First Three-day weekend of the New Year!

Although the semester only began two weeks ago, our first day off of the semester was gladly welcomed.  Having long breaks like Christmas vacation makes me realize how much I really enjoy just relaxing and letting my brain be stress free for a little while.  This weekend included lots of family fun, my first experience in my new calling, and of course some relaxing on the side!  Yesterday, was my first week as a primary Sunday school teacher which, in my ward, really means nursery teacher/baby-sitter.  Since Daniel and I are in a married student ward, of the few babies that there are, there is only one child old enough for nursery.  As nursery teachers, two of us team up to take care of one cute little girl for two hours and it's so much fun!  Sunday afternoon, during my usual Sunday phone call to my family, my brother had been practicing his French horn and decided he was going to play to me over the phone for twenty whole minutes!  I actually really enjoyed it and was glad to hear that he practices, probably more than I use to.  From sixth through twelfth grade I played the French horn in school and when my brother started middle school this last year he decided to take after me and do the same.  I'm very impressed with how well he plays already!  Sunday evening was spent with some of Daniel's family including Nanny and Papa and cousins all that came down from Idaho for the weekend.  It was a late night of watching "Dolphin Tale" while pigging-out eating popcorn, Goobers, and brownies, and then playing several rounds of 'canasta', the card game.  Today we all went out for lunch to Pizza Pie Cafe of course, since Daniel and his uncle work there.  And even though we went there for lunch and we have four boxes of pizza from there in our fridge at home, I still haven't had a single slice of pizza all day.  And boy, is that rare! However, I did devour half of a large cookie monster while we were there, but that's just typical me.  I tend to have a major sweet tooth problem when exposed to a large amount of treats and sweets! And of course there's nothing like spending a few hours reminiscing with your best friend!  Well I'd say it was definitely an enjoyable weekend and there's nothing better than family time!