We have been post-less for about three weeks now... with not much excitement to show for it. Here are the updates from the Hardcastle's:
1. Lauren went down to Escondido from the 7th-14th to help her mom recovery from shoulder surgery. While there she enjoyed many late nights watching the Olympic swimmers and gymnasts, and swimming with, playing with, and chauffeuring her siblings.
2. While Lauren was gone, Brad worked a lot. He also went to an Oakland A's game with his friend Bret and was asked to chaperone his first stake dance. Woohoo! When asked if he enjoyed himself at the dance, his response was: "I spent the whole night making sure people knew I was a chaperone and not one of the kids".
3. From the 5th-19th we did some house sitting for our Bishop. They have a beautiful pool in their backyard that has a picturesque view of the valley below. We spent a few evenings swimming, watching the sunset, and pretending we might someday live in such a lovely house.
4. Lauren started her job at the Law office on Wednesday the 20. So far so good... but it's only her 4th day. She is quickly learning the ropes and processes of preparing files for signing, sending deeds to the county recorder, acting as a witness to will signings, and mastering that darn 4-line phone.
5. Yesterday was Lauren's birthday and it was a great birthday weekend. It started off a little crumby, with her waking up on Friday to pink eye. Nevertheless, with eyedrops as her constant companion, she and Brad still had a wonderful evening. They went to dinner at a fun little Italian restaurant in downtwon Walnut Creek called Tomatina. Afterwards, they walked around downtown and finished the night with some frozen yogurt from The Yogurt Park. It was delicious! Saturday, they started off the day by walking precincts for Proposition 8. Afterwards, they went to the gym (woohoo!) and then had the missionaries over for dinner. Brad surprised Lauren with beautiful flowers and an electric massager for the foot and back massages that she so adores. They finished the night off with a movie and some Olympics.
Yesterday (Sunday) Lauren enjoyed many phone calls, texts, and well wishes for her birthday. Thank you to all who helped make it special. Brad’s birthday is on Friday, so to celebrate they are making the most of our three-day weekend and heading down south to Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Carmel. It should be lovely!
Well… not too exciting but that’s the update from here!
