It started out great. Friday afternoon we had 84 degree weather and I remembered the slip'n'slide that I discovered while we were packing up to move. Justin was a big fan. I love this picture of his soaking wet shorts hanging down to his ankles.
After dinner that night, we discovered America's Funniest Home video's on Netflix instant stream and sat around as a family giggling the night away.
I was a little behind on my preparations for conference (packets not printed, and kitchen not completely clean) but I had meals and activities planned and was looking forward to taking notes like I did in October.
Saturday morning came along earlier than I expected :o) and at 9:45 I was printing conference packets for the kids. I had planned to have them help me tidy up the kitchen/living room before conference began, but Todd got to them first and had them move all the food out of the storage room so he could fix the shelves between sessions. I wish I had a "before" picture. The shelves were so warped they were almost unusable. I don't know exactly what Todd did, but they look 100% better.
When I went downstairs this morning to see my new shelves, I noticed that the rest of the food didn't quite make it back into the storage room...
Our friends Don and Becky were in town, and agreed to stop by between the Saturday sessions to look at my quilting room floor and tell us what we needed to do (Don is a contractor, and Becky is a longarm quilter).
Since they were coming, I spent the Saturday morning session listening to conference while I cleaned up my kitchen and living room, and mopped the floor. Actually I kind of enjoyed it because the kids were downstairs "working on their conference packets" and Justin was taking his morning nap. It felt good to make my kitchen floor sparkle, but I didn't take notes and by the end of the session I couldn't even remember the topic of one of the speakers!
Don and Becky got here between sessions and looked at my quilting studio, told us what we needed to do, and Don offered to help us that evening after his class. He said it was a two hour job. Of course we jumped at the offer! I guarantee if Todd and I had tackled this ourselves, it would have been an entire day project, cost more than it needed to, and there may or may not have been swearing involved. We ran out of cement mix and Home Depot was closed, so it's not finished, but at least we know what to do. Don was right...it took them about an hour and a half to "feather" the cement and even out the 1" gap on the floor. I am SO grateful for good friends!
Unfortunately, Todd had to miss the priesthood session of conference to get the room ready and buy the supplies needed in order to work on the room that night with Don. I'm so glad the church makes it easy to access conference so he can still watch or listen to the session this week.
Sunday morning, our plans continued to get "derailed" when I woke up with a stomach bug. I had told Caleb that we would celebrate his birthday on Sunday, because Todd is teaching a class on Monday night, and on Tuesday (his actual birthday) the kids have a choir concert. Because I was sick, he didn't get the "bakery party" he had requested, but Todd fixed one of Caleb's favorite dinners (Navajo taco's) and made him a birthday cake. He opened his presents straight out of the amazon boxes.
I listened to the Sunday sessions on the couch, between frequent trips to the bathroom. Last night, before the kids went to bed, I asked them to bring me their conference packets so I could read what they wrote. It turns out that they weren't exactly working on their packets while they were downstairs by themselves :o). I didn't get much, but I loved Caleb's picture of Sister Beck. I think we're going to review conference talks one at a time, for FHE over the next few months, and I'm going to have them fill out their packets one talk at a time.
I thought I was going to feel better today, but at 4 AM I was up tossing my cookies. My wonderful husband, who was supposed to be at work at 7:00, re-arranged his schedule so that he could get the boys ready for school and drop them off. (We are down to one vehicle until we get our tax return and fix Todd's truck, so I would've had to walk the kids to school because they have to cross a busy street without a crossing guard).
This is what I saw when I walked into the kitchen this morning...
Since I'm still not feeling well, I think I'll ignore the kitchen, put Justin down for a nap, and re-watch conference. This time I'll take notes.
2 comments:
Sorry you were sick. That's no fun. Hope you are feeling better today.
Seriously, my best laid plans always end up like this...
And Caleb's drawing of Sis. Beck is spot-on!
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