waiting for the fireworks to start. We went to our usual viewing spot--the top
of the parking garage at the hospital. Several families in our ward go there
too, so it's always fun to visit and share snacks while we wait. I was trying
to take Seth's picture, but he kept moving around! The one in the middle was
the best I could do. In the bottom photo, you can see Scott enjoying a popsicle
along with members of the Hernandez family. These photos were taken before the
rain started! The fireworks started shortly after the rain (thankfully) and the
show was pretty short, but we still got soaking wet. We didn't let that
interfere with our enjoyment of the show. Seth was really enthusiastic--laughed
and clapped through the whole thing--which was fun.
I didn't mean to start out by talking about the fourth of
July, but blogger is being difficult and won't let me put the photos anywhere
else, so I thought I should explain them.
The reason I am late gettting this week's post done is because blogger
was down when I tried to post on Saturday, and this is the first chance I've
had to do this since then.
Sunday (the 3rd) I had visits after church so the day seemed
to go by fast. Scott and Jared both bore
their testimonies that day but I missed them both because I had taken Seth out
to get a drink and use the restroom.
The rest of the week was quieter than usual because Tanner
and Jared were both gone to scout camp from early Monday morning (I had to get
them to the church at 5:30 am) until Saturday morning. Frank was up even earlier than I was on
Monday because he went to help cook for the annual 4th of July breakfast that a
family in our stake always does. It's
become quite a large event, with a really great program and a lot of people
from the community attending as well as church members. Scott got a ride to the breakfast with
friends, but I skipped it this year because I knew Seth would be bored and I
didn't like the idea of trying to keep him happy and entertained for
hours. Frank is always too busy cooking
to help with him, so I would have been on my own trying to eat and get him
fed. I just decided it wasn't worth
it!!! We had a nice dinner of grilled
hamburgers and such before we went to the fireworks, though, so it was still a
nice 4th of July. We missed having
Tanner and Jared there, though.
I didn't write down much on the calendar for last week, so
now I can't remember much else that happened.
My birthday was relaxing but quiet, with Tanner and Jared gone. We waited to have cheesecake until Sunday,
after they got back. I got several cards
from friends and family, which was nice.
I think Scott missed having Tanner and Jared around,
although he would probably never admit it!
He tried to keep busy with friends.
Frank and I went to the temple on Friday afternoon. We didn't think to check the weather, so we
were surprised when we got ready to leave and discovered that it was
raining. We hadn't made it very far up
the road when the rain turned into a torrential downpour--it was very hard to
see the road! We kept plugging along,
though, and finally got out of the worst of it although it continued to rain
fairly hard all the way down. The
weather caused traffic problems so we ended up missing the session we were
trying to get to by just a few minutes.
During the day, the sessions are held an hour apart so rather than wait
for the next session we decided to do sealings instead. That turned out to be really great--there was
a sister there with some family file names, including her own parents, to be
sealed. The feeling in the room when
those sealings were done was just amazing!
Another fun thing that happened while we were at the temple that day was
that when we first got there we saw a wedding party out front and I recognized
one of the people there as a member of our ward in Delaware. I greeted him and asked if he was there for a
wedding, and he said "Yes, my son's!"
So that was neat to see them on their special day. On the way home from
the temple, we stopped to have dinner--a late birthday celebration for me. At church on Sunday they announced that the
temple is now closed through the end of the month for maitenance. I knew that was going to happen soon (they
close the last half July every year) but I didn't realize it was closing this
week. I am really glad we managed to get
there before it closed!
Saturday morning there was a baptism for two of the kids in
our ward; both families are pretty good friends of ours, so Frank planned to
come as well. We were about to leave
when we got a call from Tanner--they were arriving home from scout camp much sooner
than we had expected. So Frank went to
pick them up first and he arrived at the baptism a little late. He was still there in time for the baptisms
and was able to assist with both confirmations, so that was nice. Afterwards, we were invited to join the
families for lunch, so we went home to change and pick up Tanner and Jared (who
had showered and unpacked while we were gone).
We had an enjoyable afternoon, visiting with these two families and
eating the yummy food they had prepared.
I think Tanner and Jared enjoyed their week at scout camp
and they got a lot accomplished. Tanner
completed 3 merit badges, a patch (for Kayaking) and almost completed one other
merit badge--he only has one thing left to do for swimming. This is the third year in a row he's done
swimming, and something always interferes with him being able to finish
it. The first year someone tripped him
and he got a big gash in his knee, so they wouldn't let him in the pool after
that. The second year he got an ear
infection after the first couple of days.
This year a thunderstorm prevented him from being able to get in the
pool to do the last requirement. But his
scoutmaster has promised to take him to the pool to do that last thing! Jared finished three merit badges (including
swimming!) and has two others that he almost finished. We are proud of them for working so hard.
Frank's left eye started bothering him late in the week and
by Saturday it was fairly red and swollen.
His right eye was starting to feel sore as well. So Saturday afternoon he called the doctor
and was able to get some medicated eye drops for his eyes (they think it is
pink eye). His eyes got worse on
Saturday and by Sunday morning they looked pretty bad and it was painful for
him to open them (especially in brighter light) so he ended up staying home
from church. They are looking better
now, but still not completely healed.
Job search update:
near the end of the week Frank was contacted by four different head
hunters who had seen his resume and feel that he is a good fit for some of the positions
they have available. Some of them are
temporary positions, but others are more permanent. He has been busy following up on those, but
doesn't have any interviews yet. He did
meet personally with one of the headhunters yesterday morning (Monday) and he
gave him some good ideas of things he can do to be more competitive. It is a little encouraging that someone has
finally started to contact him--up until now, he hasn't really received any
response from any of the positions that he has applied for. Frank also signed up to attend a resume
writing workshop this Sunday, which is being done by someone in our stake. Hopefully that will help him get his resume
looking even better.
I took advantage of the quiet this last week to get some
reading done. I finished Out of the
Silent Planet as well as the next book in that series--Perelandra. They were both interesting and I enjoyed
them. I spent quite a bit of time
working on Sharing Time for Sunday. Some
weeks I know immdediately what I want to do and other weeks I have to pray and
struggle a lot before I get it pulled together.
This was one of those weeks where I had to pray a lot! I ended up doing two completely different
things for the younger kids and for the older kids, but both went well so I
feel good about that.
We've been having some difficulties with Frank's former
employer this week over the health insurance payment we sent in the week before
last--they claim they never received it.
That has caused us quite a bit of stress the last few days, but I think
we have it cleared up now. We ended up
stopping payment on the first check and sending a new check and the paper work
again--this time by certified mail, so we will have proof that they have received
it. An extra hassel that we didn't need! I was quite upset about it yesterday--I am
just so sick of being treated like we have done something wrong! Even for someone like me, who always tries to
see the other person's point of view, it is hard not to get angry. The less contact we have with them, the
better it is for us. The weeks that we
have not had any contact with them have been much less stressful for us! So hopefully there won't be a need to have
contact with them very often anymore.
That wraps it up for this last week!
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