Responsibility Stinks!

A whole week without a blog post?  Tsk, tsk to me.  We really have had a busy week and life gets in the way, but I was so happy to have a Saturday afternoon with my buddy.   It included a 2 1/2 hour nap for Mister and for me, too... he in his bed, me in mine... which is divine!  (Don't hate me...)  Then a rocking dinner of frittata made from organic eggs from my cello student (which we did in trade. I get the better deal by far.), asparagus, swiss chard and tomatoes from my Bountiful Basket from this morning and fresh Parmesan cheese.  Does life get any better?  Oh, yeah, it does.  Harry Potter Marathon on ABC Family.  It's the little things, really.

So, on to the "responsibility stinks" portion of the post.  This week has been wretched in regards to my adult responsibilities.  Last Saturday, with rollers in my hair preparing for a wedding, I called my sister at 8:00am and we ran to a case lot sale.  $150 of food storage goodness.  Good deal, but unexpected.  $380 for new tires.  It was either buy new tires or die in a fiery crash on I-15 on the way to work.   All unexpected, all necessary.  Good thing for some savings.

We also had family pictures taken at the Union Station by the sweetest photographer in the world.  Check her out at http://cheriegaileyphotos.blogspot.com.  She suggested that we find a place that really means something to us as a family.  Since Aiden is obsessed with trains, it was a no-brainer.  I promise I will post them when I get them back.

Jessica  "helped" do Aiden's hair for the photos.  With his bomber jacket, this hairstyle looked like The Great Gatsby.  We modernized it for the pictures.  It was fun, though.  Thanks, Jess, for helping with the smiling portion.

Waiting for out tires to be done.  Found the Walmart $4 sunglasses.  It was heaven.

This week also brought a very intense work project that kept me in the office all this week including a small stint on Saturday.  Sad, but true.  Necessary once in a while, I know, but hard to leave my little man for that long.  He was able to see a baseball game with Aunt Kari and play with Na Na Na (Breanna) and watch Thomas in the car.  It was awesome for him.  Torture for me.

But this is when in life I realize that being an adult has a lot of crazy responsibilities, but it also has some great rewards.  I have the great fortune to have the cutest little man on the planet.  And that responsibility is something I wouldn't trade for the entire world.

The Wedding Date

This past weekend, my nephew was married.  How glorious it was to be in the temple!  What a beautiful ceremony!  What a beautiful reception!  And a beautiful bride!

But I was lucky enough to have the hottest wedding date ever.  It was a strained wedding because of family dynamics of both the bride and the groom, but the vows are just as important during a hectic wedding as a calm one.  And the officiator said something wonderful that I will never forget.  He said that the wedding rings not only symbolize the eternity of the marriage, but the man's ring is heavier traditionally and that symbolizes the new heavier responsibility of the man as the priesthood holder.  I thought that was magnificent!

Honestly, I was sad to not be around my best buddy on a weekend day, but I was able to participate in eternal matters which is fantastic.