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It's 11:45 and Ellyn is wide awake. She took a long Sunday nap at our friend's house and now she's rearin' to go. Jane and Sawyer are asleep and Sadie is fading fast. Today was very warm and we are all a little sweaty and tired. We had a great afternoon and evening. We went to our friend's, the Najdawi's, and had a very simple dinner. They are leaving for the states for a month and we are trying to eat everything out of our freezer so the two of us combined food from our fridges and freezers for dinner. Then we played this lawn game (I need to learn the name) and let the kids jump on the tramp. Sawyer was trying to eat every leaf and twig he could find on the lawn. It was a really nice way to spend a very hot Sunday.

I taught Relief Society today. It was based on Pres. Monson's closing remarks at General Conference, "Abundantly Blessed." There was about a paragraph to actually work with so I was a bit stressed out. However, I was able to refer back to one of my favorite talks ever, "The Lord's Tender Mercies," by Elder Bednar. It was a wonderful way to spend my early, early morning hours, reading the words of our great leaders and pondering on the abundant blessings the Lord has given me. The lesson went well and Ellyn was even happy in nursery for the first time in a month (one of the Lord's tender mercies).

Well I have alot to do tomorrow. I think our paperwork is going to be signed tomorrow and I should be able to start scheduling everything. I think I'm going to go put Ellyn to bed. I was waiting up with her for a little while because she threw up on my bed about an hour and a half ago and I needed to see how she was doing but I think it was just too much hotdog:). Nice long sentence. Ahhh... her meds. have kicked in and she is falling asleep next to our little Sadie. Sweet Dreams.

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