We did not have school on Monday which was perfect because we had family in town visiting from Idaho! What a treat it was to have Bryant's older brother and his family come stay with us on Sunday night and all day Monday! We have not seen them in what feels like forever! It was extra special because we got to meet cousin Edla for the first time! She is such a sweet baby! She smiles all day long! What a sweet little love she is! The girls and I could not get enough of her and just kept passing her around. Such a doll!
Ashley and I have not lived by one another forever, so it was fun to finally catch up. We talked, laughed, cried and talked some more! It was great! She is one amazing lady and I am very blessed by her and her incredible courage and strength!
Monday was such a gorgeous day, we grabbed some lunch at Wahoo's and then headed down to the beach for a few hours!
This guy took the day off too and it was awesome to all be together!
In the morning we had a pancake breakfast bar and cuddled Edla! Carter and Hudson are only two weeks apart, so they had a total blast running all around together!
It was so much fun having family in town!
We loved it!
In other news...
I am the new primary chorister.
I thought it was a joke at first because I am so not musical (tone deaf, can't lead music, all of it), but they were serious. For the past few years we have had the best primary chorister and so I have HUGE shoes to fill. Thankfully, she has helped me prepare and has made all sort of cute posters and signs (see above), but even with all of that, my first day was a total bomb. I feared my first day for a month, and those fears were not in vein. It was tough. I have not been in primary since I was a child myself. So I don't know the songs very well and I can't sing or carry a tune, so it is a little awkward. I have never felt more out of my comfort zone than I did on Sunday. I would rather speak in front of five thousand people than have to do singing time again (no joke)! Yet Sunday is approaching again and I will find myself doing round two. My prayer is that each Sunday I will get the hang of it a little more. But for now, I am just praying that a miracle will happen (and I'll get released... just kidding.. that I'll be able to do this calling with a little more ease and eventually fall in love with it)! On the bright side, I love being in Primary with my kids and I love all the kids in Primary. They are just the sweetest and were so forgiving and did not seem to care that I had NO clue what I was doing or singing or that my arm was swinging all over the place and that I was just pretending to lead music! Bless their hearts!
We love California Winters!
On Friday night the kids surprised us by decorating our door with their cute babysitter (we love you Rylee)! It was so fun to come home too and they were so giddy about it the next morning!
On Saturday Night we celebrated my brother Scott's 30th Birthday... 80's style!
Oh Penny, how she melts us!!
Happy Birthday Scott!
On Saturday morning I attended the "Choose Joy" Conference that a friend hosted. It was a conference about infertility, loss and adoption. I learned a great deal and was very inspired by the stories I heard. I have way more good days than bad regarding not being able to have more children. But I still have my days and it was really comforting to be around other women who could relate.
Emmy did an amazing job planning the event and the details that went into it...
It was a very special day "choosing Joy" with very special people.
Speaking of special people!
Oh this girl... she has done it again!!
She has made some great strides in becoming more and more independent! This week she reached an awesome goal and got ALL ready for school ALL by herself. There are a lot of details that goes into that process and we are amazed that the day has come where she has not only learned, but is thriving with her self care. It is incredible. On the first day that it happened, I spent the rest of the day smiling and often had a tear in my eye. I am not joking, I walked around Target shopping with a huge smile. I was SO proud of my girl and SO happy for her!
p.s. she has the strongest arms and likes to scare me to death hanging from the rail like that!
p.s. she has the strongest arms and likes to scare me to death hanging from the rail like that!
4 comments:
So happy to hear about Katie's independence. That is a beautiful thing. Had a great time with you last weekend. <3
I can NOT handle KATIE hanging upside down on that rail!!!! It made me cry (of course). LOVE the new look of the blog too and the fun stuff!!!!
Proud of that girl Kaite! Yay for cousins! And you're in trouble - you didn't tell me about "choose joy" or about primary!! I'm glad you like the conference and you're going to get better every week at being the singing lady.
Primary Chorister! Yikes! That would be very difficult for this tone deaf person! I am sure you will do great though! Good Luck!
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