Friday, January 29, 2016
Dad is up at Aspen Grove for a youth conference with Elise and Parker. It’s quiet and I have back-to-back birthdays that will make it hard for me to focus on a letter Sunday.
Funniest moment of the week: FHE Monday night, I was trying to squeeze a lesson in after the picture took all the creativity and focus we had. I had the family help me set up dominoes in the shape of a heart and talked about how the Book of Mormon is a foundational element of our testimonies. After a few restarts I called Josie over to knock the dominoes down. I asked, “Do you want to knock these dominoes over?” She answered “Yeah!” while she simultaneously threw her arms across the heart, splattering dominoes all at once. Haha…
Parker insisted on taking this photo in commemoration of you.
Funniest moment of the week: FHE Monday night, I was trying to squeeze a lesson in after the picture took all the creativity and focus we had. I had the family help me set up dominoes in the shape of a heart and talked about how the Book of Mormon is a foundational element of our testimonies. After a few restarts I called Josie over to knock the dominoes down. I asked, “Do you want to knock these dominoes over?” She answered “Yeah!” while she simultaneously threw her arms across the heart, splattering dominoes all at once. Haha…
Sweetest moment of the week: Driving to donuts after the attending the 7am Provo City Temple open house Friday morning. I just love the feeling we share after the open houses. This temple is very impressive and I thought about how much work and expense was invested to honor the efforts of our predecessors.
Most accomplished moment of the week: I finally got the license plates on the new van and all the previous owner’s stuff collected. The van has a 6 CD changer and I kept popping out disks on the way to Cascade’s family skate night. Aleah had to go alone because Dad, Parker, and Elise had a Stake Fireside and I had to shop for the ingredients for her birthday breakfast that night. Since half the family would be a YC on her birthday, and we had the open house today, and Cambry’s birthday follows hers, we had Swedish pancakes Thursday morning.
Walking back to the car after the open house, these three string beans locked shoulders and marched their silly synchronized interlocking legs march.
Most accomplished moment of the week: I finally got the license plates on the new van and all the previous owner’s stuff collected. The van has a 6 CD changer and I kept popping out disks on the way to Cascade’s family skate night. Aleah had to go alone because Dad, Parker, and Elise had a Stake Fireside and I had to shop for the ingredients for her birthday breakfast that night. Since half the family would be a YC on her birthday, and we had the open house today, and Cambry’s birthday follows hers, we had Swedish pancakes Thursday morning.
Most unexpected moment: Josie was the only girl who came to her dance class Wednesday. She was in heaven - she got to boss the teacher around a little, “Now you do your turn…” I think she might have worn herself out a little because she was yawning when I took her with me to drop the girls off for their class later.
Most unwise moment: Parker came into our room late Monday night explaining that he’d forgotten that Brandon Sanderson was having and book event and he wanted to go. It wasn’t really ‘can I go’ but more like ‘I’m going, just so you know where I am.’ I didn’t protest, he was out till all hours of the early morning, and then missed school Wednesday and Thursday because he was sick. Unwise.
Most anticipated moment: Aleah is going to Color Me Mine, a pottery place down in the Riverwoods tomorrow on her birthday. She requested this gift for Christmas.
Most dreaded moment: Aleah began speech pathology this week. They began by working on her Ss sounds. She was told to pull her tongue back in her mouth and use her teeth to make the sound. Now why didn’t I think of that? Oh wait, I did. Anyway a light went on for her and she’s working to speak more clearly. That is good. She’s got to work at it so that she can still do it even when she’s excited. :)
Most vacant moment: Well really Dad’s just been gone the whole week, even Monday night after FHE. He’s feeling it. But I’ll bet he comes home a little refreshed after YC.
Saddest moment: Glenn Martin passed Thursday at about noon. Oh how we love him. He stopped eating and taking meds Sunday. They had been up in Salt Lake taking care of Carol’s mother who is also passing soon. So Carol brought him home and the kids gathered. They have many nurses in the family and they say they have never seen a more peaceful, sweet passing. He was able to talk to the family until just about five minutes before he passed. The children all gathered for a sleepover in the family room where his hospital bed was. Occasionally in the night he would start a conversation with some of them. He is safely dead, having been granted great mercies over the past couple years.
Most unbelievable moment: My ENT is treating my sinus infections with soap. Yup. I put a drop of Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo in my irrigation bottle with my saline rinse morning and night. It doesn’t taste good, but it’s working. It breaks up the mucus and makes my sinuses not so friendly to the bugs. I feel like this could be it. After thirty days of irrigated antibiotic solution, I almost immediately had another sinus infection and I was discouraged. Using Cambry’s essential oils on my cheeks and forehead gave me some relief. But this soap stuff holds promise.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Hey! I got a sweet email from the Ps in Vernal this week. They were so complimentary of you. That was so sweet!
Aleah said her birthday this year was the best ever. Score!
Today has been really wonderful with Cambry as well. I’ve got to go as the entire H clan is coming for cheesecake. Dad gave a wonderful address today for ward conference. I’ll send you a copy with the next picture. It’ involved the sheath knife he gave you years ago.
Love you sooo much!
Love,
Mom
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