"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley


"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us."

--Sheri L. Dew

Sunday, August 31, 2008

An interesting week!

Grace was being a pain one day while I was getting lunch ready, so, I put her in the sink!


Grace likes her daddy's hat, when she sees it she picks it up and says 'hat' and puts it on!

Well, this has been an interesting week. First, Grant started school! It has been good for me, I don't get anything done when he is around and my schedule gets thrown out of wack! Grace and I get along better (schedule-ly speaking) with him at school, and my house stays cleaner! Second, Monday night (you may have seen it on the news?) a field up in the Boise foothills caught fire and with the wind we've been having it engulfed 10 houses completely, like to the ground, like nothing left, disintegrated, everything! And damaged 9 more with about 10 more with smoke damage etc. This all happened in about 1/2 hour. The wind was about 50 miles and hour and just jumped from home to home and some barely had time to get out before their house was gone. I couldn't believe it! Makes you wonder what is coming next in these last days, crazy weather, disasters, disease etc.
Third, Grace's weird bowel problem has departed. I haven't written anything about it but she had diarrhea for about 2 1/2 weeks. Finally the doctor told us to take her off of milk for a while and see if that helped, it did! Now we only go through 4 diapers a day instead of 10!!
Fourth, last Sunday Grant stayed home with Grace and I got to go to the broadcast for the Twin Falls Temple Dedication. I loved it! Grant got lots of brownie points for that one! Did anyone else get to go? I guess you all live too far away to care very much about Twin Falls. Just to sit in the chapel and feel the spirit. I am so grateful for temples, without them, I would be one depressed person! I already go crazy thinking Grace or Grant are going to get some weird disease or die in a car crash, let alone not know whether I'd ever see them again! But, I know I will so let anything happen that happens!
Pregnancy is going well, I'm getting more energy (darned first trimester!) and don't have to use the bathroom as often! But, I still eat constantly! Have a great week!

1 comment:

Joy said...

Wow! It sounds like life is keeping you hopping! I know what you mean about having your husband at school. I love having Joe around too, but both of our schedules go better when he is at school. I'm glad Grace is over her bowel problem. Just wait till you have 2 in diapers...it's a riot! We got to go to the Twin Falls Temple open house on our way to Washington a couple weeks ago and it was amazing! I'm glad your pregnancy is going well. I eat constantly and I'm not pregnant:)