Not much going on around here...

So, I think we've looked at almost 40 homes by now. About three weeks ago we saw a home that we really liked. The next day someone else bought it. Last week we went and saw a home and the next day someone bought it. We weren't in love with it, but we think we should start charging realtors to have us come and look at their homes. They'll sell the next day. Guaranteed. Case in point: We saw a different home last weekend that we really loved. It's been on the market for about two months. We took our realtor and my parents to look at it yesterday and found out that someone else put an offer on it yesterday. This time we weren't to be outdone. We put an offer on it today. We'll see how it turns out. It could go either way and I think we're alright with that. (Happy if we get it, but not crushed if we don't.)

Houses are expensive. Once we get a home we're just going to stay there all the time because we won't have money to do anything else. So it'd better be something we like!

Apartment living is not good for my waistline. I have gained like ten pounds since we moved here! I need to join a gym.

We like Richmond. There are lots of great parks and things to do. I try to get out with the kids but it's been raining a lot and there aren't as many INDOOR things to do, so that's a bit of a challenge.

Dan is now taking three weeks off to study full-time for the BAR exam. It's at the end of the month. He'll finish listening to all his lectures this week and then focus on practice tests for the rest of the time. One of the professors gave advice at the end of the lecture and told the students not to do anything but study for the next three weeks and not to make any major decisions during that time. Dan is buying a house and a car. Wonder what the professor would say about that. When it's over we are going to celebrate with either a trip to the beach or Busch Gardens or something. We're also taking a trip to Washington in August to see Dan's family.

Afton is almost potty trained. She is afraid to go #2 on the toilet so she holds it too long and then it hurts. She went #2 on the toilet today. Yay! I'd been wanting to wait until we bought a home to potty train her and then do it all in one day, but this approach seems to be working, too. She loves to wear skirts and dresses, she mentions what kind of birthday cake she wants at least once a day. She loves condiments (salsa, ketchup, butter, etc).

Sam is getting to be a great reader. One of the wards we went to gave each of the kids their own copy of the Book of Mormon and told them that if they read it fives times that week, they'd get a prize the following Sunday. So Sam dutifully read five verses each night (with Dan's help) and then we decided to go to a different ward that Sunday so I took him to Target on Monday to pick out a hot wheels. He picked one that looked like a hammerhead shark.

The kids are getting to be pros at house shopping. They can guess which doors lead to attics and they figure out which bedroom and bathroom would be theirs. They're also sure to try out each play set anytime there is one.

Not many pictures taken lately so here are a few from Father's Day.