This weekend

I am sitting here taking a break from football wondering where the weekend went! It has been a good one.

First, I was shocked Friday night that a dear friend from elementary school found my blog! Melanie moved to Abilene at the end of 4th grade. She lived on our little street and was in the same class as me in 5th grade. I remember being close to inseparable that year and was sad when she moved back to Lubbock after 5th grade. I love cyberspace and the ability to connect with people who meant so much in the past!

Friday night, we watched The Devil Wears Prada which was great. I also started reading a wonderful book which I HIGHLY recommend. My aunt sent along Up And Running in a recent package. It is the story of a boy who goes to her church, who developed bacterial meningitis and as a result, lost his legs. I picked it up on Friday night and finished the 300 page book today! It will make you want to kiss your kids an extra time each night.

I have two cute Thomas stories from this weekend that really highlight his personality. On Saturday night, we were eating dinner. Matthew views food as fuel. He always eats really well, but it is hard for him to take that much time out of his busy schedule! Thomas lives for meal time. Anyway, on Saturday night, Matthew finished his food first and started begging Thomas to hurry up so they could play a game. This happened several times when all of the sudden, Thomas looked up, used a very uncharacteristic booming voice, and said, "DON'T RUSH ME, BUDDY!" No sir, nothing comes between my Thomas and his dinner! ;)

This morning, I was sitting up front watching my boys collect member and visitor cards on the aisle. I always love watching them do that! As I was watching Thomas go up the far aisle, I noticed a bunch of people laughing and wiping their eyes from laughing so hard. It was all I could do to wait until the end of service to find out what Thomas had done. It turns out, as he was coming up the aisle, one of our elders handed him a card. He froze. Our very literal Thomas was told to pick up the cards on the end of the aisle, not out of people's hands! He told him, "No, you need to put it on the aisle." and then proceeded to grab his arm to guide him! This is why I don't have to worry about Thomas getting in trouble much. YOU DON'T BREAK THE RULES! Thank you so much to Erica's mother, Mary, for calling to tell me that story too. She knows as a mother and grandmother, the importance of relaying fun stories about the kids!

Looking forward to a normal, LONG week. Have a great one, everybody!