Convention has started for our company. Today I helped out with tours of our office. I sat in the programming area and talked to groups as they came through. It is fun to meet people who really appriciate the work you do. It’s also fun to see so many excited about the overall work your company does.

Today Mike (my boss) gave us all gym bags and gym memberships as a gift to say thanks for the work and overtime we’ve been putting in to get ready for convention. He also gave us all hand-written cards which was a nice gesture (and appropriate for where we work)

Gehrig refused to take a bite of dinner tonight so we sent him to bed early. We then had a dilemma. After dinner it was time for family home evening. So we took the lesson to him. We had FHE in his room. The lesson was on prayer. I think it was a memorable experience if nothing else 🙂

Today was a fairly busy day at church. I prefer that to the alternative. I enjoy feeling useful. I loaned a copy of Total Money Makeover to a counselor in the elders quorum presidency. He returned it today and then called me tonight to teach next weeks lesson in elders quorum on the topic of personal finance and budgeting. It’s not new to me since I’ve taught a few of these lessons in our last ward and I obviously enjoy the topic.

Rachel decided around 5:00 pm that it would be a good idea to paint our bedroom – tonight! So we went to Home Depot and bought some paint and came home and went to work. I thought we’d be painting until midnight I was surprised to have  it all done and our furniture back in place by 10:30. It looks nice. She has also been furnishing our bedroom a bit lately. I think she has been a little bored and frustrated with me working so much...

I got home late again today. It ws a rough day with Nolan as he caused a lot a problems. He wrote all over our bedspread with a black marker. Rachel and I watched a movie in bed after the kids went to sleep. After the movie we were talking about all the stuff he did. After listening to an audio book recently called The Last Lecture, I kind of took a different attitude. I said it was ok. Someday we will miss this time. It is just stuff. Yeah it...