A busy week

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted on my blog.  It's not like I haven't been busy.  Maybe it's because I've been too busy.  After I got home from Karen & Mike's house we had company for a few days.  Karen & Mike brought Emily to Salem to be blessed since both sets of grandparents live here.  Jeanette & Amy and their families came to witness it.  Somehow we all ended up sick within a couple of days.  Alan and I both lay around feeling sorry for ourselves for a week or so.  Well ... not really feeling sorry for ourselves, but we really did nothing but eat and watch movies and read.  We didn't have the energy for much else.  We're good now though.

Somewhere during that time I got called into the branch president's office and asked to be the Relief Society president.  The following week I was released as YW pres. and sustained as RS pres.  Boy, a branch really knows how to keep you busy. Actually I wasn't even there when they sustained me.  Alan and I drove to Illinois on Sat. May 30.  We dropped our stuff off at Amy's and went out to see Harry Potter 7-2. We enjoyed that.  It's just too bad they didn't have time in the movie to put everything in.  I'll just have to reread the book.  I've got some other things to read right now though.  On Sun. May 31 we went to the matinee of Michael's play "Hairspray".  Those of you that don't know, he played the part of Edna Turnblad (the same part that John Travolta played in the movie).  I have to say, "He was brilliant!"  People around us were bragging on him.  Alton Little Theater does a good job putting these things together.

Edna (Michael) and her (his??) daughter dancing

Edna gets all dolled up for the big "shake-up" on the Corny Collins TV show.

On Monday Amy went to girls' camp; she was the camp director.  They drove all the way to Lake of the Ozarks area where our stake went a couple of years ago.  The weather was horrendous with a heat index of 108.  They did well despite that.  Alan and I stayed at her house and watched the kids.  Eleven month old twins do keep one busy. Wish I could post a couple of pictures of them but we're not allowed. They are very sweet so we had a good time with Zach and them.  Last of all we worked at the temple on Friday and Saturday.  And now I'm home.  I got a chance to teach the 1st Sunday lesson at Relief Society and got to hug my young women.  We will have a YW overnight before school starts up again.  (The old presidency, the new presidency and the girls.)  We'll watch movies, play games, eat and basically just enjoy being together.  Then I'll have to come home and sleep it off.  Wish me luck.

Oh, yeah.  Jeanette and Jason had their sixth wedding anniversary on the 5th.  A HAPPY BELATED  ANNIVERSARY to them.  Some of the family also had the opportunity to go to the airport and welcome Dustan back home from his mission.  That was pretty special.  Now he faces the difficult job of fitting back into "normal" life.  Welcome home, Dustan.  We're glad to have you back.