Today was a fantastic day. We woke up, got ready and went to church. Lily drove, so I could have a group call with my AXB friends from college which I loved. My story about getting a sour stomach in India launched us into a chain of similar stories, and there was much laughter.
Church was low on numbers because a lot of the congregation is meeting separately out of protest to a decision the Community of Christ made recently. The division saddens us, but church was still wonderful and uplifting. Afterwards, we went to a park with the Gruwell family (who we love so much) and we all ate lunch together while the kids ran around. It was so nice to be in the fall weather with friends enjoying our food. They are so fun to talk to.
Then we visited my grandma who recently moved to Ogden. She has not been feeling well the last few weeks, but she seems to be on the upswing. It was so fun to reminisce with her and also catch her up on our family. She is so sweet and she has a beautiful attitude in spite of some of the challenges that face her right now
Then we went shopping for the chili Lily will make on Halloween as well as for pumpkins for carving tonight. Since we were late to the game for buying pumpkins, only warty ones were left. Lydia was very vocal about how disappointed she was about the warty, but eventually she decided she liked the warts just fine (Lily helped by reading her articles about how popular they are for carving right now) which Lily and I are grateful for.
I helped the kids carve while Lily tackled the ever unfolding entropy in our home.
Lydia and Ammon aren’t old enough to use knives yet, and I got a real kick out of Clarissa sticking her tongue out while she focused on the pattern she was drawing on her pumpkin.
In the end, the pumpkins turned out so great, and they made us really happy while we looked at them.
After carving pumpkins, Lily and I cleaned and also talked to Clark and Swathi and planned trips for next year with them.
What a beautiful, wonderful and meaningful Sunday!