Vehicle Inspection Zone Conference time again

This past week was our last full week vehicle inspection zone conference. We have one more left in April but it will be a two-day condensed event and we will have Elder and Sister Harris to help us.   

Tuesday, we were up in Prescott and it was cold.  Even the building was cold.  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were here in Phoenix and, while the mornings were chilly, it warmed up to perfect temperatures by the time we actually inspected the cars (around 9:45 to 11:15).  Our labors were serenaded by a great tailed grackle on Wednesday, a mourning dove on Thursday, and a mocking bird on Friday.  We also had jet fly-bys on Friday since we were close to Luke AFB.  The gluten-free options for me for lunch were varied.  Tuesday was the best - the Relief Society sisters really did a good job of making my lunch as much like the gluten-full lunch.  It went downhill from there to where, on Friday, they didn't have any idea they needed to provide a gluten-free lunch and absolutely nothing was offered.  Those sisters felt badly and tried to make up for it by offering mixed nuts and M&Ms from their storage closet.  Good thing I had already had yogurt, a smoothie, and a banana that morning.  (I did enjoy the nuts and chocolate, by the way).  These inspection weeks really disrupt things - not just our eating habits.  Our morning routine is modified.  We have to drive a huge 12-passenger van every day.  We come home just wiped out making it hard to be motivated to do our evening duties.  So, I am glad this past week is over...

Some great things happened this week, however.  Steve and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary on Thursday.  We celebrated on Saturday with dinner and a movie.  We had hoped to eat at Abuelos but, after the temple, we had to take the van to the mission home and it took longer than anticipated to gas it up and drop it off and the restaurant was already in full Saturday night crowd mode so we took ourselves to Culvers instead.  A delicious alternative.  The movie we saw was "The Kid Who Would Be King".  It was just delightful.

Another great event was getting to hear Jon Schmidt (of the Piano Guys) play the piano in our stake center!  He and his wife were invited to speak for a Relief Society event.  My sister, Juli, drove down from Payson to join us.  It was a very nice evening.

We came home Friday evening to no hot water!  We bathed Saturday morning the old fashioned way - heating water up on the stove and mixing it with cold tap water.  Thankfully, repairmen came and replaced the heater.  And, our washer in Columbia is dying.  So, I bought a new one on Home Depot online.  When we return home, our washer and dryer will both match the ones we have been using here in Anthem.  Glad we've had a chance for a trial run here.