Monday Morning Madness

Today has been Monday Morning Madness! I got up, got ready, got 5 kids ready and out the door by 7:55 (minus my second oldest daughter who is sick with a sore throat). Dropped off 2 of the older ones at their school in our "old" neighborhood. Dropped off my 4 year old at her preschool. Ran to Target to get the Spark Art Easel (ranked as the best 'Educational Toy' for kids my preschoolers age) that was on sale for $59.99. It was a much better price than the $80 I had spent on one at Toys 'R Us. Went Visit Teaching.

I had stayed up late last night wrapping the Visit Teaching gifts. The gifts were supposed to be Sweet Pea scented Wallflowers (my favorite!) from Bath and Body Works. But in the midst of our move, the Wallflowers have disappeared and so it was Christmas Kitchen Hand Towels (some cute ones) I had gotten a couple of years ago at after Christmas sales for cheap. (Maybe that's an idea for somebody for those they VT for next year?)

So we got done later than we had hoped with our Visit Teaching. It was a huge distance to travel (our ward has huge boundaries, not to mention we just moved out of our ward boundaries which makes traveling there further). We got home and my one year old had fallen asleep. I carried him to his bed. When I went to get lunch for my sick daughter and my 4 year old, the phone started ringing. I answered the phone. Then my one year old starts screaming, I realize my four year old had went in and woken him up! My eight year old is trying to eavesdrop on my phone conversation and then my cell phone starts ringing! My husband was calling with some news of a discouraging setback on this house we are trying to get.

I set the odometer on my car at zero when I left home this morning. It now reads 68.8 miles driven. I have already driven that far today! And it will probably read over 100 miles before the day is done since I have to go and pick my kids up from school, bring them home feed them and take them to my daughters Christmas Piano recital tonight.

My ordinarily thoughtful husband told me this morning that he would just meet us at the Piano Recital tonight...what? So I mentioned how it would be nice to have him home first (read: I need help getting 5 kids dressed up and ready to go out). So, thankfully, he has agreed to come home!! YAY!!!!

So in the midst of my trials today, I got a Pearl of Great Price from my Mother in Law in email. She got this great quote from a friend who heard it at her Stake Conference. It says:

"The trials of our lives are tailored to our needs and will bring blessings we can't comprehend."

I am totally going to frame this! I love it! I just need to find out who to attribute it to!!