So today I got to go to the temple. I asked for special permission to get off of work early to make the 8pm session. I had to give the baby his dinner by 5:30 to get ready, eat dinner, and then meet a sister at her house which was 40 minutes away by 6:30. I thought the house was only 30 minutes away and still had trouble finding it so lets just say we made it barely in time!! But I am so grateful that we did! The Houston temple is beautiful! Inside and out. And I think that this sister and I are becoming friends. She's not the sister that I talked about, I ended up going with a different sister. Her name is Maureen. She offered to take me every month. She has kindof a strong character but at the same time, I can tell that she is a caring person and has strong moral character too. She was trying to convince me that Houston is the best place to live. But she was doing a good job, she told me about a fast teaching certification that I can get and that the cost of living is very low and the strong need for bilingual people here. Well, we'll just have to see.
The cool thing is that when we got there, we found out that the 8:00 Wednesday session is set apart as a Spanish session. We did not know that! I was so excited because I wanted to do it in Spanish. It makes me feel closer to Ricky. Maureen speaks a little Spanish so she didnt ask for the headphones and did eveything in Spanish. I couldnt believe it. It definitely felt like a little tender mercy. The whole thing, the free ride, the day off to do it, the Spanish session, the healthy snacks that Maureen made so I wouldnt be tempted to buy dinner, etc, so many things.
And.... Rudi! Thanks for your comment! You are a great friend and your comment brightened up my day! I sleep with the baby monitor. I think it's bad that I was worried about leaving the mom with her own kids. I guess I feel bad because I was leaving work early and I was scared that she would regret letting me go early. But, it's good for her. I don't want to take advantage of her kindness too much, But at the same time I need to remember that she is still the mom and its totally fine if I have something important to do every now and then. Haha. I'm sure having Emily as a babysitter every now and then is a great support. And it's good practice for Emily! Be happy that you don't have a nanny though, enjoy your time with your kids, I hope to be able to as much as possible when I'm a mom. I know that the ages you have are the hardest to do right now! I feel really bad for all of the sleep you are losing, but I hope that this passes quickly so you can rest! Keep it up! You will be great.
Great news! Sam is getting baptized! For those who are reading and know him, it's still "unofficial" but the date is february 18th. I didnt even know they were even close to that. But a pair of great missionaries and a lot of answered prayers later, here they are. i am so proud of Debbie and Sam. I love them both and I cant wait until they can have the joy that Ricky and I have from being sealed in the temple together. They are now that much closer to having an eternal family!
Josh is doing great on his mission. He loves Mexico and has been a successful missionary so far, and enjoying it. He writes great letters and e-mails to us and I am so happy about that! And Im happy that he is safe. He always emails me in Spanish. (:
Well, Ricky is doing night shift now so I am going to call him and then Im going to sleep. What an awesome day!!
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