March 2008 Update

From the land of BEAUTIFUL (Winter???) weather, we say hello to all of our wonderful friends and family who are reading this. Here’s the most recent “scoop” on the Zimmerman family.

Rhett has been thoroughly enjoying his new job. He has had a couple of busy weeks where he has worked 60+ hours, but mostly he’s home by 5:00, giving him plenty of time to hang out with us…or play video games! He’s recently been hooked on the Playstation 2 and plays it a little too often for my taste. All in all, he loves the new job and the wonderful people he works with.

My life seems to have completely changed recently and I don’t know the cause. I used to be at home all the time and have plenty of time to do the things I like to do (after the housework, etc. was done of course!). Now it seems like I can’t even keep up with the housework! My church calling as Primary Secretary is keeping me busy, which includes weekly Presidency meetings at my house. Add that to weekly play group and park visits, grocery shopping, etc. and I feel like I’m in a whirlwind! Hopefully things will die down soon, so that I can take some time to breathe.

Austin was home from school sick 3 days at the end of February (which also included a student holiday and the weekend), making him “down for the count” for a total of 6 days. First it was just a fever Wednesday night, so we didn’t think anything of it, but it continued through the weekend, so Monday I took him to the Pediatrician and found out he had 2 ear infections and a throat infection. I thought getting his tonsils/adenoids removed and tubes put in his ears last year would keep him from all of this, but I guess not! Last week we had our “Great to be Eight” program for all the kids turning 8 and getting baptized this year. Austin will be baptized a member of our Church on Saturday, August 16th and you’re all welcome to attend!

Logan and Carson are as good as gold. They play quietly together most of the day, sometimes making me wonder what they’re up to. When I go out to check on them, they are just in their own little world playing with cars or trains, or watching TV. Now that the weather is getting nicer, they LOVE to play outside in the backyard. Carson has been jumping on the trampoline a lot and Logan just loves to play in the dirt!!! A perfect boy! Unfortunately, Logan ended up getting sick with Strep Throat just after Austin started feeling better, but thanks to Amoxicillin he’s feeling great again.

We recently had to get our car repaired, since several things were happening to make it act funny. All of the things that were wrong were tied to 2 problems…bad ignition coil and temperature sensor. We also had to get new front brakes. I ended up renting a car for the day. A friend works for Enterprise and he got me a smokin’ deal on an awesome car…a Ford Edge. If any of you are looking for a really cool car, I highly recommend it. I wished all day that it was mine!

During February Rhett was able to repair/replace several sections of our fence line (we share with 6 different neighbors). That was all spurred into action because the city was coming around for a bulky/brush pickup and we wanted to get rid of all that nasty old wood. It looks so nice! Rhett did a great job. I also painted our bedroom and got a new bedding set, so our room feels like it’s brand new. Definitely a nice change! I included before & after shots in the pictures below.

Well, that’s about all from us. We look forward to Spring and Summer and seeing some of you. As always, we love hearing from all of you. Until next month…