Our CRAMMED Saturday

Those of you who know Eric really well, know that he LOVES planning activities. Every weekend in high school, Eric planned fun activities that we could do, such as: building a fort in the basement and watching Kindergarten Cop, building "space shuttles" for eggs and then throwing them off of the high school roof to see which shuttle was built better, whip cream fights, going to nursing homes and take turns playing the piano and singing, bike riding to the butte to watch the sun come up, going down the "cruise" with the fire extinguisher and spraying people, etc... Yes, life in high school was never boring with Eric around.

Things haven't really changed. Eric still loves to plan things (he says he hates it and yet he continues to do it). Yesterday was a good example of this. At 9:00 it was our turn to clean the church. When we got home it was time to go to Memphis because Eric had an intramural football game. When we arrived to the field and saw the opposing team, we thought we were at the wrong field. They did NOT look like your typical optometry student (glasses, geeky). Instead, they had tattoos and massive muscles-- bigger than Eric's waist (I thought they looked like the Oakland Raiders)! I was worried that the other team would crush not only Eric's team's pride but their bodies as well. Miracles have not ceased because Eric's team won (25-20)!!! We found out later that the opposing team's players were not optometry students, rather, boyfriends of optometry students (which explains a lot).After the victory we drove back to Mississippi so Eric could shower and we could eat lunch. While at home we decided to get gas-- we were happily surprised to see that gas here is $2.25! We thought we would never see gas below $3 ever again!!!

After we were fed and cleaned we drove back to Memphis and Eric took us to one of the labs at the school and he gave me an eye exam (he has a lab-test on Thursday). He has to do a series of tests/exams in under 20 minuets but it took him over and hour to do them on me... looks like he will be hitting the labs next week for some more practice! He says I was a bad patient because I didn't follow his directions very well and I told him he was a bad doctor for telling me I was a bad patient. Doesn't look like I will be going to the labs again any time soon.

After retinoscopy, we drove back to Mississippi. The missionaries came over for a short visit and taught us a lesson on how to be better missionaries. Our next destination was Lake Arkabutla. We met up with a bunch of couples from our ward and had tin foil dinners and s'mores. Since Eric planned SOOO many activities, we were a few hours late to the lake. We got there in time to see the sunset. It was a very pretty lake with a great beach that will be really fun to use in the summer time. Kinsley cried/screamed the majority of time while we were there and the entire car ride home. Even though gas is cheap I think she would prefer a weekend at home... (*sigh*) if we could only talk Eric into it....

P.S. Grandma and Grandpa Pierce, Thanks so much for my new car seat canopy and fancy pants! Love ya! ~Kinsley