#2 - Good news - June 4, 2012

Yesterday was a true day of rest.

We got up, got ready for church in record time, and arrived on time.  Jakers was tired and thus squirrelier than normal during Sacrament meeting.  The kids headed off to primary, I went to Gospel Doctrine, and Katrina worked on her Relief Society duties.  She is in charge of conducting this month, and had to pull the agenda together.  The lesson revolved around the kids of the people who heard King Benjamin's last speech and them falling away from the church.  There was a fair amount of discussion about it, but really it's just 1 sentence out of a page that we focused on. 

The other pieces were the gathering of Limhi's, Alma's, and Mosaiah's groups into 1 place.  The melting of these various peoples had its own issues, but they were all assimilated pretty easily.  We also talked a bit about Alma's growth as a leader, from priest of King Noah to the high priest over the church. 

Elder's quorum was fun this time - we played a scripture chase game.  1 person flips to a random place in the Book of Mormon and starts reading.  The rest of the group finds where the person is reading and starts to read along with him.  Then the person who was reading sits down, and the person who found it stands up.  It was fun.  And very competitive.

We sang for choir, and went home.  Katrina and I took a nap until 5 and then checked in with dad.  My mom is still in the hospital, and they're going to keep her 1 more night.  But she's walking around, and is able to sleep now that they figured out a pain med regimen that works for her.  She won't be able to sit in one place for a long time, but she can be up and around, and sleep on her back while she recovers. 

The kids had leftover tortilla soup for dinner, and went to bed at 8.  I blogged a little and went to sleep.  I haven't had a Sunday quite that calm in a long time.

In other news - the sellers rejected all of our requests for repairs.  But they are going to sign the contract on Tuesday.  So we'll be signing soon, too.  Possibly as early as Tuesday, but certainly Wednesday.

At any rate - the house purchase is moving forward and we are gaining some certainty about things.