Dear Loved Ones 26
April 2015
Happy 11th Birthday Cousin Jack. We’ve been
thinking of you today. It’s cold and rainy and we’ve had an afternoon of
catching up on Faith in God and Personal Progress goals and now we’re watching
“Into The Woods” (again).
It’s been a pretty boring week. Lots of school, homework,
meetings, etc. Monday was family night, Tuesday was doctor appointments (checkups
for Addie and Ammon), Wednesday I got a biopsy on the 7-month leg rash and Rich
took Addie and James up to Scouts and Young Women.
Thursday we had the missionaries over for Breakfast for
Dinner: French Toast with strawberries and cream plus sausage, bacon and OJ and
they said we should have breakfast for dinner every time because they never get
fancy breakfasts. So, done! Afterward I went to a parents’ meeting to help
choose a new principal for the primary school (which experience really made me
have more confidence in my gut feelings—I knew that last one was a bad choice,
but I thought it was just me—nope, it was an all-around mistake, *sigh* live
and learn).
Friday was a circus. Rich had to prepare for a Boy Scout
camp out at Pine Creek. I had a rheumatology checkup in Bozeman at the ungodly
hour of 4:20pm, so Rich was loading up his scout trailer, I picked up the kids
from school and dumped them at home and had Addie babysit while I ran to the
doctor, shopped at Costco, and brought home pizza and root beer for dinner. We
had a fun slumber party and watched, “Into the Woods” (in which Meryl Streep is
INCREDIBLE).
It snowed on the scouts and we all slept terribly without
Daddy. Saturday morning we changed beds and did laundry. Addie went up to the
church to dip chocolates and twist carmels for the YW camp fundraiser. Rich
came home around 10 am and we got ready for Elanor Jones’ baptism at 1pm. It
was such a nice service for a sweet girl. Afterward we took a nap and had a
yummy dinner. Addie and Heidi had some friends over for the afternoon and
evening, and the Jones family stopped by for a couple of hours to eat cookies
and hang out. Around 10pm the older girls went over to Jones’ house for a late
movie and we all crashed hard.
Church was lovely today. I love Rainy Sundays so much! We
had two good High Council talks about the Savior, I only caught bits of the
final talk as my two-hour wrestling match with Ammon started early today. We
caught up with the Lowes who were out in the foyer with their twin girls, too J We had a nice visit from our home teachers
and talked about having courage. We talked about how the message of Cinderella
was “Have Courage and Be Kind…” it’s a great message.
Heidi and I are gearing up to go to Utah on Wednesday for
BYU Women’s Conference (we will be home Sunday). Heidi will have some
Nana/cousin time while I go to conference classes and in the evenings she will
be able to catch up with Aunt Debbie Holm, who is meeting me at BYU. We are
looking forward to making some great memories and filling our proverbial cups.
Please keep Rich and the kids in your prayers ;) I’m so grateful to friends and
Grandma Melin for helping out so I can go to this. I’m finding a little “mom
time” every six months is exactly what I need to be my best.
We wish you all a great week!
Love, Rich and Jamie and Family
EWW! Leg Biopsy! |
Our Cute Girls- Addie and Heidi |
An example of the crazy stuff the kids leave on my phone. This one is Niles. |
Heidi and James had Arts in April at school this week. This is Heidi's painting from her still life painting class. I love it. |
This is James' sample of Norwegian Rosemaling. A picture of James painting from the newspaper last week See story here |
Scout Camp out! |
Scout Breakfast! |
Scout Trailer! |