Day 386: 4-3-21 (Saturday)
Today is Holy Saturday.
It is also 4-3-2-1
But best of all... it is General Conference! We watched both sessions and it was awesome! Sister Joy D. Jones was FIRE! I loved her talk. The second session...my favorite Elder Jeffery R. Holland was amazing! The whole day was fantastic! In between sessions we listened to the performance of Handel's Messiah. Beautiful!
Brynnie taking a mid-session snooze while listening to the beautiful music!
It was so cozy!
After Conference we went to the park with the girls and Beverly. The weather was perfect. No coats!! Tyler listened on his headphones to the Priesthood Session. I listened with him to the talk by President Nelson and loved it! It was kind of momentous that simultaneously my father, my husband, and my son were all tuned in live to the Priesthood session from 3 different cities. Crazy.
We talked to Judie and Joel today. They had their 2nd dose of Moderna. They had no major side effects. They were just tired and achy for about a day. That's good. It's crazy how random it is for everyone.
Day 387: 4-4-21 (Sunday)
Easter and Resurrection Sunday!!
We had a wonderful, meaningful, and spiritual Easter! We had a message from Kam early this morning and we talked to Reilly. Hopefully this is the last holiday that we have to spent apart from her.
The girls received new luggage for our upcoming travels! Reilly and Hunter came over yesterday and we were able to give them their Easter surprises. Kam got his Easter gift on time but we got a notice that his care package won't arrive until tomorrow. Bummer.
Tyler received some new luggage too (and some candy.) He loves the Cadbury Mini Eggs. The Cadbury Cream Eggs are my favorites!
Tyler gave me these BEAUTIFUL sugar Easter Eggs. I have wanted these since I was a little girl! They are large too. Over 8 inches tall. One of my fellow vendors was selling them and I was so excited to find them!
I used to beg my mom to get me one of these sugar eggs for Easter but it never happened. Somehow I equated these with the Church (and seem to recall that my mother did too) ergo I never received one. I asked Tyler how in the world I would have connected these eggs with Utah church people. He said that the Relief Society used to make them and maybe that was what put my mom off of them. But they aren't an LDS thing. It's weird how we can connect unrelated things in our minds.
We made crepes for our Easter/Conference breakfast and they were divine! My favorite filling is lemon curd, whipped cream, and strawberries. So good! We also had Nutella. Also good! Bryn's secret admirer struck again. There was a stuffed animal that looked like a blue peep and a note that said: "Bryn, you are one of the sweetest peeps I know!!! Your Secret Admirer." LOL.
We had another fantastic 2nd day of General Conference! There were so many great talks and it was so perfect for Easter. In between sessions we played the Rob Gardiner Lamb of God video. That music is so powerful! Then we had a DELICIOUS Easter Feast! We had some traditional foods and some non-traditional and it was fantastic!
Our menu:
Mississippi Roast (Tyler)
Quinoa (Tyler)
My Mom's Killer Mashed Potatoes (Me)
Homemade Rolls (Ailey)
Deviled Eggs (Bryn)
Jello Beans (Ailey)
Granny's Lemon Bars (Ailey)
Green Punch (Me)
Then we FINALLY started watching THE CHOSEN. People have been raving about it all year and even Kameron got to watch Season 1 on Christmas Day on his mission and has been begging us to watch it. Well...everyone was right. It is really good! We had such a great Easter this year...even if it was the first year we didn't dye Easter Eggs. Times they are a changin' as the kids get older.
I also got asked to be a group facilitator for our stake's 7 week Emotional Resiliency Life Skills Course for the youth. This is a pilot project that the Church is doing in various stakes. My dad is just finishing up the adult course in his stake. The course for the adults is a little different than the one for the youth.
The topics for the youth are:
Healthy Thinking Patterns
Real Life Finances
Managing Stress and Anxiety
Career Prep
Understanding Sadness and Depression
Our Body and Emotions/Building Healthy Relationships
Providing Strength to Others
This isn't technically a calling. Names were recommended to be facilitators/moderators. I was like "I wonder who recommended me for this?" and Bryn piped up with "Anyone who knows you!" LOL. Too true. Stuff like this is my jam! Guess what lucky teens get to participate?! It should be interesting.
Day 388: 4-5-21 (Monday)
Spring Break is going strong. Sleeping in and staying up late! We did a bunch of yard work today. Woohoo. Nothing says fun spring break like yard work but it felt great (to me!) to be out working in the yard. It is finally starting to come alive. Pansies! Daffodils! I also put away all of our Easter décor.
We video chatted with Kameron today. His new companion is from good old Rexburg, Idaho. Kam says he is a little different but much easier to get along with. Apparently this kid LOVES to clean and organize. Like SUPER DEEP CLEANING. Kameron can NOT relate! In Kam's words... "He is Mom on steroids!" It was really fun to hear his insights on General Conference. He had notes and everything and was super enthusiastic! Such a change! LOL. It was really good to talk and laugh with him. I sure love that kid!
Gonzaga was in the NCAA Finals and lost to Baylor tonight. Sadness. They had a great season. Proud of our Zags!
Day 389: 4-6-21 (Tuesday)
We did more yard work today! LOL. Yes, there has been some mighty complaining around here DESPITE the fact that we will be taking a trip in just a couple of weeks. We aren't too sympathetic to their complaints. We finally took the girls to Chik-fil-a as a treat! We also got all of the details about Bryn's track season. She starts on THURSDAY and she is stoked!
Our governor is now saying that we may return to Phase 2. Are you kidding me?!
Day 390: 4-7-21 (Wednesday)
We are vaccinated!!
Tyler and I got our second Moderna shot today. THANK GOODNESS. It wasn't without some excitement though. After we got our shots and were sitting there waiting our allotted 15 minutes to make sure that we didn't keel over... someone actually did! It was extremely traumatizing to all of us sitting there! Two teenage boys were there with their dad and had just gotten their second doses. All of the sudden one of the teenagers started having a seizure. His brother was like, "Knock it off! That's not funny!" But then the dad started calling for help and while the kid was seizing two EpiPens (clearly some health issues here) fell out of his pocket. The nurses called for the rapid response team which was not that rapid. They got him down on the ground and were bringing him around. The doctor came and checked him out. He didn't have a reaction to the immunization. He had a vasovagal syncope which is a kind of seizure that can happen when you faint because your body overreacts to certain triggers...like the sight of blood, needles, extreme emotional distress etc...it causes your blood pressure and your heart rate to drop suddenly. You faint and have a seizure like episode. We are unfortunately familiar with these because they happen to Reilly with needles. It has happened to her twice. Both times were when she was getting an IV. It is disturbing to see even though you know it isn't anything serious. BUT...IT IS 10,000 TIMES MORE DISTURBING...when you are waiting to see that you don't...you know...drop dead...after your immunization! Good grief. The kid was fine and was back to his normal self by the time our 15 minutes were up. I would say that it took me a good hour to bring MY heart rate back to normal!!
On a happier note... we stopped and got take out on the way home. We didn't know if/when we would start to feel crappy so we wanted some food on hand for the next two days and decided to eat early. We also had plenty of things for the girls to make should they need to nurse us back to health. We were prepared. We were told to stay SUPER hydrated. Before and after the immunization. So we were guzzling down the Gatorade and water like crazy...all day and all night. We ended up having an 80's movie marathon with the girls: Back to the Future and Pretty in Pink. We both felt fine all night!
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