It may be April Fool's Day, but I am not the joking type so rest assured that everything I say in this post will be true and accurate. 😄
When I left off last week, I was meeting with my YW class to do some filming for our class movie. We were able to finish up all the filming, thankfully. Here's a photo of our 3 girls at the end of filming. The theme of our movie was a makeover gone bad...that's why they are all dressed in crazy clothes combinations!:
I picked up some Chinese food on the way home for our dinner because it was late by then and Frank didn't want to cook. (Remember he was sick.)
By Saturday Seth was feeling congested and not his best either. He did help me with my class movie though...we needed a boy for one scene at the end of the movie so he filled that role. We spent a few minutes filming a few alternate scenes. I did some other stuff for YW on Saturday too, but I don't really remember what else I did that day...just that I kept busy!
Frank still wasn't feeling well on Sunday so he attended bishopric meeting and ward council virtually but he didn't go to church. Seth wasn't feeling great either so he stayed home with Frank. (They did watch church from home though and did the sacrament at home too). A young man in our ward who just returned from his mission was one of the speakers and he gave a great talk. For YW, my class combined with the older class and we had a guest teacher--one of the sisters in our ward. That was really good too. I had a class presidency meeting via Zoom that afternoon. The counselor didn't come (even though I reminded her in church an hour before) and the president forgot to come until 30 minutes into the meeting (even though I reminded her too!) so most of the meeting was the advisor and I talking and trying to make final plans for the movie festival. That evening we had family night (the lesson part). Frank had a part in the YM movie and he missed the filming the previous Wednesday (since he didn't feel well) so we took a few minutes on Sunday evening for me to film him saying his various lines.
Seth didn't have school on Monday which worked well since he wasn't feeling great still. Frank was doing a little better thankfully because he had a job interview that morning. This was a 2nd interview and it was extensive--4 hours long, with multiple people. He feels like it went well, but he knows that they are interviewing a number of candidates so we'll see what happens. They said they will make a decision next week sometime. I spent a couple of hours on Monday cleaning and organizing in the kitchen. I didn't get everything done but I did get a lot done and the kitchen looks quite a bit better. I still need to go through the cabinets to weed out items that we aren't using although I already have a box of things to donate from the things I went through on Monday. That evening we did the activity and treat portion of family night. We played a game called The Amazeing Labyrinth and I had the worst luck so I was feeling kind of frustrated and crabby by the end. Usually it is a pretty fun game, though!
Seth surprised me by getting up for Seminary on Tuesday morning. He said he felt better, so I wasn't going to argue with him about that! He was still slightly congested, but both he and Frank have improved rapidly this week and both of them seem to feel fine now. I spent all morning on Tuesday cooking which I didn't enjoy but I did that so I would have a number of meals ready ahead of time for Wednesday (between VITA and youth activity night Wednesdays are always busy) and General Conference weekend. Doing that helped things go smoother on Wednesday and now I won't have to miss part of General Conference because all of our meals are mostly made for the weekend! So it was worth it even though Tuesday wasn't too fun--I also cleaned bathrooms and planned next week's meals on Tuesday and I don't enjoy either of those tasks either. It's actually remarkable that I got so much done in one day though, so I was pleased about that.
Things went pretty well at my VITA shift on Wednesday. I kept busy most of the time (but not too busy). Next week is my last week doing VITA for this year. I am glad to be almost done but I will miss it too...I've enjoyed the work and the people that I've been working with. This tax season has been pretty complicated too...mostly because of all the Covid-related tax legislation like stimulus payments and advance child tax credits. Hopefully next year will be simpler!!
That evening was our YM / YW film festival. My class was in charge so we got there an hour early to set up. We decided to invite the youth's families to this activity and it turned out to be a really fun family activity. We had everyone meet in the YW room and then we took all the families into the gym and seated them first. Then we had all the youth (and some of the Primary kids who had helped with some of the movies) come in one at a time while the YW president announced them and said silly things about them. Everyone clapped as they came in and they each had their photo taken on a "red carpet" (actually a big piece of felt I found in the YW closet!). We had lots of popcorn and candy and drinks for everyone to enjoy while we watched the movies. Each of the three YW classes made a movie and the YM made one movie all together. All of the movies were actually really funny and clever so there was a lot of laughter and it was a lot of fun! I was so impressed with how they all turned out! The advisor for my class did all the filming and editing for our movie and she did a fantastic job--our film looked really professional! The oldest YW class had some bloopers at the end of their film and some of those were so hysterical. Frank took care of all the technology stuff for this activity so he got copies of all the movies ahead of time to make sure they would run correctly. That means we still have a copy of each of the movies and I watched them all again yesterday. It was easier to hear them and see them on my laptop instead of watching them in a big room with people making noise, so I picked up on some things that I didn't catch the first time and I still laughed hysterically at the bloopers even though I'd already seen them once. The YM movie was my favorite, I think, and it was all about Seth! I wish you could all see it (maybe sometime when we visit we will be able to show it to you) because I can't explain it very well. But basically, it started out with one YM interviewing Seth and asking him why he did a certain thing (you don't find out what that thing was until the end of the movie) and Seth says he doesn't know why he did it. The interviewer then says that some people talk about listening to a good angel or a bad angel. Seth responds that he has at least 78 different voices in his head, not just 2. The rest of the movie is all the different voices (portrayed by different YM and members of the bishopric) discussing what happened and answering the interviewer's questions. Some of the "voices" included the jokester, the random thought generator, Seth's dad (portrayed by Frank, of course), and Batman. That's the best I can do, but it was really funny and clever!! And as I said before...ALL of the movies were really funny and clever. After we watched the movies, all the leaders got huddled together and we came up with some silly awards for each movie and then we handed those out. I think everyone had a really great time. I am guessing we will be having another film festival next year!
Here's how the sky looked last night as the storm was coming in:
And Wednesday morning we had a beautiful sunrise:
We got to facetime with Tanner for a bit on Saturday. They just adopted a kitten (birthday present for Darlee). The kitten was still hiding in its carrier when he talked to us but hopefully she is feeling more at home now.
I've been texting with Jared this morning. He had an MRI last Friday. He has a colonoscopy scheduled but the earliest they could get him in is April 15th, so he has a 2 week wait until that happens. In the meantime, he isn't feeling very well...pain from the abscess and he's also nauseated most of the time. He still hasn't been able to work much either. So everyone please keep him in your prayers. If you have fast Sunday next week (after General Conference), it would be great if you would fast for him too. He's hoping they will have a cancellation and will be able to get him in sooner. The sooner he can get the colonoscopy, the sooner he can get a diagnosis and hopefully there will be some treatment that will help him start feeling better.
We're looking forward to General Conference this weekend. We hope all of you get to enjoy it too.
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