Just another week..

I feel bad that I don't have anything more exciting to report for this week, yet at the same time, I'm glad I don't! Sometimes it's nice to simply have a normal week with nothing too out of the ordinary. That's not to say that it hasn't been a busy week. Dallin and Danny are still in basketball (Dallin still goes to games and practices even though he can't really participate), Amber has an upcoming choir competition she's preparing for, and Laurin has been busy with Medical Explorers and preparing for her humanitarian trip to Peru. I love that our kids are involved in good things. I know I feel a little overwhelmed when I'm trying to plan dinner around evening schedules or trying to figure out how I'm supposed to be in two places at once when I have to shuttle kids to things, but I am proud of the accomplishments the kids have made. Work has fortunately picked up as well. January is usually our slow month, which I am not fond of, but the Lord has been good to us and we're able to make it through just fine. In any case, since work has been a little slow, Jeff has been planning for the future. He can't be idle for long....which I love about him! Well part of his future planning included driving to Corrine, UT to buy a 500 gallon diesel fuel tank. We feel strongly about being more self-sufficient and this is just another way to prepare for that. Since I didn't have anything pressing going on, I decided to go along for the drive. What was supposed to be a quick trip didn't turn out to be so. Once we got there, Jeff and the gentleman selling the tank were able to get the tank on the trailer. However, the tank stand was imbedded in the frozen ground. There was a debate about whether to go back to Payson empty handed since it seemed impossible to remove the stand, but the debate was quashed once the gentleman contacted a friend with a backhoe tractor to come dig and lift the stand out of the ground. It was quite the project, but if any of you know Jeff, he doesn't give up on anything until all the options have been exhausted. During the time we waited for the tractor, I strolled down the little street we were at and found an old church house with a historic bell in front. We also had lunch at a small deli at the local truck stop/farmers co-op. Gotta love small Utah towns! In all seriousness though, it was a nice little town and everyone was very friendly. We may pass through here again because just another 20 miles down the road was the Golden Spike National Monument. I would love to take the kids to go see that. All in all, it was a nice day to spend with Jeff. We even got home in enough time to still make it to the temple for our date night. I love that I love to spend time with my husband. He truly is my best friend.