"I'm sure you'll be ok mommy."

Matty called and asked if we wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese's. Ollie was asleep, I hadn't eaten lunch, etc. and I told Zoey that I was really sorry, but she'd have to go without me. Her response: "I'm sure you'll be ok mommy." Too cute. I'll make it, despite missing out on all the fun of Chuck E. Cheese.

Tonight is the annual pie auction at church. (Everyone bakes a pie, they auction them off and donate the money for missions. Really good pies go for a hundred or even two hundred dollars, since it is really just a donation to missionaries anyway) Matty is the auctioneer. It is an event that I always mark time with. When Matty was a DM, I remember paying a hundred bucks for a pie. Now, with two kids, and Matty in college, that seems astounding. However, back then, we were living in a different reality. By the way, the best part of that is that NOW things are so much better, not then. I like that money is not the deciding factor in our happiness. This year we'll be throwing our money in to the chinese auction buckets!

Beforehand, there is a pass-a-dish dinner. I can't even explain to you how much Zoey loves these church dinners. She asks me every week if there is one. (We actually have a dinner for something about once a month, sometimes more) She loves chatting in line, socializing, etc. I have to admit, I am pleased that she is like us in this way. Matty and I really like the social aspect of our church. She fits right in to that. She'll go to nursery while the pie auction is on.
I'm also glad that she has her little friends there. Even when I feel disillusioned with our church for one reason or another, I am always happy with the social parts of it.

I can't believe it, but Monday I go back to school. Our whole schedule is going to be turned upside down. It will definitely be an adjustment. But, like everything else in our Chandler household, nothing really stays the same. This little schedule will only be for June. Then, we'll move in to the summer schedule! It is a good thing we are all flexible. I don't know what we'll do when Matty is teaching. All of us on an 8-3 schedule will be nuts! I'm sure by then we'll be ready to settle down.

I'm going to run. Started another Wallace Stegner book, but I'm not getting into it very much.
Amber