On Tuesday, we attended the memorial of our dear friend who died last week. It was a lovely ceremony. Margie conducted the music and sang as part of an ensemble. We were all crying during rehearsal, but we were grateful that we held it together for the performance.
On Wednesday, Margie had the unique opportunity to help dress her friend in her special, ceremonial burial clothes. It was the first time Margie had been asked to participate in this, and it was challenging to say the least, but it was a special experience. It was a rite of passage and the first of likely many such dressings in the future.
On Thursday, Dan and Margie attended Back to School Night. Now that we have two kids at the same school, each with 8 different classes, it was a challenge figuring out which of us was going to go where. But Margie put her organizational skills to work and developed a schedule. It all worked out great.
On Friday, we had some friends over for dinner and then we all went to see Steel Magnolias at LTA. Neither of us had anything to do with this show--though one of the parts was played by the grandmother f one of Lyn's best friends. It's a fun show with lots of great one-liners. It closes October 1, so be sure to see it if you can!
Saturday was crazy busy, as Margie hosted a baby shower for a young mother-to-be at church. The irony that she celebrated both life and death in one week was not lost on her. The shower was quickly followed by a small celebration for Dan's dad's 81st birthday. After that we headed home and Margie and Dan went out to dinner to celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary (a day early, as we don't go to restaurants on Sundays). Meanwhile, Lyn attended a worldwide broadcast of the General Women's session of our bi-annual church conference. Margie joined her later, after dinner.
On Sunday, it was church as usual. Luckily, choir practice was cancelled, so we had a chance to relax in the morning and recover from the earlier part of the weekend. John was asked to serve as Second Counselor in the Presidency of the Teachers Quorum (young men ages 14 & 15) and was set apart for that service. Lyn attended bell choir practice. She says she has quarter notes and half notes down, but eighth notes and sixteenth notes are still a challenge! Also that night, we had a special dinner to celebrate our "real" anniversary. It was nice!
Well, that's all our news. We're are looking forward to a little bit more relaxing week coming up.
Hope you are doing well!
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| Margie used Pinterest to find inspiration for the baby shower. The fruit plate was a great success! |
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