November 20th-22nd

I spent the 20th decorating for Christmas. I have not a ton, but enough Thanksgiving decorations, so the Christmas/Thanksgiving combo reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas. I actually decorated for Christmas quite a bit before Thanksgiving and I still felt behind when we got back into town after Thanksgiving and it was already December 1st.

The 21st was spent working on our Area Conference. Lots of emails, texts, calls, writing messages, and answering questions. 

On the 22nd (Saturday) I met up with Sarah C and McKenzie and we drove up to the temple together. Elder Rasband came to visit his daughter for Thanksgiving and because he was local, he held a big Washington DC North Area Training. He invited the bishops to a special temple session in the morning, so we followed their pattern and invited all our presidents to worship together in the temple before our training. I let Elizabeth and Grace know, so it ended up being all the women presidents in our Stake. I had 6/8 of my presidents and it was lovely to be with them in the temple. 

After, we ate lunch in the temple cafeteria and then went to the Stake Center next door for our training. Because I've been managing the Area RS Coordinating Council, I know all the Stake RSP's by name and many by face, so it was fun to see so many friends. The training was excellent. Nothing new or groundbreaking, but very very focused on Jesus Christ, on helping people remember Him and learn of Him.

It was nice to ride with friends because we were able to talk the whole way up and then compare notes the whole way home.

I was home for about 30 minutes before Chelsea and Steve picked us up for Sarah's Women of Country Concert.

It was at The Rex and I had no idea they had a whole concert venue in the back. It was just a little smaller than the warehouse in Philadelphia where D and I saw Marina. I wasn't really in the mood for a concert since I'd been out all day, but it ended up being really fun! I knew (and loved) 90% of the songs and since it was so loud I was able to sing at the top of my lungs and so obviously I did.

It was fun to see Sarah - she's so talented, and to hangout with Chelsea and Steve. It was a long and full and beautiful day.