Service with a Smile

This has been a very busy week! We went to the City Services Fair at the mall parking lot on Monday night. The boys got to shoot fire hoses, Elizabeth watched a puppet show, and everyone got to play some games to win candy!

Thursday was the Family Fitness Fiesta at the school. On Friday, I went with some friends to a Dream Dinners party. We got to each make a dinner to bring home. They do all the prep work, and you just assemble them and bring them home to your freezer, so then you have a nice meal waiting for you on a busy day. My sesame chicken looked so good, though, that I put it in the fridge and we ate it tonight for dinner -- YUM!

Saturday morning was the ward service activity. Somehow I got put in charge of buying the food for the continental breakfast. We had a hard time getting a head count, but luckily we got just the right amount -- very few leftovers, but enough that everyone had a nice breakfast! Then we headed over to a commons area in our neighborhood. There is a path that leads from our neighborhood to the homes south of us, and since it is somewhat hidden, it had become very overgrown. It was fun to work together as a large group as we made our surroundings more beautiful! Izzy's family took our kids over to get started on the service while Ryan and I cleaned up the breakfast, and they took this adorable picture:

Service with a smile!

For some strange reason, there is no school tomorrow. I initially didn't like that idea. But now that I am exhausted, I am looking forward to having one more day in my weekend . . . a day to go slow and not be on a schedule!