Tiny joys

At the end of Adam's (seriously) packed day Sunday, the sister missionaries came over to talk to him/us.  The Orem mission is very unique!  They serve 17 wards and scramble to get to know the bishops and meet whatever needs they can.  We had a nice visit with them; they seem like really good missionaries.  They shook Adam's hand at the end and gave an earnest, "Thank you, Bishop!" which still sounds strange to our ears.  They looked at me and said, "We can hug."

I said, "Sure!" and they each gave me a big hug and I'd like to think that I was proxy for their moms who I am sure would like to hug them.  It made me happy.

Speaking of hugs, one of my little students who is a poster child for jovial charisma walks behind me when I'm sitting at my desk sometimes and says, "Sneak attack!" and throws his arms around me.

Other times he will walk up to me and say, "Hug!" and put his arms around my waist.  He is a hugger.

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Mark was sick on Sunday, but he came over for dinner last night and we were glad to have him.

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It is light when I drive to work and light when I drive home and I love changing seasons.  

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Adam read a book to me and it was so bad it was good.  It reminded me of the cheesy Christmas movies Emma and I love to hate.  It wasn't a romance, it was a murder mystery, but it was just so bad.  We'd stop and talk about how dumb it was and then keep going.  

We couldn't look away.

I like Adam.

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I had physical therapy and he is lengthening the time between visits.  I can't sing the praises of physical therapy enough.

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Yesterday we had the 3rd grade spelling bee.  The top three from each class competed.  There were tears.  It is really good for those kids though, the high achieving kids, to be challenged.  It's good for them to lose and realize the world won't stop spinning.

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Also, we met with our reading specialist after school and our students are improving!  It is so exciting! 

Now, if we could just master fractions....

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Our neighbors, Kim and Rod stopped by last night with a plate of cookies for us.  I invited them in.  They said, "We don't have time."

Adam came to the door and said to Kim, who is the primary president, "Come in.  I need to talk to you."

So they came in and sat in the living room and Adam and Kim chatted and then when they got up to leave, I said, "Before you can leave, we have to set up a time to go to dinner together."

We finally let them escape.

Be cautious when you take the Davises cookies is the takeaway.  

We do have good neighbors.