- Ice cream! It's been hot this week and we have a new Midwestern favorite - Whiteys. (I love the Swiss Almond Chocolate Malt, Spencer loves Graham Central Station Shake (graham cracker flavored ice cream) with Twix and the boys love the cotton candy ice cream cones)
- This quote from this blog post:
"Just like Satan—if we get too caught up in our own plan—our
pride will keep us from the true plan of happiness. It wasn’t the goal of the end
result that got Satan to fall . . . it was his love for his own plan. (A
temptation he tries to use on me often.) His initial goal was just like ours:
to get to live with God forever . . . but because of his stubbornness in his
own plan, he gave up the end goal all together...
...So those moments—when you want to run to your closet and scream, “Uncle
. . . I give up, I can’t take any more. Can’t I just get one break? Can’t I
just have it easy this one time? What is so wrong with MY plan?”—those
are the defining moments for each of us. The plan was always for us to be
tested often to make sure we remembered Him. It is not because we aren’t grateful or
we are unworthy—but because He loves us that much. As we show Him we choose His
plan—even when presented with an excuse not to—He sees that we love Him. He
loves us so much He gives us opportunities to remember Him and rely on his
grace. He loves us enough to make sure we are among the crowd gathered at His
feet—praising His plan and the ability it gave us to strive to not only be like
Him . . . but to be with Him forever." - Packages from family - this package had David's swimsuit that we left in Arizona, a cute book, and this homemade snow kit - Jack loved making snow!
- Bike rides and worm digging almost every day - summer entertainment is a thousand times easier and happier than winter entertainment :)
- David's hair!!! I can't get over it!
- I'm not sure if this is something that I am loving but I can't seem to write a blog post without bullet points - the only time our coach cushions are actually on the couch are when the boys are in bed. They rip them off and start making nests, building forts, and jumping on them the second they wake up in the morning.
- Free Chic-fil-A for Cow Appreciation Day. We had a crazy day that day but I managed to color a bunch of garbage bags with a sharpie and convince Spencer to put one on for our free meals :)
- Stake Nauvoo Day this last Saturday. We had a catered lunch and devotional, we went on a carriage ride, we played pioneer games, we went to the county fair, and we watched the Nauvoo Pageant. It was a crazy exhausting day and night but we had a good time.
Horse ride
The county fair was so cute! They gave beads out at every station and once you collected ten, you earned the big bead. Jack really got into collecting the beads and he said that his favorite part about Nauvoo was sawing the wood.
Jack and David surprisingly (and unfortunately) stayed awake for the entire pageant (they were INSANE and slap happy because they were so tired) but we were glad we stayed for it. I am grateful for my pioneer heritage.
- And this:
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