Relaxing and Uneventful Sunday…
Today was fairly relaxing for everyone. We were all very tired from a late night last night again and so we needed the down time. I had my usual morning of church-related meetings but other than that, the morning was fairly uneventful. Sarah also called from Utah and said that she was doing very well.
After Sacrament Meeting, Carmen was tired and so Angela took her home to rest and came back for the rest of the meetings. When we all got home, we ate a small lunch and relaxed for the afternoon. It felt great to just have some time to think not have to run anywhere! 🙂 Every Sunday afternoon, we sit down as a family and have Family Council. This is a time when we discuss our calendar for the week (what everyone is doing and what our family plans are), discuss any issues we have in our family, and talk about what we can do to solve these issues or concerns. As usual, this next week will be very busy. I think it may have finally hit Zach that this next week is Carmen’s last full week with us. He wasn’t too excited about that at all! 🙁
For dinner, we had Mexican Lasagna. While waiting for the dinner to finish, we were at the table, and Zachary decided he would try to be funny. He grabbed his stuffed frog, put it on his plate, and then proceded to pretend and poke it with his fork, cut it up, and have it for dinner. What the weird child! 🙂
The dish was very new to Carmen. She had never had it before, but besides the pinto and black beans, we think she enjoyed it. For dessert, Kirstyn made chocolate, peanut butter and oatmeal no-bake cookies. These kind of cookies are one of our family’s favorites. They look really strange, but they taste GREAT!
After dinner was over, Brittany took Benjamin for a walk because he was getting very wiggly and unhappy. He wanted to go outside! Zachary also wanted to get outside, so I put him in Benjamin’s jogger and off he and I went. He loved being outside, sitting there, and relaxing. We walked all over the neighborhood and enjoyed our time outside. I don’t think Zach stopped talking the whole time! He loves to chat and chat and chat and chat. Once he chats, then he loves to ask question after question after question.
After walking for awhile, he said “Dad, I’m done being with you now. I want to go back home and be with Carmen!” I had to laugh at that. I asked him why and he said that although he liked me, he wanted to be back with his new big sister. He also told me that he will miss her when she leaves and doesn’t want her to go. 🙂
On our way back home, we took some pictures around the neighborhood. One of which is of Still Middle School where Brittany attends. We are trying to take a bunch of pictures so we can put together a slide show and DVD for Carmen so she can remember her experience here in Chicago.
When we returned from our walks, Carmen watched a couple of movies with Kirstyn, while Brittany and I went to Sunday Evening Discussion (SED) at the Wutzke’s home. We had a great discussion about temples and the importance of them from Linda Bitton, a member of our ward. She did a GREAT job! After she shared her thoughts, we closed and had wonderful refreshments (ice cream and butterscotch-chocolate rice crispie treats).
When Brittany and I got home, we finished watching the movie Carmen and Kirstyn were watching and then we all went to bed much earlier than in the past few nights. We needed the extra sleep! 🙂
