B+C+B+C+B+C: Trip to Spokane

Monday, April 21, 2008

Trip to Spokane

Brianna took her first flight! And possibly her last... flying with an infant is no fun. She wants to wiggle and look around and nurse and have her diaper changed and be bounced and sung to... that just does not work well when Im stuck in the middle of two large people. That was on the way from SLC to Spokane, when I was solo. This pic is from the way back, where I thankfully had my better half with me to help with the wiggling baby. He asked the guy next to him to take this pic. That was after their 30 minute conversation. Brian just rolls like that, pretty much all the time... striking up conversations with strangers everywhere he goes. Funny kid.

Brian is crashed on my parentʻs couch. He got to tend Brianna muchmuch more than he is used to, so I could go play with my sisters and enjoy running in Spokane (I miss my old routes!). He made a comment about how tiring it is - "Brizzle [thatʻs his nickname for her] was terrible. First she wanted to just be held all the time, then dropped a bomb in her diaper, then wet all over her blanket while I was changing her, then was hungry, then fell asleep but woke up as soon as I moved her, then wanted to play again, then messed her diaper again, then was hungry again..." My response? Welcome to my world.

We went to Celebrate Recovery at Community Bible Church with Mere. Mom, Linds, and Brianna all went too. It was great. We waved our arms in the air, shouted AMEN, sang and clapped to their "hymns"... Brianna was so overcome by the spirit that she cried.

Mom is the coolest Nonny ever. She takes her grandkids upstairs to their playroom, puts the music on, and starts DANCE PARTY.

Almost every evening, I found mom and dad cuddled together on the lazyboy, watching the news, holding Brianna, with Dad eating his apple. I love how Dad eats his apple - shaving small slices off with a knife. He used to do that with me while we watched Simpsons. Isnt it interesting which childhood memories are most poignant and carry with them such strong positive sentiments... does that make sense? I just really love seeing Dad eat his apple this way. I miss Spokane.

2 comments:

Ashley said...: I wonder if Brian mentioned to the guy on the plane that he works for Enterprise??; April 27, 2008 at 4:47 PM
chelsea mckell said...: of COURSE Brian mentioned he works for Enterprise. Honestly, the man rarely goes 3 sentences before Enterprise is brought up...... (if I sound bitter, Im not. I think itʻs amusing).; April 27, 2008 at 5:32 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Monday, April 21, 2008

Trip to Spokane

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