2021 :: week 50

 

December 5

Lauren and I stayed home from church because we were both pretty tired from getting sick Friday night/Saturday. Miles stayed home too because why mess with his nap if we don't have to. My dad came by and watched the kids for me so I could go to church and teach my Sunday School lesson. It went alright. I feel like I spend a lot of time thinking about the lesson on the weeks I teach, but usually how well the lesson goes depends on the people in the room and the comments they make. I didn't take a single picture, but I did screenshot a scripture and circled the action words that are important for us to be receptive to receiving revelation and insight. 

December 6

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!! Anthony celebrated the Finnish Independence Day with a trip to the sauna. Will threw up in the night and stayed home from school Monday. In the past we have had friends or family over for a dinner of salmon soup, but decided to wait a day until everyone was feeling better. Everyone in the family besides Tony and Miles have thrown up in the past week, so TJ is feeling a paranoid.

December 7

Will was back to school on Tuesday, so Miles and I were able to get out and run a few errands. Miles looks so much like Will did when he was a toddler. Miles desperately wants to be like his big brothers and chose to throw on a baseball hat when we walked to the park.

December 8

I picked up Lauren at the park after math club and then drove her directly to piano. Lauren is a participator and likes to keep busy. Earlier in the week she had girl scouts where she made Holiday cards for seniors and pupcicles for the animal shelter. 

December 9

A nice thing about having older kids, is that you can outsource some of the bedtime story readings. Will read to Elliott and Miles from the beloved Star Wars book before bed. Elliott picked out Who's Who in the Star War's Galaxy on his birthday shopping trip with Memaw last year and it has been looked at almost every day since.

December 10

It was a weekend of holiday parties. On Thursday evening I went to trivia night at Grinders to celebrate two friend's birthdays. On Friday Anthony and I went to the socially distanced Stake Council Christmas dinner. Saturday we went to the NCCT Christmas Dinner at Fiorellas. Will and Lauren babysat for us and successfully put Miles to bed both Friday and Saturday night. 

December 11

Saturday afternoon Anthony and Will met up with the youth and went to Crown Center. They went ice skating at the Ice Terrace and then used some money they earned doing service projects for ward members at the giving machines. They bought a goat, pig, beehive and space heater.