A great part of our week is when the Elders came over for our Wednesday morning get-together and a short message.  This week we talked about what we can do to feel peace and shared thoughts on reading our scriptures and prayer.  The Elders suggested that music can help us feel the spirit during our Church meetings and at home.  That was the wrong thing to say to Dad!😁 Though we both absolutely agree, Dad gets frustrated when we sing on a consistent basis(which our Ward does a lot), songs that no one has ever heard before.  I feel this especially during the Sacrament Hymn.  

I mentioned to the Elders a fun memory I have of when I was little and we used the have Junior Sunday School.

Our Sunday mornings started with the men going to Priesthood meeting early - around 8ish.  They would go home to get the family and then come back for Sunday School.  The Primary age children would go to Jr. Sunday School, have talks, the Sacrament, and a short lesson.  

After Sunday School, everyone would go home, and then come back again for Sacrament Meeting which would start later in the evening.  Again, we would partake of the Sacrament and then listen to talks that I always remember were way over my head.  Sacrament meeting lasted for 2 hours - and that was a long time for a kid 😴.  

What I was telling the Elders, though, was that this was where I learned to know and love our Sacrament hymns because we would sing them twice every Sunday. I love that our meeting schedule has evolved into what we have today that truly meets the needs of our worldwide members.  But somedays I do miss singing some of our great older Sacrament hymns.  

Honestly, this is what I felt like yesterday when I was having a hard time figuring out how to submit a link for a school assignment.  We were asked to create a 5 minute video regarding what vision we might have for our marriage in the future.  First of all, Dad and I  have been married for 48 years, and our future is probably much shorter that most of the other students in the class, so the assignment, itself, was fairly simple.  I recorded on Zoom, but then spent at least two hours trying to figure out how to find a link to submit - I even watched a demonstration on Youtube but couldn't make it work.  

Then came Kate to the rescue! 

She walked me through in 15 minutes what I had been trying to do for hours.  Thank you Kate!  Thank you for being home and not busy!  and thanks to Sayre, because I could hear him in the back ground, and he was hungry, but being patient.

I am so grateful to have kids, and a husband who are much more tech savvy than I 😘.

Speaking of vision - my vision for Saturday was to get to Jake and Lily's soccer games, take my pants that need to shortened to Lululemon, school work, and finish painting the bathroom.  I am so sad I didn't get anything but my class assignments done.  

I have been feeling a little under the weather the last three or four days - just a little headache (not a migraine) and a sad tummy.  I'm feeling better today, still have just a touch of the headache, but I think I'm on the mend.  Hopefully Jake and Lily will still have soccer games we can go to before the end of the season, and this week I am going to use every spare minute to finish the bathroom painting.  

Oh, and this Tuesday, Liberty plays Air Academy in Soccer.  Remember when Adam played soccer for Air Academy? Remember when we went to a game he was playing on his birthday? Remember it was raining that night? Remember when Dad got kicked out of the game?  And he walked home?

I had some fun adventures this week with granddaughters!  Went shopping with Eilis and Hollie for homecoming dresses.  Hollie found a cute skirt, and Eilis found a Halloween costume, but no dress.  I think she ended up borrowing from Emma, or maybe a friend.  Anyway, we already have a plan for next year, and we are going to get out earlier in the month.

Ben had to be in the photo too!

And, Samantha and I needed a little "retail therapy" this week, so she came down Friday after school and, yes, we went to the mall.  We browsed through my favorite store, Aivier, (they are closing and I am so sad) they just have lots of fun things for the house, and then went down to H&M.  We didn't see too much at H&M but we did buy matching heart necklaces, and then we went back to Aivier, and just had to make one purchase so I could have something that came from there.  Then on the way out a little throw blanket caught my eye, and Samantha said I should get it - thanks Sammi for being an enabler!  I got the blanket and a pillow that matched.  Then I went back yesterday and bought the other pillow - I didn't want to get both at the same time because it sounded like a lot of money, but if you split it up into two days it sounds a lot better.  One of my girls from my days in Young Women's was helping us and she said that was "ladies math" 😀 (sorry Cory)

We went to Panera after shopping and if you think this might look like a lot of food - that's because it is!  Sammi tried to order from the kiosk, but it said the order couldn't go through.  So we ordered at the front desk.  Then when we walked down to get our 

drinks they had her order ready from the Kiosk.  So we 

tried to cancel the order from the desk because Sammi's phone had said the order had not gone through to her bank, but Panera said that it had.  Anyway she ended up with two big bowls of mac'n cheese and bread.  We got a cup to put one of the orders in so she could take it to work the next day for lunch.  While I was trying to dish it into the cup a big chunk fell into her lemonade 😊.  I can only hope that she will go shopping with me again!

Our Missionary Moment

So happy for Elder Ellsworth, for his example of unselfish service, and for the many changes he is making in the lives of others.  His mission has gone by so quickly (at least to me).  He will be retuning home sometime around the 1st of December.  

I love our family. I love that you make us laugh and we find joy in you every day!  I couldn't finish today without a video -