NATE ON SUNDAY
Brad and Luke were getting set apart on Sunday so Nate decided to take the day off. I loved that :). It was so nice to have him home!! It was a really neat experience watching the boys get set apart for their new callings as well. Brad is the new Deacons quorum President and Luke is the new Secretary. Good stuff. I loved hearing their blessings. We had a great time with Nate all afternoon and evening- everyone got a lot of Dad time in. 7-1-18
THIS IS THE PLACE
Erika got to go with the Activity Day girls up to This is the Place park for some fun pioneering activities. She loved the leather stamping, but somehow lost her piece of leather she made, which was a bummer. But she showed us all her gold that she had panned for and told us all the fun she'd had. It sounded like a really good time and they were gone for eight hours so I know they did more than I heard about :). She was EXHAUSTED when she got home- and even the next day. What a neat experience for her though! I'm glad she got to go do that! Such fun leaders. 7-2-18
FHE
For FHE Luke taught our lesson- I'm trying to remember what his lesson was on (it's been a week). But he told me he was going to "wing it" and did a fantastic job, as usual. I wish I was good at winging lessons. We played Base-frisbee- a game Nate made up when we realized we didn't want to play baseball with no mitts and stuff for everyone, and kick ball was out since our ball popped. It ended up being pretty fun! We went and got snow cones for Erika's treat. Lots of fun. 7-2-18
PIANO
My mom's been wanting to try a new young kid program for teaching piano so she started teaching Jack on Tuesday. He was feeling adventurous and consented :). He told me he was done, and I asked how it went, I loved his response, "It was long." HA!!! He was paying attention and doing so well, my mom just kept on going :). He does have an amazing attention span. I think he still liked it. He was funny when Grandma asked him if he'd like it to be shorter next time (probably offended a little by his previous response), he said an exasperated, "YES!" HA!! He's so hilarious. No sugar coating whatsoever. Course he is five. But I laughed. We'll see how next week goes :). Noah and Erika are still going strong- they seem to love playing. I'm so grateful my mom will take the time to do that with them. Good memories. 7-3-18
ALSO
Jack went to Ross's birthday party which he loved. Kelly got to go decorate a float for the parade tomorrow. Nate and I got to go take his car to the shop and pick up the rental. 7-3-18
BECKY
On the way home from the Splash park we traded cars with Nate and Charity and I stayed with Becky and helped her run a few errands. It's nice to get that one on one time with her- for Charity and me! I love Becky. I'm so grateful for her example and all that she teaches us. She gave Charity some cute books that she picked out just for her and Kelly. Pretty sweet. We got home in time for dinner and some more Studio C. Bet you can't guess what we're going to have to eliminate from next week! 7-5-18
GRANDMA'S TEMPLE WITH BECKY AND THE TAYLORS
Grandma Ruthie invited us up to do some baptisms at her temple. We grabbed Becky on our way up and met up with Sierra and Enoch there. Grandma was so sweet to offer to watch the littles so that Nate and I could both go. Poor Charity had to work and Kelly's recommend had expired, so they both didn't get to come, but Brad and Luke, Nate and I had a blast!! That is a beautiful temple! My first time being in it. I loved the cool layout of the baptistry. I had a really cool experience there, but I'm not sure I should share it on here. Maybe in my journal. Bottom line- I decided to care less about my hair and do the baptisms and I am so glad I did! I loved being in the font with everyone and I loved the beautiful Spirit in the confirmation room. So neat! I'm so glad we have that little piece of heaven on earth. We went to Francescos after, Meg joined us, and had a nice time. I mostly talked with Meg about Keto and battled with Molly for some peace and no screaming. It was nice of Grandma to treat us all. We headed home with Sierra in tow and got ready for mine and Nate's date! 7-6-18
SOCIALAXE
Nate and I FINALLY got to go on a date! It seriously feels like it's been forever. I'm sure it hasn't, but it felt needed! He surprised me by taking us to a new place called Socialaxe. When we walked in I wasn't really sure what to think- there's wood targets on the wall and axes everywhere :). They taught us how to throw the axe and we competed against each other for an hour. It was actually a LOT of fun! I loved it! And I loved that it was something new and different. It helped that I won the first two events too :). Spelling out the word SocialAxe, and then Nate won the other two. I think my arms were tired. Pretty fun though! I would totally go there again. We walked over to Sushi and broke Keto ranks and had some Sushi. Nate got a headache, I had no lasting effects. But the Sushi was delicious!! We totally didn't go overboard and were careful what we got and it was still awesome. So that was cool. We also tried a cucumber salad which I thought was adorable. I took a picture. I never do that. After dinner we walked over to the movie theater and saw Jurassic World II. I loved it! Very cool effects! I loved the volcano! It's just a fun movie. I loved all the references to the first one. Rebooting the system and showing a model of the weird spitting dino in the first movie that gets the chubby guy. Anyway. Cool stuff. I think they left it open for another one too- which is good. Such a fun night with my sweet husband. I love him so much and I loved being with him on this thoughtful date. 7-6-18
DATE WITH BRAD
It was difficult to get out the door, but Brad and I finally got to go on our date. He gave me a gift card to Benihana for Mother's Day so that's where we went. It was pretty late in the evening because I needed to take Kelly to a birthday party, but we were both extra hungry so that was good :). The food there is amazing. Our chef wasn't quite as entertaining as we would have liked, possibly new or something, we weren't sure, but we had a great time. Brad was so fun to be with and talk to. I just love that kid. He was being so polite and such a gentleman the whole time. We ate tons of edamame and our delicious Teriyaki Chicken. So yummy!! I loved walking and talking on the way from and back to the car. Good stuff. Thanks Brad! 7-7-18
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