SABBATH
Sunday was awesome this week! I had really been looking forward to YW because the previous Sunday, after talking a little about consecrated oil with the Mia Maids, I got the idea to give the girls their own consecrated oil viols. I wasn't sure about the idea, but we had exactly 9 leftover from when Nate did it with his Elder's Quorum in Alaska, so it seemed meant to be :). I called the Bishop and got permission and asked him to come do the consecrating, talked it over with Amy, it was perfect! I was really excited about it. So this Sunday, following Amy's half lesson we turned the time over to the Bishop and we all got to witness the consecrating of the oil. It was short and I worried about what the girls would be thinking, but when we took the last part of the time to fill up their viols and talk a little more about it and the care of it, I found out that they were really excited about it! They were so cute and thanking me and just so sweet and excited about having their own. Made me happy. I loved what the Bishop said about how lots of times the men don't always have oil handy, but even when they do, now the girls can request that they use their own! I thought that was meaningful. I was glad he was supportive of the idea and didn't just think I was trying to go all Mo-fem on him :). Nate picked up a viol for me at Deseret Book this week, so now I have my own as well :). Makes me happy. Felt like a little fulfillment of my Patriarchal blessing too.
So later on in Sacrament Meeting there was a returned Sister Missionary. Sister Billings. What a cute cute girl! I loved her talk, loved the Spirit that was there- I'll never tire of the Spirit Missionaries carry with them- even the freshly returned ones... it's priceless- I loved looking down at my girls and seeing them just glued to her. They LOVED her talk as well. Even brought up all the things they'd learned from it during dinner. Wow. That RARELY happens. Not since Emily's talk about Family Home Evenings. I wish I'd written things down sooner because I've already forgotten most of what she said. I do remember a lot about the Atonement and her helpful hint to pray for the investigators that the missionaries are teaching, by name. That's a great idea! Pretty soon Austin will be out and we will hopefully be able to hear about the people he's teaching and pray for them. Good stuff. 6-22-14
We also got the big announcement, in letter form, from the Area Authority, that our ward is being moved to a different building. The one that is not right in the center of our ward. Kinda weird. Personally I'm okay with the change, but I feel bad for everyone who is sentimentally attached to our little building and those who live so close to it! It's not as close and easy to walk to, which I will miss, since we've finally got ourselves ready early enough to walk these last couple months. It will be an interesting change for Mutual activities and scouts too. But whatever- change is good. 6-22-14
FHE
Nate surprised the kids with tickets to see How To Train Your Dragon II for FHE this week. We're still trying to work out the kinks with adding a new "activity" spot to our Family Night roster, we didn't quite do it this week, but we went to the movie and called it Family Night :). It was a lot of fun. The kids loved it. Even Jack did pretty well. The movie was way cute. I was feeling pretty crappy that day so my lesson was more like a list of things I wish they would stop doing with their dirty clothes, but Nate polished it up with something spiritual. That was good. I wish I could just feel good. Someday. 6-23-14
SLOPPY JOE
We had Sloppy Joes the other day and Jack LOVED IT!!! Kept eating and eating, 2nds, 3rds... it was great! He hates sandwiches and anything surrounded with bread, so this was a major break through :). I love to watch him eat. I've said that before I'm sure. 6-24-14
SPINACH
I'm not sure what I've said about our garden this year. First garden we've ever had and we've had so much fun with it!! It's been so cool to go out and pick fresh produce out of our yard and eat it :). Sounds silly probably, but I was so fascinated with the fact that I was able to just go out and pick some baby spinach out of the garden, bring it in and make a salad for dinner. So cool. I even blended a bunch in with the spaghetti sauce :). We definitely need to plant more stuff next year- it's just so fun! Can't wait for the tomatoes and peppers. The cilantro has been amazing to have too. I LOVE CILANTRO! 6-25-14
CAMP KEYSL
Bradley and Luke got to go to day camp together this year!! That was a much anticipated event! They seemed pretty awesome when they got home and told us a tiny little bit about it. Luke's favorite part was the BB guns. Bradley had a new slingshot and they both had lots of candy and a cute bead lizard craft. I'm always surprised at how much candy they can get with their hard-earned $10. Funny boys. We still can't find Bradley's scout shirt. I'm so worried that he left it at the park. That would be a total bummer. Those things are NOT cheap and I just got done sewing everything on it!! Everyone pray that we can find it! 6-25-14
CLOTHES
I was so proud of myself, I thought I'd blog about it :)- I went through ALL of the clothes (minus the baby stuff that's long since been put away)- and organized them all into Fall or Summer of each of the future years. It's a good system that I started a while ago and had running smoothly until we moved. I got lazy. It's up and running again now though and hopefully will make my life easier and less messy. The craft room is almost usable again!! Wahoo. It only took me about 3 hours to do the clothes and then another hour to clean up the rest of the house from the tornado that hit it while I was camped out in the basement :). Good times. 6-25-14
YW BAPTISMS
Got to go do baptisms with the Young Women. That was a neat experience. I enjoy them so much. The Spirit was beautiful. I loved talking with Keri and I loved my yummy sundae at Pace's (in Layton- WAAAAAAY better than the Bountiful one- no offense Andrea). Good times. I love being in the Young Women's. 6-25-14
MALEFICENT
Kelly's friend Kara invited her to go see Divergent with her and her brother. It is rated PG-13 so after a little discussion we decided she could not go. Kelly was totally bummed and since I've been wanting to start back up on our date nights, I decided to offer to take her to a movie myself. She accepted my offer with a smile and so she and I went to the movie Maleficent. Nate and I had seen it a couple weeks before because I hadn't realized that it was kind of a kid show (not LITTLE kids mind you), and the whole time I kept thinking about how much Kelly would love it. (I also thought about how much the other kids- mainly Charity- would probably hate it and have nightmares from it :) ) It ended up being the perfect movie for Kelly. She didn't think it was creepy at all, it was actually "really cool!" So that was a lot of fun. I love sitting there with her and keeping each other updated on what we think is going to happen next :). 6-26-14
MOTHER DAUGHTER NIGHT
Kelly's Activity Day girls have been planning this Mother/daughter activity for a very long time. She and I were both so happy it was finally here. It turned out to be a really fun activity! I think this was the first time it's been just Kelly and I at something like this. We ate yummy taco salad, played a game where the girls held up a sign that said, "That's my Mom" to facts about the moms, the hand guessing game- which wasn't my favorite because Jeri insisted that the hand I was holding was her daughter's, booted me out and told me Kelly's was on the end. Well, I knew that the one on the end wasn't Kelly's... so that bummed me out. Kelly knew I'd had hers to begin with though, so that was good :). Then we played "Poke the Pig" where we are blindfolded and have to guess which piggy (girl) is ours based on their voices. I stunk at that one. And then we made cute fabric bracelets. Kelly loved the craft and wants this to be our new time killer :). They gave us cute little mason jars full of sweet little notes and yummy treats. I loved having this time with Kelly! She's such a good friend. I'm so grateful for her love and for her sweet personality. I'm glad she still loves me :). 6-27-14
AIR SHOW
We made it to the Air Show this year! Pretty happy about that :). Grandma Ruthie and Grandpa Russ decided to join us. It was such a hot day! Probably could have been hotter, but we were all dying out there. It was totally worth it though. I cannot get enough of those jets! It's just so amazing. We ran out of sunblock before I could use it so I got pretty sunburned on my neck, but thankfully none of the kids had any signs of sunburn. There's a first time for everything :). That's where we all usually get our first fry of the season. I always remember the year we took Kelly when she was just a year old or something and she just got fried! It was so sad. We messed up and forgot to bring cash though, so that was a bummer. We weren't about to stand in line for 2 hours to use the ATM. The kids didn't love that. We made it fun though and the Thunderbirds just made it all worth it. So awesome. I don't think I can say that enough times. I loved watching Jack watch the planes. He was totally into it. Erika and Noah sat in the stroller a lot of the time and really didn't seem to interested. Luke loved it all, let me tell him all the details and we talked about the speed of sound and stuff... that was fun for me. Bradley loved it as well, but he had a hard time coming out of the funk he got in while waiting in line to climb inside the tank. He is getting better at changing his mood though, I was proud of him. Kelly loved it all, she gets all into it and didn't seem to have too many complaints all afternoon. Charity doesn't love the volume, whined about needing earplugs most of the day, but overall was pretty fun to be with. I love my family. I love doing things together. It was fun to share it with Grandma and Grandpa too. Not something they've ever done before. Another difference between Nate's and my childhoods :). We went to The Habit on the way home. That place gets 5 stars from me- I loved it. 6-28-14
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