Busy is good

It's not because I don't have much to be thanful for that I haven't written as much lately. In fact, it's quite the opposite. We have so many things that we are thankful for keeping us so busy that I just haven't sat down to write as much. Still, not a great excuse perhaps, but it is an excuse.

1. Rick's medical school interview. Rick's interview at UofU brought him, his wife, and McKyla for a two-night visit this week! He felt that it went really well- which is a huge blessing since its one of his top picks (his other being University of Washington).

2. Saturday. Jake made the huge sacrifice of staying home where he could only listen to the game so that he could use the beautiful fall day to get some needed fall chores done. He greased up our garage door (which always gives us problems when the weather turns cold) and cleaned out the gutter (we haven't done that since we moved in more than 3 years ago!). Later that evening we went to the mall to get him some needed new church clothes to go along with his new calling.

3. Bitter sweet goodbyes. Sunday I taught my last laurels lesson. I was released, and the new advisor called. The girls were all so sweet, saying how much they'd miss me. I will also miss them very much! It was neat though, because this last week I was thinking about who I would pick to replace me if I could; who would I feel good about leaving "my girls" with? Vikki Gonzalez, the mother of one of my Laurels who graduated this last Spring just kept coming into my mind and I was thinking she would do such a great job. Guess who was called on Sunday?! I met with her this morning to pass on the manuals, binder, and go over some of the basics and she is such a sweetheart! The girls are going to love her.