Weekly Review July 2 '11

July? Can it really be July? Where is the summer going?! I don't think I'll ever get used to my kids not getting out of school until the middle of June.

So what is there to say about this week? I had ward council and Frank and the 3 older boys had stake priesthood meeting on Sunday, so that kept us pretty busy that day.

On Monday I helped drive girls to girls camp--they went to a camp in Pennsylvania about an hour and a half away. The drive was actually pleasant--it was funny to listen to the girls' conversations on the way there, and the scenery was beautiful, too. I drove through the largest orchard I have ever seen!

The rest of the week was fairly uneventful. The boys were busy with various activities with friends and Tanner had a babysitting job one evening too. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with their comings and goings! I was busy with Primary stuff; I had a presidency meeting Friday morning and I spent a lot of time preparing for sharing time (the things I planned to do took more preparation time than usual). Jared had an orthodontist appointment Thursday morning because his wire came completely loose--Frank took him to that.

I started coming down with a sore throat early in the week and haven't felt my best--I'm a little congested and my head has been aching, too. So I've been trying to take it easy a little. I'm thankful it hasn't turned into anything too nasty. I used some of my down time to read the books for book chat. We are reading Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, both by C.S. Lewis, this month. They are the first 2 books in a trilogy he wrote. I'll probably read the 3rd book also, but we didn't think we'd have time to read all three in one month. So far, it seems like a pretty good series. I finished the 1st book today and started the second one.

Frank had quite a bit of work this week. He did a couple of small jobs for people in our ward and worked all day Wednesday, as well. We are thankful he is bringing in some income--especially since the full time job search isn't going well. He has applied for several jobs but so far hasn't heard back from anybody except for people that say he doesn't have enough experience or that they can't pay him enough. That's been discouraging. He did get a big compliment this week, though. He had two of the employees at FSA (the client that left Griffin back in May) contact him to tell him that three people from their new IT company were there this week and all three of them kept saying that whoever had been taking care of FSA's network up until now had done a fantastic job. Kind of ironic! (Which reminds me--the talks in Sacrament Meeting this week were on being prepared. The last speaker made the comment at one point that "Sometimes, it seems like the better you do your job the worse your boss treats you." I had a wild urge to yell "amen!")

Although the job hunt has been discouraging, I think we have felt a lot less stressed this week. I think that's mainly because we haven't had any contact with anyone from Griffin this week. I hope that continues. Maybe they are finally starting to realize that Frank isn't trying to take away their business.

Tanner and Jared are going to scout camp next week, so today they had to pack. Jared needed a new pair of shoes, so I took him shopping for that. Other than that, they already have everything they need. Frank helped do cooking for a meal for all the missionaries in the area, so he was gone for several hours in the middle of the day.

This is really a boring post, but I can't think of anything else to say. I guess that's good, though--at least there aren't a lot of bad things to report!

We hope you all have a great 4th of July weekend! We are so thankful to live in this wonderful free country!