Jana returned last night from the longest spell she’s ever been away from the kids…3 1/2 days. She went with her sisters Lanae and Kristen, plus sister-in-law Shelly, to Las Vegas for a “sisters’ weekend”. They had a good time, taking in a (surprisingly risque) show, attending the temple, shopping a little, and just doing a lot of talking and laughing. That last part won’t surprise any of you who know them.
You may be wondering how we fared at home. Well…
All in all, I think we did pretty well. Jana set up a lot of help from 2 neighbor families,the Easthopes and the Riggs, to watch the girls while I was at work. She also arranged for my mom to watch the girls on Thursday evening and Friday. I went to my parents’ house from work Thursday and stayed the night over there with the girls. I hadn’t been feeling so well since Tuesday night; Thursday night, it blossomed into a solid cough and chest cold. So I stayed home from work and loafed around Friday at my folks’, while my parents took the girls to the park and to Chuck E. Cheese’s with their cousin Isabelle. The girls had so much fun that they both slept over 12 hours that night, as we went back home to our house.
Saturday, I was still not feeling up to par, but well enough to have some fun with the girls and get a few things done around the house. When Jana arrived home before 9 PM, the girls became so excited that they ended up going to sleep around 11. They love their mom!
Today, my voice was sketchy enough that I missed choir practice. Then in church today I was sustained as the choir tenor section leader, partially on account of my consistent attendance(!). I told my bishop I would accept, but not based on talent. Actually, the bishop asked for a sustaining vote for Shawn Haycock, another fellow in our ward. I stood up, the Bishop looked at me, and I looked back at Bro. Haycock, who had an amused smile on his face. He later (jokingly, I think) asked the bishop what a tenor was!
Last week, I had been asked to teach the primary children about the Book of Mormon prophet Abinadi today in both sharing times. I sorta, kinda dressed up as Abinadi (using some old Thailand garb and a tie around my head), and spent a few minutes talking about his life and teachings. At least one of the kids pointed me out as Abinadi after church. There are worse people I could be associated with.
All in all, it was an unusual but good weekend. And we’re all glad to have mom back home again.