Our Easter Sunday

Well, yesterday had all the makings of a good day, it didn't necessarily turn out that way, though. It was Stake Conference, which I was really excited about, but then it turned out to be impossible. In fact, I would say that for the first time EVER I wondered to myself, "Why did I even bother coming?" I know parents feel that way sometimes, or even often, but I had never felt like until yesterday. Elijah was really fussy and distracting, and then there was the fact that conference was a broadcast, and the girls/women sitting behind the pulpit were so rudely distracting that it upset me a lot. I would see them brush their hair, turn and talk to the person beside them, laugh about something, offer candy around. Apparently at one point someone even picked their nose, but I didn't see that. It was so upsetting though! They weren't distanced very far behind the speaker, so the speaker completely blended into the background, and what got my attention was the person moving the most on the screen, which usually was NOT the speaker.

So then I went to the RS room to just listen with Matthew, but there were a ton of really really noisy kids in there. They kept taking eachother's and Elijah's toys which ticked me off, and then Elijah almost got hurt so I picked him up and stormed out in a huff for the last 5 minutes of the meeting.

Then on the way home I cried about the family drama that surrounded getting together for Easter at my dad's that afternoon. I had a pretty good cry about it, but Matt helped me to have some perspective and charity and to stop being quite so mad about it. It's a long story I don't feel like going into. (ETA - less than 2 years later, and I've already forgotten about it, and only have fond memories of the visit...haha)

From there the day improved mostly, though. Yes, we had to wake Elijah up from his nap to go, but he was happy otherwise. We had a good time at my dad's, and then went to Matt's parent's for dinner and cake. All in all, the ending of the day turned out better than the unpromising morning.

Something of note that I should mention, this being my journal and all, is that yesterday Matt was released as the Stake Executive Secretary and advanced to the office of a High Priest. Next Sunday he'll be called in church as the 2nd counselor in the bishopric in our ward. It's a weird thing, really. It's strange that he'll be sitting at the front now, almost like it's kicking off that season of our lives.

Not much else to say other than that...and Elijah will be up any second from his nap. He started crying a little while ago, and stopped again. I'm not complaining about this almost 3-hour nap though. Those are rare treats, and I've enjoyed my quiet afternoon thoroughly!