That meant I was late getting home so the girls were here by themselves for a while before I got home. Luckily we have a garage key pad that works, so they can get themselves in on occasions like this.
On Tuesday, Steve and I had our first activity with the 7-8 year old boys from church. That's our calling in our new ward and neither of us is excited about it. But, it went about as well as I expected it to. Nothing was destroyed, there were only a few fart and burp references, and we entertained them for the entire hour. The important part is that they seemed to enjoy themselves, we survived, and we'll do it again in another couple weeks.
On Wednesday, I needed to do grocery shopping, and I took Jules to the discovery museum for an hour or so before her nap. Around 1pm a couple ladies from the ward came over One of the lady's sons is getting married in a few weeks and and we made boutonnieres for the groomsmen and mothers/grandmothers out of fake flowers. There aren't many ways I can serve while taking care of a 1 year old, so it was nice to have the opportunity to do this. I also went that night to visit the lady I'm assigned to minister to. I've decided that it's really hard to minister to anyone you don't know, so I'm going to try to visit her regularly so we can get to know each other better. We did discuss one thing I know how to do that she'd like to learn--photography. I just need to figure out how to schedule that sort of thing.
Thursday, I didn't have anything on my schedule, and when I woke up, I felt like I needed to spend time with my kids. I don't know if I should have, but I let them all play hookie that day and we had a blast together. We went and got donuts (and a muffin for Mira) for breakfast. Then we hurried home, got ready and went to Thanksgiving Point farms. We got to feed a cow, a bunch of goats, a llama, some chickens, some ducks, and some sheep. Cecily and Mira rode the horses 3 times each. And Cecily, Jules, and I, went on the tractor ride. Jules was ready for her nap after that, so we headed home and it was such a nice day that Cecily and Mira played on the trampoline for the entirety of Jules' nap. Then we colored/draw/played legos downstairs for a while before starting The Croods. After our movie, we had a tasty dinner and kids took showers before bed.
Friday, we volunteered to clean the church. There is usually only like 5 people that show up to that sort of activity, but I was surprised to see like 5 families there (so like 12 people). It only took about an hour. After the kids went to bed, he and I watched Ford vs. Ferrari. I knew I would like it and I did. But the ending was hard for me to get over.
Yesterday was a weird day, but it turned out good. Steve worked on my website for quite a while and was able to get the shopping cart working. Our friend Camber's girls were dancing at the State competition just 10 minutes from our house and she texted to see if I wanted to come watch. So I went for a few minutes in the morning, then went home and fed the kids lunch and took them to Thanksgiving Point discovery museum again while Jules napped. We picked up Camber's youngest, Cassie, on the way, and she ended up staying the night and going to church with us this morning. The girls were in heaven. They love Cassie. Steve had to run to Orem to pick up his new glasses, and get some filters for our furnace. When he got back, we had dinner and then I went back over to watch the last 3 1/2 hours of competition. I wish we'd had ballroom dance at our high school growing up. I would have LOVED it.
The week prior to this one, both Steve and the girls had Presidents' Day off. Steve made us an eye appointment at 9 am, so we all had to be up early (for us) to get there on time. The optometrist was late and it ended up taking 3 hours to have our appointments, pick out glasses, and get them ordered. Ugh.
We'd planned to go to the Nicklecade as a family after, but Jules really needed a nap at that point. We decided to drive around for a while to see if she would fall asleep in her car seat and we were in luck! She conked out after only about 10 minutes. So we went to Little Ceasars and grabbed a couple of pizzas and drove to a park to eat. Everyone but me thought it was warmer than it was, apparently. They all got out of the car to eat on the picnic benches and within five minutes were back saying, "It's cold out here!" Sadly, opening the door woke up Jules, so she only got about a 20 minute nap. She's such a laid back baby, though. She was perfectly happy for our trip to Nicklecade.
Nicklecade has moved from using real nickles to using pass cards, and then they doubled the price of all the games. So it took us 1/2 the time to use up our money. I think the kids were disappointed and I don't think we'll be going back anytime soon.
The rest of the week, I don't remember too many details. I always have writing group and Emilia has a YW activity each week on Tuesdays. Wednesday, I went to the lady's house who I made boutonnieres with and we figured out what we wanted them to look like so she could get the supplies. Mira also had an activity days activity that day. I think Steve had a game night that night. Thursday I went to a book club I'd never attended before. The group only reads YA novels with some romance in them, which is totally up my alley. They invited anyone in one of my big Facebook writing groups to join, so I did. It was . . . weird. They had it at a crepe place that actually had gluten-free crepes. And they were very yummy. I also enjoyed the book we read. But the lady that "sponsored" it was a YA author herself and she seemed--what's the word?--self-important, maybe? She brought questions she'd prepared about the book and after she asked them, she'd give her answer, and then let one of us give about a one-sentence response before moving back to what she thought and then moving on to the next question. *eye roll* Of the four of us who made it though, she was the only one who'd been before, so I'm going to give it one more chance. If it's just as bad next month, I don't think I'll go again. I don't need to drive for 30 minutes to hear that chick's opinion on a book.
Friday, our dishwasher stopped working. Luckily, we still have our home warranty in effect. So I contacted them and they had someone out replacing it with a (used) unit by Saturday afternoon. Now our kitchen appliances don't match. :( But at least we only had to hand-wash dishes for 24 hours!
Oh! There was one more thing that happened that week. Steve started his new job! It was funny. He came home from his first day (Wednesday), and said he felt like he was in a season of the Office. Not because his boss was utterly ridiculous, but just because everyone was so eagerly sincere about EVERYTHING. Like they were all play-acting the part for a sitcom. He says it's still sort of surreal a week and a half later. But he's getting used to it. :D Haha.
The week before that, we had Valentine's day. That Monday, I took the girls to see my mom after school. She played with them and had Emilia make a Valentine's card. Cecily and Mira had already made theirs when my mom babysat them at the beginning of February.
Emilia had a sleepover with her friends ON Valentine's day and she had the whole thing planned out again. One of her friends gets out of school 45 minutes earlier than Emilia and her mom works full time, so I go down to Springville and pick her up. It's so funny to see her jittery excitement for the entire ride back to Saratoga. They, of course, had a blast. They made and decorated cupcakes, played hnefatafl using hersheys kisses, played Stardew Valley co-op, had baked chicken, broccoli, and grandma's rice for dinner with us, ran around outside for a while. Not in that order obviously. But it was a fun way for her to spend the holiday. I ended up taking everyone home on our way back to Springville for haircuts for all the girls. Emilia wanted to get bangs, but the other two just had a trim.
I don't really remember anything about the first week of February. But here's a cute picture of three of the girls getting ready for church one Sunday. They're just so cute.
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