STAKE CONFERENCE
We had a really great Stake Conference this Sunday. I enjoyed it so much. The kids sat reverently most of the time. I snuck in a game (or two or three) of war with Luke and Bradley. That was mine and Brent's stake conference game. But all the talks were so inspiring. I felt so motivated leaving there. I've had several moments during the past week or so where I just felt like I was sinking into that hole again, and this really helped. I really appreciated the reminder that Heavenly Father is there for us. He loves us. He loves me. That makes me happy. I feel like there are so many areas that I need to improve on, it's hard to pick just one, but I am really going to work on making the best choices. I want to focus on the ladies I visit teach and I want to focus on getting our food storage going again, and in order, and being more prepared. I feel like we've slacked off in that area for a while. I want to be more of an asset to the ward too. I loved the Spirit I felt there. 11-16-14
WEDDING VIDEO
I finally finished Heidi's wedding video Sunday night. Thanks to my Dad, it wasn't completely lost. I had saved it as a video and not an editable project, so I was unable to nit pick through the parts I had done previously. But since I'd spent about four hours getting it to the point that it was, it was a huge blessing I didn't have to repeat it all. Unfortunately the copy I made of it didn't work, so I did have to go back up to my Dad's to re-burn it a second time... but it all worked out in the end! 11-16-14
FHE
Kelly taught us about the talk called Approaching the Throne of God with Confidence. She wasn't sure how to teach a lesson from a talk, but she did an amazing job. I love the parts that she shared with us. That was such a great talk. 11-17-14
PRODUCE MY WEEK
I was so mad at myself this week, with the produce co-op. I had worked so hard to organize the perfect order, I'd added it up about a gazillion times, just to make sure. Then when the guy came with the bill I had underspent about $40!!! Which is really fine, but so frustrating to myself that I messed up that bad!! Luckily we had had a credit of $36 from the previous week's raspberries, so it probably didn't appear as such a discrepancy in the baskets, but UGH. Frustrates me when I mess up like that. 11-18-14
SPOTS
Took Jack and Erika to the Doc this week for well-child visits. I was slightly disappointed to find out that we had missed a couple of Jack's and he was behind on his shots. I pride myself on how up to date my children are on their well-child visits and shots, so this was a bummer. (I shouldn't say that- I have pride in other things... much more worthy causes... but anyway) 11-18-14
DRESS
Nate helped me shop for a dress for the wedding all morning on Wednesday. To no avail. I was starting to get worried and almost settled on a sweater/cami combo that would match my black skirt. I had really wanted to find a dress. I've been wishing I was more dressy for church. Half the time I just throw on one of my junky old t-shirts (maternity nonetheless), with a little open shirt over the top. I feel like I'm setting a bad example for my girls. They dress the same way I do (minus the maternity aspect). SO anyway. My goal was to find a dress. Luckily, after much deliberation, I left Bradley in charge of the boys, ditched YW (it was combined and I knew they didn't need me that week), took Erika and went shopping. I was SO happy when I tried on the navy blue dress at Ross. Glad I decided to broaden my search for a non-purple one. It was only $24!!! I've spent more than that on a skirt in the past! So it was a huge relief. I texted a pic of it to Heidi, and she approved :). So I bought it!! It was a nice little tender mercy if you ask me. I was happy. 11-19-14
FLOWERS
Thursday was flower day. I had to hurry and help in Noah's class, which I'm still feeling guilty about how quickly I pumped those kids through their reading. Some only read a couple pages... don't tell Mrs. Horning... But I was able to leave Jack and Erika with Emily, thank goodness, and head on out! I met up with Heidi at Costco in Bountiful, which ended up being a waste since they didn't have the white roses we were looking for. And at first I got discouraged, thinking this wasn't going according to plan, but then I called the Costco in SL and the lady there had just had someone cancel on an order of six dozen white roses!! Such a blessing! We were so relieved. We both went up there, got the roses and some more of the same samples :). Even picked up her pictures she'd had printed. It was so fun to see Heidi that day. She could have been so stressed and overwhelmed, but she seemed so calm! So happy and excited, and really very mellow about any hang ups! It was great to see her so relaxed. She gave me the ribbon and I headed up to Flower Patch and then Nancy's. I was so glad things were working out so well! Nancy taught me how to help, and we got all the bouts and corsages pumped out in only two hours! She had to hurry off to Parent/teacher conferences, so I loaded up my car and left. It was such a cold drive home! I wanted to have the a/c on so that the flowers didn't wilt, but I got stuck in some bad traffic due to an accident on the freeway... the road had even caught fire! So about two hours and a gazillion shivers later, I got home! The storage room turned out to be the perfect place for the flowers to stay cool. It was so fun to be a part of that aspect of the wedding this time. Now I know how to do that too :) 11-20-14
TIES
I spent the last part of the last possible evening, finishing up the bow ties. Those were a LOT of fun! I couldn't believe how easy they were, yet how good they turned out. In hindsight, I know to measure their necks more carefully before sewing on the velcro, most of them were way too big, but I really didn't get the chance since I had been working on them exclusively at night. SO anyway- I was proud of myself :). 11-20-14
SATURDAY
Day after the wedding was an interesting one. Nate and I had planned to go see his friend Scott sealed to his new wife that morning, so I needed to be up by 6:00 to shower and get ready and then out the door by 7:00 to pick him up from the mid and head on down to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. Unfortunately I slept through my three alarms and didn't wake up until Nate called me at 7:00 to make sure I was coming! I haven't gotten up and awake that fast in a long time. I was a little freaked out I was going to make us miss it. So I skipped the shower- gross I know- got dressed, grabbed my make up and hair things and ran out the door (after throwing some quick instructions at Bradley who surprisingly had gotten up and was engrossed in his iPod... I don't love that new habit of his, but it worked to my advantage that morning). I couldn't believe we made it there! I was so glad Nate had been wrong on the time and we were even about 20 minutes earlier than the requested 1/2 hour early time. So it all worked out. It was a beautiful sealing. They all are. I'm really happy for Scott (and Amy of course) that they were able to find each other and start this new life together. It's sometimes hard for me to grasp the concept of people finding happiness with someone other than the person they were sealed to in the beginning, but to each his own. I hope I never have to do that... I don't think I could. The rest of the day was spent dividing up the leftover wedding food. There was so much salad! The pulled pork was coming out of our ears too, but that's more okay since we like that and can do a lot with it. It lasts forever in the fridge. The salad, not so much. But we were able to get rid of most of it. Plus the cupcakes, mushrooms and onions. Thankfully I don't have much of it left except what I put in the freezer. What a crazy day it was... I was so exhausted from the day before and this new sore throat that I got on the way home from Heidi's reception has been driving me nuts. We were able to get Noah to Corbin's party and home and then we made it over to the Maughan's for dinner. They were so nice to make dinner for us and pretend like we were providing it all. I love spending time with them, it's so relaxed and comfortable. I was glad I didn't decline the offer. They are too good to us. 11-22-14
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