P Stinkin U

Saturday afternoon, I decided to make some pinto beans. The problem was that I usually start those in the morning and let them cook all day in the Crock pot. I didn't have that kind of time so I just put them in a pot of boiling water on the stove. I did that one other time and it was a disaster, but this time I was going to cook them slower and constantly add water. Which I did until I didn't add water soon enough, and I started to smell a burnt smell. I ran into the kitchen and it was filled with smoke. I was afraid the smoke alarm would go off any second. I got the burned beans out of the house, and opened all the doors and turned the AC off. I called Curtis at his office and told him not to come home for a long time. After an hour of the doors being opened and No AC the house was getting pretty warm, and then Curtis came home, choking from the smell. I warned him, but he had no idea how bad the smell was. Anyway we had to go out to eat because the house was too hot and too smelly, we left with the doors and windows still open. When we got the the restaurant Derek told the host we had to go there to eat because our house was stinky. She just started laughing. It is Monday around 12:30 p.m. and the house still smells like something burned. I will NEVER cook beans that way again. Curtis and Dax have extra sensitive noses and I have to hear about it constantly.

As we were leaving church yesterday Derek's Primary teacher told me that Derek told the glass that "obedience" was a bad word at his house and his mom didn't like it when he helped. Yea Right. The funny thing is that he is actually my best helper and he likes to help me. I guess he didn't want anyone to know that.

Glasses

Dax gets to wear glasses now. We picked them up Tuesday afternoon. I had suspected for a while that he needed them. I had asked the school nurse to do a vision screening last year and she said his vision wasn't 20/20, but he didn't need glasses at that time. Things have changed. He didn't seem too upset or concerned about getting them. When he tried them on for the first time he said "Wow, I can see far" After he came home from school yesterday, he also said things were not as blurry. Before he got his glasses I asked him if things were blurry and he said no, but now that he can see better, there is a big difference.

Temple and Snakes

Yesterday was a busy day for the kids. First we went to the temple visitor center for a Primary activity, fortunately there were only 6 kids that showed up. It could have been a disaster if any more showed up. They were running around and being kids. After the visitor center the Primary President took them over to Dairy Queen for a little ice cream. It was about 110 yesterday, so it tasted good.


After the temple we went to the Reptile Store. Last school year Dax was learning about snakes and he kept asking me all these questions about reptiles etc. I remembered there was this reptile store in Mesa when I used to drive past it going to work. The first time I took him there was back in January. When he first walked in he was a little creeped out and wanted to leave. After he started looking around, he thought it was neat to see all the snakes he had been learning about. The man in the store even let them feed a boa constricter a mouse. Dax and Derek ended up loving it, and it was as entertaining as the zoo. Dax has been asking to go back, it wasn't far from the temple so we went there with two other boys that were at the temple with us. They loved it again. Dax wants a snake, but I don't think that will be happening. The favorite reptile yesterday was this Monitor Lizard the boys were calling it the "dancing lizard" it was actually a very mad lizard that wanted out of the cage. Last time we were at the reptile store, I asked the man if Monitor Lizards were mean and he showed me his arms and they were all scratched up from when he was feeding it. I'm glad it was in the cage, it was about 3 ft. long. Not a cute cudly thing.

Today I got put in the R.S. Presidency as the second counselor. How did that happen? I was ready to leave primary. I had been in Primary for over 4 yrs, and the Secretary for 2. I was shocked when they asked me to be in the RS Presidnecy, I thought for sure they were going to make me the Librarian. A few weeks ago Curtis got released from Nursery, there were no tears shed about leaving that calling. He had been in there over a year and between the two of us that was 5 Nursery Tours of Duty, with about 5 years of time as well. For now he is still the Stake Athletic Director, a seasonal calling.