Well, here I am once again...trying to remember what I did this past week!
Last Friday (the 18th) I participated in an Easter Cantata (musical program). The three wards that meet in our building did this together...each ward provided a couple of musical numbers. I sang with our ward choir (although it was more like a small group because so many of our ward choir members were out of town for spring break). We sang a Shawna Edwards song called "This is Jesus". I think it went pretty well. Two of the YW in our ward had solos in this song and they did a great job. I enjoyed all the other musical numbers and afterwards there was refreshments. Frank and Seth came and they seemed to enjoy it, too.
On Saturday (the 19th) I went to lunch with my friend Rebekah (we tried a Mexican place that starts with the letter L, since that's the letter we were on...it was fine, but nothing special). Seth had to work that evening and we had the Elders over for dinner. I did the usual Saturday chores, worked on Seminary lessons, and did some sewing. I got the flower pieces basted and pinned to the block.
Sunday was Easter, of course. I had to get to church early for choir practice (we sang 3 songs in Sacrament meeting) and Frank had to get there early to set up a broadcast for one of the other wards. Most of our Sacrament meeting was musical numbers, and it was really nice. A couple of choir members got back in town on Saturday, so we had a bigger choir than on Friday, which was nice.
After church, we hurried home to change and put together a dessert to take to Lori's house for dinner. We actually didn't eat at her house...they invited a number of families and we met at the park next to their house and had a yummy potluck dinner. They also had an egg hunt for the kids and a few Easter crafts. It was a little bit chilly in the shade (mostly because it was a bit windy) but nice in the sun. (The back of my neck got a little sunburned!) I am proud of myself for conconcting a dessert that eveyone loved. I wanted to make strawberry shortcake, but for a lot of people. I remembered that we have a recipe for a chocolate layered dessert that is always a hit, so I adapted that recipe to make a strawberry shortcake trifle kind of thing. I replaced the chocolate cake with pound cake and the chocolate pudding with vanilla pudding, and kept the layers of whipped cream that the original recipe calls for. Then instead of layers of crushed chocolate bars, I used sliced strawberries mixed with a little bit of sugar. It was really yummy and the whole large bowl disappeared fast and everyone said how good it was. I will have to make that again sometime!
We didn't do Easter baskets this year...Seth and Frank said they were both fine with just putting all the candy together in a bowl that we all shared. I tried to buy less candy this year too, but was not really successful. I asked them what kinds of candy they wanted the most and only bought those kinds but we all have different favorites, so it still ended up being a lot. Oh well, I tried!! We still have quite a bit left.
Frank got sick on Sunday evening, unfortunately. He got to sick to his stomach, but he also came down with a fever. It hit very suddenly...so strange! He still wasn't feeling well on Monday morning, so he took a sick day.
Monday was the last day of spring break. I did all the usual chores...grocery shopping, laundry, vacuuming...and also finished up Seminary lessons, helped Seth finish an English assignment, and did some sewing. I appliqued the flower pieces onto the quilt block and also sewed on all the border strips.
Seth worked on Monday evening. On Tuesday, it was back to the regular routine for all of us. Thankfully, Frank was feeling better. Not only was he able to go to work, but he was also able to do his shift at the temple. He had asked his shift supervisor to please give him assignments that don't require a lot of standing or walking, which really helped. He worked at the initiatory desk all evening. Meanwhile, Seminary went well and Seth had school as usual. I had a doctor appointment that morning...met with a gastroenterologist to set up a colonoscopy and got all the info, but still haven't set up the procedure because they say since I have A fib, I have to get cardio clearance from my cariologist first. Still waiting to hear back from the cardiologist. Besides finishing all the regular chores, I also marked the flower quilt block and got both quilt blocks ready for quilting:
After dinner, Seth and I went to a LaCrosse game because two of the boys in our Seminary class are on the team. Well, actually three of them are on the team but one of them broke his hand at the beginning of the season so he can't play. He helped with the score keeping, though. This was the first time I had ever been to a LaCrosse game and it was pretty interesting. I enjoyed seeing the boys in my class play. The two boys in my class are number 11 and number 15:
And this is number 11's twin brother (the one with the broken hand), acting as a scorekeeper (he's wearing a white tshirt):
I'm sorry he broke his hand and had to miss playing this season, but it has definitely made it easier for us to tell he and his brother apart! I admit that I just look for the cast on the hand so I know who is who. (They are both really quiet and they usually sleep through the whole class, so I haven't had a lot of opportunity to get to know them very well.) After the game I took Seth to YM and worked on some Seminary stuff until he was ready to come home.
Wednesday was our 33rd anniversary. Frank took the day off work so when I got home from Seminary, we went to breakfast. Oh, and while I was at Seminary he went out and bought some flowers and a card for me, which was waiting for me when I got home.
On the way to breakfast, Frank got pulled over because he didn't stop behind the line before turning right on a red light (he did stop before turning, just not behind the line). Thankfully, the officer just gave him a warning...we were happy about that!! We enjoyed spending the day together, which included taking a long nap! We had family night that evening (getting to be the normal night because Seth usually works on Mondays and Frank has his temple shift on Tuesdays).
Yesterday Seth was tired and didn't make it to Seminary. I was busy all day with just the usual things, plus I planned one of next week's Seminary lessons and read through the second one and I did some quilting. I have done a lot of the quilting for the flower block, but haven't taken photos of my progress. That evening, Seth and I went to a talent show to watch another boy in our Seminary class sing a solo. He sang "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miserables, and he did a fantastic job! The talent show was two hours long and I really didn't want to go to the whole thing but fortunately he knew that he would be one of the last performers, so we didn't go over until the second hour. Our timing turned out to be perfect...we saw the end of one act, then there was one other performance, and then the boy in our class sang. After he sang, we left, so we were only there for about 20 minutes. I'm so glad I got to see him perform, but it didn't take all evening!
Today I went to the temple. I couldn't get an appointment at my usual time (10:00 am) so I went in the afternoon instead. That worked out okay...I got most of the budgeting done before I left and I also got to take a short nap, which I really needed! It's always wonderful to be in the temple and the temple grounds are particularly beautiful right now.
The traffic coming home wasn't so great, but I got home in time to see Seth and Lori head off for prom. (They are going to the prom at her high school...Brunswick High). Lori's mom brought her to our house and we walked down to the river to take some photos:
Lori's mom dropped them off at a restaurant and ran some errands while they ate and then took them to the prom. We will be leaving soon to pick them up...we'll take Lori home on our way home.
In between everything else, I have been trying to watch as many episodes of Madam Secretary as possible. I can't remember if I mentioned last week that we found out it is leaving Netflix soon so Frank and I are both trying to finish watching it before it's gone. We decided that we would need to watch it separately because it's a lot harder for us to find times we can both watch together than to watch it on our own. Frank is way ahead of me now (not surprising!) but hopefully I will get it done in time.
I keep forgetting to mention that after Frank interviewed for those three positions at work, they decided to put the whole thing on hold because of "budget restrictions" and other factors. He finally found out yesterday that he didn't get any of those positions, but they said he did a great job in the interviews and are encouraging him to interview for the next round of positions when they become available. (Not sure when that will be.) Frank is actually kind of glad because those positions would have been a lot less flexible hours than the position he has now. Probably for the best! We'll see what happens next. Originally, the new organizational structure was going to be in place by June 1st, but everything has been slowed down now.
That's everything I can think of for this week.
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