Scripture Reading

Wanna know something cool? We've read our scriptures as a family every day for two and a half weeks! Is that a huge accomplishment? Probably not to some, but to us, yes! We just started reading as a family. We have a great system in place that is really keeping us and the kids motivated. After reading for one whole week we had ice cream sandwiches.Then we moved the time line to two weeks. Our next special treat is coming up on Monday. We will be buying happy meals, something we never ever do. Our kids are very excited about that. I don't know what we will get once we have read for three whole weeks, but four weeks is going to be us seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron! I am very excited about that.
It has been tough. There are times when Kyle isn't home till late and there are times when I am in a terrible, terrible mood! But I am so proud of us and our kids. They are really doing a great job. Especially Adam, he understands and pays so much attention. He's awesome. Caleb gets frustrated. He's trying, but he just doesn't understand the language yet.
Anyway, I will update to say how it's going. I have neglected this blog and that's too bad. I enjoy looking back at it and remembering things that otherwise would have been lost. I will try to do better. We shall see.

Dear inventor of Halloween?

Were you a chubby chaser?
Sincerely,
My pants no longer fit.

A Poison Tree

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree

William Blake

"Your son saved Sacrament meeting"

Every member of the church knows that sometimes testimony meetings go awry. Sometimes you get thank-imonies, story-monies, and please-help-me-monies. We had a few testimonies today that lost their track and veered to the over sharing side. We heard about someone "shacking up", and someone's cereal, and about someone's mother-in-law. 

About a month ago, Caleb asked if he could bear his testimony at church. We spent the month's family home evenings teaching him the proper things to say and the proper way to say them. Today he went up and bore his testimony. He has a very simple, beautiful testimony. He knew the points he wanted to make and was very clear about his beliefs.

After church the first counselor in our bishopric told me "Your son saved sacrament meeting. He fixed what had been done before him."

What a sweet thing to say. It made me so grateful for simple testimonies of children.

Sisters.

My husband is the love of my life, my eternity, my everything.

But...

My sisters are my soul mates.

Blessings

We did father's blessings tonight, in preparation for the first day of school. Adam and Caleb both had giggles for who knows what reason. I was so frustrated that I threatened to ground them. 

After Caleb's blessing, Levi popped right out of his seat and said "My turn!" He was so ready for his blessing. Kyle and I both smiled and he gave him one. I am so grateful for a little boy who feels the spirit even through older boys being dingalings. He's always been that way. A little more in tune to the spirit than the others. It reminds me of the first time he met Lily. They were all at the hospital for the first time with her. Adam and Caleb glanced at her and moved on to their more important things. Levi was so emotional. He just crumbled and hugged her face for the longest time. It was the sweetest thing.

He saved father's blessings for me tonight. I was so angry and my sweet baby brought back the nice feeling you want instead. I love him.

Oh my cuteness!

Have you ever seen anything this adorable?