Sunday, August 07, 2016
The first week of August has come and gone. It has been cooler here in Gilbert than
normal, still high 90’s, but it is very humid.
I’ve liked the change in the weather though. Monday I did yard work to get our yard ready
for our ward Activity Day girls to come play on our waterslide for their
activity on Tuesday night.
Tuesday since it wasn’t too hot I finally did a
project I’ve wanted to do for a while. I
painted Tilly’s old toddler bed black, bought some patio pillows and a crib
sheet to match the new pillows to transform it into a front porch bench. I love how it turned out.
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| Before |
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| After |
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| The porch before adding the new bench. |
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| The porch after |
That evening the activity day girls came over
for their activity. Karalee was excited
to have them all come to our home.
Marlee and Tilly were excited they got to be part of the activity
too! About 40 minutes into the activity we
got a HUGE monsoon rainstorm. It was
wonderful. It rained and rained and
rained, making it exciting for all the parents as they came to pick up their
girls. After the activity I rushed
straight to the church through the rainstorm to attend a court of honor for the
boys. We got soaked running into the
building. Bryant earned his Citizenship
in the Community merit badge. His first
merit badge! Spencer earned his Communications
and Personal Fitness merit badges.
Spencer has now earned all the merit badges he needs for his Eagle. Now he just needs to do a project and write
it up and then he’ll be an Eagle Scout!!
Wednesday Tilly and I hosted an activity for our
LBC (Lonely Babies Club). The kids
played on the waterslide while the other mothers and I visited and watched them
from my air conditioned family room. I
had such a fun time catching up with my friends that morning.
Thursday morning I went to Cub Scout round
table. I don’t remember much else I did
that day, besides doing laundry, picking up kids from school, cooking dinner
and all that other normal, day to day stuff.
Friday morning Chad was able to work from home for
most of the morning so I was able to go to the temple. After that I came home and cleaned up the boys’
room and our spare room so Darrell, Crystal, Kari, Ray, Raya and Rory could
come and stay with us that night. They
came down for our niece Shelby’s wedding.
They got into town around 7:30pm and we met at Texas Roadhouse for
dinner then we came back to our house and watched the Olympics Opening
Ceremonies. I was sure glad to have them
stay with us.
Yesterday was my niece Shelby Dana’s wedding. She married Jordan Ward. They make a cute couple and the wedding,
luncheon and reception were very nice.
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| Spencer and Bryant watched the girls, Amy's kids and Raya while we went to the wedding and the luncheon. |
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| Waiting for the Bride and Groom to exit the temple |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Ward |
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| I love Shelby's happy smile! |
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| Tilly loved the dancing. |
Last night just before going to bed we noticed our carpet was wet in the
family room. Our water heater that is
located in the garage just behind the family room wall had been leaking. Tomorrow morning we’re going to have to go
buy a new water heater and have it installed.
Luckily for us we still have running water even with the hot water
turned off and since it is summer time it wasn’t too cold for a bath this
morning (our showers don’t work with the hot water turned off). Our dishwasher won’t work either, but washing
dishes by hand for a day or two won’t kill us.
Today I got to substitute teach Marlee’s primary
class. It was so much fun. I think my new dream calling would be to team
teach a primary class--I would like to have someone team teach with me so I
wouldn’t have to teach every Sunday. J Today Bryant was
recognized in Sacrament meeting for receiving his Faith in God award. Since he turns 12 this coming Friday they
also went ahead sustained him to receive the Aaronic Priesthood. He will be ordained next Sunday. This was an interesting Sabbath afternoon for
Chad and the boys. Chad got a text that
a family in our ward came home from church to a flooded home. A part in their upstairs sink broke while
they were gone. Water was dripping from
the light fixtures. So Chad and the boys
changed into grubby clothes and spent a couple hours bailing water out of their
home and helping to get things moved and dried out. My boys were a little shocked that Chad and I
asked them to do this on the Sabbath Day, but we explained to them that when an
accident happens, sometimes you have to take care of it on the Sabbath. Their flood makes us grateful that our water
heater leak didn’t do too much damage.
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| Yesterday afternoon Marlee went with me to Goodwill to see if we could find anything nice at their 50% off day. Marlee bought a tub of Tinker Toys for $3. She and the kids have been having a great time playing with them. |
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| Tilly is in jail. |
Well that about wraps up my week. I sure hope things have been going well for
you and your families. If you write me
back and let me know how you’re doing I just might send you a surprise!
My quote for today is from Little Women by Louisa
May Alcott. The quote I’m going to share
comes just after Jo, one of the main characters in the story, confides in her
mother that she feels discouraged about trying to overcome her bad temper. To which her mother wisely replies, “Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of
trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.” I think that is great advice. I love reading Little Women. I’ve never read it before, but I enjoyed the
movie when I was little so I decided to read the book. They book is even better than the movie.
Love,
Mindy
