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| Maggie teasing her dad |
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| Maggie's hello kitty outfit. |
On the 7th and the 8th of February we had Nathan's kids. I took a picture of Maggie in an outfit that Nathan bought her that she has not wanted to wear together since we bought it back in November or so. She looks cute in it I think. I was really pleased that on Friday evenings she climbed up on the bed after Nathan had just got in bed and was playing with him and teasing him and he was playing with her back. She said she like to play with him because he is my daddy. I think that helped Nathan to feel good.
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| Maggie playing with Daddy |
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| Practicing on the ballet bar |
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| Maggie doing a back bend with help |
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| Sammy at dance lessons |
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| David and Isaac playing at dance |
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| Isaac in the backwards seat behind the driver |
Saturday mornings are Maggies dance lessons so we all went to watch. She is doing well even though she is one of the youngest in the class and has not been in the class as long as some of them. As you can see her brothers are not so excited about watching her dance as they were to play on their Ipads. Maggie used my phone when we got in the car after and took several pictures of the ride home of her brothers. Some of them turned out good some had to be deleted.
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| Sammy intent on Ipad |
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| Isaac agin with Nathan in the front. Larry driving |
On the 9th of February they had a Youth temple trip and David was old enough to go. That is Nathan's night to have the kids and so Nathan and Larry took David and some of the other Young men to the Temple to do baptisms and out to dinner. I took the other three and we went to dinner and then went to Target to shop for a birthday present for Isaac as his birthday was coming up. He wanted to get a Skylander but Target did not have any that he wanted and so he settled on a Creative Lego set.
We didn't worry much about Valentines. We sent ecards to our grandkids. Nathan bought us some chocolate covered strawberries and then Marcy sent him some also. We got a card and some treats from Erick and Heather and Ryker the next Monday at the office so that was fun. However after gaining 3.8 lbs at weight watcher's I was hesitant to eat them all so we shared with the office.
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| Nathan and Larry at Little Italy |
The next Monday was Isaac's birthday so we went to Peter Piper Pizza for dinner and then we went to Toys R Us so Nathan could buy him a present. He chose a paint mixing set and something else that I cannot remember that he took home to play with with the other things he had at home. We had a good time. Nathan also bought himself some legos to put together as he uses them for therapy on his hands. Maggie was really cuddly that night and so that was fun. I downloaded the Mormon Channel Kids app and she likes to look at the videos on there. They only have four right now but she will watch all four and she played those as we took them home.
The rest of the week Larry and I had zone conferences. On Tuesday the 17th we presented at the Stone Oak Chapel to the North and East and Hill Country zones. I was asked to give a presentation on how the missionaries can use Familysearch.org to help investigators and new members with their Family History. I prayed about it a lot and worked on it and the missionaries were very receptive. So much so that President Slaughter sent me a text complementing me on my excellent presentation. Larry was busy most of the day working with the people from Salt Lake putting in Tiwi devices in the cars that will moniter their driving and remind them to slow down and put on their seat belt and warn them of aggressive driving. He also gave a presentation in the conference as did President Slaughter.
Before we left for San Marcos on the 17th we went to a restaurant called Little Italy that we had noticed on the street that we drive to get to the apartment. It had an impressive atmosphere and Nathan and Larry really liked the food but I did not like the fettuccine that I ordered. I have had better. But it was fun to go there before we left Nathan by himself for two nights. He did fine but we had the neighbors come over and help him get food out. He can pretty much take care of himself now except for that. We drove up that night to a hotel in San Marcos close to the church were we had to be the next morning at 8:30 a.m.
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| Larry and I at Mammacitas |
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| Marcy with Sammy |
On the 18th we went to conferences in the morning. President presented first on the Millenium and then Larry and I presented. They had to test drive the cars after the boxes were in to see if they were functioning properly. I had gone to the mission office on Tuesday to work on some things there but in San Marcos I got to help test drive cars. So I spent the afternoon driving to fast without my seat belt and attempting to drive aggressively in the parking lot to see if the alarms worked. It was kind of fun. They also had the person over the Vehicle Program for the church that spoke each day about the boxes and I was also able to listen to his presentation before driving the cars. One of the cars went dead after test driving it so it took about two hours to find out how to get it started again and then we were able to leave for Austin. It turns out that something is making some of the Ford Fusions loose all the power in their batteries after the cars boxes are installed as we have had three do that. They are still working on what is causing it but they suspect that it is because the batteries are already partially drained when the box is installed because all of the Fords do not do it.
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| Maggie modeling the new scuba gear we got for the kids for Christmas that finally came. |
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| Isaac and Sammy playing with legos and mixing paint. |
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| Isaacs mini figures that he labeled Nathan and Marcy |
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| Isaac with his birthday presents |
We finished about 3:00 p.m. and went to Mammacitas in San Marcos for lunch. John and Judy first introduced us to Mammacitas in Kerrville and we love it. We took a picture there but then I forgot to post it on Facebook so I'll post it here. We had a piece of cherry chocolate cheesecake that was good and I think Enchiladas. We then drove to Austin. We were so full from our lunch we only went and bought some fruit and yogurt to eat and then I worked on referrals on the computer while Larry watched old NCIS reruns. As we were driving to the store I called an old friend's, Marsha Oleen, son on the phone. He, Garrett Oleen was in the orchestra with my boys back in the Vernal days and I had just found out that he is a Bishop in Round Rock Texas which is close to Austin. It was great to talk to him and we want to plan to see him sometime with Nathan. I also was able to talk to Kirsten and Kyle on the phone for a little while that evening.
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| Maggie, Isaac, Sammy, Marcy |
In the morning we went to the Austin, Round Rock and Round Rock East Zone conference. We gave our presentations and drove the cars and were finished up at about 1:00 p.m. We got a quick bite to eat at Subways and drove home. That night we went to Bingo night with the kids.
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| Maggie, Isaac, Sammy, Marcy |
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| A partial Quesedilla at Chachos |
Friday we presented at the West, Border and South zone conference and then went back to the office. By this time Larry was exhausted but the kids were coming over so it was not time to slow down. Also Nathan's new wife Marcy came down to meet the kids and he finally told them that they were married. He has had them talk to her on the Ipad but had not told them that they were married until that night. David said, "Already?" Sammy had come up and hugged Marcy when she came into the apartment and Maggie was excited to see her also. Maggie was infatuated with the idea that she had a new Step Mother and after the evening was over said that she was a 10. Marcy sat and just watched Sammy play his video games for about an hour before she helped him and Isaac and Maggie play legos and mix paint with Isaacs new birthday presents. So of course thay all thought she was great. Marcy was realistic enought to know that they will not always feel that way but at least she got off on a good note with them.
Isaac had wanted to go to Chachos to eat and to bowl for his birthday but he didn't tell us until we picked him up on Monday so we told him we would do that for his birthday on Saturday. So Saturday we got up and went to dance with Maggie and then we went to Chachos to eat and then went to Bowlero to Bowl. It was the first time that Larry and I had bowled since one of Kyles birthday's since before 2007. I had got up in the morning with sciatica nerve bothering me so I was pretty poor but Larry did a little better. We had a good time.
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| Marcy and Nathan at bowling |
In the evening I went to the East Stake Women's conference while the rest stayed home and played and watched movies and went Scuba diving in the hot tub at the amentities center. It was a very inspirational conference and I took lots of notes but I don't have time to copy them into the blog. Maybe another time. It was fun to spend some time with the Woodlake Ward Sisters and get to know them better. They had a keynote speaker who was the Temple matron here, Sister Sprouse, and then three classes on very good subjects. |
| Not the best scores but we had fun. |
Sunday, Marcy went to church with us and then we had to take her to the airport. We went home and had lunch and played life and worked on Pinewood Derby cars that Nathan is helping the kids with.
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| Maggie in another cute outfit |
This past week has been and emotional roller coaster. I got a new phone from insurance so I took it Monday to get the stuff in my old phone transferred. I was really excited that I was able to get the person who set up my phone to give me his name and information so I can send the missionaries out to talk to him.
Tuesday I took Nathan to get an apartment that came open that he wanted even though it was earlier than he had planned. He and Marcy are getting an apartment in Converse so he can be close to his kids and she is moving down here. It is a nice three bedroom apartment that will be crowded when they have all seven kids there but it is a good start for him.
He got mad at me for some reason that only his brain knows and so we have had an up and down week as we have tried to work that out.
Wednesday we picked all the kids up for Sara and then took them to the church were Isaac had scouts and David had Young Men. I got the little kids so we could get Isaac there on time and we all went to McDonald's before we went to the church. Nathan and David and Larry went to Chili's to satisfy David's desire to go there. We worked with Brother Turnbaugh from the ward and had a great time helping him find some names for the temple in his descendency.
Thursday night we took the kids to a shopping area called the Forum. When we went to pick the kids up Sara was upset so it kind of put a damper on the night. We ate at Chick fil-A and then went to Hobby Lobby for things for the Pinewood Derby cars. It was bitter cold that night. It had been in the high fifty's in the day. It was so far away that by the time we finished there we did not have time to show the kids the new apartment so that they could see it because it was time to be back.
Friday I tried to work but spent a lot of time texting on the phone trying to work out disagreements. We did not have the kids so we just relaxed after coming home. Larry was exhausted again and I was emotionally upset with the week.
Saturday we slept in. I was surprised that we slept to 8:30 a.m. Larry got up and immediately went to get some cars to Pep Boys for repair like he has been doing all week since they cut 8 cars from his fleet in an effort to downsize the mission. I did some exercises for my hip and then dressed and then realized I had no way to go shopping because Larry was gone and Nathan was not letting me take his car so I worked on bills until Larry got home.
In praying the night before about the things going on in our lives I felt like we should go to the temple. So we got ready and went to the Temple for the 4:30 p.m. session. It was a great session and healed my heart so that I could feel better. It also gave Larry a clearer understanding of what we should do. Plus they played my favorite of the new temple films that they have now.
Then we went grocery shopping even though we had realized that it was Fast Sunday today. We bought lots of good things that we could not eat until this afternoon but it was fun doing it. Today was Fast and Testimony meeting and I bore my testimony on the importance of Temples for healing and Nathan bore his testimony also. Things are much better today.
We called Jeff's son Owen to wish him a happy birthday that was last Monday and to see if he got our gift card. He was cute and talked for a few minutes then we talked to Jeff for quite a while. We had a good talk. Jeff is always fun to talk to.
I watched a Nova special with Nathan and Larry took a nap this afternoon. I started the blog but then we ate and Larry and I read our scriptures and some other things. Nathan was really tired tonight and went to take his shower at about 7:30 p.m. After talking to Marcy he said that he didn't feel well and so he went to bed with a bowl in case he got sick and threw up. I hope that resting will calm it down. He has a lot to deal with and works really hard to be independent which is good but he is often tired and refuses to take a nap because it is so hard to wake up from them. So now everyone is in bed except me so I think I better hurray and finish this as it is 11:57 p.m. and I have to be up at 6:00 a.m. But at least until tomorrow I am caught up.
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