It has been a crazy weekend. I will post pictures soon of some of the following events - as soon as I can find my camera and cord. Yes, the house is that messy.
Friday, was relatively calm - downright boring in fact. Jeff worked late and G & G went to see Fiddler on the Roof. I just hung out at the house reading blogs all night.
Saturday was another story. Up early! We rented a car to go to Andrea's Soccer Jamboree. The last big hurrah for the year. They played about 4 games in 5 hours. But - the big issue was, of course, getting there. I was driving, Jeff was guiding, we had two grandparents in the backseat and one soccer player. It was a SMALL car. We started out fairly well - but it was stressful. This isn't the worse city that I've ever driven in - but neither is it the easiest. There are those little details like driving on the left side of the road, roundabouts and manual shift that can put me in 'sweat city' without much warning.
I'd threatened Jeff earlier in the week when he mentioned he just might 'meet us up there' with the possibility of buying a little Tom Tom to help me get there. Spending money is usually a good threat! He decided to come with us and be the guide along the way. Interestingly enough, he was sweating a little himself by the time we finally found our way to the park. On the way home we stopped in at Costco - we were close anyway and guess what JEFF bought! That's right, his own little Tom Tom! Funny thing was, it took us 15 minutes to get to Costco with Jeff guiding us and about 45 minutes to get back to the park with Tom Tom! BUT, we weren't sweating!
We got the car back just in time and we raced home to get Taylore off to her costume party. She looked GOOD! I think I have a picture -
Seminary kids came over for a little extra credit activity - watching Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Picked Tay up and finally got into bed very late that night. We were all bushed.
Sunday, go to church. Come home and everyone is starving. Hadn't really thought about what to have for dinner so we really had to dig around the house for something to eat. At 6:00 the girls had a YW in Excellence program that we were supposed to go to and we had another 'Why I Believe' fireside scheduled right after that at 7:30. Craig Jessop, the director of the Mormon Tab Choir was the speaker for the evening. We knew they were going to be out of town but we had kind of expected to see them at church that morning. They weren't there. Then we tried to get hold of them later on in the day. Still couldn't track them down. Now we're getting just a little nervous. At 7:30 we have 300 people coming to see Craig Jessop - and we still haven't talked to him. Jeff starts working on a little presentation but is hopefully optimistic that Craig will show up. In the nick of time we hear from them - they're HERE! He did a great job and told some wondeful stories about the Tab Choir.
Got home around 9:30 and still had my lesson to prepare for Seminary in the morning. Finished putting on the final touches of that around 12:30 and hopped into bed. Up again, 5:00 am. Today should be a calmer day - I HOPE!
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Sounds like you had quite the weekend! I'm tired after reading all of that!
Does the YW in Excellence program still have the same icons, standards, goals, rewards, etc. as they did back in the early 90s? Just wondering...
???? Remember, we do not live in Utah and therefore our programs seem to have their own little personality and uniqueness. This year they talked about self esteem. It came from the Dove promo that is going around right now. Have you seen it? It is excellent. I'll send it to you if you haven't seen it yet. There was nothing in it about icons, standards, goals and rewards. She did talk a little bit about personal progress - remember that? She did something interesting and counted up all the hours that it takes to do the whole program and times it by the number of young woman in the church and then pointed out how much collective time they youth spend doing good for their communities, etc. It had a visual impact and was well done.
What is the Dove Promo? Personal progress..... I forget about that ....I wish Frank would take that over too !!!! ha ha
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