Easter Weekend spells RELIEF!

 

There was no way we were going to pay a plumber 1200 dollars to do the plumbing upstairs. Todd decided to rip out all the old pipes. This is officially the first major project on the house that we are doing.  We were waiting on the funds to get the parts to do the job, but in the meantime Todd got to work on the pipes.  Once he had them all pulled out we got a phone call from our Branch President offering to help with the parts. We were not expecting it at all and it was a huge blessing! Todd and I took Alex to Watertown SD for the first time on Saturday.  It is my new favorite town!  It is a least as big as Vernal Utah but has more main stream stores. We went to Munards for plumbing tools and pipes. He spent hours on Saturday night starting the job when he realized he got the wrong clamps for the pecks pipe. Well he was bound to mess up a little but so far we have only spent 230 dollars on parts and although we still need sheet rock to redo the walls, 230 thus far is much better than 1200. This next week he hopes to finish the job while I am doing my new job.  The pictures below show the damage and progress for the weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Sunday was simple and nice. I managed to put together an Easter basket for the kids with kitten supplies in it. They really all want a cat. We have all missed Simba. We never could find him back in Junction and they have been asking for another one. We will probably get three. I want some to keep the mice at bay!  Church was nice. The Branch only meets for two hours. I had all the primary aged children together.  I will be doing Primary again only this time I am everything. All the primary callings condensed into one!  I am looking forward to it and today we had a tone of children. It was nice to have more there than my own! Primary has always been my favorite calling. I need to be very creative and try and teach at a level that will keep interest for all the kids and still incorporate nursery at the same time. I have Raquel helping me for now. And when I gave a short lesson today, Brother Marsh took the younger ones in the hall with a few toys until I was done.  My goal now is to get a good routine down and try and keep as much as the agenda in a full size primary as possible. Family Home evenings are going to be vital for our younger children in the near future so they are learning what they would normally be learning in Primary. Although I will do a lesson with them at church it has to be done as simple as possible because of the age groups. So it’s more like doing a sharing time each week with all the kids at once.

 

This experience so far as been a testimony builder and again a confirmation that we need to do all we can do before handing it over to the Lord and his grace will take over  in due time.

 Coloring eggs on Saturday Night!

Jared pretending to be the Easter Bunny for Eric on Sunday! What a Great Kid!