My attempt at Church today...

But this little guy wasn't going for it!! We all got to bed late last night and then up early for 8:30 am Church.

Tyler was tired, he usually gets right up with the rest of the kids but this morning he really wanted to sleep in! I noticed his runny nose and opted to keep him out of nursery.

He was a real busy body at Church during Sacrament (which I should have left after that was over). Anyway, Laren is the Ward Clerk and so he is always busy in the Clerk's Office. He tells me if he doesn't get the work done on Sunday he will be back to do it later in the week. So I opt to take Tyler to Gospel Doctrine with me. He wants to get everything out of my bag, including dumping the bag of crayons. Then he wants his own chair. I got him his own chair.

Then he wants to roam the room (the Cultural Hall) where we hold Sunday School. At first it is okay then he keeps going up to the front and standing right behind the instructor giving the lesson. After going up to get him 3 times, and after the instructor (who is thankfully a very kind and wonderful father of 5) tripped over him (stepped back and didn't see him there), I took him out!!

I took him to Laren. Well that was short lived because right after Relief Society started Laren brought him into me saying he couldn't get anything done. So I took him and we waited in the lobby. After he started running all over in the lobby and fussying over everything (no matter how I tried to care for him he would cry!), I decided to gather the other 4 kids from their classes and go home. So I let Laren know. He would have let the older kids stay and come home with him but he was going straight to his home teaching appointments after church.

So I got the older kids from their classes and home we went! Rilyn (age 4) had a complete meltdown because she had just started coloring a picture in her class when I came to get her. We practically had to carry her out of class. Then she ran across to the other side of the building in a screaming fit where the clerk's office is. Laren and Alyssa (our 8 year old) got her out to the van for me, thankfully!

So we attempted Church today, not sure how much I got out of it but we tried!! My little guy is under the weather, feels a little warm, small appetite and mild diarrhea. Poor little man!! So we took it easy this afternoon. Laren didn't get home until around 3 pm. I finished reading the article in this months Ensign about the Martin and Willie Handcart companies. It is a real heart-rending article. I highly recommend it!! It truly illustrates the strength and determination of the pioneers!

We had Chicken Pot Pies for dinner, we drove around and looked at Christmas lights (saw the $853,000 house of our Dentist who is also a Bishop for another ward in our Stake and lives near us where we live right now in our rental house), and read scriptures and had prayer and put the kids to bed early. Kayla, our oldest (age 10) had a complete sassy fit on us that we would not let her stay up and let her finish composing her piano song for her math homework. Sounds a little suspicious to me. But we both held our ground, bedtime is bedtime and she could have started before Sunday night if it was that important!

Laren and I have been taking care of a few little details around the house. I put some laundry in (not the greatest thing to do on Sunday, but when you are desperate you're desperate)!! Laren tested out the new microwave we bought yesterday for the new house. It is a Kenmore Elite Microwave/Convection Oven. I wrapped a book for Rilyn's preschool book exchange and then Laren colored my hair. I used a different color this time it is one shade lighter than what I usually use because the stores quit stocking my color! (L'Oreal Coleur Experte 8.1 Tiramisu) So we tried out 8.2 instead. I hope it turns out okay because right now it looks Strawberry Blonde!!