Our walk to remember: May 2008

We started potty training Carlee yesterday (talk about really diving into reality after a long vacation without kids). Yesterday was really not very good she never REALLY went potty in toilet. Today she's gone twice, once first thing after she woke up and the second time I went to her in the room to check on her and she said mommy and was holding herself, I ran her to the potty & after about a half an hour she went. She really freaks out when she goes pee pee in the potty, she's really scared about what's happening, she was shivering the first time & didn't understand. But the second time was a little better than the first time, she wasn't as freaked out. So I'm confident that the more she does it, obviously, the more comfortable she'll be since she'll begin to understand what's happening. She doesn't have any short on because she went through 3 pairs yesterday before 9:00 so I figured panties will be fine till she gets better at it. Sam and I really felt like she was ready to start potty training, yesterday I really began to doubt but today I'm feeling much better since she's actually gone twice in the potty. It may take a little time, she is after all only just barely turned two!

Preston's ear infection came back, it's not as bad as it was but it's a little worse than it was before we left for vacation, poor guy, his ears are always hurting. But he's on a stronger antibiotic so hopefully that will get rid of all the fluid in his ear.

Sam got an interesting call while we were in France. First let me tell you that no ones cell phone worked while we were in France except Sam's brother Kent. She that is the number we gave my mother so she could call with any problems with the kids. Friday morning, early maybe 7:00 a.m., I was getting out of bed, Sam was already up. I hear in the room next door (on the boat) Kent's cell phone ringing. Shortly after Kent came out of his room and asked if I recognize the number. There was the international 001 numbers before but it looked like it was a phone call with Sam and my area code. So, there was a message, Sam listened to it, it said "Kent this is (our stake president from church) I'm trying to get a hold of Sam and Heidi, if you could have them give me a call that would be great" (that's not word for word but close). So we think about it and realize that it's almost midnight the day before where he is at and were concerned to call so late. After a little debate and thinking that he had just called so he probably is still awake, Sam calls! He speaks to him for a bit, I begin to realize there is a call being extended. When Sam finishes he wants to speak with me and proceeds to tell me that he has called to extend a call to Sam to be the 2nd counselor in the bishopric in our new ward & and asked if I would support him in this. Well, I do support him & Sam had accepted so all was set. They wanted to get a hold of Sam so they could do the sustaining on Sunday, 2 days away even though we wouldn't be home yet.

I'm happy for him, all will be well. We thought it was so funny that they were able to somehow able to get a hold of us. No one where we live had a number to get a hold of my mother in order to get Kent's number as to get a hold of Sam. But the Lord always provides a way in order to fulfill his will.

This is a map of France. Our plane took us from Paris to Toulouse (in the pink) we drove to Castelnaudry (bottom center in the pink) and that's where we started, barged down the Midi Canal to Carcassone (not on this map but southeast of Castelnaudry, which is also where the castle was) & then continued up almost to Montpellier. We were nearing the end of our barging when we got the call. We had been waiting to get through a lock (you'll learn more about that later). So basically what I'm trying to show is that we were in the middle of no where but the Lord knew a way, which is amazing. He always knows away we just have to go to him & sometimes, have patience.