Scouts: Tonight McKay earned his Bear in cub scouts. He worked hard along with his scout leaders and we got it early before his birthday in June. We had a fun time at pack meeting with the family and other ward members. They had a tent set up and Kory and other dad hid inside. When they awarded the advancement awards the boys had to go into the tent and fight a bear or wolf (whichever award they were getting). The boys would scream and you could hear bear sounds and growling then a shoe would fly out the door and then a scarf and then the boys would come hurtling out. Kory said they would tickle the boys. McKay hit the wall getting out of the tent giggling and laughing, so funny.
Ward Split: We got an announcement that our ward and two others in our stake are going to be realigned and a new fourth ward will be created. We do have a large ward with new construction and lots of homes going up in a section of our ward bounderies. I hear though that our ward is not the largest. It is a sad feeling knowing that many of our new friends will be going to another ward and possibly to a new building and we may not see them hardly at all. I am not liking this but there is nothing I can do about it. Our ward was last split about 3 years ago and I felt the same way until we went to the realignment meeting and the spirit was so strong that I knew that what was happening was direction from the Lord and I easily accepted it and we ended up with wonderful new members in our ward. I do miss the old ones though and do not see them hardly at all anymore. The same thing will happen in this case I am afraid. We were warned by our Stake President that this was coming many months ago during our Ward Conference. I feel bad for all the bishoprics that have to find new callings to fill in the gaps. I have a feeling there will be a lot of big ones to fill in our ward. We will see what happens this Sunday.
Tires: We have been spending our tax rebate like crazy with things like new tires, boring. Kory's car and my van. Very expensive and it has taken a lot of time. Kory spent days researching and pricing and driving around looking for the best deal for good tires. He got his car's from Toyota and the van from Costco. I was given the assignment of getting them aligned and the oil changed before our California trip coming up in two weeks. I got them aligned today afternoon at Goodyear with 3 of my kids with me. Luckily they had a Burger King right next door so we were able to eat lunch and have the kids play for over an hour while they were getting it done. When the hour was up I was watching out the window and saw them pulling our van out of the shop and I thought "oh good, there done" and started getting the kids together to go but then noticed the worker driving off with our van! I started to panic a little but then realized that they probably needed to test it. I however kept looking out the window watching for them to come back, hoping they would. They did and everything turned out fine and we got a great deal!!! The guy at the desk when I paid for it asked if the kids could have a sucker. I said yes they would love that. He came back with the suckers for them and a carnation flower for me! So sweet. They really want our buisness in the future I gathered, buttering us up for next time. Next week, oil change at Honda. I wish they had a McDonald's next door to them.
The cutest thing happened today. Kory came home from work and Ashley crawled right up to him and started tugging on his pant leg. He picked her up and she started kissing him on the cheek over and over. She would put her face up to his cheek and then back off and smile then do it again and again. It was soooooo cute. I have never seen her do that before. I told Kory she never did that with me. He then handed her to me and she just looked up at him and did not give me a kiss. I am not sure where she learned it from, maybe watching me kiss Kory on the cheek when I have held her. So fun. She is getting so big. Love her to pieces!
