April's First Weekend

Let's just cut right to the chase, 

shall we?

First off, there's my Dean

"taking notes"

during the LDS General Conference broadcast

yesterday morning.

Showing his blank page at me,

he asked, "Spell 'God'".

"G-O-D."  I answered.

"G-O-D", he nodded.

And got busy writing that word

that feeling down on the blank page.

He sat as still as he can these days,

and really perked up when the Mormon Tabernacle sang--

he knows alot of hymns so he sings with them.

He even helped me point out a new member of the choir--

a sweet, handsome young man from our ward.

I didn't get to watch all 4 sessions of Conference,

but I can tell you that of those I got to listen to,

my favorite was a talk by Elder Kevin Pearson,

Stay By The Tree.

You can read a summary of it on the link.

I bet by the end of today, it will be linked to the full video though.

It really is inspiring.

Now, it was Easter yesterday.

My most favorite day.

But we didn't celebrate the traditions of Easter Eggs and dinner

because our kids from Saudi Arabia will be here next weekend

and we're going to do all of that with them.

So. Stinkin'. Excited!

This morning, 

at exactly 3:27am 

I sat on my bed,

a little bleary-eyed,

and french-braided the Caboose's hair

because she's taking a special trip today.

Meeting the Saudi kids in Orlando, Florida

for a week at Disney World!
She was a little emotional last night

about flying by herself from Denver to Orlando.

In fact, she'd never flown before.

So unlike the rest of the yahoos

who LOVE to travel away from home,

and always have--

she is my little homebody.

But Mr. Wonderful and Mr. Nana 

gave her a blessing last night

so she could sleep.

Which she says she did pretty good.

And while typing this up, 

I got a text message from Dani

saying they had her in their arms 

at the airport and all is well.

Talking about being out of Comfort Zones.

We're all branching out, aren't we?

No word yet on the new opportunity in Washington.

The interview went well and we should know something this week.

So we are still in a holding pattern on that.

But you know this, 

no matter what, 

Life Goes On.

Happy April!!