JACK'S TESTIMONY
All of the kids bore their testimonies this Sunday, and did a great job, but unfortunately I missed theirs because I was out in the foyer with Molly, but I did get to hear Jack Jack bearing his testimony. Noah had been encouraging him and was helping him think of some things to say and writing them down. He'd asked me if he could help Jack bear his testimony and I said no, but since I was gone, Nate had consented. Jack was so brave and did such a good job. I love that Noah wanted to help him and was there for him. Even though I'm not a big fan of the prompting kids on what to say thing. I've let some of the kids do that in the name of taking care of siblings/bonding. They did great. I'm proud of them both. 6-4-17
SHARING TIME- MODESTY
My sharing time went so well this week! I was so relieved! Even the Junior Primary seemed to understand what was going on. I loved playing Tic Tac Toe with the Senior Primary. 6-4-17
NATE AND BRAD IN MOAB
We spent a lot of time getting things ready for Nate and Brad to go on their much anticipated camp out. Buying snacks, water shoes, extra snacks, doing laundry and packing. They left bright and early Monday morning. It was hard to say goodbye to them! They rode up with Chet and Bridger, camped, hiked, slept, ate, hiked, played in the river, hiked, had water fights while rafting on the river, hiked, caught snakes, lizards, toads, crawdads, and hiked some more. They were really fun to talk to during their trips to the store for their daily ice. They had a lot of fun. I should have them write about their fun stuff. We sure missed them. The house just wasn't the same that week with Nate, Brad, and Charity all gone. We were definitely in a funk for a few days... took some adjusting. 6-5-17
EFY- THE WAY TO BECOME
This was a major milestone for me, having my first kid experience EFY. I had been looking forward to this for her for a long time! It was exciting to get her all ready to go and talk about my experiences there. She was really excited and a little nervous too. We were both a little anxious not knowing who her roommate would be. Monday morning we stopped at Target to get some last minute things./clothes, then made it to BYU right in time for check-in. It was so fun to see all the kids walking around with their wrist bands and lanyards. Very nostalgic. We checked Charity in and then went to Chik-fil-a for some lunch. One last hang out with my little girl before I leave her on her own! We got back to her room kind of early so I stayed and chatted while she unpacked. It was fun to look through her schedule and see all the changes they've made in the last 20 years. I was getting more and more anxious for her and nervous too! Some of the girls from her group came back and so I left. It was hard to not cry, but I did it! I met up with Andrea at a park in Provo on my way out of Happy Valley. Charity ended up having a pretty good time. She struggled a little with those first few days, though. Her roommate was late, didn't show up til halfway through the day, so all our jokes about her possibly not having a roommate started to feel like they had jinxed it! It took her a while, not until they made a group text for everyone in their group, to feel like she fit in. And she was super homesick. Sounded too familiar :). She did so good though! She toughed those days out and got to reap the rewards the rest of the week. I was so proud of her for trying out for the variety show and for joining the singing group. She is so brave! Picking her up on Saturday morning was a bit of a fiasco. I missed my alarm and woke up an hour late. I only had a half hour to get there before check-out time ended. I was frantic all the way there, and way too stressed. Then once I got across the street from BYU I learned that they had blocked off all of the East outlets from University Avenue for a Half Marathon! It was SO ANNOYING!! I didn't get to Charity until 8:30!!! after taking a ridiculous detour. I had missed an email apparently. So we cancelled our hang out with Bliss and just stopped at Kneaders for breakfast on our way home. It was fun to hear all of Charity's stories and see her video of the kid trying on dresses in the Bookstore. She really did have a good time- that was a relief. I need to have her write about her week. Sure was weird to have her gone! We all missed her so much! 6-5-17
FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER
So even though things were a little strange with three people gone, we managed to have a pretty fun first week of summer. It's all running together for me though, so I'm just going to put it all together. Monday after I got home from taking Charity, dragged everyone to Home Depot where they were having a deal on veggie starts. We filled our cart with all kinds of seeds and starts. We stopped at Chik-fil-a on our way home and then planted our garden for FHE. It was a lot of fun to have everyone working together! I hope we planted everything right. If we did, we should have a good harvest! Now that we've got double the space, I think it will be really productive. I'm excited to see how it all turns out. We had wanted to get snow cones for the treat but the line was a mile long, so we went to Dollar Tree instead and got treats for a movie night. We ended up watching movies every night that week! Tuesday we got snow cones first thing in the morning- well as soon as we could. That's always fun. I got ice :). It was so much like eating snow it was weird. We then crammed Seven Peaks, picking up the license plate, and making dinner for a lady in our ward into our small evening. We only had about an hour at Seven Peaks. I had needed to redeem our vouchers that I bought forever ago, before they expired. We were unpleasantly surprised with how ghetto that place was though. I don't think I've been there for at least two and a half decades! Not to mention the slides require tubes and the tubes are not include in our passes, but cost $6 to rent! SO DUMB!!! If I'd known we were going to get Lagoon passes, I would have passed on the pass of all passes. I should have let the vouchers expire I guess. I'm hoping the one in Provo is nicer, or at least worth the visit. Kind of annoying. Good thing they were only $9 passes. Wednesday was playgroup at the Layton Park. That was fun. Everyone got along so well! It was nice to just sit and visit the entire time. Thursday Grandma brought the Hatch kids over to play. She was tending them while Brent and Sarah were in Zion's. They played hard! Water balloons and all- Luke was so happy to have people to throw water balloons at! He'd been at it a few times during the week with very little participation from anyone else. He was slightly addicted to the balloons and couldn't think of anything else to do. ever. Funny boy. That night Noah and Jack slept over at Grandma's with the Hatches. They stayed all day Friday too! That was the night that Kelly, Luke, Erika and I slept out on the trampoline. It was funny when it occurred to me that Molly was in the house all by herself! She almost never has a problem in the night- in fact, I can't remember the last time she needed something in the night- so I tried to talk myself into not worrying about her, but since I'm a mom, I know better than to think that things will stay the same as they usually are when I need them to. So I went and set up the baby monitor that has been in storage for almost a year. Got the extension cord and everything so that I could have the receiver right by my head. She ended up sleeping just fine, but luckily, I woke up to her fussing in the night and saw that the back door was open! It was a little freaky and I did run inside and make sure everything was okay and that there wasn't anyone extra in there. I checked on Molly, she was out and then brought Misty and Buddy back out with me and shut the door. I was pretty relieved she had woken me up. I can't imagine what we'd have in our house if the door had been open all night. Mosquitos to last us a lifetime I'm sure. We all slept pretty good otherwise, though. I got up and slept the last hour of the morning in my own cozy bed though :). Friday we spent the ENTIRE DAY cleaning the house! It was much needed and looked totally awesome when we were done. Kelly, Luke and Erika were rockstars! They totally busted their bums. We had wanted it to be especially nice for those coming home. Friday evening we met up with Hatches, Grandma and Simon, Heidi, John and Steve for one last picnic dinner before the Hatches head out next week. That was fun. Then during our late night movie, Nate showed up! He had come home early with Chet. It was so good to see him! I only wish Molly had been awake so I could witness her reaction to him coming home! She missed him! I was gone when he got her out of her crib the next morning. Saturday was a little funky too, with everyone getting back into the swing of things. It always takes some adjusting when people leave or get back. Had to say goodbye to Nate again, so he could go to work, then we picked up Bradley. It was nice to have everyone back even if it wasn't all at the same time. We had another movie night while I frantically put together my sharing time. 6-10-17
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