What a Day!

This morning on my way to see Casey's display in the district Science Fair (woohoo...I'll get to that in a minute...) I was able to listen to the press conference announcing the new First Presidency. I have been wondering how President Monson must feel, following President Hinckley. So I was happy to hear his response, "Easy. Gordon B. Hinckley blazed the trail." So true it is! It was great to hear a little bit from each of them and I'm excited to hear more from them in conference this spring.

I remember when I was younger thinking just how young Thomas S. Monson would be as prophet. And while he is 80 years old- he still has dark hair! Randy thinks he dyes it....what do you think? If he doesn't, he is the first prophet since Joseph Smith to have hair that isn't gray or white. (Brigham Young's hair wasn't white when he was made prophet, but it was by the time he died in his 70's) It's kinda like my mom- even now at 70 'at least 19' she still doesn't have a gray hair. Maybe I'll be so lucky!
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So Casey's project was elected to go to the district level, after all! So his complaining was for nothing...but our pep talks weren't. He went there expecting to only get a 'participant' ribbon. While I don't want my kids to strive for mediocrity, I also don't want them to get their hopes up too high and be disappointed if they don't win 1st place. We find out on the 19th if he won or not...the suspense is killing us all! We showed up to visit him at the fairgrounds and he was with a judge at the time. He looked like he presented himself well and all that matters is that he did his best!---------------------------------
Yesterday after dinner, Emma started coughing and was really congested. With all the RSV going around, I told myself I would watch her closely today. By this afternoon, her cough was significantly worse and she was pretty miserable. I called the doctor, and in between her coughing I explained her situation. They instructed me to bring her in right away. I am glad I did. The doctor is leaving out of town this week and he diagnosed her with RSV. He prescribed a BBG (a nasal suction machine) and some Albuterol for the nebulizer. So every 3-4 hours we get to torture the poor baby by sticking the tube up her nose and sucking out anything not attached to her sinus cavity...and then blow cold mist into her face. She's really gonna love me by the end of this. So Mindy, you can't have your baby for at least another 10 days...sorry- you have to wait! ;)