Parties and Promotions

Yesterday, we went to a lovely picnic with our ward family. It sprinkled nearly the whole time, but the rain didn't stop everyone from playing and visiting. We all loaded up on too much food and enjoyed blindfold wheelbarrow races, twenty foot ice cream sundaes, and a rousing game of kickball. Funny thing: three times King was congratulated on his promotion to Associate Professor. The friends had read it in the paper and thought it was a great accomplishment, which it is. The only thing is, this was the first time King had heard of his promotion. He assumes that when he gets to work today, there will be a letter in his in-box, but it was kind of funny that he heard it first from others.

It is now time to stop the long, enjoyable weekend and buckle down to get some things done. The girls headed off this morning for the first of their last seven days of school. They are getting the summer antsy pants, ready to be promoted to their fifth- and seventh-grade years. Today, I have laundry to wash and floors to mop. But, somehow, that pile of laundry seems so much less enjoyable than having dinner with friends and reveling in family togetherness.