Well, it has been a really long time since we have posted anything (not sure if it is because we have been busy or if it is because nothing much has happened) and we thought it was about time.
Today was our last Sunday in our church ward and it was an eventful one. Rebecca was called to give a talk in Sacrament meeting on the sacredness of the Sacrament. She did a great job. Many people complimented her on it afterward. One person even came up to her and said "This is one of only a handful of talks that have ever caused me to check the church handbook of instructions for accuracy, and after checking I found out that you were right." After she talked on how reverent and respectful we need to be during the meeting, there was a musical number by the choir and then all three kids started going crazy. Some weeks they are so reverent, others it is a different story. I ended up spending the rest of the meeting out in the hall with them.
After Sacrament meeting Rebecca taught her last class as CTR 8 instructor in the Primary. I came in to teach the children a few things from the scriptures and that was pretty fun. Christian was pretty fussy so I spent most of the rest of that hour in the hall with him.
Then off to Priesthood meeting for me and Christian. About five minutes into it, I heard a faint, but familiar, scream that got louder and louder by the second. I hurried out to see what was wrong with Julia and found her teacher carrying her to the bathroom. Somehow during Primary sharing time she fell face forward off her chair and her lip was bleeding all over the place. The entire building got to listen to her scream at the top of her lungs for about ten minutes. Rebecca and I both tried to console her, but when she is hurt and she has made up her mind that she is sad there is no helping her. We thought about taking her outside, but it was just too cold. Finally, after telling her that we would have to do some candy when we got home she quieted down. A few more minutes of walking her around the building and she was all better and ready to go back to class.
The meeting ended with Julia and Ethan giving big hugs to their teachers and us saying good bye to some of the people that we have gotten to know in the ward. It has been a really nice ward and we are sad that we have to go. We are excited about our new ward though. We have been wondering what it will be like and making guesses about what our new callings might be. We will meet in the same building, just at a different time.
This week will be our last week in our tiny little apartment. Our apartment manager was nice enough to let us out of our lease early, so that is really good. All in all though I don't think we are going to miss our small 2BR, 1Bath, 3rd floor, 650 sq ft apartment all that much. It is nice that we had a safe place to live, and we can't complain about the balmy 80 degrees they have kept our apartment temperature, but we are glad to be moving on to something a little bigger and closer to work.
