Day 61: Conference and Painting

This morning my kids decided to wake up at 6:30. Not okay. Jack was up too early, and Alivia was right behind him. Saturday mornings are not to be started before 8 am, so 6:30 was just cruel.

Shawn went and ran the Neilson Challenge today on account that my toe splits open every time I try to run. He loved it. I loved it last month, so next month we have a problem, who gets to go? Working on that.

We watched the first session of conference and Shawn got a hair cut in between sessions. As he was headed out I decided that my project for the day was going to be painting a wall. I told Shawn to pick up some supplies on his way home and painting we did. Well, after I went to the Home Depot and bought paint. I told them I needed one gallon of this color (a charcoal gray just a shade darker than my room), and they mixed me up two. When I told them I only wanted one they offered me the second gallon at a discounted price so I would buy both of them. The first gallon was $25, and they gave me the second for $5. It was awesome.

After the second session of conference, and by the way, both sessions were so good, I only wish I could pay better attention, conference is so hard with 3 kids under 5. Jack would not stop screaming and Lucy was acting as if she were hosting her own craft show as she told us each step of making paper boats and "baskets". I'm looking forward to next month's Ensign. Anyway, after the second session our friends Ben and Sheryl showed up with their ladder and paint brushes ready to help. We painted our HUGE wall in our dining room, the one that goes all the way to the vaulted ceiling about 20 feet high. I could not be happier with the results! It looks so amazing! I'm tempted to paint another wall tomorrow. That's probably because it went so fast with Ben and Sheryl helping. I'll have to make them something delicious tomorrow to show my gratitude. They are awesome.

After we finished painting, Shawn jumped in the shower and threw his suit on and headed straight to the Priesthood session, and Sheryl, Jessica, Megan, Tracie, and I left the kids (except for Alivia) with a sitter and headed out to dinner. It was such a blast! We ate at the most amazing restaurant, it was called La'Au. Loved it, and I can't wait to take Shawn there. And as always, it was to good to go hang out with my friends. All and all it was a good day, and I love my wall.