25 Random Things About Karl

1. I care a lot about what other people think.
2. I'm hungry right now.
3. This morning I went to Sadieville to get raw milk and farm fresh eggs.
4. I'm more courageous than I believe I am.
5. I will submit to a lot of abuse before I push back.
6. When I decide to push back, it's with both barrels.
7. I try to warn someone before they cross the line and I begin to push back.
8. I believe the saying 'Honesty is the best policy' is most profound when applied reflexively.
9. I helped Carson make a bannana car for the pinewood derby. I'll be racing it today without him because he's with family in Utah.
10. My sister is getting married next week. I'd like to be there.
11. I'm obsessive compulsive about the number of spaces between periods and the following character.
12. I'm an auditory learner.
13. I have a hard time not eavesdropping.
14. I hate composing text messages. I like to get text messages.
15. I want to enlarge microscopic images of the nervous system and hang them in beautiful frames around my dental practice someday.
16. I have a profound belief in God my Heavenly Father, in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. I try to ensure this belief influences every decision I make.
17. I believe that not deciding is a decision.
18. A good friend of mine froze to death three weeks ago because of a decision influenced by alchohol. The more I see of alchohol and its effects the more I HATE it. I do not use the word hate lightly.
19. I would have liked to meet CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien in the pub where they discussed story ideas.
20. I fancy myself an author.
21. I seldom notice landmarks when I'm driving.
22. I will not change lanes really quickly to avoid missing an exit. I'd much rather turn around in a mile or so.
23. I believe that selfishness is the root of evil.
24. I believe that to be truly good one must be selfless.
25. I like to look for common threads in different philosphical systems.
26. I can't restrain myself from writing more.
27. I believe that concepts of great power reside in paradoxes.
28. I believe that the language we use with ourselvs and with others has more impact than we understand.
29. I believe there's a fundamental difference between unselfishness and selflessness. I owe this idea to CS Lewis (Screwtape Letters).
30. I'm attracted by other cultures and languages.
31. I hate to stub my toes, so I almost always wear shoes.
32. I'm interested in pain and how it influences a person's behavior.
33. Chronic pain makes me sad. Unexpected sharp pain makes me angry.
34. Occasionally I am very funny on purpose.
35. Addiction appalls me. It makes me want to help, but my experience in helping others with it has been entirely discouraging.
36. One day God revealed to me that it is more important to do good in my sphere of influence than it is to have a large sphere of influence. I count this as one of the happiest experiences of my life.
37. I fall into the dual trap of blaming or crediting myself for others' failures or successes.
38. I believe that fear and faith are mutually exclusive. I owe this idea to Moroni, a Book of Mormon prophet, and to Joseph Smith who translated the Book of Mormon.

Two weeks until the baby is due! We are ready for the baby to come. I hate the last few weeks of pregnancy. It will be considered full term now. Tyson and Kaleb can sense something is happening. They like to put their hands on my belly and say baby. In the past two weeks about 3 or 4 families in our ward have had babies. We were all due within a few weeks of each other. Hopefully we can come to the wedding. If the baby comes we might not make it. Well, it depends on when the baby comes. We are already dilated to a 2, and that was on the 24th. So you never know. When we were pregnant with Tyson one week we were only at a 1 or 2 and then the next week we didn't even make it to our appointment because I went into labor. Well I guess I better go.

News From Shreveport, Louisiana

Friday we found out that we have no choice in the matter - we are going to Twin Falls Idaho. We were hoping for Salt lake, but the other guy that wanted to go there had been in the military longer than Ben -same rank, just longer time - Ben made his rank earlier than normal, because of an award (Below the Zone Airman award), but it seems to hurt us every time, because the other guy always has more time in the military - Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! But, we are excited about Twin Falls. I've heard the people are nice, and it's probably 2 and a half hours to three hours away -so it could have been alot worse. We feel lucky to get that close! May 12th is his tech-school date and ends June 30th. Aug. 10th he reports to Twin Falls, Idaho, if he graduates -which we hope he will. I think he will, though it will be new to him. He might have to get out of his comfort zone a little bit. It is not reccomended that I go with him - so I won't.
And about the wedding - I would love to be there, but I think it would be easier on me and my entire family, in many ways, to remain where I am. But I will be thinking of those twitterpated people in March! I am excited for them. I'm glad I got to see and meet BJ while I was there, though Nancy (in my opinion) was not that interested in him at the time. They were not real close while I was there - is all I mean - well, that's all about us. We are just glad to know where we are going and when, etc.
So, sometime in the beginning of May or late April, Ben will drive us all the way to Logan in our van, so we will have our van in Logan to use, and then he will fly back to get ready for tech school. So..., that means I will have missed an entire winter in Utah again - I'm going to be a wimp when I finally have to go through a real winter out west. Well, that's all I can think of - doing well here and happy to have some direction in our lives. I love you all. Love, Lisa and Ben in Louisiana - oh, it's crawfish time - I've never cooked them myself, but we are hoping Ben's work has a crawfish party and then they will sell some to us. We liked them last time - twist off the head, squeeze from the bum and push the meat out- or some people suck the meat out - I'm not that good, well aren't you glad I shared all those details? Well, that's all, I'd better go. Chow!

baby count-down

As of this week we have 5 weeks until the baby's due date!! It is exciting. I am ready to be not pregnant. The last month is torture. I can never sleep, never have an appetite and always ache from head to toe. I have really bad mood swings. Most of the time I feel like crying. About a week ago I could not stop crying. It kept Rob up and I felt bad. He is really good though. He did everything he could do. Found chocolate, let me soak in the tub and just stayed with me and just listened to me.

We both have to speak in Sacrament meeting on Sunday. Just last Sunday (Feb 1st) we were saying that the last time we spoke was when we lived in Logan when we were pregnant with Tyson. Robert said oh, they won't ask us because you are pregnant and we have 2 young boys. I told him he better not speak to soon or we will be jinxed. Well the next day the bishopric called and asked us to speak. We have to take 15 minutes each. There are two youth speakers. The youth in our ward don't take much time. I tend to speak fast so Robert might have a lot of time to use.
I better start preparing my talk.

Got the Creepy Crawlies

Quickyn is crawling!! Yeah!! Well, okay, it's more of a scoot, but it is becoming a crawl. She started scooting on Friday, January 30th and hasn't stopped since. My life has taken a complete turn around. I think I'm going to lose more weight chasing after her than I ever did hiking or running. So much fun!

Bill got his job at North Cache 8/9 Center. He has been there for 2 1/2 weeks now. He is their new 8th grade science teacher. He is learning so much and enjoying the new atmosphere. He has a bigger classroom, he can do more experiments, and the kids seems to like him well enough.

That is about all that is going on in our corner of the solar system. We love you all and miss you so much. We are really looking forward to the Nancy & BJ wedding experience. Can't wait to see you there.

Love,
Bri, Bill and Quickyn