Monday

I woke-up too early this morning.  I had dreams of grading papers and lesson planning.  I had to plan lessons for the week.  After I planned today, Steve and I went for a short run.  My phone wasn't quite on track with what we were actually doing.  It ended up saying that I ran 3.01 miles in 27:55.  I felt good about it, but I'm sure I went farther than that.

School was off to a really slow start today.  I know it's because we had a late start on our run.  The kids were not ready, and we hadn't read scriptures.  Tommy didn't wake-up until 8:00.  We didn't start school until 9:15.  Tommy took 90 minutes to do 15 problems doing averages.  He doesn't like averages, even though they are "too easy".  Alexis finished all her work early and then went baby-sitting.  Michael and Amy are doing well.  Burke is really learning his letters.  He can name 16 consistently.  Amelia has a head cold and isn't feeling well.  She had a rough day today.

Speaking of Amelia, today is her 6 month birthday. It really is hard to believe.  I know it's a short span of time, but it seems like she's always been here. She can brighten anyone's day.  She has such a sweet demeanor.   She really is a kind, well tempered baby.  I know that sounds silly, but she really is.

Yesterday we had a special meeting at church.  All of our regular meetings were cancelled because Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles spoke to our stake.  It was the first time in 30 years that  an apostle has been in our building.  The talks were all very good.  The spirit was strong.  After the talks, they invited anyone who would like to shake Elder Anderson's hand.  Tommy and Michael went up.  Tommy  told him that he enjoyed his talk and Elder Anderson responded "Well, I like you."  I would have liked to have taken a picture.

Yesterday we also had a couple of families over for dinner.  We had personal pizzas.  They were so good.  It also happened to be National Carmel Apple Day.  Of course we had to participate.  So yummy.