2013 :: week 9

The dinner I made Sunday night was supposed to be a simple tortilla soup. It's pretty simple, you put some veggies, beans and broth in the crockpot for several hours, then blend. I had a little mishap as I was blending and part of the blender lid fell in the blender. I should have been thinking better, but I was running behind schedule and it was Sunday (meaning our dinner options were more limited) so we went ahead and ate it. I fished out most of the chunks before serving it, but we all ate veeeery slowly. The whole experience reminded me of the young women's lessons about how just one bad part ruins the entire thing.

I was wary when I saw that it was supposed to snow again on Monday, so I determined we would get out of the house and enjoy ourselves before we were homebound again. We met our friends and attended a library storytime, then decided to have lunch at McDonald's because we just wanted to be out of the house for as long as possible.

Tuesday was the snow day I had been dreading. It actually wasn't so bad. Tony still had to work (from home) but after work he played piano for awhile. I enjoyed letting him serenade me while I read.

The snow this round was heavy and wet. Lots of branches were down. Several of the big trees in our neighborhood lost limbs. A big, beautiful tree in our neighbor's yard sustained so much damage it had to be cut down.

While Will was at preschool Lauren and I went to the library and played together. Lauren and I don't get a lot of time just the two of us. I really enjoyed following her around as she went from activity station to station. Despite the fact that she tried to escape the children's area multiple times, I think she had fun too.

Friday night we went to a wedding reception for the daughter of some friends from church. Will was mesmerized by the chocolate fountain. This is just one of many, many strawberries he dipped.

My cousin Kristen and her husband Nick got sealed at the Kansas City Temple on Saturday afternoon. My aunt and uncle as well as a few other cousins also came to town, so we spent a lot of time visiting with them. It was so much fun. I loved all the storytelling and catching up.