PORTER'S BLESSING
Getting up this morning was probably one of the hardest things I've done in a few days. I was so tired! It was too early. But we were determined to go to Porter's blessing at 9:00. Brad was the only one who missed it because he had BYC. We went to their ward which is actually a branch. The kids couldn't believe how empty the chapel was. There were probably not even a hundred people in there and a lot of them were there for the blessing. So strange. But still nice. Nate and Luke even got asked to pass the sacrament! John did a great job on the blessing. Heidi had asked me to write it all down. Hopefully I did okay on that. We went to their house afterwards for some breakfast and visiting. I wish I'd been able to hold him, but we did need to get home for our ward. 7-15-18
NOAH AND THE PRIESTHOOD
Barbara asked Noah if he would share how the Priesthood has blessed his life in Primary for part of her sharing time. He and two others. He was last and can I just say- I had no idea what he was going to say because he had acted so nonchalant when I was trying to help him think of stuff- I was a little nervous for it. But he got up there and bore THE sweetest testimony of the Priesthood and shared an experience where he had been having some trouble with some of his friends and had a blessing and how much that had helped him. It was so sweet! He had completely broken down and was in tears by the end. Most of the room was in tears actually- it was SO SWEET!! I only wish satan hadn't tried to get him down by making him think he needed to be embarrassed afterwards. But what a sweet boy. It was really neat. I loved it! Proud mom moment. Humbled mom moment as well, since I'd had so little faith in the whole thing. 7-15-18
FHE
For family night Brad taught a lesson on strengthening our talents and developing new ones. We are all supposed to think of something new we want to work on or get better at and work extra hard on it. We'll review them in a month. For the treat Noah picked Dippin' Dots. He wants to get to the point that he can say, "The usual" and we all know what treat he wants to have. We played Simon Says as Luke's activity. Molly was adorable doing the push-ups- I think that was my favorite part :). 7-16-18
KELLY'S TEMPLE DAY
Kelly got to go on a day road trip with the Mia Maids to six of the temples in Utah County area. They would stop and teach each other about each one. Pretty cool. Seemed like she had a great time! 7-17-18
FARMER'S MARKET
Thursday, we spent most of the day getting things ready for the Farmer's Market! Nate and I did some last minute shopping. The kids all pitched in and helped with odds and ends. It was a real family effort. We were all happy to have successfully completed our first time. We did really well for the first time! Brad and Kelly were our sample offerers/cashiers, Noah and Erika were our little go-to-ers, I was in charge of getting a Food Handler's Permit (insert eye roll! I guess the one Nate got wasn't the one the Davis county people would accept, and he had put off getting the right one, so I was chosen to sit and watch the most ridiculous hour and a half video to get the right permit... I was actually more than happy to do so- we all know I love germ stuff- but MAN that thing was lame!) So I was a little late, but not too late to bring the canopy and shed a little shade on the subjects! Nobody told us we needed to provide our own tent. But all was well. We did really great! Brought in quite a bit of money and enjoyed our time together doing it! So now we feel a little more prepared for the next time- we know that we need about 10 times as many gloves :). And hopefully it will just keep getting easier as we go. It's fun that we all get to be a part of and help Nate with this crazy hobby of his. 7-18-18
SHERRY AND THE DILWORTHS
We were invited to meet up at Lodestone Park out in West Jordan on Friday morning. Bright and early 9:00, along with the Stricklands. Sherry was in town!! I have not seen Sherry for about six years! Maybe five... but the last time I remembered was when we got together at McD's and I was a couple days away from having Jack. But anyway- it was SO FUN to see her again! She is seriously the funniest person to be around. I laughed 80% of the time!! She's so funny! And such a great friend. I wish we had stayed in touch better. It was fun to see how grown up her kids are and fun to see how well our kids all got along. Kids are so great that way! I loved talking with Sherry and Abe and catching up with them. Good stuff. I hope they consider my vote and move back and to Davis County :). Funny thing that happened: Molly got a wood chip stuck up her nose. A tiny little piece that definitely could have gone up further and possibly caused damage, but possibly have done nothing. I wasn't too worried, but I still wanted to get it out. Amazingly, Wendy had some tweezers so she let me use them. By the time I got Molly to hold still and let me look, the wood chip was no longer visible. I panicked a little, and wanted to think of ways to make her sneeze or something, but then, I caught a sticky, little, green booger-coated wood chip on my arm. It had been stuck to Molly's shirt. It was definitely the piece that had been lodged in her nostril. Thankfully! And how funny is that! 7-19-18
TIOS
Since we were so close, we decided we needed to go see Grandma Ruthie! She so generously invited us to lunch at one of her favorite restaurants, Tios, and then treated us to lunch. It was a lot of fun. I think my favorite part that afternoon was Molly and how talkative she was with Grandma Ruthie. She is super shy around so many and takes so long to warm up, but she does have select few with whom she is more than willing to strike up a conversation. She was so excited to tell Grandma about the park and all that she had done. It was super cute. We didn't mind the compliments from several other restaurant patrons as they left, about how well-behaved our kids are :). That never gets old. We had a nice time with Grandma. We went back to her house for a little while and then headed home. 7-19-18
ANNIE AND THE VEENENDAALS AND COLES
This has been the month of visiting old friends for sure :)! I have absolutely loved it! Cute Annie and her family are in town and made time to have us over for the afternoon. We went had pizza at the Cole's and got to catch up with Gentry and met Angelica and Austin's new baby boy Daxtin. Then we walked over to a nearby Elementary and played there for a bit. It was SO HOT that day, but we had SO MUCH FUN!! I just can't get enough of Annie. She is too cool. I love that she lets me call her my friend and that she makes time for us. I hope their next year and a half goes quickly and that this whole Air Traffic Control thing is not a huge regret to them later. They're almost there!! And now I'll complain less about the overtime, because she's right- having Salt Lake Center understaffed is going to be a good thing for them! I only wish we could have seen Margo! I love and miss her too! 7-20-18
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