After the tree planting, we went grocery shopping and then spent the rest of the day/afternoon relaxing at home. We took our computers and magazines outside and sat on the patio chairs and then out in the sun - another lovely day and it was fabulous being outside and enjoying the sun and the fresh air. Around 5pm, Dad and I went for our daily exercise which was a walk today. Dad has mapped out a route for us to try and finish within 30 minutes. It's a 3.5km route and right now we are doing it in 35 minutes. We are going to continue to walk the route and try to speed things up a bit each day until we reach our goal.
We spent the evening doing some more relaxing - life is so hard here in Hervey Bay. :-)
Today was our Primary Sacrament presentation and it went fairly well, over all. Three of the kids wouldn't do their parts, so the leaders had to sub for them. The young women also joined us in the singing - we really needed them as the kids don't know the songs as well as they should have. We had about a dozen kids there today which is probably the most we have ever had at one time. The presentation itself ran fairly smoothly and we heard positive reviews about it afterwards, so that was good to hear.
At 4:30pm, we were back at the chapel for the missionary fireside. When we got there, Dad was asked by Elder Lock who was leading the fireside and Dad told him that Chris Vakas was supposed to be doing that, he thought. Chris wasn't there, so Elder Lock asked Dad if he would conduct the meeting. Dad also had to speak during the fireside. The first speaker was Ashley and he spoke about Joseph Smith's first vision - he spoke for about ten minutes and he did a great job. Ashley is an 18 year old boy in our branch who is quite shy, so I am sure that it was difficult for him to give the talk, but he just got up and did it, which was great! Dad spoke about the authority and organization of the church and did a really good job, too.
We spent quite a bit of time cooking/baking this weekend. We made pea and ham soup, Italian vegetable soup, brownies/cupcakes (for the primary children after the presentation), and two chicken dishes. I just love doing the cooking (I'm not really into baking) and everything we cooked this weekend tasted really delicious! We have been inputting the information about the food we have been eating into an internet site and I am still eating a little more than I should (calorie-wise) and so I am still tweaking my eating plan. I want to make sure that I eat two fruit and vegetables each day. I know that I should be eating more vegetables daily, but since I am not a vegetable person, I figure if I eat at least two servings per day, that's not too bad.
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We had our primary presentation yesterday also! Colin read is part really well. It was a little long, and with consistent practice he might have been able to memorize it, but things were so busy around here that we didn't get to it. But Colin stole the show in another way. Kim and Erin asked him to sing a duet with James for "I Wonder When He Comes Again." James only sang every other line and came in very softly. He was only there because we couldn't completely predict how Colin would be once he saw 150 people sitting in the pews. But he did great, and everyone thought it was so cute! I was at the piano, so I couldn't see him, but everyone said he had the cutest expressions on his face as he really sang the message of the song.
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