blue, silver & a bit of red. We are excited to move, it's time to move away from the old parents... Anyway we are planning on so many things for our new home. I hope it turns out well.