It was a good weekend!

Today has been a good day. Actually it has been a fantastic weekend. Jack had call Thursday so he didn't get home until late Friday and was late for our dinner with the missionaries. I was grateful to have the missionaries over for dinner. Not only are they fantastic missionaries, but one of them we had a lot in common with so that was fun (and he told Jack he was a good lookin' guy so I thought that was pretty funny). When they left we got to hang out after the kids went to bed and it's just nice to sit and actually have a conversation with him. That doesn't happen anymore. Then yesterday we took the whole family to see "Hairspray." It was my third time seeing it. I love it! I had to go out and get the soundtrack and everything. I haven't purchased new music since I was in college. Emma had gone with me the second time we saw it and since then we were both singing "good morning Baltimore" but neither of us knew the words. Now i'm already sick of it because she can't stop singing/listening to it. Jackson actually goes around singing the "oh, oh, oh," part in the beginning so apparently we've gotten him hooked, too. We wanted Jack to see it. It was really full of energy and I loved the singing and dancing. I honestly want to get up and dance while I'm watching it.

Jack got put in as Executive Secretary in our ward today. It seems that is his life calling. Our last two wards he has had that. Actually, i think he was ward clerk in the last. I don't remember. I just know he always has those Sunday meetings. The Bishop scared me, too. I've been the substitute chorister and did NOT want it to be permanent. I was snatched up to the Stake Primary Board as the music specialist and thought I was safe, but Bishop hinted to me last week he was going to extend a new calling and through a long story I won't share he said I was going to be permanent. So I spent a lot of time this week thinking about it cause he asked me to find out if I could handle this second calling. Well, to be honest, Jack is only in church MAYBE twice a month this year, and I'm going to be gone visiting other wards for at least two months out of the year, and I'm thinking, what in the world are my poor kids going to feel with me always leaving them alone on the pew? I was worried and went to the Bishop today and he more or less told me he was kidding about that calling and was thinking to put me somewhere else. Does anyone else get excited to get a new calling? Kind of weird that I do cause I'm terrible at magnifying them, I just get excited to know where I'm going to be put next.

It is killer hot in LA right now and our home only has AC units. Well, it is so hot I think it is bogging them down so they are blowing out warm air, which is nice because I like to pay for warm air, and I started to cook dinner (spare ribs, fresh pineapple, and red potatoes and carrots...sounded good to me) and put some stuff in the oven and and hour later pulled out the potatoes to check on them and I could touch the warm bowl and it didn't burn me. So our oven went out today, too. It was pretty awesome! I figure this is a good excuse to not have to cook meals. We're going tothe beach tomorrow morning. We've only gone a couple times since we've been here. I love being there early in the morning. It's so peaceful.

Jack gets Labor Day off since he works for the county and has call on Friday this week. That's the best day to have call cause he gets home Saturday morning so I only miss him one night. But then he has call on my birthday and then again on Emma's birthday. Crappy luck, heh! But I'm just grateful for this three day weekend.

My little brother got sent home from his mission on Friday. His mission was delayed a year because he screwed up his back. Well, he was in Houston, TX and playing basketball with the other elders and one of them came down on top of him and he couldn't move. Turns out he has a herniated disc in his midback and two bulging discs inhis lower. Ouch! I feel sorry for him, but I'm way excited to see him.

Emma starts school a week from tomorrow. I'm not that thrilled, to be honest. I am really going to miss her, but it will be good to have one one one time with Jackson. I know he's going to love it, although he will probably want to go to preschool, too!