Hoy es El Gran Dia!

Today Cameron leaves the MTC and flies off to California. I can't believe it's already been nine weeks since we dropped him off at the MTC!

I miss my Camernon. It snowed this morning and it reminded me of how Cameron always cleaned off the car for me when it snowed. Then he'd give me a crushing bear hug before I drove him to school. He's so sweet. Cameron writes to me every week, but only on Wednesdays - that's his P-Day. But, he's off doing good things and learning and growing, so that is my solace.

David thinks it's stupid we can't go see him off at the airport. Rules have certainly changed from when David went on his mission. I wish we could go see Cameron off at the airport. Hopefully we'll get an e-mail today letting us know he got to his mission OK.

Wow. I just picked up the phone and guess who was on the other end? Cameron! He sounded good. It was nice to hear his voice and be able to talk to him. I thought I was going to have to wait until Christmas to talk to him. He says there are 15 other missionaries going with him to San Jose, but he thinks he's the only Spanish speaking missionary. Cameron told me he was able to call us because “somebody was being nice.” Whoever was being nice, I’m grateful. I told Cameron I was in the middle of blogging about him and he chuckled.

We're almost done with Cameron's room. It's taken longer than I thought it would. Just when we think we're about done, something else turns up to do. Today I'm painting inside the closet. I'm determined that we're going to be completely done with his room by this Saturday.

The Primary Sacrament Meeting Program was last Sunday. It turned out really well. The children said their parts well and they all sang beautifully. We had about 30 kids show up. That's more than we've normally been getting lately. At first we had about 50 kids every week, but now we only have about 25. Several families with Primary age children have moved out of the Ward and others have stopped coming. Unfortunately, the trend of not coming to Church seems to have struck the entire Ward, not just the Primary.

One of the Primary boys in the Ward told me after church: "We sounded like that choir that sings at General Conference." "The Tabernacle Choir?" I questioned. "Yes, that one," he affirmed. I had to agree with him. In fact, I liked our Primary choir better!

My, but the kids were wiggly during Primary. The Primary Program must have stressed them out, too. We didn't have lessons during Primary time; just some wiggle songs and a dvd and some treats (fruit snacks, popcorn, pretzels and water).

Next week it's back to normal again. Except that I need to request another Second Counselor. My third Second Counselor left because her husband got a Stake YSA calling and she has to be with him. Oh, and they're moving the end of this month. I have it narrowed down to a couple of names. I hope I'm inspired by Sunday, because I really want to submit a name by then.

Meagan, Amber and I practiced face painting Monday night. We found a bunch of Halloween designs and practiced some of them on each other. The second time face painting was easier than the first time, that's for sure.

I painted a spider web with a dangling spider and a dragon on Meagan and some candy corn people and a cupcake on Amber. Amber painted an autumn tree and a ghost on me and Meagan painted a stegosaurus. Meagan painted a spider web, a target, a musical heart and a treasure map. Amber painted a Captain America Symbol and a smiley face on Meagan. Then Meagan took pictures of our lovely paintings.

We borrowed the face paints from our neighbor Cyndi. She says they’re the brand of face paint they use at Disneyland – they’re non-toxic and don’t make you break out. If regular makeup felt as comfortable, I’d certainly wear it more often!

Meagan is interested in buying her own set, so I checked them out online. The brand is Snazaroo. The big set like Cyndi’s is $120 on Amazon. You can get the same set on eBay for $55. I know where I’d get them!