Tender Mercies

Thursday I had a crazy, hectic morning. I had to get the kids up and ready for school, thankfully Ben helped get Addy to school early for choir practice. I was able to get Sydnee out the door to walk with neighbors. I had a doctors appointment that morning. Maren slept in which allowed me to get a shower and get ready for my appointment. I was really nervous for some reason and really didn't feel good. I had an upset stomach and woke up with a really bad sore throat. I somehow got ready, pulled Maren out of bed and dressed her. I grabbed a sippy cup of milk and a box of cereal. I got out to the car and had to scrape the windows. I dropped Maren off at my mom's at 9:59 my appointment was at 10. I drove to the doctors office and had to park about a mile away. I was really stressed at this point. When I checked in I asked if I was too late. The nice receptionist said that I was fine. After checking in and taking care of business matters, I didn't have to wait long before being called back. My doctor was actually delivering a baby, so he was late too. I was grateful, but I was still battling anxiety. The best part of the appointment was that I was able to hear the babies heart beat. To me that is the most soothing sound. After waiting for 20 minutes my doctor came in. He is always so nice to me and so sweet. I was nervous, but he put my mind at ease and everything was fine. I am so grateful for all the little tender mercies of that morning and that Heavenly Father was looking out for me and helped me to make it to my appointment and to live through it. I'm trying to look for the small things and blessings of the day that come from above. I know having a baby sleep in and having my doctor late seem like small things, but they were big things to me that day.

Halloween

School parade

Mr. Bezzant one of the 4th grade teachers
was in an accident and paralyzed about 2 years ago
He always had the best costumes,
but I think this year topped all the others

Sydnee the bat

Officer Addy

Maren kept eating the suckers in her bucket

Grandma and Grandpa Williams house

A sad day

Last Sunday I was released from my calling as camp director. Most people were congratulating me, until I would burst into tears. I am very sad to be released. I absolutely love the young women in our ward, and I have loved my calling. To me camp is the perfect calling, it may be a few months of planning and one really stressful week, but I love it. After I found out we were going to expand our family, one of my first thoughts was of girls camp. I thought "how am I going to do this?" then I realized it was stake camp. I thought this is perfect, I can get another assistant director, do all the planning before the baby comes and then help get things ready to go . I figured the baby would be at least 2 months old when camp time came and with some extra help, I could juggle both. Then I received a call late one Sunday night from our YW president. She told me she wanted to have me released because it was just too much work with a newborn. I told her I didn't want to be released and that I had a plan. She said she would think/pray about it. Well two weeks later I got the phone call to meet with a member of our bishopric. I told him I was not happy about it. He told me that they (bishopric) had prayed about it and felt it was right to release me. I cried right there in the bishops office. I was devastated. I told him that whoever was called could only have the calling for a year and then I wanted it back. He laughed and said he would keep that in mind. I made it through sacrament meeting and hearing my name announced, but as soon as my mom asked me about it later, the tears came again. I've been involved with the young women in our ward for 5 years in one way or another and now I'm out. It makes me sad. I just have to have faith in Heavenly Father's plan and not my own. I'm sure this is what is best for me, but for now I'm really sad about it.

Odds and ends of October

We enjoyed the warm weather by
having a picnic at the park

Ben's mom gave the girls Halloween pj's

Grandpa Williams gave us a huge pumpkin
from his garden, Maren thought it made a great chair

Our spooky bat pumpkin

The girls designed the pumpkin and Ben carved it.

Those are supposed to be ears, not horns :)

Holy cow! Time keeps flying around here, it's going too fast for me to keep up. Life is a bit hectic right now, but I also feel like I'm boring and have nothing to write. Here are just a few of the things we have been up to lately.
Some other things of note, my morning sickness is gone! I had an ultrasound and there is only one baby and it's doing great.
Last Sunday was the ward primary program. It was so sweet, most of the kids wrote their own parts. I love to hear them sing and I love watching all of the cute kids.
I was released from being camp director, a very sad thing.
Ben worked a 28 hour day last weekend. His company is getting ready to move to their new building. Ben was in charge of moving the data center which houses all of the servers and equipment that pretty much keeps the company running. No pressure. He left for work at 11:30 a.m. Friday and came home at 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. It was a long weekend for Ben. My sister and I took the girls out on Saturday and did a little shopping and tried a new place to eat. We were brave and tried Johanna's kitchen in Sandy. It was your typical little greasy spoon.
All in all October was good to us, but it certainly came and went in a hurry. Hopefully we can enjoy November and all it has to offer.