On Sunday our ward had teacher Council. I taught the primary teachers over Zoom about loving those you teach and Mark joined the teacher council for youth teachers. We have such an incredible ward. I can’t wait to be able to interact with the ward members a little more.
Speaking of which, this week we received the exciting news that on March 24 all Utahns over 16 will be able to get the vaccine! I bookmarked the websites for several locations providing the vaccine and began checking for available appointments a couple times every day. On Saturday evening a friend posted on Facebook that she had just booked her appointment so I checked the websites again and found one location with openings next week! It really is an answer to prayers as we hoped to have the vaccine before summer so we can safely travel and be with family.
Mark has kept busy with classes this week. He taught a lecture about mating systems to one of the classes he TA’s for. He had a take-home exam which took him most of the day on Saturday. Saturday was also the first state-wide food drive. The primary was responsible for delivering food drive flyers. We had a lot of primary families willing to help pass those out!
This week was the birthday of one of my favorite vipkid students, Elsa. I’ve taught her for three and a half years and am so impressed by her. She excels at everything she does (school, English, piano, violin, dance, rhythmic gymnastics, training her dog…) I had some nail polish sent to her as a gift. I happened to be teaching her on her birthday so I decorated my classroom, lit a candle in a muffin and sang happy birthday to her. She loved it!
We’ve had more warm and sunny days this week! I love seeing the spring flowers and getting out of the house more. We’ve also been enjoying using Aggie Village’s fancy grill!
Flynn and I met with my friend and her puppy to go on a couple walks together. On one of these walks we saw a wild turkey on a telephone line!
The warmth also brings out new insects and I got stung by a wasp right in the middle of my neck! I’ve only been stung once before so I didn’t know how swollen it would get. Luckily my brother is always talking about the many things you can do with honey so I decided to try it out and put honey on the string right away. It made it feel so much better! Then I used ice on and off the rest of the day and by bed time you could barely see the mark. Thank goodness!
Our Story: The Bell Family 