What secret?

Last night I inadvertently shared a secret with my whole ward (i.e. church congregation). Me and my stinking big mouth.

We had a ward fireside and the speaker asked for a volunteer to help read a scripture. C and I were sitting on the second row, and she raised her hand. The speaker had her come up and stand next to him so she could be heard by the whole congregation. It became apparent that he intended for C to stay up there reading scriptures and writing on the chalk board, so a member of the ward leadership brought up a chair for C to sit on between readings.

The speaker quipped, "Why does she get a chair to sit on and I don't."

Without thinking, I blurted out, "Because she is expecting."

I think only about 3 people in the room knew the information before my little outburst.

What a way to make a public announcement. :) I guess since all my neighbors know now, we might as well tell all of you too!!

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The bi-annual interview

Since C and Kiddo are still out of town, I don't have much "daddy-related" stuff to write about, but I thought I'd share a funny experience that happened to me this week.

It was time for my bi-annual temple recommend interview this week, so I made my appointment with the stake and even showed up on time. I serve as the EQ president in my ward, so I'm very familiar with the Stake Presidency. The counselor I met with was the one that I do my regular PPI interviews with for the EQ.

When he got to the question where he asks if I regularly attend my church meetings including Priesthood meeting, I started to laugh, then replied in the affirmative.

He looked at me quizzically.

"Well," I explained, "I would imagine that if an EQ president had stopped attending meetings regularly, a temple recommend interview probably wouldn't be the first time you'd hear about it."

Well, I was amused. I recognize the standard-ness of the question, and the need to ask it, but it just struck me as funny when I heard it this time.

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