the latest
Although I've been a pretty good blogger so far this year, I haven't written about some of "the latest" in our lives. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day (by the way, does anyone have a little trick to keeping MLK Jr. Day and Presidents Day straight? I can never remember which is in which month!), we hiked into my parents' cabin and sledded out. It's a fun tradition we do every year. We always get hot and sweaty walking up the road pulling sleds, hot chocolate jugs, children, etc. then freeze when we go in the cabin for the hot chocolate and treats. We always have fun though and it's just about the perfect level of intensity for a 2-year old and a pregnant mommy.
Last week Marian and I went to the Bean Museum for the first time. I was really impressed. Here were my favorite things: the 2-headed snake, the huge bear, and learning about a tuatara (a lizard-looking reptile) that has 3 eyes--one on top of its head. It's going extinct, which surprises me because 3 eyes seems like quite the advantage to survival.
On Saturday we had our stake "Best of Enrichment." It's definitely our biggest activity to plan as a stake RS presidency. It was a lot of work but turned out great. Last year they ran out of food and this year we had tons of extra--hopefully next year we'll meet somewhere in the middle. These are the gifts we gave the sisters. They turned out cute but man were they a huge project! We met one Saturday at 11, thinking by 1 we'd have them done. WRONG! At 4:30 we had finished 100/300. We ended up getting them done just fine but learned that next year we'll tackle a slightly easier project.
And finally, here's a picture from Sunday of my tummy. I'm not huge yet but can't believe I still have almost 4 months to keep growing!
And one last random happening that I thought was pretty cool. We played Ticket to Ride with Tracy and Hanna and Tracy's sister on Saturday night. Here were the final scores:
Tracy: 103
Me: 102
Katie: 100
Hanna: 99
Adam:98
What are the chances? Definitely the closest game I've ever seen!
Last week Marian and I went to the Bean Museum for the first time. I was really impressed. Here were my favorite things: the 2-headed snake, the huge bear, and learning about a tuatara (a lizard-looking reptile) that has 3 eyes--one on top of its head. It's going extinct, which surprises me because 3 eyes seems like quite the advantage to survival.
On Saturday we had our stake "Best of Enrichment." It's definitely our biggest activity to plan as a stake RS presidency. It was a lot of work but turned out great. Last year they ran out of food and this year we had tons of extra--hopefully next year we'll meet somewhere in the middle. These are the gifts we gave the sisters. They turned out cute but man were they a huge project! We met one Saturday at 11, thinking by 1 we'd have them done. WRONG! At 4:30 we had finished 100/300. We ended up getting them done just fine but learned that next year we'll tackle a slightly easier project.
And finally, here's a picture from Sunday of my tummy. I'm not huge yet but can't believe I still have almost 4 months to keep growing!
And one last random happening that I thought was pretty cool. We played Ticket to Ride with Tracy and Hanna and Tracy's sister on Saturday night. Here were the final scores:
Tracy: 103
Me: 102
Katie: 100
Hanna: 99
Adam:98
What are the chances? Definitely the closest game I've ever seen!
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