Monday and Tuesday, December 20th and 21st, 2010 - 11th & 12th Day

Monday was so slow, that there is not much to report.  We had three phone calls all day, and two of them were from the same person!  I was nice to him, so that was pretty easy.  At night, our family went shopping for a family in the ward and we had a blast.  It really helped us feel the Christmas spirit.  We were able to buy presents for all their children, and the parents, and we bought stuff for their Christmas dinner.  Then we went home and wrapped them.    We then had one of our friends, who didn't know the family at all, go to their door and deliver the presents and the money.  It was a lot of fun.  Then, Tuesday morning I woke up and went to the Summit (a local gym), and worked out with my two oldest daughters and my 17 year old son.  My son, Logan, had me doing box jumps, and medicine ball throws, and lunges, and bicep curls, then we ran for 30 minutes.   By the end I was really sore.  Then, when we went outside, we noticed the river was overflowing the banks, so we spent the next 3-4 hours shoveling dirt into sand bags and helping the city sandbag so the Washington City residents wouldn't have their homes flooded.  It was really nice to serve, but now I'm sore!  Things I learned today, 1st, Don't try to keep up with a 17 year old boy when lifting/running at the gym!  You will not feel very strong, even if you have convinced yourself all these years that you could whip up on any 17 year old!  2nd, refer to #1 when sandbagging with teenagers, they can fill 200 sand bags and then go play a football game.  After I fill 200 sand bags, every part of my body hurts, and I'm whining to my wife like a little girl! 3rd, If you are 44 years old, and attempt to carry two 50 pound bags of sand at the same time, you will pay for it later - bad!  4th, sometimes, things that make your body hurt,