Have I shared sweet Henry? You can’t have too much. His goofy faces kill me. ❤️

On Sunday I went to the Bowie ward conference. I somehow misjudged the time so arrived a few minutes late, that’s a first for me. Sharon and I went on ministering visits after church and it was really sweet. When I got home Adi was going through her Japan box from Sister Valle. She was such a good seminary teacher and we miss her! Our family more than most! 🥴

We had a family zoom call that night. We had a summer trip to Dollywood planned with my dad and before he passed he made sure we knew he still wanted to cover it and for us to enjoy ourselves. We talked activities and meals and rooms and got some things figured out.

Monday was St. Patrick’s Day which I didn’t do anything special for. I spent the day laundering tablecloths. It was my turn and it was a chore. 6 loads and then folding and folding and folding. I got it all done though and started working on thank you cards. I put on Traitors, a new to me reality show and wrote away.
Matt works almost exclusively from home now. He doesn’t actually even have a desk to go back to, so if he is affected by this everyone back to work order, there will be some scrambling. That’s been happening, so I wouldn’t be surprised, but so far he’s still home. He’s been having connection troubles so has had to be in our family room to connect directly and it’s soooo annoying. I like having him around, but in the little front room office, not all up in my grill in the family room. Anyway, I caught him in a cat nap.

Haha.

I spent Tuesday morning baking treats for Frankie’s freshman fair luncheon. Her teacher that organized it is so amazing and I want to support her, so in a fit of philanthropy I signed up to bring a chocolate trifle, Texas sheet cake, and Oreo cupcakes. Also a cooler, napkins, and Matt went to help set up. Someone had mission bbq cater it, so I guess I didn’t do that much. 🤷♀️
We had a 2 hour debrief presidency meeting and I was able to put some uneasy thoughts to rest. My presidency is far from perfect and there are occasional waves, but when we council revelation flows and I am so grateful. We had missionaries for dinner and family night night and it was definitely one of those days I feel like I cook and clean the kitchen all day. And it still looks like this.

Spring Break is so late this year and everyone is dragging. I know a one week break isn’t gonna make everything better but it will reenergize to get us through. I call this one “Waiting on spring break.” They each laid down in companionable silence.

Matt and I went to Frankie’s fair on Wednesday but we didn’t stay too long. Then we had ballet and youth activities.
On Thursday I went to lunch with some friends to Salsas where we neglected a picture. 😩 I made dinner for a friend and then it was a nice quiet night.
On Friday I drove to Ruther Glen to see a culminating dance presentation for one of chantell’s Dancing Classrooms. It was held a Mattaponi Barn and it was so beautiful!

The presentation was so cute and I’m so emotional lately and there’s so much yuck going on in the world that these sweet 5th graders dancing their little hearts out even though they were embarrassed made me tear up. I just want to hug each of them and tell them how they are beautiful children of God and so so good inside.
Anyways, I really enjoyed the dance.

Chantell and I went to lunch after and then walked all around Bowling Green and caught up on life and politics and church callings. We also forgot a picture. 😣 We talked for hours and decided we really really need to do that more often. I didn’t get home till almost 5 and kissed Matt and D on their way out to dance.
Saturday was the first day I got to sleep in in a long time. It was lovely. We didn’t really enjoy a Yum Box from Columbia, but we did experience it. One of the ring chips just kind of tasted bland and then Delaney said it tasted like one of Sandy’s little chihuahua dogs smells and then I wanted to throw up. 🤣

We had a little get together for Frankie’s birthday with some of her friends.

They played games and went for a walk around the neighborhood.

Taco Bell and a few gifts and then it was over. Easy peasy.

Sunday was stake council, a President Boyd meeting, Capital Ward for their special all women RS devotional and cupcakes after, and then home. I didn’t stay for the branch because I hadn’t slept well. I’ve been getting hot flashes as a woman of a certain age and it’s been messing with my sleep. I wake up hot and throw the blankets off and then wake up cold and pull them back up. It’s the strangest thing how it will hit and suddenly just waves of heat radiating through me. Weird weird.
I don’t always have trouble sleeping, I just complain about it when I don’t. Friday night was excellent, 12-8 with no wakeups. Maybe I should start accentuating the good sleep nights.
Adi had a camp meeting at our house and we watched a cute movie and put a bow on our week.