The rest of the week...

After their baths one night last week, the kids set up a "trap" for their dad, hoping to catch him in it. It consisted of all the pillows from the house shoved into the end of the hall. They didn't catch Jared in it, but had a great time doing crazy jumping stunts into the massive pile instead. It was fun to watch ... not so fun to clean up!

The rest of the week was a combination of yard/garden work, house work, running errands, three therapy appointments for Layne, a trip to the temple (we found someone that we can pay to babysit the kids in Ephriam for us while we go) with the Stake presidency and other high councilmen, work for Jared, and yet another gospel doctrine lesson.

Sigh.

I'm tired just thinking back on it all. The highlight was definitely the trip to the temple. We had a special meeting with the temple president in which he gave us some special instruction that I was very affected by. Afterward, we went to pick up the kids from the day care/home where they were being babysat. I had asked the girl (about 15 or 16) to watch the kids (we payed her, don't worry!). Her mother runs a daycare during the day there, so they just used the same space. It worked out well, other than the 20 minute recap on what they all did/what the rules are, what she thinks of their current developmental stages, etc. ... from the mother, who happens to be in child development classes right now (long, exhausting story). We didn't think that we were going to get out of there before midnight. That's actually about the time we returned home Wednesday night, but it was worth it.

We think we will try to do this at least one or two times a month as it's the only way that we get to the temple. For living in Utah, we sure live a ways away from the temple. It takes us about two hours just to get there, then the session, then the drive home. Everytime we make it though, we realize that the small sacrifice is worth it. I was able to do work for a woman from Nigeria from the early 1800s. Just think how long she's waited. Puts things into perspective, doesn't it?