The Fat Iguana

I know what you're thinking, "Enough with the huge lizards!" Since we don't have kids, we have to keep our blog interesting somehow. Also, if you are like me then you will want to keep looking at things you don't see in Utah everyday. You can consider it like another episode on the Discovery channel. I'll even share something new I learned about iguanas. I learned that iguanas climb trees. Mark was chasing one and it hid up in a tree. Every time we see these lizards and iguanas it reminds me of how much our nephew Conrad would love all this stuff. This post is for you Conrad!

"Ketchup"

You are probably wondering why I have a picture of Mark in a ketchup suit. The reason is that I didn't have a picture for this posting. Lets be honest, a posting without a picture is boring... you should thank me. :) I thought since I haven't posted in a couple of weeks that I should "catch-up" on what we have been up to.
Here is the rundown since the last post:
A couple of weeks ago, I got a new calling to be Sister L's missionary companion. I was overwhelmed when they gave me this calling considering the fact I had never served a mission and sometimes cannot understand what Sister L is saying. I feel a little inadequate but am glad to have the opportunity to do missionary work. Before I met Mark, I had a difficult time deciding whether or not to hand in my mission papers. I can't complain about this calling since Heavenly Father is probably giving me another opportunity.
I also just got another part-time job this past week. A girl in our ward just had premature twins about a month ago. Her husband is also in dental school so life is pretty busy for her. She asked me to come watch her twins in the mornings three days a week so she can get a little sleep. It is the easiest job I have ever had. The babies just sleep until they are hungry and then I feed one of them. They are so cute and it is fun to be around newborns.
The other job I have is teaching violin at a music studio. The students are mostly Korean kids who actually practice! It is such a nice change. I also like it because I don't have to worry about parents being irresponsible with payments since the owners take care of all of that.
What else....I joined a community orchestra so I can play my violin again. It has been really good for me especially since I have gotten a little rusty from not playing in a while. We have our first concert in a week and we sound really bad. :) It is not the most prestigious orchestra but I enjoy playing again.
Other than doing those things, I spend any extra time fixing up our condo and hanging out with Mark whenever he has time.
What has Mark been up to???? Studying. What more can I say? October is a hard month he tells me so I better get used to it. He also started switching out our bathroom vanity. Yay!! I have been waiting for that moment ever since we moved in. One of our bathrooms has been off limits since it smelled like...I won't even tell you. I don't want to gross you out. I finally got up the courage to go clean the toilet a couple weeks ago. It took me 3 hours.
Mark also helped me substitute teach the the sunbeams last Sunday. After that I was really grateful for my calling. We even had one little girl pee in her chair during singing time. Luckily her mom was in the room so we didn't have to clean it up.