Where is November going?

I'm going to attempt to make an uneventful week appear exciting. Let's see how I do.

Today we had our ward's primary program in sacrament meeting. Fortunately, as the Primary President, I wasn't in charge of it. Our primary consists of 6 children under three-years-old and we're happy if they can say "Jesus," "Joseph Smith," and “prayer.” So needless to say our primary didn't actually do anything for the primary program. The ward music chairman organized it all. It included six 2 1/2 min. talks and six musical numbers from the Children's Songbook. My only part in it included accompanying one of the couples that sang "A Child's Prayer." It turned out really well and was a nice change of pace.

Jason and I also had tithing settlement. What it really turned out to be was a chance for our Bishop to tell me how wonderful my husband is and how much he appreciates having him serve as the ward clerk. I already knew this of course, and just nodded my head and smiled while Jason sat beside me blushing. (Jason's accuracy would make me delete the part about him blushing, but it just makes the story sound better. ☺) I think he said a few nice things about me too. ☺

Friday night and Saturday morning Jason spent about nine hours taking four Korean tests for the Defense Language Institute (Military branch of language studies). They paid him to take the tests so they could "test out the test." We both thought he would enjoy doing it, but unfortunately each of the tests consisted of 58 problems of reading a passage anywhere from a paragraph to a page of Korean text and then only ONE corresponding question. Jason said he could only do about the first 14 problems and the rest were too hard for him. Not surprisingly however, he spent the rest of the allotment of time trying to read and understand the other 44 problems. It turned out to be a very frustrating and not fun experience.

To make up for it, Jason volunteered at the MTC, we watched most of the BYU v. New Mexico game, and that night we watched the movie Cheaper by the Dozen 2. It was a fun, silly movie and I think Jason laughed more than I did.

This week I also started Christmas shopping a little. This might be the earliest I've ever started Christmas shopping. I'm sure it was only by accident though because I went the mall for one thing and found a really great sale at JC Penny. Jason wasn't with me and he really doesn't like shopping, so instead of dragging him to the mall, I brought the mall to him. I just bought several things that I thought he would like so he could try it on at home. In the end we both were happy because Jason actually liked the stuff I brought home and he didn't have to make a trip to the mall. I think that by itself is like a Christmas gift to him. (Okay, so I may be exaggerating a little. ☺ )

October Ends

This is going to be short, but I just wanted to mention a few highlights from last week. Jason spent a lot of week trying to finish an ORCA grant proposal. It took him a lot longer than he thought, but he got it in by the deadline. Unfortunately that meant that he read several hundred pages of a book on Sat. and Mon. so he could take a test. Fortunately, he did really well on his test.

My sister Kristilyn had a birthday and we celebrated on Saturday by shopping at the mall. I haven't been to a mall in several months, so it was kind of fun to go with my sister. I'm not a big shopper myself, but Jason really, really dislikes it, so someone has to go. :) He was especially glad that I went shopping with my sister so that he didn't have to go. :) After several hours, we found a lot of good stuff for her, but I was enjoying her company so much that I didn't find anything to buy for myself. It was a nice break for both of us. I really enjoy talking to Kristilyn. She introduced me to California Pizza Kitchen which was really, really yummy. I hope to go back again sometime.