Fun with Napkins

I came into the kitchen the other day to find this:

 Cosette had discovered the napkins that I conveniently stored down low in the corner cabinet.

 She had lots of fun with them, so I decided to grab my camera and capture the moment.

Here is Cosette's attempt to "clean up."  The intent was good, even if the execution was a bit off.  And it was really cute to watch her do it, because she was counting as she stuffed them back in, "one, two, eight."

 I really didn't mind having the napkins ruined.  I had recently bought a large package of 600 napkins, only to discover that there was a reason they were so cheap - the quality is terrible!  Warning: stay away from Family Napkins - you get what you pay for.  So go ahead, Cosette.  Rip away!

Playdate with the Tanners

When I taught math part-time at Youth Village about a year ago, Tiffany Tanner came and watched Cosette for me.  She brought her cute little boy Nicholas with her, and he and Cosette got along really well.
I was sad when the Tanners moved away, but fortunately it wasn't far - about a 30 minute drive.  So I took Cosette for a playdate recently and wanted to share a photo and video so you could all see how cute they are together.

I love how they looked back at me at the end of the video.  Too cute!

New Calling

This is just a quick post to let those who might be wondering what my new calling is.  I have been called as the Family History Instructor.  It will be a new little adventure.  I downloaded the manual on my iPod and perused it last week.  I recently got into indexing as the Elder's Quorum President and found it enjoyable to work on the 1940 census.  I look forward to the class.  I don't know when I will start teaching the class.  Apparently people are chosen to attend my class and so I will have to wait until the bishopric says they have spoken to those people.  It looks like the class is pretty well laid out for the instructors.

Released

Well, after serving for two years (minus 3 days) I was released as elder's quorum president last week.  I was informed 3 weeks before that, and I definitely felt "trunky".  The stress was getting to me and I felt that I was getting sick every other week for the past few months.  Church is kinda different now.  People don't call me President; I tend to blend in; I don't have the huge overstuffed binder that I kept neglecting to clean out - and best of all - no more early meetings.
Mostly I am glad to be moving on to a new calling.  I know my new calling but I haven't been sustained yet.  They didn't want to give me too much down time.
It was quite a journey.