Big Weekend

This weekend has been pretty big.

On Friday, a member of the Stake High Counsel came over and extended a new calling to Scott. He is now the new Executive Secretary for our ward. Basically, that means he's the secretary for the Bishop. He has to attend all the meetings, take notes and pretty much schedule anything and everything and everyone that has anything to do with the Bishop. It's a pretty dang huge calling! We're really excited about it, but of course a little nervous. He's mostly worried about finding a balance between everything that is happening in his life. School (which is very time consuming), this new calling and a new baby coming soon. I know he can do it and he will do an amazing job. It helps that his Dad has had this calling 4 different times!

On Saturday we had a fun, Christmasy evening. We drove out to St. Charles and walked down Main st. It's a cute, historic little street all decorated with Christmas. We forgot to stop somewhere to eat on the way, so we ended up at a little Cafe. It was way overpriced for what we got, but there wasn't much of a choice. Especially because as soon as we walked out of the Cafe, the parade of Las Posadas started. It's a parade they do every year to commemorate Mary and Joseph walking the streets looking for an Inn. It was pretty neat to see all the characters dressed up and follow them down the street. And it turned out to be great timing when we walked out of dinner because it was freezing outside, so we didn't have to stand out there very long. On our way back to the car we stopped and got some cheap hot chocolate and a cookie. I've never tasted a better $0.60 cookie! It was SO good! (I even had a dream about it that night...trying to figure out how to recreate it.)

On our way back we stopped at the Carols and Creches exhibit at one of the church buildings here. It was incredible! Hundreds of different nativity scenes were on display. It was absolutely gorgeous. Not to mention the Spirit there was amazing. It was so wonderful to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas. Also to see the many ways people represent Christ and the holy family through various materials and designs. We really loved seeing the display and were grateful we took to time to do so. After we got home we snuggled up and watched the OU-Nebraska game. OU luckily pulled out a win.

On Sunday we had a great day at church and spent a very relaxing afternoon and evening just being together. It was really nice to just snuggle and cuddle and talk. Scott found an old journal of mine too, so we read that together for awhile. It was hilarious!! I seriously was obsessed with boys even before I was 10. Yikes. I'm glad we're not having a girl first! We had some good laughs though, and it was fun to remember things growing up.

Also, I made Broccoli Cheese Soup for dinner. This may seem dumb, but I was SO excited!!! I've made this soup many times, but last night was THE FIRST TIME I did NOT curdle it!!!! I realized you really do have to wait til the last second to add the cheese and then remove it from the heat as soon as it's melted. It finally turned out all creamy and smooth. And it tasted delicious!

Well, we only got 5 weeks left til the due date. It seems like forever away and like time suddenly has decided to slow waay down. Scott only has a week and a half left of school. So, during that time I'll probably be pretty lonely since he'll be studying so much.