The weekly

On Monday we went to piano and jiu jitsu and a PTA meeting. I cleaned and did laundry during the day. 

The boys got new big boy beds and Lexi’s been sending me adventures in sharing a room. 

On Tuesday I let myself take a long nap. I made cookies and we had a general conference home evening where we watched the Saturday morning session. 

On Wednesday I did paperworky things and then went to a balance and hearing dr’s appt. That was interesting and she said I did well, so that’s good news. We went to jiu jitsu and then to a service project at the Aina’s. It’s been raining a ton, and though I made sure the girls had boots and coats, I didn’t bring boots for myself. So I visited with Jess and held Ezra and redirected my girls a million times. 

*this night was my favorite. Poor baby! Lexi said he didn’t fall out of bed though, he just gets up to talk to Emmett a lot, and didn’t make it back to his bed in time. 

On Thursday Adi and Delaney went to the dentist. They took progress pictures, and the change was pretty incredible. Hopefully they’ll give us all the progress pictures, because they were neat to see. 

Delaney’s teeth hadn’t really moved at all, and I didn’t have the heart to tell them I was gone (again) and her expander probably didn’t get tightened. I shouldn’t be gone anymore, so as Matt would say, we’re gonna yeet these crooked teeth. 

That night I had an MRI scheduled. I’ve had an mri on my foot, but that’s not a big deal. I think i also had mri confused with ct scan, and when they asked me if I was claustrophobic and I told them kind of, that they would use something that wouldn’t make me feel claustrophobic. So I take off all my metal and put on their hospital pants and pick my music. I laid down with my mask on, they put headphones on me, and then a boxlike contraption on my head, then slid me on into a long metal tube and I was like not today, satan. What in the heck, it was terrible. I asked if I could take my mask off because it was hot and I was feeling very squished with stuff all over my head, but they said no. In normal circumstances I don’t mind wearing masks, but I was clearly not doing well and I would have been in that room alone. 🤷‍♀️ They were very kind and told me so many people don’t go through with having an mri and not to feel like a baby at all. They might have been too kind, because I actually didn’t feel at all bad about leaving. Well, I feel a little bad and I definitely wish I could just push through, but noooo. I also don’t really think an mri is necessary. I think dr. Chen is just being extra cautious, which I appreciate and was happy to go along with (hello 2 hour hearing and balance test an hour away) until it was awful. I guess we’ll see if he really wants me to try again and go from there. 

Friday was a half day, so we went to a makeup piano lesson (again) since Johnna was sick one day. I made Marry Me Chicken for an early dinner, and then we ju jitsu’d then went to target. 

Bubba drove down late last night, so he spent the morning with us. He showed us his orders and where he’ll be and all the fun things he’s been doing to his truck. He and jeanne are heading to the Florida keys for a week of kayaking and beach time, so we hooked them up with everything that they’ll need. 

When they left, we watched half of the Saturday afternoon session of conference. This is pretty good for half a session. 

These kids made it to Florida and I can’t wait to see all their adventures this week. 

Matt and I were invited to serve during the VIP weeks of the temple open house, so we ate dinner at Chicken Rico on our way up to the temple and it was so yummy!

Delaney got to go to Emma’s birthday party and I heard everyone had a blast. 

I’ve been wanting to go bowling for awhile now, so this looks like so much fun!. 

We got to the temple an hour before our training and we were invited to do the walkthrough with the first group even though we were a few minutes late. So we ended up walking through twice, which was nice and we were not sad about. Oh Matt. He was cracking me up!

It was so exciting to be in our temple after 4 long years! It is so beautiful, I especially loved all the new artwork. We did a walkthrough, then a sit down training, then another walkthrough. it was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday night. So very grateful for this opportunity. 

Next week is spring break and even though we’re not going away anywhere fun, we’ve got some fun things planned for each day. And we’re all so stoked to sleep in for 10 whole days!