Here we are, one week away from Christmas. Besides making
cookies & candy and wrapping presents, I think I am all ready.
We saw Tanner on Facebook this week…someone posted a video of his whole mission singing “Called to Serve” and we could see him on there. I
would say most of the missionaries in his mission were not identifiable in
that video, so we feel kind of lucky that he was right in front and we could
see him (even though it was very blurry). I liked an extra verse they sang at the end that is
unique to his mission. Plus it was also fun that they all sang a verse in Spanish.
When I posted last week, I was sick. I'm feeling better now. I pretty much didn’t do anything on Saturday and
Sunday but by Monday I was doing quite a bit better. I still have a little
congestion, a bit of a cough, and my throat gets tired and raw kind of easily,
but mostly I feel practically back to normal.
On Saturday while I stayed in bed all day, Frank got to do fun
things like take Seth to a birthday party, pick up Seth’s
new prescription (I still don’t think it’s helping much), and take
the Expedition in to get an oil change. (It wouldn’t start Saturday afternoon
and Frank discovered there was almost no oil in the engine. Not sure why the oil
light never came on!) Jared worked in the morning and in the afternoon all the
youth in our ward went to the temple visitor’s center to see the lights and such. I did
drag myself out of bed that evening long enough to get a Christmas secret service thing we do all put together so it could be delivered on Sunday. Jared delivered it
for us Sunday morning. Since then, we have seen some Facebook posts about it so we know it was well received.
I didn’t go to church Sunday and I also missed the Mormon
Choir of Washington DC’s Christmas Concert that evening which was a bummer, but
I really needed rest and it did seem to help a lot. The investigating lady and one of her
daughters came to church and also went to the concert, I was happy to hear.
They haven’t had any more discussions at our house but they are progressing a
bit and have a new baptismal date for January so hopefully they will keep
heading in that direction.
We took the Elders out to dinner on Monday (one of them was
being transferred) and had the Sisters over here for dinner on Tuesday. Then
the Elders were back over last night (not for dinner, though) so that the new
Elder could meet Frank and they could talk about things Frank would like them to do
to help with the Elders Quorum. At dinner on Monday, Seth begged us to order him this dessert:
He only ate some of it, of course, and the rest of it came home with us and has been in the freezer ever since!
Jared was busy Tuesday…he did lights and sound for a concert
at the high school. I think he went to visit Jessie one day for a little while
(can’t remember which day), he went caroling with the YM on Wednesday, and
yesterday he practiced a song with another boy in the ward that they are singing on Sunday
and he also had a meeting at work. Plus he went to the store last night after
the work meeting to buy some honey buns because we had the treat for Seminary
this morning (didn’t know that until we got a “reminder” call that evening). Jared found out this week that he has been accepted as a member of the 2016 Hill Cumorah Pageant work crew. He is very excited about it!! The letter said that they had 60 applicants but could only accept 28, so we are happy that he was chosen. He will need to be in New York June 24th and will be home July 22nd. The Pageant performances will be July 8,9 and 12-16. We are probably going to go see it again. I'm telling you the dates now, in case any of you want to come see it too! I know it is far away for most of you, but if any of you can come, it would be a really fun mini family reunion! If you are thinking about coming at all, let us know because we might be able to find a good hotel deal.
Seth went to his last Snapology (Lego engineering) class on Wednesday and he
and I both had Cub Scout den meetings that night. I kept quite busy this week
(in between all the usual things I need to do) with finishing up all the
Christmas shopping (both online and at stores) as well as doing some Cub Scout
planning and working with Frank to get all the information to the lawyer so that
they can present a claim to the insurance company for his accident. I also finished reading the
third Harry Potter book with Seth and we have started the 4th book.
I was going to try to get visiting teaching set up for this week but when I got
sick last week I realized that was going to have to wait.
The weather today is a bit colder and yesterday it rained a
lot, but overall we are still having unusually warm weather. One day earlier
this week I sat out on the front step for a bit while Snickers sniffed around
the yard. I was in short sleeves and bare feet and a pretty good breeze was
blowing, and I was perfectly comfortable! I couldn’t believe I was doing that
in December! I do not mind one bit and the lack of snow is not dampening my
Christmas spirits at all (as a matter of fact, I think I am more cheerful) but Frank is grumbling a lot about the weather. He wants SNOW! Lots of it!!
Unfortunately, he is not going to get the white Christmas he is longing for.
The temperatures next week are supposed to be in the 60s some days! I am in
heaven. But I’m sorry Frank is so disappointed.
A member of our ward just got back from a trip to Arizona last
night and this morning he brought me these:
They were picked off his cousin’s
tree the day he left to come home. I am really looking forward to eating them! Christmas gold! :)
That's all I have for this week. Everyone have a very Merry Christmas!
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