Well, let’s see, what have we been up to… we’ll start with yesterday since that is all I can remember at the moment. We went out to Black Diamond, an old mining town. That happens to also be where my Grandma Sophie lives. So, we had some really good BBQ at this restaurant and then Gramma and I took Chad to Old Town Black Diamond. Gramma has been taking my family there for ages. We saw their old jail and an old bakery and also a little museum that used to be part of the Pacific Coal Company. My Grandpa had donated his old flashlight collection, and Gramma wanted to show it to Chad. We saw some old coal cars and really old money and old tools. I couldn’t figure out how the flashlights fit into the history of Washington. 🙂 Basically, everything was old.

We are both having fun with our callings. Chad helped me draw a poster and cut it into puzzle pieces to hide under the kids’ chairs today. They put it together and we learned about the song “Search, Ponder and Pray” and that it is the same thing Moroni talked about in his promise in the Book of Mormon on how to get a testimony. It went really well. Chad seems to be really good with the Deacons. I told them that every time they asked a question that I couldn’t answer I would bring them candy. The idea is to get them to participate. I got asked when the church was organized, and who won the first Super Bowl, and who shot Abraham Lincoln. I owe a bunch of candy next week. It’s a small price to pay for getting them involved. (I could answer most of the questions, BTW.)

After all sorts of issues with purchasing a bed frame, they are refunding our money and leaving the incomplete bed parts with us. So we got some wood and screws to try and piece together what we have. If it works, we’ll have actually gotten two beds for $8.41. This means we got them for 99.5% off regular price. It is a great deal, you just have to go back and forth trying to purchase them and then try to get the right parts many, many number of times for four months.

I finished up some baby books for the babies. They turned out a little homely but they will be fun for Kindin and Sophia, I hope. They look really cool. There are little pockets everywhere for family pictures, and buttons and zippers and stuff.

I guess this week has been kind of uneventful. We spent most of our time looking for deals on laptops only to find they were not as good as advertised or they were out of stock and on backorder. I do not really remember what else happened but we sure are having fun.