Mothers Day May 9 2010

Due to the 100 year celebration of Scouting in America in Blackfoot, Idaho Friday May 7, we were blessed to have the Stalcup family visit for the weekend. Ashlee, Steve and Spencer spent Friday evening and Saturday in Blackfoot with the Scouts while Claigh and I thoroughly enjoyed having special time with Bryn, Kes, Will and Greg. We love having them in Idaho! Saturday afternoon, Steve headed back to Soda Springs for a full day of work on Sunday. This left us with Ashlee and the kids for Mother's Day. Things were well planned out for a peaceful Sabbath day with a roast beef dinner before church, and strawberry cheesecake after.

An hour before dinner and two before church, I got a call from a young mom who needed a last minute substitute for her primary class. There was no lesson prepared and no lesson to prepare. They had planned on just doing a review of the past three lessons on Joseph of the twelve tribes of Israel. YIKES!!! However I do love the Primary and knew that Bryn and Spencer would be in the class so I said yes.

Everything from there was a blur. I had to really work fast and furious to pull things together. Ashlee and Claigh put the last minute needs together for dinner and I began to pull pictures from my Old Testament file. By the time Claigh and Ashlee left with the children for church, I had only to get dressed, get things loaded into the car and head out. I made it just in time for the sacrament which made me very happy.

Claigh agreed to attend the class with me and thank-goodness for that. We had 15 children in the room. We played a blackboard baseball game with questions from the life and times of Joseph and accomplished a pretty thorough review. Heavenly Father answered my prayers and saw us through. What a joy to spend time with these wonderful young people!

After class, Claigh headed to his priesthood quorum meeting and I started for Relief Society. I found Greg asleep on a chair with a friend watching over him. Will had a little difficulty settling into his class and Ashlee was with him so I headed to the nursery to relieve Ashlee. The next fifty minutes were spent taking little ones to the bathroom, and watching two incredible nursery leaders love and teach the children. It was truly inspirational.

Following church we enjoyed our cheesecake, packed up a good dinner for Steve and Ashlee and the children left for home. It was a wonderful day!