Another busy weekend

Friday night we had the High Priests Social. :) It was actually pretty fun. It was a dinner and they had a "tailgate party" theme They displayed the food on two tables: a red one, for U of U fans, and a blue one for BYU fans. They went all out with red/blue plates, cups, utensils, etc. And they had a trivia quiz about the football teams. Pretty cute. So that was fun to visit with some people there.

Then Saturday was super busy. Jeremy gets the award this weekend for all of his cheerful service. We had a funeral of an older lady in our ward on Saturday morning and Jeremy was pretty much in charge of getting everything ready. Our bishop had to be somewhere else right up until the funeral started, so Jeremy got to the church at 8:30 am (the funeral started at 11:00) to make sure everything was set up and ready for the viewing at 9:30. The husband (the widower) requested that the choir sing 2 hymns and that Jeremy and I do a duet. I felt a little strange because I had never, and still have never met the man or his wife, but we were happy to help out. We just found that out last Tuesday night, so my choir was more like an octet, but we did our best. So that was a busy morning for both of us, Jeremy running around like a crazy man, and me trying to get the choir ready and trying to keep a wiggly baby quiet during a funeral. But it all worked out.

Then that afternoon we went to the Greek Festival. Opa! It was pretty fun. It was in downtown Salt Lake and there were a ton of people there. We walked around a bit and then ate some yummy Greek food: gyros, spanikopita (sp?), Greek salad, feta cheese, and some dessert-custard-gala-gatsa-something-or-other-I-don't-know-the-name thing. But it was tasty! We stood in line behind a guy who also served his mission in Greece, but it was back in 1990 when it was first opened. So that was fun for he and Jeremy to talk about how much things had changed. We also got to see the "Athenian Dancers". Greek dancing is pretty much holding hands and walking in a circle, but the music was fun and they did a good job anyway. I don't think Eli had ever seen so many people so close together or heard so much noise, but he had a fun time looking around and soaking it all in. :)

It was kind of bright outside of the tents, but we had to get a picture in front of the sign:
Dancers:
Yay for the Greek Festival!
Inside the Greek Orthodox Church. A little strange, I'm not gonna lie. The music playing totally reminded me of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" when Ian gets baptized.
Then Sunday was another busy day for Jeremy. He had church meetings/duties from 7am-3:15pm and then again from 5:30pm-9:30pm. But he never complains. In fact, he's always telling me how blessed he is and how inspired and uplifed and grateful he feels for all his opportunities. What a guy. He's a great example to me. It is true though, we have been very blessed. Jeremy also spoke in Sacrament meeting yesterday about obedience and did a great job. It was a really nice Sunday. There was a great spirit in all the meetings at church and then I enjoyed a quiet evening of reading the Ensign after Eli went to bed and before Jeremy got home. Sundays can be relaxing after all! Sometimes I forget that.

So that was our fun this weekend. We don't have too much going on for the next little bit, of which I am very grateful. I discovered that since Eli was born, no more than 3 weeks have gone by without someone coming to stay with us, or us traveling somewhere (mostly people staying with us). So we're enjoying the lull. We love our company, but we also love being home and spending time as a family. As Jeremy gets busier and busier with work and his church calling, we're discovering more and more how precious that family time is and we try to make the most of it.

But anyway...here is a cute picture I took the other day of Jeremy and Eli being matchy-matchy. No, I did not plan this. I didn't realize they were matching until Jeremy got home from work (I was half-asleep when he left). Eli's eyes are turning brown too, just like his daddy's. I think these guys are pretty darn cute!