B+C+B+C+B+C: July 2018

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Family volunteering and big donation from Medline!

Brian's company did a cool thing:
Employees got to nominate a local nonprofit they've been volunteering with.

So of course, we nominated the Mead Food Bank! We've been volunteering there now for a long time.
And.... we won! They won! Medline donated $3000!
Bette, the director, was so excited. What a cool thing to be part of!

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Operation with Tucker

These two cousins play together so well, it's super cute!

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Chelsea the plumber

So ridiculously proud of myself.

Sink clogged, didn't call my dad, didn't call neighbor Dan, didn't call a plumber.

I looked up youtube videos on dissembling sink pipes, and one hour later things were flowing clear again.

This plastic spoon, plus cantaloupe seeds, were the main culprits.

I'm kinda amazing. Well me and YouTube anyway.

Manito Park with Nonny and COUSINS!

Monday, July 23, 2018

Play in a week at the Civic Theater

What a cool thing my kids and their cousins get to do every Summer! They work super hard during this one week...memorizing lines, blocking, costumes, etc. Mom signs them up for this and does most of the transportation. So cool and so good for them.

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Pizza @ Kendal Yards Farmers Market with Nonny

Park-ing

Trying out new parks! This one was great!

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Getting spoiled by Nonny at Slice Rock Burrito 🌯

Monday, July 16, 2018

We bought ten acres!!

Just signed for the property at the title company! A little stressful.... I hope we made the right choice.

My little thespians!

Cousins headed to Theater Camp with Nonny

Sunday, July 15, 2018

At the new Carousel!

Primary Angels

Cole gave a talk, Charity gave a scripture, and Bethany said the prayer, which included....."Please help Charity be able to come over and play at my house tomorrow."

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Cherry picking 🍒 🍒

I feel like photos such as this are going to be super fun for these kids to look back on someday. And maybe they'll laugh at their hairstyles or choice of shoes/pants/pose.... but hopefully they'll just look back with awesome memories of really fun summers spent doing things like cherry picking.

Yummy Bings and Rainiers, courtesy of our good friend Bishop Stumm and his awesome garden orchard on Greenbluff.

Tour de Splash Pads!

We hit 4 parks and splash pads, this being the final and favorite! And first in Spokane, apparently.

Sleepover in the front room😅😄

So cute and funny how Courtney and Brianna decided to sleep tonight :)

Monday, July 9, 2018

Sleepy little toes

Her sweet little toes were poking out from under the blanket and I couldn't resist snapping a quick picture. So sweet. This little one is still a BABY, I don't care what anyone says. She's a widdle iddy biddy baby wif widdle toes. And I wuv her.

Friday, July 6, 2018

Scripture Study Sleepover party

Jumping with the President girls

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Albeni Falls Dam

Deborah and Courtney at Riley Creek

These two are cousin BFFs! They played so well together! Both are going into second grade, despite being more than a year apart in age :)

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Lifeguarding at Girls Camp

Poor Abby Barton decided to prank the wrong adult leader.... she splashed me on Tuesday...I waited til Thursday to retaliate. With red koolaid splashed on her :)

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