Week 15 - done!

I really love being able to say we're done with week 15! In just a few more weeks we will only have single-digits left. That is really exciting! Here's the rundown of the week:

Bad news: As I already posted, Jay pulled his quad muscle on Monday and was put on light duty. He had to put up with taunts and a grouchy EMS Staff all week. Also, he was supposed to have his first attempt at the High Speed Course on Friday at the same time as his follow-up doctor's appointment, but the EMS staff wouldn't change it despite the fact that the regular Academy staff said the driving was more important. It's actually a long story about what happened but I'll just say that they changed Jay's High Speed attempt to next SATURDAY at 10 a.m. Yeah, we're real happy about that. I'm trying to look on the bright side (like, he won't miss any classes), but I'm still a little disgruntled.

Good news: On Friday Jay went to the doctor and was cleared from light duty! His quad is much better and he is able to get back into his regular Academy schedule, which he's excited about. He hates having to wait on the sidelines.

Also, they received word that Jay's company won the Holiday Food Drive challenge! Jay was in charge of the food drive, so it was an especially sweet victory. His company collected over 1400lbs of food. For their efforts they received several things:

• They no longer have to polish brass on Tuesdays
• They no longer have to take any spelling tests
• They received not one, but TWO extra nights of liberty! One of those nights is tomorrow, and the other is Valentine's Day. Whoo hoo!

Overall there were more good things than bad things this week, and that is always something to be thankful for.

The weekend:

Jay took me out on a date for my birthday on Saturday. If you're wondering, these are the kind of things that old married couples with 3 kids do on their dates:

Dinner at Chipotle

Trip to the mall to spend our gift cards

Deposit checks at the bank

Decide to go bowling, change mind because we're too tired

Dessert at Flames

We had a lot of fun, actually. It doesn't matter to me what Jay and I do... it's just so nice to hang out with my best friend. Although I try to act tough, I really miss him during the week.

On Sunday Betsy was kind enough to watch the kids (again!) so that Jay and I could go to Stake Conference alone and actually pay attention to the speakers! It was so nice to not be constantly hushing our kids or standing in the back with Dex or cleaning spit-up off the pews. In general I like to have the kids at conference because they need to get used to it anyway, but every once in a while it's nice to have some grown-up spiritual time.

Sunday evening they surprised me with my favorite birthday treat of all: Mayonnaise cake! Mmmm! It was soooo good. Oh, and I got to take a nap, too!

Thanks to everyone who made my (early) birthday so special!

Here's to another great year!