- MRE Community Project; 9:00 AM
- Brian Ellis - HOA president
- KYSA Soccer Game 9:15 AM
- Zach - Participant
- Brian - Assistant Head Coach
- Jeff - Assistant to the Head Coach
- 1st Session of the 182nd General Conference; 9:00 AM
- Thomas Monson - Prophet; presiding
- Clean the Church; 9:00 AM - rescheduled to 11:00 AM
- Shannon Ellis - Bathrooms (in light of her recent experience she is regarded as the expert here)
- Jeff - Windows
- Zach - Trash Cans
- Brian - Best Boy Vaccum
- Tyler - Assistant to Best Boy Vaccum
- Lunch; TBD
- 2nd Session of the 182nd General Conference; 1:00 PM
- Thomas Monson - Prophet; presiding
- MRE - Spring Clean Brian's Yard; TBD
- Brian Ellis - Principal Lifter of the yard was bin
- Zach Ellis - First Adviser to the Principal Lifter
- Shannon Ellis - Primary Filler of the yard waste bin (she did it once)
- Tyler Ellis - Supervisor to the Primary Filler
- 9 Holes of Golf; 4:07 PM
- Late Afternoon Sunshine; (not scheduled)
- NOAA - Refusing to issue the correct forecast since 1970.
- Dinner 5:00 ish
- Pappa Murphy
- Clean up - and get ready to do it again
Conference weekend is often assumed in the church to be a holiday weekend. Assignments aren't given, extra meetings aren't held and most importantly normal church services are cancelled. Instead, we fill our weekend watching the choir sing and the church leaders speak to us in High Definition at home while we sit on our couch. More importantly to Seattleites, the early April meeting often gives us an excuse to stay indoors during a cool and wet spring day. Alas, no such luck for the Ellis Family. Oh it was definetly a cool and wet spring day. The type of day that made Starbucks possible. The type of day where sane people pull the blanket up over their heads and stay in bed, or watch moves (read conference) on the couch.
When they passed around a sign up sheet to volunteer to clean the church at 9:00 AM on Saturday Morning, Shannon signed up the Ellis family. She did this despite knowing we had a soccer game at 9:15 AM, the General Conference was at 9:00 AM, and that I had a community project that was supposed to occur at 9:00 AM; Of course we could fit it in.
I awoke that morning to the soothing steady drumming of a hard rain. For a moment my brain relaxed and enjoyed the peacefulness. I turned and looked at the clock, it was 6:30 AM. The forecast had been for showers to start in the afternoon with temps hoovering around 50. I thought, at least it won't be cold.
We enjoyed some waffles and then I went out to check the temp. It was cold. Shannon's car later told us it was only in the high 30's. The community project was cancelled. It had rained hard all night, actually all week and it was just too soggy and cold to clean up the park. I agreed to stand out in the park for awhile just in case someone showed up... I would send them home. The assistant to the head coach went early for the warm-ups. After standing in the rain at home, I went to stand in the rain at soccer. It was cold. Zach's hands were cold (kid needs to wear gloves). He took my gloves and looked like a goalie. My hands were now cold. They still don't have all the feeling back in them. Zach was a little slow today... I mean he was fast, it just took him a few minutes to get things going. Zach scored a couple of goals himself, and had another great assist on a throw in.
After Soccer we went to the church to begin cleaning. Due to soccer we had missed the morning session of conference. Hopefully we can make it up in overtime, or some other time.
Cleaning: We suckered the Jeff in to helping us. That was good. He washed the windows. I hate that job.
Zach kind of helped everyone out a little bit. Here is his finding trash cans.
Tyler wanted to help me vacuum. I thought it would be fun. So I hauled an extra vacuum to the chapel. I set him up in an open area and showed him how it worked. He went to work immediately. He looked like he was doing well. So I stopped him and turned the vacuum on. He did not like that. So I turned it off and let him go about his work, although much less efficient. It wasn't long before he was finished. Luckily some friends showed up and he spend the next 2 hours running around the church.
We stopped at Wendy's, because it was on the way home. The dollar menu is awesome and we enjoyed a lot of food. Tyler likes the Frosty. Zach likes the fries. He was sneaking Tyler's fries while Tyler was pre-occupied with the Frosty. Tyler wants to drink it, not eat it with a spoon. But it doesn't work that way. Eventually he gave up. Zach wasn't ready and got caught with his hands in the proverbial cookie jar, or in the case the fries.
When we got home Zach helped me hoist the yard waste bin into the the yard waste dumpster. When I had the bin above my head, but couldn't quite get it into the dumpster, Zach informed me it was too heavy. When I opened the bin and started giving him sticks to throw in one at a time he informed me it would take all day. So we compromised, we took enough out of the bin so to lighten it enough for me to throw it in. When we got back to the house he told me we should take another load. So I went to the downed trees. He didn't follow me and I didn't see him again for a couple of hours.
We then played 9 holes of golf on the kinnect.
The sun came out, about the time the forecasters had told us to expect hard rains. It was nice to let some sun hit our faces, though it was still cold. For a few moments it felt like spring. Hear are the boys resting for a moment on the driveway, looking at the clouds.
Had some Pizza for dinner that frustrated Tyler. Cheese is hard. We watched an episode of Curious George on the Netflix. I am sure we will be watching it again in less then 12 hours. Its not even 8:30 and all is quiet. I am sure that everyone including mom is asleep. It was a busy and long day, but a good one.
We enjoyed some waffles and then I went out to check the temp. It was cold. Shannon's car later told us it was only in the high 30's. The community project was cancelled. It had rained hard all night, actually all week and it was just too soggy and cold to clean up the park. I agreed to stand out in the park for awhile just in case someone showed up... I would send them home. The assistant to the head coach went early for the warm-ups. After standing in the rain at home, I went to stand in the rain at soccer. It was cold. Zach's hands were cold (kid needs to wear gloves). He took my gloves and looked like a goalie. My hands were now cold. They still don't have all the feeling back in them. Zach was a little slow today... I mean he was fast, it just took him a few minutes to get things going. Zach scored a couple of goals himself, and had another great assist on a throw in.
After Soccer we went to the church to begin cleaning. Due to soccer we had missed the morning session of conference. Hopefully we can make it up in overtime, or some other time.
Cleaning: We suckered the Jeff in to helping us. That was good. He washed the windows. I hate that job.
Zach kind of helped everyone out a little bit. Here is his finding trash cans.
Tyler wanted to help me vacuum. I thought it would be fun. So I hauled an extra vacuum to the chapel. I set him up in an open area and showed him how it worked. He went to work immediately. He looked like he was doing well. So I stopped him and turned the vacuum on. He did not like that. So I turned it off and let him go about his work, although much less efficient. It wasn't long before he was finished. Luckily some friends showed up and he spend the next 2 hours running around the church.
We stopped at Wendy's, because it was on the way home. The dollar menu is awesome and we enjoyed a lot of food. Tyler likes the Frosty. Zach likes the fries. He was sneaking Tyler's fries while Tyler was pre-occupied with the Frosty. Tyler wants to drink it, not eat it with a spoon. But it doesn't work that way. Eventually he gave up. Zach wasn't ready and got caught with his hands in the proverbial cookie jar, or in the case the fries.
When we got home Zach helped me hoist the yard waste bin into the the yard waste dumpster. When I had the bin above my head, but couldn't quite get it into the dumpster, Zach informed me it was too heavy. When I opened the bin and started giving him sticks to throw in one at a time he informed me it would take all day. So we compromised, we took enough out of the bin so to lighten it enough for me to throw it in. When we got back to the house he told me we should take another load. So I went to the downed trees. He didn't follow me and I didn't see him again for a couple of hours.
We then played 9 holes of golf on the kinnect.
The sun came out, about the time the forecasters had told us to expect hard rains. It was nice to let some sun hit our faces, though it was still cold. For a few moments it felt like spring. Hear are the boys resting for a moment on the driveway, looking at the clouds.
Had some Pizza for dinner that frustrated Tyler. Cheese is hard. We watched an episode of Curious George on the Netflix. I am sure we will be watching it again in less then 12 hours. Its not even 8:30 and all is quiet. I am sure that everyone including mom is asleep. It was a busy and long day, but a good one.
Aww, Tyler can vacuum but he can't vacuum, how sad. And cheese is hard? What? I love this kid! I want to hang out with Tyler!
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