First off at the end of August we found out that Tad's Grandma died, she was 92 yrs old, Tad's Grandpa is still alive and is also 92. They mostly raised their family in Idaho and then they retired to St George, they lived there for about 5 yrs, when their health started to deteriorate there daughter moved them to Washington so she could take care of them. She wanted to buried in Idaho. After talking to family it was decided she would be buried there on Labor Day weekend, it ended up being two weeks after she died. I've never seen any one wait that long to bury someone, but the whole family was there. It was a really nice service, I was mostly just sad for Grandpa, he looked so lost. They had been married over 70yrs, I don't think he will live much longer without her.
On Sunday August 30th Tad & I had an appointment with our Stake President. We knew that they were probably going to release Tad as Bishop, since he had served just over 5yrs. The whole Stake Presidency was there when we walked in. They asked us how we were doing, and we told them about Tad's grandma, but that everything else was going well. The Stake President then said, the reason they asked to meet with them, was that they would like to extend a release to Tad. I felt my heart drop, even though I knew it was time. They said all these wonderful things to us and thanked us for our service. As we left the office I felt so sad for some reason. All the next week I just kept crying about it and dreading for Sunday to come, but of course it came. I walked to to the chapel and saw Tad and his counselors sitting on the stand. I knew it would be the last time I saw them there, and I started bawling like a baby, I couldn't stop. I cried the whole sacrament meeting, I knew I was going to have to bear my testimony and when it was my turn. I was still crying. I don't know what I said really. It was so hard to talk. Tad bore his testimony after me and he held it together much better some how. When they sustained the new Bishopric they asked them to take their seats on the stand. Tad came and sat by us. I just cried on his shoulder even more. After sacrament meeting we stayed in the chapel to watch the new bishopric be set apart. I am happy for them and I know they will do a great job. But I was still sad for Tad. The whole next week I was still sad. You would think I would be happy, I mean I get my husband back. He will be able to sit with us and not have all those meetings to go to Sunday morning. After much soul searching and talking to many supportive friends and family. I realized I was sad because, supporting my husband for the last 10yrs he's been in a Bishopric has been such a big part of my life. Now it is gone and it's like you mourn that life you had, because from now on things are going to be a lot different. You wonder who will still want to be your friend and who was just friendly to you because you were the Bishops family. I have to find my identity again, I don't know who I am anymore and I feel lost. I have to find a new purpose in life and become a different person almost. I'm slowly adjusting to it. It's definitely been nice to have Tad home more and having him sit with me last Sunday was nice. This whole adjustment thing is weird, but good weird if you know what I mean. I know it will just take time. Tad has done really well with everything so far, he liked just going to High Priests last Sunday and sitting with me in Gospel Doctrine class. I'm glad that he is handling everything better than I thought he would. Maybe it hasn't sunk in for him yet. So I'm trying to be prepared if he does start feeling lost. I hope they give him a new calling soon.
Next on to happier news. Dayna got asked to the Homecoming Dance. It was a boy named Chandler, she met a school. She said he was just a friend of hers. She didn't like him like a boyfriend thing just a friend thing. I found out that he liked her more the other way. So I thought it would be and interesting date. They had a group of 8 that went together. They do the whole day date and night date thing now. We never did that when I was in High School. But they went to movie and then went home and changed and then went to dinner and the dance. Dayna looked like Cinderella to me, she was so beautiful. She had a really fun time at the dance. I took a picture of her and Chandler before they left which I will post on here. I just can't believe my daughter is old enough to date. I starting to feel really old.
Next thing, I was talking to my friend Adelle (who happens to be the new bishop's wife) the other day. I knew that she dabbled in photography and asked her if she would like to practice by taking some pictures of my family. She said she'd love to and told me that there was this really cute park in Cedar Fort that we could go to. So we scheduled a time and went there. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how the pictures turned out. She did such a great job. I have them posted on here also.
Also this September our little blue Honda Civic blew a head gasket and I thought that was the end of if for sure, it wouldn't be worth the money to fix it. So I put a little message on Facebook that my car was gone for good. My friend Tammy saw my post and said she might be able to help. This guy friend of hers was a mechanic and was willing to see if he could fix it for a lot cheaper than we thought, another mechanic had quoted $600-800. This friend of hers Mark called around. He ended up getting the crack fixed instead of having to replace the whole engine. He practically took apart the whole car to do it and spent probably 10 hrs at my house working on it. After all that he only charged us $300. What a blessing! I didn't know how I was going to survive without a car all day everyday. Also a little before this happened I was talking to my friend Tammy about how I need to find a job and that I wished I could find a data entry job I could do from home. She said she knew a girl who did something like that and home and that she would ask her about it. To make a long story short I applied with the company and a week later I had the job! I start on Monday and the training is only for a week and it's at night, so I don't have pay for a babysitter or anything. It couldn't be more perfect. It's another blessing. We have been blessed so much lately. I thought that once Tad got released all the blessings would stop too. But that hasn't been true. We've been blessed more than ever! I am so lucky to have the frien
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