My favorite day came and went! I loved it! I was spoiled rotten and then it was over :). Some of the highlights:
Waking up, showering, then climbing back into bed to read my scriptures :), not having to think about making dinner.
Yummy Cold Stone cereal and breakfast burritos for breakfast!
Seeing my cute littles come walking into my room, singing their usual, "Happy Mother's Day to you!"
The adorable pictures on the cards Kelly made for everyone to use. So fun! I think I got a picture.
My cool paddle board! I can't wait to use it!
Getting ready for church on time! Even a few minutes earlier than usual and getting our usual bench in the chapel.
Not having to wrestle Molly too much during Sacrament meeting.
Getting loves/hugs from Molly and Jack all through Junior Primary.
Watching the kids choose which their mom would rather during the fun singing time game. I love that Jack picked the princess gown for me rather than yoga pants- maybe he doesn't think I'm a big lazy blob yet :).
Hours and hours of Bananagrams :). My kids love me!
Brad's "Is P-O-B-A a word? Pohba?" Pfft! He's hilarious to play that game with.
Kelly making dinner for us.
My funny conversation with Jack. Me: Jack, does it feel like Sunday when you're out riding your bike? (I was trying to help him come to the conclusion that maybe bike riding isn't a Sunday activity) Jack: No! [big smile] Not at all! [very pleased with himself]. Me: Then maybe it's not something you should be doing? Jack: [slightly disappointed] oh. Okay. Then a few minutes later, the look on his face as he slowly opened the door and guiltily walked out to go ride some more. Funny boy. He'll get there, I'm sure :).
Being able to relax most of the evening even taking a little nap on the couch.
Pictures and notes constantly throughout the evening from all my littles.
5-12-19
Jack totally conked out in this box during the afternoon! Made me laugh. Unfortunately we woke him up with my taking a picture.
My cute cards from the kids- Kelly made them all!
I listened to this talk by Elder Renlund today while doing the laundry and loved it so much, I had to listen to it a second time. It was amazing! It answered so many of my questions I've had in my head for the past year-ish. It was so strange considering this is probably the fourth or fifth exposure I've had to this talk, watching it, reading it and listening. And yet it was the first time these answers stood out! I have been struggling with prayer and why and how to do it. I was feeling weird praying for things that I wanted "Thy will to be done", so why pray for it if we just want what He wants to have happen? But this talk really cleared it up for me. It is the action of praying for it that equates to our effort! Our part! It is turning our head and looking at the brass serpent. It is the work for our faith. And I learned that some blessings are really predicated on our asking! If we don't ask we won't get those blessings. Not in a sense that we "earn" blessings, but that we are striking the match and making the move to light the blessings and trigger that reaction! So cool!! I loved it. And I loved feeling my Heavenly Father's love when this all clicked. He wanted me to hear it and learn this that day. Made me happy. 5-13-19
FHE
Jack taught us about the Atonement with a video and his testimony. I love that he said that thinking about these things makes it so he can feel like Jesus is here with him. What a sweetheart. We had to break up FHE with dinner and Jack's game, but when we got home we played hide and seek for Molly's activity and then grabbed some donuts at Bowman's for Nate's treat that he let Jack pick in order to celebrate his awesome hit! 5-13-19
GUILT FREE FAMILY HISTORY NIGHT
The Relief Society put on a Family History night where they showed us some of the cool features on the Family Search app. It was really cool! I am really excited to show some of the fun things to my kids. There's a facial recognition thing, there's a way to record stories and memories... it's really cool! It will be a fun activity for Sundays I think! 5-14-19
In between things at the church, we went over to McColley's to see Aubrey get her mission call! Canada Winnepeg mission! Go Aubrey!! 5-14-19
Boy was this a meeting I should not have missed! All heck broke loose after this meeting. I'm still waiting to see the flames die down a little. Makes me sick really. They voted to remove our coaches. I am not sure what they were thinking! I am hoping we can put a stop to it though! We'll see. 5-14-19
HAPPY 18TH ANNIVERSARY!
Our anniversary came and went. With almost no celebration. We were both a little bummed about that, but hey, it's just another day right? Molly and I picked up two Japanese Maples to give him as a gift, while he was sleeping. It was fun to surprise him with those. Then we did end up going out to Red Lobster for lunch as well. It was a pretty packed evening so there wasn't much chance of celebrating then. It was fun to think about us and our day though! Here's to another 18! 5-15-19
We all (well, not Brad because he was rehearsing for his play) went to Charity's choir concert on Wednesday night. Charity looked so cute up there, front and center and they sounded so amazing! It is so neat that she has magnified that talent of hers and shares it so willingly. Can't wait to have a Madrigal next year! 5-15-19
BRAD IN ADDAM'S FAMILY THE MUSICAL
We finally got to see Brad's Musical! It was so much fun! He did such a great job! They all did! The kids absolutely loved it- even chose to see it twice, some of them. It seemed like such a fun one to do. I'm so glad Brad branches out of his comfort zone and does these. He really loves the social aspect of it and would love to have a bigger part, but I know it's not his comfort zone for the most part so I'm really proud of him! 5-17-19
DEACON OVERNIGHTER
With all the rain in the forecast, it seemed like a good idea to find a new location for the overnighter, so the Deacons ended up going to the Clemens's house up in Randolph. Not exactly what Luke and Noah and Nate had had in mind, but they had a great time! The rest of us went to Panda Express the night before and saw Brad's play. So everyone partied :). The boys got to do some shooting and some fishing! Even with the rain. I was glad to hear it wasn't a complete wash. 5-17-19--5-18-19
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