Big Changes

We have had a crazy busy week.   Monday night for Family Home Evening, we went to Eileen's induction ceremony - she was inducted into NJHS.  

They were supposed to dress up for the ceremony - so they put on these dresses - dresses that have been worn by both me and my mom!  

Tuesday was a typical Tuesday with piano lessons and institute.  

Wednesday was the full busy day with the kids - activity days, scouts and Young Womens.  It was a bit bitter sweet knowing that it was the last such event with our ward they way it is.  

Thursday we all headed to the high school for the year end band concert.  Both the girls bands performed very well - it was a fun evening and David loved clapping and pointing out his sisters on stage.  It was really cute - Eileen even had a little solo-type part and she did super well on it!!  

Friday, we had our ward family party - it was going to be a camp out, but the weather threatened rain all week, so it got moved to Melissa High School and we had a fun dinner together with a fun slide show remembering the ward fun time - but Dan and I left with the kids a bit early so we could get them to bed at a decent hour, and so by the time we left, we had just barely gotten to about the time we moved into the ward :)  It was a fun evening though!  

 Saturday morning was crazy busy, but at least we finally got to have a bit of a quiet night - We got up early to clean the church building, then I had a rehearsal for a musical number next weekend.  Dan took the kids to the library.  Anna and I went to work out with Grandma and Aunt Sandi.  Anna then spent the rest of the day with Sandi and her kids.  Dan and I took the younger 3 with us to Home Depot to get some stuff for our flower bed and then to Costco before heading home and starting dinner.  When Sandi dropped off Anna, we invited her and the kids to stay for dinner since Jon is out of town, then after we did scriptures and prayers, we sent the kids to bed, then I made a dessert for Sunday and then we crashed! 

As part of the Come Follow me program, we have been asking each of the kids (except David) to share something they have learned from the weeks's lessons.  It's been great having them participate more!  James told us about how the Lord doesn't care about what we look like on the outside - he cares about our hearts - so Dan got his face all dirty with frosting to illustrate the point - James thought it was hilarious!!  

This morning, we got up bright and early for church.  There was a big meeting with the two Melissa wards for the purpose of creating a new ward.  We are now part of the Anna ward.  It's exciting!  It will be a big change, but it will be amazing.  After church, we headed to our friends house for lunch and games.  We made a special gluten-free dessert to bring with us since half their family can't tolerate gluten.  It was a lot of fun!  

After, we headed home and some of us took naps, then we had a lesson about sheep and shepherds and apparently dinosaurs...  It was fun and a great lesson from Dan!  Then we spent the evening outside enjoying the amazing weather!  We played on the trampoline, played catch and then did our family scriptures and prayers out on the trampoline.  After getting the younger kids to bed, Dan and I played Code Names with Eileen and Anna.  the teams were Dan and Anna vs. Eileen and I.  We did 6 rounds and each won 3.  It was such a wonderful day!  Truly the Sabbath is a delight!