Ellie MORP May 2017

Ellie was asked to Prom which happened to be at the same time that we were going to Florida.  This was a hard decision for her to make.  This was the first time she had been asked out on a date and it was a boy she liked.  I tried to accommodate her as much as possible.  We talked about her flying home from the vacation early,  we already had a dress she could wear, my sister said they would help her with hair and makeup and take pictures.  My work said they would handle all the flowers.  We could make it work but she would miss a couple days of the vacation.  After much thought and tears on both our part she decided in the end that she would stay with the vacation.
She felt horrible telling the boy she couldn't go so she explained in person and we gave him a candy bar card that asked him to Morp as the rain check.  He said yes to Morp, thankfully he understood.
I tried to make this one up to her so I offered to take pictures of the group and just happened to find the only graffiti in Lehi city.  Its inside an abandoned silo near a park.  I scouted out the park as the potential photo shoot location and I came across this.  With the theme of the dance being Rock and Roll I thought is was very appropriate.  And the pictures turned out pretty good.
She had fun on her first ever date. 

Kids at Cafe Rio

Some days it’s the simple things that bring the family together. I think we are blessed more than some because my kids truly do love to do things together as a family. Whenever there is a family thing they immediately drop their plans to do family stuff. 

This day happened to be a simple lunch date with my kiddos. Weirdo Brennen just had to wear this Mickey Fantasia hat Ellie got him on  her last trip to Disneyland just because he wanted to. I figured it made him feel special. Either way it made us laugh and it’s always a good day when you can laugh together. 

Lesson on repentance

Apparently Peter didn't want Brennen to touch is squirt gun so Brennan decided to recite the Scout oath for Peter to promise him that he wouldn't touch his work.

All of the sudden Peter was worried the breaded would break his oath and that would mean that he would have to go to"heck"

He was so worried about it he asked me if heavenly father ever breaks his promises. I told him no heavenly father never breaks his promises. 

So Peter began to explain to me that he hoped Heavenly Father would break his promise because he was worried that Brennen is going to break his oath and therefore would be sent to "heck" and he didn't want his brother to have to go to "heck". So I we were in the car Peter begin to pray to his heavenly father to have mercy on his brother.

This little car ride turned out to be a wonderful lesson of repentance. I explained the steps to repentance to both boys and told them that as long as the one  who committed the offense repented, heavenly father would have mercy on him and he could be forgiven.

After our discussion both boys felt so much better. Why is it the greatest lessons come in a car ride?

Strange

 

So I told my kids if they were good at the store they could pick out a treat cThis is what Brennen picks out a large head of broccoli. I asked him are you sure you don't want a different kind of treat?  He said no mom I really want this all to myself. Look how excited this kid is. Such a produce junkie. 

He is definitely his grandpa Lucky reincarnated

Universal studios Hollywood Aug 2016

  We ate dinner at this great place right on city walk. They gave us free s'mores that we were able to cook over their open fires. It's great when your kids are surprisingly good and the server is so impressed they give you free stuff. It doesn't happen often but when it does it makes it oh so much sweeter.   

Time

Peter was looking for his dagger. That's right I said dagger that he got a long time ago at a medieval festival. He kept asking me to help him find it. I told him where I was pretty sure where it was and he came up empty handed. So he asked again, "Mom can't you help me find it?"

I was right in the middle of making dinner and  so I told him "sweetie why can't you ask me when I am NOT busy. You know when I am not doing anything just sitting around?"

To which he replies, " but mom, your Never not doing something."  

Brennen and his one liners

My Brennen has the funniest one liners. I don't know where this kid comes up with this stuff, he's so funny!  I try to write them down when o can just to remember how funny this kid is. Like that one time he was looking through a photo ablum and laughing hysterically. I told him "Brenny you are a funny three year old."

To which he replied "Ya but then I turned 4 in my sleep. "

It's little nuggets like these that make up for all the potty training problems.