1. On Friday, 6-25-10, Brad was invited to sleepover at his cousin Evan's, and Charity and Kelly were invited to sleepover at their cousin Sierra's. So we were left with 3 kids. We wanted to enjoy the "break" and also spoil the ones that were with us so we went to dinner, had a wii night (Luke's choice) with dippin' dots ice cream, and a few other goodies, and then Saturday morning we took the three to the Zoo. It was a lot of fun. And while it's still hard for me to say that having just the younger three is a break in terms of how much there is to do, it sure was nice to be able to devote all of our attention to the younger three. I took a mental picture of us at Olive Garden, Erika munching on the coaster, Luke flattening his napkin out all over the table on his side of the table, and Noah coloring with Nate as we waited for our food. It's funny that we still get the "handful" looks and comments when we're with only half of our kids. Hilarious. I don't want to forget how cute Erika looked tearing the breadstick with her teeth :) She finally has two now! They look really cute on her, and she's making good use of them. The kids had a lot of fun with their cousins and sleeping over.... that's always fun. Charity calls it a "dream come true!"
2. On Wednesday, June 30th, we finished the Book of Mormon as a family. This is our second time making it through the whole book. (with one start over to get in line with a Primary program in Eagle Mt. so we've technically read it 2 1/2 times :)) It was really neat to point out that when you finish the book you can then go to Heavenly Father and ask him if it is true. I love that my kids take those things so seriously. Sure enough, when Charity said the bedtime prayer for us that night, she asked Heavenly Father to help us know that the book of Mormon was true. I felt the Spirit so strongly during that prayer (even though there was SO much chaos that evening.... we were finishing the book of mormon.... go figure! stupid satan) It made me want to be so much better at reading on my own, and having that feeling more often. I'm glad our family is doing so weel with the reading though. It's fun to think that we have solidified this habit and made it such a crucial part of our routine. I know it will keep our family together and help us be a stronger family.
3. On Friday, July 2nd, while we were camping, during the time where Sarah and I were left with the three little ones while everyone went fishing, we had the opportunity to play cards while being distracted and interrupted by the cute little boys playing around the campground. I thought it was a lot of fun. It was hard to really get into the card game, but still, very well spent. Anyway, the thing I want to remember was how funny it looked when Charlie was sneaking in one last nose pat (that's what I'll call it) with Noah's Ee-oh, before Noah could grab it away from him. SO HILARIOUS!!! I'm sure Charlie just thinks Noah's crazy with that satin pillowcase and yet he still had to try it out :) Doing exactly what Noah does with it. Makes me laugh just thinking about it.
4. On Saturday, July 3rd while camping, I was in the tent, trying to roll up the sleeping bags and clean out the tent. Noah was in there with me, talking and asking questions about everything I did. The usual :). At one point the wind got really wild, and the tent was really blowing, and Noah started saying the cutest things, "Mom! Oh no! The tent going go up in da sky!" Then hurrying into the corner saying, "Hurry mom! Lay down! We're up in da sky!" I chuckled when I realized he was probably getting that idea from Wizard of Oz :) ..... what a cutie.
5. Kelly gave a talk today in Church, July 4th, about following the Savior's example. She had Nate help her write it this morning (we had forgotten about it) and then did such a fantastic job on it! The Primary Presidency is always so amazed with how well she can read and hand write her talks on her own. They always make a point to say something, it's cute. I'm always so proud of her. She was very proud of her talk as well, and got really sad when church was over and she realized that Sis. Rose had not given her talk back to her (they like to make copies of the kids' talks to use for the Sacrament meeting program in October). We just had to stop at Sis. Rose's house to ask her for it to which Kelly was even more devasted when she learned that she would have to wait till the next week when she was able to get a copy of it. The only reason I mention this is because it made me smile to think that she was so attached to her talk. I love that my kids love that stuff. I hope they do for a while. I love that my kids get the chance to do these things as well. The church is so true!
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