My Journal

 We are getting in a good rhythm at school. I am starting to get homework ready one or even two weeks out. It just feels nice to know what level everyone is at and to have a good routine set up. After school Calvin's track was early which made it easy to make it home for my piano lessons. So many little tender mercies.

 Today was a great day. I felt very blessed in many ways. 1st in seminary we found this choose your own adventure lesson for Daniel, it was perfect. The kids enjoyed it and it covered the material well.  School went well. I then went home and did Roslyn and Maebryn's lessons and then had time to get ready to go to our concert. I normally have a piano lesson but they canceled. It was a huge blessing because it ended up taking me much more time to get ready to go then I thought. We got everything together and then I was suppose to pick up Abbie but driving with the keyboard was slow going and I knew I would be later then I wanted to be so I had Alden go pick her up. People were there to help me move the keyboard, the practice went well, the performance went well and it was so nice to be all done. A good amount of people were there so I thought that was good. I wasn't overly stressed and it all just went so smoothly. I felt very blessed through it all. Michael's phone has all ...

 After last week that felt like I had lots of time on Sunday, today went by really quickly. We slept in, then did a quick Come Follow Me and I left for Ward Council. Church was great. It was especially great not to have to teach in Relief Society. I just attended things today and then I decided to just go home. Frances has been doing temple prep so I have often stayed to be there for that but I knew Alden and Calvin would be leaving in an hour so we had a short time home together so I just went home. At home we had a little snack/ lunch together as a family and then everyone went their different ways, the older two to youth choir practice, Michael took Benson and Evan to his ministering families and I took the girls to deliver birthday things to people in Relief Society. When we got home we had pizza that Michael had made. It was great! Full day but a good one.

 Michael and I went to the temple in the morning. We came home, went shopping, laid down for a few moments and then started on the basketball hoop. Michael dug while I went and took a couple of trips to get bags of cement at Lowes. In the afternoon I took the younger kids to basketball. Michael helped Calvin with Spanish and finished off laying the cement for the basketball hoop. We came home to a nice dinner of chicken and french fries.

 Friday's really are quite low key. I like that I can sleep in and exercise not worrying as much about how long it takes also when reading my scriptures. Even though I completely forgot to prepare for seminary like I often do or will. Maebryn was the only one who came with me, I did homework hub, then violin, and last a math class which was really playing games. I will work on it to make it more productive in the future.  I left right after to go to the temple to do baptisms. Frances got to take her two brothers, her sister and her husband so that was really neat. After the temple I was suppose to go help with parking with Michael but I knew I'd be late so I had Michael just go and then I ended up going with the kids to see the temple. It is beautiful. I really love the colors and everything about it. It makes me want to make our own home more beautiful.  I also wanted to write about how many tender mercies I felt this evening. I walked into the chapel to see a few close ...

 At school it was election day. The Chambers made suckers that said vote for Benson and Benson did really well in the election. It was tie then there was someone that hadn't voted who voted for Benson and but then there was two that needed to vote and each voted for Gemma, making it where she won by one vote. I didn't vote as I just would feel funny if I made it where both of my son's won for president at the school.  After school we had a meeting to talk about a student with their parent and then I came home and took the girls to gymnastics and Calvin to track. I love seeing all they are learning at gymnastics. It makes me want to practice and learn as well.