Friday after school I took Grace with me to the Sinclairs to help them pack to move. Diann is still recovering from her mastectomy and couldn't do any of it. We were only able to help for a couple of hours but we got a lot of boxes done.
Hannah and Madi had a girls night with Madi's mom and Marissa (her soon to be sister in law). Rob and I went out to Cafe Rio. The others didn't want to come so they stayed home.
First thing Saturday morning our phone rang. Heather and her family were stuck on the freeway with a broken car and they wanted Rob to come and help. He did of course but he's not really a car expert. I guess he got there at the same time as AAA. I don't know how he became the car go to guy ...guess he better read some car fix it manuals!
Saturday morning Grace went to baby sit for the first time. She sat for Finnley and earned $20 for 4 hours. She said it was fun and Finnley reported to Lisa that Grace could come back again, so success.
When she got home we went to Blaze Pizza and to the movies.
Meanwhile Hannah and Madi and Elias went hiking. With all the rain we've enjoyed this winter we have waterfalls and streams running in the foothills that have been dry for a long time. They had a good afternoon.
In the evening Madi and Hannah went to baby sit David. David is 8 months old and LOVES his mom. The girls had to sing and dance, literally, the whole time but they have a lot of energy and think he is super cute so all 3 had a good time.
I made pelmeni for hours (note to self do it with a partner next time) so now our freezer has lots of little baggies ready for eating this week!
It was my turn to teach YW and the lesson was on "Adversity is good for us". I think it went okay except it was emotional. Rylie lost her cousin not too long ago and talked about that with a few tears and later Paige left the room crying. She just (a couple days ago) found out that she has lymphoma. We are so sad for her. The good news it it has a really high survival rate, the bad news is it just stinks.
It was kind of a tough day today because of Paige's news, and some other news I got of some struggles a couple of my friends are having. Life really is always full of struggles but without the bad we wouldn't know the good. Without temptations or hardships there would be no growth or opportunities to follow the Savior. Knowing that we all have them doesn't make it less hard but it does give us purpose and direction in the hard times.
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