April 18, 2010

April 18, 2010

Dear Family and Friends,

We are back to normal here in the East. Monday we did shopping etc. That night after dinner we had FHE and discussed a story from “The Friend” on talents. We are slowly trying to expand our FHEs because (at least in theory) B-man should be able to pay attention for longer than five minutes.

Tuesday was a quiet day. That night was mutual and we took all of the Young Women for a scavenger hunt at the mall. For the most part it was a very fun activity and the girls were great. I really love my girls right now. They are so wonderful.

Wednesday was a busy day. After B-man got home from school, and after his friend left that comes over for about an hour three days a week, we drove about forty-five minutes to a doctor’s office. We had been told by a friend about a study that was being done for children, and if you participated you were VERY well compensated. I stopped and got McDonald’s for lunch as part of the bribery for B-man. When we got to the office we waited for a few minutes. Then they took us back to a room and explained the study, had me sign some papers, and then they took one vial of blood, and gave him the Flu Mist vaccine. We were done in about fifteen minutes. B-man was so brave about the blood being drawn. He didn’t cry or complain at all and all the doctors and nurses were complimenting him on how brave he was. He was so brave, and they were super fast which helped things. After we got home we played for a while outside, and then got ready for dinner. That night I went to a baby shower for two of my friends that are going to be having babies very soon. It was a fun night and a great chance to chat and catch up with each other.

Thursday was a slow day. Not a lot going on. That night M went out with the missionaries for about an hour. They didn’t get a chance to see many families, but the missionaries did have a lot of good information to share.

Friday was a fun day. B-man had no school because it was a teacher work day. It was so great to not have to rush off to school. After J’s nap we packed a picnic lunch and headed off to a fun park. We met up with a bunch of other moms from our old ward. B-man had a blast running around. Every so often he would come back and ask for some food and then run off again. J and I tried to find a little shade to eat our lunch in. The day was very hot, but we survived. After we got home we all had popsicles to cool off, and then we all felt revived for the rest of the day. That night we had our family party, and we ate pizza and watched “Star Wars.” It’s what B-man wants to do most of the time…

J with one of his lizards. He loves to crawl around with them in his mouth.

Saturday was a fun day. I went out garage sale hunting in the morning. I found most of my things at the first three houses, and then the very last house of the day. But at the last house I B-man a ton of clothes for the next size up. I love it when I find a house with a ton of good clothes for super cheap. When we got home we had a few lazy hours. We ate lunch, played; M ran some errands, etc. Then after J woke up from his nap we drove out to the farm. The farm was sunny, but very windy and cold. The boys were all good sports about the cold. We played for about an hour before catching the hay ride to the field to pick. I realized quickly that J was done with the cold, so we went and sat in the car so I could feed him where it was warm. B-man and M picked spinach and kale and then came back to the car and we went home. At home we fixed a super quick dinner because we were all starving. That night M ran a few errands, and I worked on some things for dinner on Sunday and my lesson.

B-man's "I'm watching Star Wars" face...

Today has been a good day. M had meetings early, and while he was gone B-man and I watched “Joy to the World,” and “The Testaments.” B-man’s reactions to the movies were really cute and opened up some discussions about testimony and Jesus. The rest of the time we spent finalizing getting ready for church and eating enough so that we wouldn’t be hungry during church. Church went well. I taught in Young Women’s and was pleased with how the lesson turned out. I really do love the girls in my class. We have some great girls. After church we rushed home to make the final preparations for dinner. We had two families over for dinner, one was a family we know very well, and one was a family that we don’t know at all. It was a crazy couple of hours, but I think it was fun too. We did ham and cheesy potatoes. That is pretty hard to mess up. Just as the families were leaving our sweet neighbors dropped off a huge strawberry shortcake for us. We have such great neighbors. We then immediately put the boys to bed, and finished cleaning up.

We love you all!

R, M, B-man, and J