My Mothers Day was not your typical Mothers Day. As last week was Stake Conference, Fast Sunday fell on Mothers Day, which meant, to my childrens dismay, there would be no breakfast in bed. Which was ok with Brady, considering I had to be up at 8 to make it to a 8:30 Ward Counsel Meeting. (Have you heard? I am the new Primary President) So I ran out the door at 8:29, and was confused when I found the Bishops office locked and the halls empty. A quick call to one of the counselors and I was told they had cancelled all the meetings so the Moms could sleep in... hmmm, I missed that one. So home I went and I crawled back into my cozy warm bed next to my snoring hubby. I dozed for half an hour or so with children coming in to wish me a happy mothers day,and climb in next to me for some early morning "cuddle time." Then it was time to put the finishing touches on my plan for Sharing Time.
The lesson just wouldnt come together, so I started over. At 11:00 I jumped in the shower and spent the next 2 hours running back and forth between doing my hair and makeup upstairs to creating and printing my lesson in the basement. All the while my children complained about how hungry they were and that they were going to DIE!!! I finally gave up and yelled at them they could eat everything in the house for all I cared! (a dozen cookies, 2 litters of soda, and 1/2 a bag of reeses later, no one was complaining anymore.) We had a wonderful testimony meeting and my heart was touched when a young girl got up and shared her story of giving her baby up for adoption. (Ill share that story later) After Sacrament off to Primary, where Carter gave a talk, and I taught sharing time 2x. After church we ran out to the van where Brady was waiting for us. He had gone home early to get ready for his business trip. He had a plane to catch at 6, and it was now 4:10.
We raced to the airport, got him there exactly 1 hour early and the kids and I headed home. When we got home, the kids decided (with a little prompting from dad before he left) that they wanted me to go watch HGTV while they cleaned the house and made dinner. We had a very relaxing evening and as I get ready to start my day, I must say I am fairly impressed with how clean the house is. They tried really hard.
Though the day was crazy, it was great. I am so lucky to have such an incredible family. My kids are loving and try really hard to be good kids, and my hubby adores me. What a wonderful life I have.
On that note, have you seen the church video with Stephanie Nelson? Its awesome!!! http://www.youtube.com/mormonmessages Check it out!!
The lesson just wouldnt come together, so I started over. At 11:00 I jumped in the shower and spent the next 2 hours running back and forth between doing my hair and makeup upstairs to creating and printing my lesson in the basement. All the while my children complained about how hungry they were and that they were going to DIE!!! I finally gave up and yelled at them they could eat everything in the house for all I cared! (a dozen cookies, 2 litters of soda, and 1/2 a bag of reeses later, no one was complaining anymore.) We had a wonderful testimony meeting and my heart was touched when a young girl got up and shared her story of giving her baby up for adoption. (Ill share that story later) After Sacrament off to Primary, where Carter gave a talk, and I taught sharing time 2x. After church we ran out to the van where Brady was waiting for us. He had gone home early to get ready for his business trip. He had a plane to catch at 6, and it was now 4:10.
We raced to the airport, got him there exactly 1 hour early and the kids and I headed home. When we got home, the kids decided (with a little prompting from dad before he left) that they wanted me to go watch HGTV while they cleaned the house and made dinner. We had a very relaxing evening and as I get ready to start my day, I must say I am fairly impressed with how clean the house is. They tried really hard.
Though the day was crazy, it was great. I am so lucky to have such an incredible family. My kids are loving and try really hard to be good kids, and my hubby adores me. What a wonderful life I have.
On that note, have you seen the church video with Stephanie Nelson? Its awesome!!! http://www.youtube.com/mormonmessages Check it out!!
Congrats on your new calling Mandy!! Does this mean your not moving to California now?
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