Eating lunch
Just having a snack
Hitting hard
Tuesday I tried to clean up a little in the morning before preschool. Bradley had a fun time at preschool like always. Lauren got to go on a field trip to a fire station during school. She said it was fun to see the station, but she didn't get to see where they sleep or eat. After getting Lauren we made a quick lunch for them to eat in the car, put some white bean chicken chili in the crock pot and hurried up to the airport to get Greg. We were a couple minutes late so Greg was at the baggage pickup area already, but we beat his bags...which were some of the first off the plane. We got back in time to pick up Jared. We worked on homework and Greg called the Jones. These guys played games with Greg all afternoon and evening. They took a little break to eat dinner when Jeff and Elizabeth came over, but then jumped right back in. Some of their favorites were uno and war, but Alan and Jared taught Greg how to play Carcassonne too. Greg went to sleep at Jeff and Elizabeth's.
Getting the homework done
Starting with the games
Wednesday we took Greg to do some of our usual things. We went to story time at the library and the to get Lauren. We had a quick lunch here and then went to ready to learn. It was a fun one this time and just had activities and crafts...and books :) Then we had just enough time for a bathroom break and loading Greg's luggage into the car. We went down and checked Jared out of school so he could go with us to drop Greg off at the MTC. The first missionary we talked to asked if we were there to drop off the missionary in the back (Jared). I said luckily we had a few more years before that. He told us to go left down the hill. We followed the directions of the Elders in reflective yellow coats (they looked like fireman coats) down the hill by the flag roundabout. Greg recognized one of them which helped put him at ease a little. We pulled in at number 22 and a friendly Elder helped Greg get his bags out of the car. I gave him a quick hug, he said bye to the guys still in the car, and he was off down the sidewalk with the friendly Elder showing him the way. I buckled Bradley back in (he had to get out to get Greg's bag out of the car). Then we just pulled out going out a gate at the south side that lets you into the parking lot right to the East of the university press building. We took Jared back to school. I got him out at 1:30 and he was back by1:50 and all he really missed was recess. That night I had a Stake Primary training meeting. It was a good meeting, but got kind of long. I got to talk to mom and dad a little to tell them how the day went. Like I told them it was awesome to get to drop Greg off. The excitement and spirit at the MTC are amazing. I would gladly drop someone off every week if I could.
Look out Mozambique here he comes!
Thursday Bradley, Connor, and I went and helped in Lauren's class. We helped write more letters and helped in the hospital center. My visiting teachers came in the afternoon. The rest of the day was just normal. We did spend a little time getting ready for the talent show and doing homework.
Friday was the school talent show. Jared and Lauren did it together. Jared rode his unicycle and Lauren twirled baton. They did a great job! One little girl told me that if it had been a contest they would have won. When I told these guys they were both beaming. Bradley wanted to stay for the older grades' show, so we did. It got over right about the time to get Lauren. We met Jared after his school again at the library for another storytelling workshop. They played some fun games this time and really enjoyed themselves. Friday night they got to watch the first half of Toy Story 3.
They came up with what to wear all on their own. I love that they had the idea to match.
Waiting for it to start
Saturday we just had a slow morning. Alan went to work for several hours. We got to go to the baptism of the little boy who lives across from us. I got to play the piano. It has been a long time since I have been to a baptism. There was a really sweet spirit there. They had some snacks in the basement when it was over. I was starting to not feel so great. Everyone was pretty tired so I ran to Winco so some other guys could take naps. When I got home these guys had cleaned up and were finishing Toy Story 3. I had to hurry and get dinner going. We had a couple from our ward coming over for dinner. That was our ward activity for the month. You signed up and they paired you with another family and you were supposed to get together Friday or Saturday for dinner. We had Hawaiian haystacks. They were yummy...or so everyone else says. It was all I could do to keep from throwing up while they were here. If they hadn't been here I probably would have just thrown up and gotten it over with.
Today I woke up and stuff is moving through me really fast. I decided I could go to church, but I think I spent about half the morning in the bathroom. In singing time today we played "scratch and sing" Alan helped me make some scratch off cards. There were two things to scratch off on each card...a song to sing and a location to find the next card. It was a fun singing time. (to make the cards you just put packing tape over the part you want covered, then use 1part dish soap and 2 parts paint and paint thin layers over it until you can't see through it...about 4 layers. I just used white paint, but if you use metallic it looks like a real scratch off ticket) Bradley got to do the scripture for the first time in Primary today too. Our home teacher stopped by and I took some treats to the ones I visit and stayed for a few minutes. We had chicken noodle soup for dinner. It was yummy, but didn't sit well. Hopefully I'll be doing better tomorrow.
Even though these came last week we just took these pictures today.
"Grandma these are the best!"
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