First Week of School

Last week was the first week of our last semester at BYU and it was pretty much the best week ever. We both really like the classes we are taking. We also had a lot of fun last week making new friends from our ward (finally!). We invited two couples over for Family Home Evening, dinner, and games on Monday night and everyone seemed to have a really good time.

Wednesday we conducted the Webelos den meeting for the first time and the boys all had a blast (they totally like us better than the older leaders…and I’m sure that has NOTHING to do with the fact that we bribe them with candy). In the middle of the meeting Tom faked choking on a piece of candy so that we could teach them how to do the Heimlich maneuver. We also discussed bicycle safety, made phone lists of emergency contacts, and for fun we played Doctor, Doctor (the game where you all hold hands in a circle and then tie yourselves up in a knot and somebody has to come un-tie you). After den meeting Tom and I went sledding on a hill on campus. We found a spot where some people had made some jumps and we had fun flying over them.

Thursday we went to the Scouting District's roundtable meeting where we had a mock blue and gold banquet. Since the theme was U.S. states Tom made a frosted brownie and turned it into a topographical map of Alaska. The cooking staff liked it so much that they stole it off the table and replaced it with chocolate chip cookies so that they could eat it themselves.

Friday we went to the movies for our weekly date night and then went to dinner at one of those Japanese restaurants where they cook the food in front of you. The food was great and we had a really good time making friends with all the people at our table.

Saturday night we went to the temple with one of the couples that we had invited over for FHE. In just one week we've gone from barely knowing that couple to being their best friends in the ward.

Lastly, we embarked on a new adventure on Sunday. We announced in Priesthood and Relief Society that we would do free babysitting. We figured that there were plenty of couples in our ward who could use a date night and we could use the practice/experience with little kids. Plus it was a great way to serve our fellow ward members. We have found that this is the BEST way to make friends in a new married ward. Seriously, after making the announcements, we instantly became every parents’ best friend. It was pretty great.