Sunday, September 11, 2005
Because the raspberries have had a rough season this year and we couldn't go raspberry picking (I'm completely devastated), we spent most of this weekend working on reorganizing the house, once again. Only two and a half weeks before baby boy number four arrives and of course, everything's gotta be perfect. Mark has our stairs completely stripped and just about ready to paint. The boys' room and our room is finished. I managed to start putting together our 72-hour kit (a result of Hurricane Katrina), and the boys enjoyed putting pills in pill boxes and adding odds and ends that they thought were important. The basement is almost clutter free--minus a few computer-room details and the Fall clothes are out and washed. The bathroom needs a fresh coat of paint and that'll be it until the new year. (I'm planning on completely shutting down for the month of October, so I can stay in my pajamas all day and enjoy the baby for awhile--no big "to do lists" stressing me out.)
The Primary Sacrament Meeting Program went without a hitch and we received many wonderful comments on the kids' and their fantastic performance. I was thrilled--they were so reverent and they sang almost every song perfect, except for when I sang the wrong words and they all went right along with me. Afterwards we played musical chairs with the kids and ate Mark's famous chocolate chip cookies. I can't think of any place I'd rather be than right down there in the primary with those kids, singing and playing games with them. Next week is Stake Conference and the following week is Fast Sunday. With the Primary Program finished, I may stay home these last two Sundays and spare the ward from the misery of seeing my bloated, swollen self waddle down the hallways, clutching my back in pain. We'll see.
We attended a baptism after church and then ate lunch with the family at their home. The boys jumped on the trampoline and climbed up in their treehouse and we all enjoyed sitting on their deck chatting in the cool breeze. I'm so glad it's cooling off. Then, we returned home to watch "Indiana Jones" (the boys' expressed an interest in those movies a few weeks ago) and eat some of Mark's delicious bean soup made with a leftover ham bone we froze several months ago. A pleasant but very productive weekend, minus the lack of homemade raspberry jam.
posted by Shana # 5:35 PM 
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