{"id":6396,"date":"2015-02-02T05:44:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T05:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2015-02-02T05:44:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T05:44:18","slug":"dinner-with-the-maudsleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/02\/dinner-with-the-maudsleys\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner with the Maudsleys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we left for Cancun, one of the bishopric approached Abe and said they had a calling for me: First counselor in the Primary. (That was the calling that was so hard in my last ward.) Abe turned ashen gray and explained that while I would accept whatever calling they gave me, that particular one might be hard for a number of reasons. He then gently suggested that the calling I had already suggested to each individual member of the bishopric, a calling to the nursery, might be better.<\/p>\n

Last night I got the call to the nursery. Hip, hip hooray! Thank-you, Honey, for helping me land there. Of course, I credit the listening skills of our new bishopric, my own culturally inappropriate talks with them (effectively preemptive strikes), and God too. Basically, I am thankful to everyone who helped me get a calling that a) I enjoy b) makes me feel like I have something to contribute c) is every other week so I can go to Abe’s Gospel Doctrine classes and c) syncs with my school stress this quarter. A blessing indeed.<\/p>\n

Today was my first day in nursery, and it was awesome. It was especially nice not to abandon Mary after having been away so long.<\/p>\n

After church, we rushed home to get the house in order for dinner with the Maudsleys. They were in town for a baptism, and Katie offered a couple weeks ago to come over with a raclette dinner. I enthusiastically welcomed yet another opportunity to get out of cooking dinner, and when the Maudsleys got here today, we joked that they were like a food truck. Just look at the amazing dinner they made after transporting ingredients and equipment from over an hour away:<\/p>\n

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That is a raclette machine. I want one, even if I have no idea where I’d store it. But boy, was it a blast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The kids played with the beanbag for hours. At one point, they were in the basement and I guess Lydia got pinned under the beanbag. I asked her how she got out, and she insisted that I pulled her out. My eyebrows shot up because I definitely did not pull her out AND because I believe in angels. Maybe my Aunt Lydia pulled her out. At any rate, I am so glad she’s safe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Abe got spit up on twice while holding their adorable new baby, Phillip. He was so happy to be holding a baby again that he didn’t care a bit. Even though I am no longer at the stage where I feel actively allergic to babies, I preferred to watch and coo from a distance.<\/p>\n

Just fell asleep twice while typing. Good night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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