Another week!

 Life marches on. This week was pretty standard with nothing too exciting. I went to the dentist, grocery shopping, took kids to all their activities, went to a Relief Society activity, went to the gym, drove here there and everywhere, taught piano lessons and helped Sarah with some cleaning. 

Friday Tim came over to run through the song he was singing in church on Sunday and then Josh was home so we had an all-morning date. Josh fixed the car (with Cody's help initially but then he figured out the rest himself--so amazing!) and then we ran some errands together and then we went out for lunch to the Green Turtle and it was good. I LOVE spending that time with Josh. It is the first time in 13 years we've had consistent day time together and even just having a few hours every other week is such a wonderful blessing. We just really like being together and it makes us both so happy so just hang out and do what we want and have fun without the kids around. Then it was pick up Curtis, take Lily to dance, pick up Lily from dance, get Lily off to a camp out, take Curtis to baseball game, take Emma to dance, pick up Emma from dance. 

Unfortunately, the ump wouldn't let Curtis on to the field with his cast on. We had thought he could at least bat and maybe play the outfield but he wasn't allowed off of the bench. It was pretty disappointing so I emailed the head of Little League and got a very stern response that he wasn't allowed to even be on the field during practice with a cast on. Such a strict and unkind rule. He can't even run around with his team so he's basically been kicked off of the team for the next four weeks. I found out Monday morning and it really bothered me. But Josh stepped up in a wonderful way and has decided to run his own practice with Curtis. That way he'll still get exercise and he'll also be ready to rejoin the team when he gets his cast off four weeks from today. There are still some games left at that point so I'm glad he'll at least get to play in a few of them. His team is not good so they could really use his help. Plus side is he's not missing out on an incredible experience with his team because his coach is a nice guy but not super organized and the kids are a bit of a mess. So maybe he'll be better off at Coach J's personal practice. We'll still go to his games so he can cheer for his team.

Saturday we went to Brandon's game and his team is great. It was a really good game and fun to see Brandon learning something new and doing better and better with it. I love these beautiful fall days and being outside and watching the kids play. Then we came home and all the kids ending up spending time with neighborhood friends all afternoon. At one point they were each here with their friend so we had eight kids running around and it was a bit crazy but I'm so glad they have good friends and can play with people so easily (meaning I don't have to drive them anywhere).  Then we got pizza for dinner and watched Full House. 

Sunday was a beautiful day. It was our ward conference so all the stake leaders came to our ward and it was nice. Josh was so relaxed because that means President Boyd is in charge of the meeting instead of him. He gave a wonderful talk and I just marveled at how he's really grown into being bishop. Then Tim sang and I just love the song that he picked. I found it on the Sunday before Carolee passed away and it just really touched my heart but I sent about six to Tim to choose from and I was very happy when he picked the one I really wanted to do. It was just beautiful and I really felt the spirit as he sang. Then President Boyd shared a wonderful testimony. I really like him. He asked to meet with me during second hour so when I was done with junior primary singing time and Johnna could take over, we went and chatted for a bit and I really appreciated it. We had such a good talk about how things are going in our home and he is such a good listener and was so kind to me. He told me that bishop's wives rarely get any validation or appreciation and he wanted me to know how much he appreciated my service and my support to Josh. He said Josh couldn't serve without me and he made me feel really good. Of all the ward leaders he could have been meeting with, it made me feel really special that he took the time to check in with me. He is my same age with same age kids and I felt I could be open and honest with him because he gets what I'm saying in a way almost no one else can. It was special and meaningful and really made my day. 

Yesterday I went to the ENT about my itchy ear and got some drops to hopefully help, then I did some grocery shopping and ran some errands and took Lily to dance and then Brandon to baseball practice. Then I went to book club which was good. I didn't love the book but we had a good discussion about it and there were some new ladies there so that was nice.