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What a weekend.  I blew out a tire 5 minutes into the trip and then had to switch out vans we hit some snow but nothing major.  The kids had a blast playing with the boys and although the bishop spoke too long at the ceremony the wedding was nice.  The reception was nice and the kids ran around with their cousins and Lee and I were able to catch up with everybody on their lives.  I am glad our kids are older and don't need constant supervision.  Several of Lee's cousins have kids in the 12-24 months age range.  That age is so hard and there was no way they would be able to run around with out adult supervision. 

It was nice to get some family news like one cousin is a polygamist and another is getting married very shortly.   Another is traveling the world and another has made their home in the mountains.  One cousin is trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon and another is just trying to survive her husband's major depression. 

Several people asked why we didn't have more kids and Lee's answer was always the same.  Not the answer I would have given. But he got the point across.  

Last week I had a conversation with a co-worker and I feel better about moving teams but still scared to death.  They have somebody to take my job and I think she will be a good fit.  

Something happened to my back and I am hoping that I feel better tomorrow or file reviews will be painful. 

Tonight for FHE we made a "service chain" and played UNO.  It is a busy week ahead.  Tithing settlement, on-call, and the Nutcracker and sleep over for Tori.  It will be her first sleepover that is not at Grandma's.  I admit I am a little nervous.

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