Just in case any of you thought we had fallen off the face of the earth, we are writing something. The Gehrings have had a lot going on. Not that that is any real reason to not have called for most of your birthdays or to send emails or BB posts. But I'll take the busy factor as my excuse and write this BB to let you know some of what has been happening lately.

We'll start with some of the obvious :) Jacob Frank Gehring was born April 2, 2010. He was 6 lbs 6 oz and 18 inches long. We blessed Jacob on April 18th. He is now 6 1/2 weeks old and becoming very alert. He gave us his first smile on May 11, 2010. Everyone loves Jacob and will do anything for him.

We moved here on April 24, 2010. Thank you Charlie and Will for coming up to help. We also had lots of neighbors on both ends and Matt's family. We couldn't have done it without everyone. The move doesn't even begin to show the service that was rendered. We had all day babysitting, cleaners, over 3 weeks of dinners, tons of manual labor both at Dad and Mom's as well as here. Basically, we survived April - only because of the generosity of a lot of people. Kathy thanks for all you did. Our new address and phone number is 381 W. Willow Wood Cir, Centerville, UT 84014 Our home phone is 801-296-5845. We are loving our house.

We did move in April to enable the renters moving into dad and mom's to move-in. Unfortunately, they decided not to move-in two days before their scheduled date. That was a huge disappointment as so many people had worked so hard to help us. With lots of prayers and mom and dad's faith, we found another renter within days.

Matt and Peter celebrated birthdays at the beginning of May. Sam switched to an elementary school here in Centerville and Eliza broke her arm last Thursday. We continue to drive to Salt Lake twice a week for preschool for Eliza. Our house is very livable, but still is missing a lot of the final touches like doors on closets, plates on electrical sockets, and the base trim in many of the rooms.

What we do love is meeting our neighbors. They have been incredible and are providing guilt as they are so amazing to visit and welcome us. I don't think we have ever visited anyone who is new. We are speaking this Sunday in Church and the Bishopric assigned us to speak on service in the kingdom. I think this ward already has it down. However, we do joke that they could be nice to us just because we are fixing up the house so much and it has been sitting as an eyesore for so long. They tell us awhile ago it had one of the prettiest yards in the neighborhood. Hopefully it will again :)

Thanks for writing such funny BB's they keep us laughing. Hope all is well with you.

Sharon and Family

p.s. Happy Birthday to all the May birthday people :)