- Friday night I got to hang out with Heidi. We went and got some hot dogs at Costco (not sure why we picked that, but hot dogs or not, they're still yummy :) ) Then we went and saw a movie. Then we went back to Heidi's because it was "only 9:30" and ended up talking til 1:00 in the morning!!! Would have been okay minus the hour drive back home. I was pretty tired! Just lucky I took Nate's car so that I had some music to blast to keep me awake. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully she had some fun too.
- Saturday morning we decided we needed to get out of the house and while Nate and I wanted to go to Temple Square, the kids all voted for a park, so we grabbed some lunch and headed down to West Bountiful Elementary. We were looking for a place with Four Square markings specifically and this seemed original enough :). We had a lot of fun. Brad taught everyone how to play and we actually had some pretty good rounds of it, even with Erika and Noah present. There was of course, the usual bickering. The whining and crying, pouting when you get out, that sort of thing, but I figure that's pretty normal with a bunch of little kids. Hopefully we can get enough practice with it as a family though, that it's not such a big deal to them later, and they can just enjoy the game. Our family is just full of competitiveness. From Nate mostly. So it does make games slightly overwhelming at times ;). But we did have a lot of fun.
- Sunday felt really nice to not have to do anything at church. That probably sounds bad, but normally I either teach or play the organ, or like the week before, speak in Stake Conference, so it was nice to have a day off! It was a little difficult to not feel like everyone was watching my every move when I had to take Erika out after my talk on Reverence, but what can ya do.... I think it's mostly in my head anyway.
- Tuesday was my first day back at the Gym. I couldn't believe how good it felt to get up and go. The workout was a killer though. The whole time I remember thinking that it had to be hard since I hadn't done it in a while, and that I needed to push myself a little harder that time. Well.... maybe not the best idea, I was SO SORE after!!! The day of was okay, but the next day!!! WHOA!!! Not good. It was really hard to walk, sit, stand, you name it! I couldn't believe how hard it was do carry on. I think the cold I got about the same time made it even worse though. That was a tough one.
- On Thursday my cousin Becky called and invited us to a last minute outing to the Castle Park with them. We had a blast. And it was so nice to be able to hang out with Becky. Our kids all got along really well. I don't know why we don't hang out more often. We'll have to start.
- Thursday the girls had activity days and with the new leaders that were recently put in, they LOVED it! Nothing against the previous ones, though some of the things I heard made me feel bad that they had to experience, but the new ones are extra fun and sweet. So that's nice. They played some games to get to know everyone a little better....
- Thursday night, Chris and Stephanie came over for a little BBQ. It was relaxing to sit and talk all night, not have to cook dinner... Nate always makes it so nice for me. I did appreciate that especially with how sick I was feeling.
- Saturday was my Mom and Simon's sealing. That was a very difficult thing for me. For the few weeks before, I knew it was coming and slowly talked myself out of wanting to go. It was strange. I wasn't really sure what it was that made me not want to go, but I really wasn't all that interested in seeing my Mom sealed to someone else. Nothing against anyone. The night before, I had finally had it with the battle inside of me and just decided to turn it over to the Lord. Becky had reminded me of the fact that I hadn't really prayed a whole lot about it. I was really embarrassed about how I felt though, and didn't want to put it into words I think. So anyway, I prayed about it a lot Friday night. Kinda personal, so I'll leave out the details, but in the morning, at 7:00, I woke up and realized I was going to go to the sealing. I woke up Nate, and can I just say how much I appreciate my supportive husband who went along with whatever I was going to decide, and was just so helpful in guiding my decision as well. I love him for that. He always knows just what to say, and he is always there for me. We raced through the house getting ready (just what I hate before going to the temple), left everyone in Charity's care.... nerve-racking still.... and then hurried up to the temple. I always try to prepare myself spiritually for the temple by not being rushed, not being a mental mess, but this time, it was difficult. I was still just relying on Heavenly Father to help me feel good about being there. I struggled a lot. The waiting was okay, I felt myself calming down, and that was nice (maybe that's why they tell you to get there so early....). I'll spare you all the details, but I really struggled. I had a hard time holding back my tears (I had only gotten about 2 hours of sleep anyway), and finally just broke down as we left the sealing room. I'm still not sure what it is that is so hard for me. It's been a long time since I felt like my parents' sealing was still valid, but I guess this just solidifies it. Maybe it was just the reminder. I don't know. I'm sure it's a lot to do with my relationship with my mom. It needs to be better too. So anyway. That was a tough one. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father woke me up though, and helped me to go. I think it as the right thing to do.
- Saturday was also the Ferguson Family Reunion that we had been looking forward to and planning for months now. It was nice to get that over with. We were in charge of the games. We did some fun kids games but had to cut them a little short because Pam wanted to move on to bigger and better things. Then we did a little Minute to Win it stuff with the adults. That went okay. There were a lot of people who participated and seemed to be having a good time, but there were a lot who seemed bored out of their minds as well. Not really sure how I felt about it all. I hate doing things in front of people, so I don't really know how I was acting or if I was doing things right, it's all a blur to me now, but it was alright. I can't say I want to try that again with that group though. I felt like a lot of the reunion was taken over by Pam and that she was not really used to how we do things in the Ferguson family. So that was tricky. But she was just trying. I know that it's hard to try to fit in to a new family. We did have a total blast on the bouncy slide that we rented for it. Nate and I had been really excited about it and then when few kids showed up felt a little weird because we had the most kids there. But it was actually a TON of fun!! Especially once the clouds came out and sprinkled on it a little!! I actually had a lot of fun playing on it after the reunion. Bradley, Charity and I stayed there playing on it while Nate left with the little ones to get some dinner (we had to wait for the guys to come and pick it up) and we just had SO much fun! We were laughing, screaming, just really went wild on it. I loved it. Hopefully the kids didn't feel too embarrassed by me :) We were soaked and freezing by the time we were done. It really helped mellow out my unsettled feelings from the reunion.
- Church was nice today. I loved not having to do much again. Minus having Erika with me because she had a runny nose we didn't want to share with the whole nursery. My favorite thing today was on the drive home from the Family meeting. The kids always ask for us to tell stories from when we were little, and the last time they had asked, Nate had told a story about a time when he went with his parents up to Rick's to see his sister. He had eaten the whole bag of chocolate chip cookies his mom made, and had had a little run in with the runs. It was a funny thing to tell the kids about, I thought, at the time, and kinda chuckled about it, but then tonight, cute little Noah piped in and on his on accord said, "Dad, tell us 'bout the time you ate duh chocwet chips and had diaweeuh!" He had TOTALLY remembered it. and liked it. AND wanted to hear it AGAIN!! How cute is that! Made me laugh. And I laughed the whole time because it was funny to think that he felt that way about that particular story ;) What a cutie. What a boy. And I love that they have a Dad who is fun enough, humble enough, and a good enough story teller, to tell a story like that and make it fun thing for them. I just really can't be more pleased with my choice to marry him. That was the smartest thing I've ever done. And I do take all the credit :) jk.
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