Nice Bedspread and other news

I found mom & dad's listing online today. I like the new bedspread and the garage looks so organized! Can you come do my basement storage. It's the only room left in the house that is a real mess and needs organizing. Dad, I think you should come see our place now. You'd be proud of me. I've finally gotten the organize bug the last year or so. I got a lot done before you came, but the odds and ends got thrown into the storage room and other corners over Christmas. I am proud to say that there is zero junk on the floor of my bedroom for the first time in 27 years or so. It is actually a little weird. It was so much work because I really have thrown out bags and bags of junk and been to the good will with a truck load of stuff. It does feel great though. I keep my motivation being our trip to Italy. I really don't want to take a boat load of junk overseas... :) In other news. I was called to the Stake YW Presidency this week. It should be fun. I was okay at first, but now I'm starting to get real nervous about it. I guess I'll find a way to make it work though. I really love YW. Maddie Mae is really starting to talk a ton. Today she did her first string of two words together. She walks around saying doggie all the time and loves to watch for squirrels, dogs and birds out the windows while she eats. She brings me her shoes and coat all the time so we can go play outside, even if it is 31 degrees outside. Cute girl. Ben loves his preschool and is doing really well with letters and numbers. That means we can't fool him anymore at dinner time telling him to have 5 more bites and keep changing the numbers to make him eat more. Oh well. It worked well while it lasted. Brian has a trip to Italy in March. He'll check it out and see if we really would want to go and try to network so he can make them want to hire him. Angie

My Favorite Christmas Picture

I love the picture of Shon & Juli, probably at the end of the capitol tour. It's a great family shot with Shon wrestling Caleb and Abby while everyone else looks happy as can be. :) I also like the Moellers with Santa and Parker's happy face. Lots of good pictures.

Christmas Wrap-up

Well, I've cleaned the house, returned all the extra bedding and searched all the dark hidden corners. Here's what we found: Sarah's left sock, Bryce's Newton's Cradle, Shon's Hawaii lizard, Caleb's black shoes, Parker's baby Jesus (in 3 tiny pieces), Mom and Dad's family calendar. We mailed the NM package on Saturday. I still am looking for the super glue to fix Jesus and I'll try to mail the calendar tomorrow. Ben enjoyed the morning after everyone left in the quiet house, but by lunch had mentioned several times that we should pack our suitcases today and go to the airport to go to Sarah and Abby's house in New Mexico.

My New Hobby

I've been having loads of fun experimenting with my camera this last month. I prodded long enough that one of the four photographers in our ward was finally willing to start a photography enrichment interest group. So I have homework and everything. Check out the best picture from my first assignment so far.

Zufco Remodeling Agency

We're remodeling our kitchen. This weekend (Oct 20) we took down our kitchen cabinets and ripped out the soffit above them. By 'we' I mean Brian did all the actual work. Ben walked around on the counter top and swept up the sheet rock mess. Maddie napped and I did a service project at the church. I sure was exhausted by all Brian's hard work though. The cabinets should arrive in 2 weeks, so the plumbing needs to be moved by then and ideally the sheet rock fixed up. Everyone cross your fingers that we have a functioning kitchen when you arrive in December...

Passing Out

This morning Ben had to go to the bathroom about 6:45 am. Brian had taken his parents to the airport at 5 am, so he was long gone. I got up to turn on the light for Ben. I don't remember turning on the light. I just remember shaking on the ground and not knowing where I was. Ben had finished on the toilet and was washing his hands. I had completely passed out. I hit my head on the baby gate metal clasp. I had a goose egg the size of a grapefruit and was in extreme pain. I sent Ben to bed and crawled to the phone and called Brian in tears and had him come home. I was scared to lift Maddie or walk around. I definately have whiplash because I can't move my head without a lot of pain. So, I'm being babysat today and Brian is working from home.

Announcing Baby Zufelt #2

We are pleased to announce that Madison Mae Zufelt made her arrival into this world yesterday, September 15, 2006, at 7:09 p.m.  She weighed in at 6 lbs 10 oz. (2995 grams) and measured 20 ¼ inches long. 

Both Angie and Madison are doing well.  They will both spend the next few days at the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA.  If you would like to congratulate Angie, she can be reached by calling her room directly at 703-776-4738 or by calling the hospital's general number at 703-776-4001.