REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS
The Bishop came in for Sharing time today and since the topic was Repentance and being forgiven again, he brought those two pictures again. I'm not sure if I talked about them last year, but they are perfect for this. One is set in a dark room, with a woman kneeling at Jesus' knee, with her head bowed. She is wearing a red dress. In the other one the woman is sitting next to Jesus with a well lit outside setting. She is wearing white and smiling, Jesus is wearing a red cloak just like the one the woman had on in the first picture. It's SUPER symbolic and the first time he brought it the kids really got into the symbolism, it was really cool, they noticed things I don't think I would have. So this time, he wasn't planning on going over all of it again, but he ended up doing that because the kids wouldn't stop pointing it out! It was cool. I love that they can grasp those concepts. Like Jesus taking our sins upon him, like a red cloak. Pretty cool. The pictures are really awesome- I want copies of them. It's just a cool thing and brought the Spirit so well. I was glad. 6-24-18
LAUNDRY
So the girls needed clean clothes for EFY, so we invited ourselves to my mom's to use her washer and dryer. I didn't want to feel like a mooch so I offered to bring our Zuppa Toscana with us to share :). Sarah and her kids came while we were there as well. We had a pretty good time considering we were doing laundry on Sunday :). 6-24-18
SCOUT CAMP
Nate, Brad and Luke all left for Scout camp, Monday, just after the girls and I for EFY. I haven't heard a word from them yet (two days now), so hopefully they are still alive and having a good time. We'll see I guess. 6-26-18
EFY
I dropped Charity and Kelly off at EFY yesterday! Always a little crazy for me. I love that they're getting to go to EFY, but I know I'm going to miss them and there's a possibility they won't have fun... anyway. We got there in record time! Seriously, less than an hour! Oops. We got their tags and Kelly's favorite part- the lanyards. We made the long trek to Kelly's room- shoulda driven there- got her key, went in and got her all set up, made her bed, like I did last year for Charity, she wrote a little note to her roomie, and then we walked back to the car to drive over to Charity's place. Kelly was in Heritage Halls, Charity was in Helaman Halls. Charity's place brought back so many memories all of a sudden! We took her in, met her roommate, then hurried off to get lunch- didn't get to make herself at home- We grabbed some Carl's Jr. for Charity and me, then ate at Arby's so that Kelly could get what she wanted. I took them back and it was a really anticlimactic goodbye! Didn't really feel right for that matter. But they were off. Hopefully it's a wonderful, Spirit-filled week for them. And that they have fun. So far (it's Tuesday) I've heard about Kelly facetiming her roommate's mom and the session director is fun, the counselors are nice, get to know you games, and her company's name is "Ye May Know" (still not sure what that means- I'll have to look up the scripture she gave me: D&C 58:42-42--- interesting reference number there), and that she asked someone to dance :). Charity is in a smaller session with only 350-ish kids. Bro. Burbidge the session director told each company to send someone who can say the alphabet really fast. Charity got sent up and then they slowly eliminated people and she ended up winnign the whole thing!! How funny is that! Her company was "freaking out". No formal dance this year- interesting?? She said John Bytheway is doing a class- pretty cool. And Brad Wilcox's son Russell Wilcox! Even cooler. She wished the company could stick together more during classes- cute Charity- for bonding, and she got a solo for the musical program!!! My brave little girl! So I think they're both having a good time. I hope. 6-26-18
BIG DAY
So today was the last day of being PTA President (officially since we handed over the binder). I finally finished the Arrow of light stuff- so glad to have that out of my hands. AND I went to my first Lacrosse Parent Board meeting. It was WAY LONGER than I had imagined. Hopefully they aren't all like that... I don't know. Secretary isn't really my thing, but it seemed easier than other things... I don't know. So anyway. It felt like a big milestone day for me. A relief. 6-26-18
DAY 3
Wednesday was a lot of fun. I'm going to affectionately call this day Hatch Day because it was our main day to hang out with the Hatches. We went really late to playgroup on Wednesday, so we only got to play with friends (or avoid playing with friends, I should say) for a little bit, but then headed off to the Zoo to meet up with Sarah and her kids. Unfortunately, and embarrassingly, I missed the exit and had to go all the way to 3300 S. because I was buried in the carpool lane, so that was a bummer, we got there like 20 minutes late! But after that it was smooth sailing. They even let us in without any trouble. Pretty cool. We had a lot of fun looking at the animals and just being with them. Sarah and I stopped in all the shady spots to catch up, and the kids were back to being best buds right away. I love how kids do that. It was a VERY hot day! 97 degrees is pretty hot for the zoo. Who goes to the zoo in 97 degree temps? But we all agreed that the drive to Pizza Pie Cafe was almost worse than the zoo! Even with the AC blasting! We met up with Grandpa and Steve for pizza. That was a crazy little trip to PPC, but the kids loved being with their cousins and I got to make Steve laugh when I dumped my Ranch tainted lemon wedges onto his empty plate. They were all Ranch-y, I couldn't squeeze them into my water after that. He thought it was really funny for some reason, so I'll take it :). It's not everyday I get to make him laugh. Returning the favor. I had a ginormous salad and thought I was doing so good with the KETO, but when I put it all into my ap, it was like 50 carbs? I kinda think there was something wrong, or maybe it wasn't NET carbs... not sure. Anyway. After pizza, we went up to Grandpa Hatch's house. The kids went through Grandpa's change collection and adopted all the ones they wanted. HA! Great way to steal money from someone :). Then we went and got snowcones together- kind of a tradition with us, Grandpa and the Hatches. Lots of fun! We made some pretty memorable messes! I loved Savannah's "all the girls together!" poses :). She's adorable. Even with a red tongue. Then Noah, Jack and the Hatch kids all slept over at Grandma Hatch's house! Erika didn't want to leave Molly out, so she decided not to sleepover, so we took advantage of the opportunity to have a "girls night". We went to Walmart, got some clothes since ours were all dirty (HA! I wish this could always be the answer to that problem :). Just kidding)- one more day without a dryer! Then came home and watched Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken on my bed with my laptop. Just the three of us :). It was so much fun! I loved Molly's little forced toot followed by, "I tooted in you bed" big smile :). She's hilarious. She fell asleep before it was over so I took her to bed. Erika wanted to sleep with me :). 6-27-18
POOR DEER.... POOR NATE!
I got a call this morning from Nate on his way home from scout camp to work an evening shift today, and he had some bad news! He had run into a deer! He said he saw a few standing by the road, but had no idea one of them was going to jump out in front of him and commit suicide right there. He was able to slam on the breaks and turn a little, but the front left part of the car was completely smashed in. Such a bummer. I'm so glad he was okay! It's weird because recently I had had some thoughts about running into animals on the road and how dangerous that is and how much damage it can cause. That is definitely a blessing that he didn't have any problems. He had to spend all of his morning calling the insurance company and repair shops and car rental places. Poor guy. I wish he could catch a break. But he got to work on time and will hopefully be able to make it up to the camp tonight. 6-28-18
DAY 5
Friday we spent the morning cleaning up the house- we weren't sure when the guys were coming home, and we wanted it to be nice for them. I was SO impressed with Noah and Erika and their ability to get things done! Just the three of us (since Jack and Molly are more work than help) cleaned up most of the house together in a little over an hour. The parts that really needed it I guess. Pretty awesome. After some vegging and the kids playing with all their friends all day- there was a good two hours where I was home all by myself and Molly was asleep. It was so weird. I don't even remember what I did. Probably slept a little and blog booked a little. Kinda weird. I don't love being alone. I always think I'm going to want alone time, but then I hate it. So then we got the idea to go get pizzas and go up to Castle Park. McKay called Noah right as we were headed out and so we picked up him and Ross to come with. We had a great time at the Castle Park. Then we went over to Station Park for some It's Sugar (tradition when anyone is gone :) ), and Pretzel Bites. I am still wishing I'd splurged and had one- HA! We came home and I think we watched yet another movie :). Good times. We heard from Nate that they had ended camp a day early and most of the guys were headed home. Nate took Luke, Brad and Trenton to Grandpa's house in Bear Lake so that they could fish on their way home. So weird. But they had a blast. 6-30-18
SATURDAY
This was a good day- minus getting pulled over for making a cop look bad (there were not SIX reduced speed limit signs though- I checked on my way home- still can't complain though- he didn't even ask for my license or registration- verbal warning, that never happens)- I dragged all the littles out of their beds after only 5 or so hours of sleep- eek! to go get Charity and Kelly at EFY. We loved hearing about their week at Kneaders over breakfast and then all the way home. I was so relieved that Charity's week had been a lot better this year than last. She was basically a star all week. Kelly had had a great time too- so that was fun! I'm glad they enjoyed themselves. We got home and everyone was pretty tired so most of us slept for a little bit. Then the boys came home! We got to hear all about their adventures. I really need to have everyone write about their weeks. We were all pretty tired still. I did manage to get all the weeds in the driveway pulled- yes, that is weird, and yes, they were making me crazy every time I saw them. There wasn't a whole lot else to do besides watch Studio C all evening. Everyone was so tired. Brad and I even put off our date that night for the next week because he was such a zombie. Kelly went to a play with her friends, Noah went to a birthday party and so did Erika. So we were still down in numbers, but it was nice to be back to normal life a little. 6-31-18
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