2 Sundays ago, we had Stake Conference, which is a 2 hour meeting with everyone within our Stake meeting together. The stars were aligned, and it went so well! Ellie slept through most of it, Alex acted up once, Todd took him out, and set him straight... and he actually listened! So, the rest of us could sit and enjoy. The boys were supposed to draw things that the speakers talked about, and it was quite interesting to see what they learned. James has a tower of King Benjamin in the middle with a tent next to it... and the funny thing I thought he drew, were the tanks... the 'no' above it.. and next to that is a brain. He told us that it was when the speaker said something to the effect that we shouldn't fight so much with our hands, but should use our minds.
Glenn drew pages and pages of notes! He really got into it! I love the phonetic spelling... "
HLEGOST" for Holy Ghost. Then the person with black was a man with a suit, and in the middle was a bug... one speaker talked about how he watched a bug run into something over and over again, that would have been MUCH easier if he would have gone around. Just as we have the tools to go around and avoid bumping into things over and over and over again! But we need to listen to the Spirit to do so.
But, the real reason I love Sundays so much lately, is dressing Miss Ellie! Wow! I had no idea how much fun it would be to dress a little girl! I LOVE it!
Boys are so easy... go get your suit on... don't even need to comb their hair for crying out loud... at least if it's short enough! All right, let's get out the door! But with Ellie, I start in the morning (she obviously doesn't eat food yet!) and just enjoy spending time picking out what she's going to wear. And she always looks so cute when we're done! That's why I start in the AM, and just watch her smile the rest of the day!
Ok, so Sundays don't always go like this, but when they do... bliss!
And I certainly think God knew what He was doing when He rested the 7
th day! Isn't it wonderful to kick back, read books, and just relax for one day a week! Life is so crazy and hectic... but when we have one day where we just hang out as a family... when there aren't church meetings :-), and just enjoy each others time, without feeling the need to get this or that done. Again, I wish every moment were like this one, where everyone is sitting quietly reading books... it certainly still has its moments of the boys being boys! But once again, when it's like this...
ahhh.... bliss! Getting out the door on time, though... hardly ever bliss! :-)
2 Sundays ago, we had Stake Conference, which is a 2 hour meeting with everyone within our Stake meeting together. The stars were aligned, and it went so well! Ellie slept through most of it, Alex acted up once, Todd took him out, and set him straight... and he actually listened! So, the rest of us could sit and enjoy. The boys were supposed to draw things that the speakers talked about, and it was quite interesting to see what they learned. James has a tower of King Benjamin in the middle with a tent next to it... and the funny thing I thought he drew, were the tanks... the 'no' above it.. and next to that is a brain. He told us that it was when the speaker said something to the effect that we shouldn't fight so much with our hands, but should use our minds. 
Glenn drew pages and pages of notes! He really got into it! I love the phonetic spelling... "HLEGOST" for Holy Ghost. Then the person with black was a man with a suit, and in the middle was a bug... one speaker talked about how he watched a bug run into something over and over again, that would have been MUCH easier if he would have gone around. Just as we have the tools to go around and avoid bumping into things over and over and over again! But we need to listen to the Spirit to do so.
But, the real reason I love Sundays so much lately, is dressing Miss Ellie! Wow! I had no idea how much fun it would be to dress a little girl! I LOVE it!
Boys are so easy... go get your suit on... don't even need to comb their hair for crying out loud... at least if it's short enough! All right, let's get out the door! But with Ellie, I start in the morning (she obviously doesn't eat food yet!) and just enjoy spending time picking out what she's going to wear. And she always looks so cute when we're done! That's why I start in the AM, and just watch her smile the rest of the day! Ok, so Sundays don't always go like this, but when they do... bliss!
And I certainly think God knew what He was doing when He rested the 7th day! Isn't it wonderful to kick back, read books, and just relax for one day a week! Life is so crazy and hectic... but when we have one day where we just hang out as a family... when there aren't church meetings :-), and just enjoy each others time, without feeling the need to get this or that done. Again, I wish every moment were like this one, where everyone is sitting quietly reading books... it certainly still has its moments of the boys being boys! But once again, when it's like this... ahhh.... bliss! Getting out the door on time, though... hardly ever bliss! :-)
2 comments:
Just wait til she gets old enough to have an opinion about what she's wearing! :) She is adorable, and so are the boys' smiles.
How blessed you are! My life is blessed with 4 boys and one girl, she is the youngest as well. I love it! I used to love dressing her up! She's not much into that anymore, she's 9. Her brothers adore her. Your main picture is awesome, the boys look like they love her sooo very much. It's wonderful isn't it?
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