Comings & Goings

It's late and we're bushed, so we'll touch on the recent highlights. The Kurt and Kara Lyman family are in town for a couple of weeks, and we were glad to have them over for dinner today. Sammy & Riley both adore Haylie, and she seems to like them OK, too. Maybe it's not my place to comment, but Kurt and Kara are both doing Weight Watchers and they're looking good. I've been trying to exercise and eat better the last few weeks (doing better at exercising than avoiding junk food, truth be told) and have shed a few pounds, too.

We got up early today because we had to be at church by 7:30 for choir practice, since today was ward conference. Sammy & Riley were both grumpy about being up so early, and I won't claim there weren't some difficult moments getting them ready, but we made it. Riley was still in pajamas when we left and Sammy was crying but when we got to church they both calmed down pretty fast. It was ward conference today and the choir sang several numbers, all of which went well and added to the spirit of the meeting. Then of course we had choir practice after church, in preparation for Easter Sunday next week.

Yesterday we got a babysitter and went to Park City with Dan & Deanne, where we (what else?) shopped at the outlet mall. We all found some things we liked and had a good time without kids, except for Zeke and Tate, but they weren't any trouble. I'm sure our other boys had more fun at home than they would have had if they'd come, too.

This coming week Christy and the boys will accompany me on a trip through eastern and southern Utah on Wednesday, and then on to Grand Junction on Thursday. That evening we'll head over to the Kent and Kathryn Palmer house, which we're all looking forward to. Rumor has it the Easter bunny will be visiting their place Saturday morning. We'll drive back Saturday afternoon.

So that's our life for now. Until next time...