The Busy Beesley Blog

Monday was a busy day.  We took Andrew to the Bank first thing.  He was having problems with his Debit card and needed to change his pin number.  His bank was in downtown East St. Louis .  We hadn't been there before and that was another eye opener for me.  After we dropped him home we had some errands to run for ourselves.  Got the keys to the church and borrowed a punch bowl and 2 chairs for a little get together we're having on Saturday. We went to Walmart to get a few things we needed and headed home to package up our Christmas boxes to send home to the kids.   Tuesday we mailed the boxes and then went to check-up on Patricia Traynor. We'd been trying to contact her for a few days and she hadn't responded. We wanted to make sure she wasn't back in the hospital. We dropped in and the front desk told us she was in her room and upset because her cat was sick and she didn't know what to do. She invited us in and said she'd been ignoring her phone ...

This week we spent most of our time visiting members, active or less active, inviting them to the Ward Christmas Party on Friday. I made this invite to leave with them, or at the door if no one was home.  Bella, our cute little Elf on the Shelf has been busy this week.  Each day she is up to something new.  I didn't get a picture of all her shenanigans but below are a few from this week. Monday, Dan's ear was hurting, so after delivering some invitations he went to the doctor.  They said he had fluid on the outside of his ear and gave him some meds.  Most of Tuesday and Wednesday were spent inviting people to the Ward Party.  After District Council Sister Traynor called and needed a ride to her bank.  She was having problems with her account and needed to go in and have their help figuring it out.  They were successful so after dropping her off  delivered a few more invites. Bella, trying to do some laundry! Thursday Sister Traynor needed a r...

 What a fun week this has been. Emily and Jane made Thanksgiving week so special for us.   Monday we went to Cahokia Mounds and climbed the highest one, 160 steps. Emily and Jane went up and down twice. Wanting to outdo her mom, Jane climbed it one more time while the rest of us watched. After that we headed to Eckert's Farm for lunch.  I texted Debbie Craig (she works there in finance) to tell her we were in the restaurant and she came out and visited with us for a few minutes.  It was fun to introduce her to Emily and Jane. Next we visited the gift shop and market there.  They had a fun Elf Scavenger Hunt throughout the shops, so we grabbed a list and went a huntin'. The shop is so cute and we had fun walking around it.  Before we left we bought a few things from the bakery!  Love their bakery.  Brother Taylor has been wanting to have his wife's temple work done, and not being able to asked for the wards help. The youth were going to the te...