Today Abe dropped me off at Bikram Yoga while he and the kids went to visit his mom at Karin’s work. Apparently the kids jumped out and yelled surprise when she got out of her car and then bombarded her with hugs.
They couldn’t wait to show me the things she gave them when they picked me up from yoga. Unfortunately, I woke up this morning with a stiff neck and couldn’t actually turn my head to see what they were showing me, but I know that whatever it was, they were very excited.
Then we all drove up to Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon for our annual tradition of meeting up with the Sorensons there. We just love their family so much. Rich gave me hope because he has had a stiff neck in the past and it went away within a week. I saw him turn his head this way and that, so I have hope full mobility is in my future.
We had a picnic and the kids had fun visiting together while the grown-ups chatted. Ammon, of course, kept wandering off on his own and getting lost every five minutes. I am so used to this by now that I basically don’t panic at all. That’s probably not ideal, but if I got worked up every time that boy decided to go on an adventure, I’d probably need medication.
Then we did our annual walk around the lake, expressed our deep and abiding love for their family, and drove back home.
By the time we got home, the kids were asleep or tired (all of the kids have colds), and so Abe and I took a nap after transferring everyone to beds and TV.
Abe REALLY deserved that sleep because he has been goinggoinggoing without any breaks for weeks. I don’t know the last time he got a good night’s sleep or a nap.
After our naps we got up, chatted with neighbors, and did some errands with the babies while the girls watched more fairy movies. Abe dropped a basket of our garden produce off for one of his friends, we delivered cookies to the family we minister to, and we did some grocery shopping.
Then we came home and ate dinner in the beautiful weather outside. It threatened to rain, but never did. To me, it was absolutely perfect weather and a perfect Saturday (minus the sickness of the kids and my immobile neck).
