February 26th through March 5th

February 26^th through March 5^th:  Wednesday, Mom substituted at Bennion.  Alex took her to school and I stayed home and got the kids off and watched Luke while Charlotte took Tilly in to have some blood drawn to check her bellyrubin. 

The fort I made Luke the day I tended him.

I got to the molding job about 10:45 and worked on installing casings on the main floor till 7:30pm and then went to John’s house and ripped casing that I needed and didn’t have a table saw at the job.  He helped me rip the molding and I got home about 8:30pm and showered and went to bed.  Thursday, I got to the molding job early and helped Blake and Michelle move furniture in a couple of rooms so that Blake could tear out the old molding.  I then worked on installing base boards on the main floor until about 5:00pm.  Friday, I worked at Home Depot to celebrate my birthday.  After work Chris had a few presents for me, mostly for our mission, new socks, a baggage scale, and a new wallet.  I told everyone on Facebook that it wasn’t really my birthday and that I did not get one this year and that I was not getting older, that I was in a state of fair preservation.   We went to dinner with John and Jill in the evening.  We went to Setebellos and had salads and pizza and then gelato for desert.  It was a very fun evening and so nice to be with John and Jill. 

John and us in front of the pizza oven.

Saturday, I had the early shift at Home Depot.  After being on my feet for 8 hours on that hard cement my feet hurt and I didn’t have energy for much of anything after work, but Chris and I did go and meet our daughter Kate and her kids at the play land at Burger King.  Good times. 

Burger King fun.

Sunday, church was good.  We felt like our Sunday school class went well and that we had a good Spirit in the class.  I had to go to work after church and then after dinner we got a call on face time from President and Sister Atkinson.  It was so fun to talk to them and get to hear their vision of what they wanted to accomplish and how we could help them.  They really made us feel needed and that we were suppose to go there.  It made us want to leave tomorrow, but alas we still have 11 weeks.  We thought we were going to a small temple, but Pres. Atkinson informed us that the Mexico temple is closed for renovations and so the Oaxaca temple now has 30 sessions a week and services 44 stakes!!  We will be busy.  Monday, I had the early shift again.  After work I went and helped a man in the ward install tile in his bathroom.  I installed and he watched.  He wanted to learn how to install tile.  It went so well that I was done in 2 hours.  Chris and I then went to the movies and then went shopping and bought new suitcases. 

Our new suitcases become the training bases for the ninga/transformer warriors.

Tuesday, Mom dropped me off at the molding job and she went and substituted at Meadowlark Elementary.  My brother Van came and got Blake and I for lunch.  We had Chinese at Little World.  I worked till about 6:00pm and then drove the truck that Blake had borrowed from his son, that was full of molding that needed to be ripped, to John’s house.  John helped me rip the molding and I finished up about 8:30pm.  I showered and went straight to bed.  Wednesday, I went to work at 5:00am but only had to work till 10:00am.  So I went straight to the molding job and installed the moldings that I had ripped the night before.  I finished up about 6:00pm and Blake and Michele let me drive the truck home so that Chris would not have to come and get me.  A couple of weeks ago I was up early and Evan work up and went up and asked his mother for the I-pad.  She said, “Evan go back to bed you have to sleep for at least 2 more hours.”  He replied, “But papa is up.” To which my daughter replied, “Papa is a crazy old man now go back to bed.”  It was 4:30am.  Now I know what my daughter really thinks of me.

Mom at the zoo with Rigby, Emme and Kate and her kids.