B+C+B+C+B+C: Last Spokane trip

Friday, February 12, 2010

Last Spokane trip

Well, until Christmas, probably. We went there last month for a couple weeks (didn't mean to stay that long - but Orbitz tried to send me to Paris instead of Cedar. Close, Orbitz, real close). I did a few posts about it - Mere doing my hair, Brianna and Lily hanging out, movie review, a semi-sappy HOME tribute, Brianna and Papa sharing apples, Brianna and the Chipmunks, the mountain of clothes I gave Lily.... okay, I did a lot of posts about the trip. What's new.
Here's the rest of it:

We celebrated Meredith's birthday. I kept thinking it was her 22nd birthday but she insists she's 24. I'm still pretty sure I'm right.
She got a makeover and starter kit from Bare Escentuals (I didn't spell that wrong - they did) and I tried to entertain Brianna in Nordstroms for an hour. Not easy. I did discover that she really loves makeup and kinda knows how certain items are used. Like lipstick - obviously meant for the chin area. And mirrors are for squishing your face against.
Mere also had a Coldstone birthday cake. My family is so weird - they'll go spend $30 on a tiny gourmet cake, everyone will have a small sliver of it, then the rest goes in the freezer until eventually it gets thrown away. I question whether I actually share their bloodlines.

Another ski trip. I love Mt. Spokane. Really - even better than all the Utah slopes I've tried. Sentimentality/nostalgia plays a huge part in that, obviously... but also trips like ours, where the sky was clear, the sun was out, and I never saw more than 2 other skiers on my hill at the same time as me. Brian boarded - which meant we waited a lot. Not that he's slow - it's just that snowboarders have to stop before and after each chair lift to detach and reattach their board. So annoying.

Swimming at the Y. I'm beyond-words jealous of my parent's YMCA just a few minutes from their house. It has everything. I loved attending classes everyday. The cardio machines were great. The pool was awesome. Only Vernal's Rec Center can compare (actually, Vernal's is still way better, because it was walking distance and had super awesome childcare employees, whereas one of the childcare employees at North Spokane's Y is evil). My sister Sammy walks the pool twice a week for water therapy. Meredith usually gets to take her. Just another reason I wish I lived near them. Brianna got to swim almost everyday while we were there - only thanks to Nonny. My dad took her once, and came home saying, "I am never taking her swimming again." Why the poopy attitude, you ask? Hint: the choice of background color for the swimming collage above was no accident. =) I think she gets too much fiber.

On that classy and tasteful note, I'll end.

3 comments:

Melissa said...: The YMCA looks awesome! I wish we had something like that here! Can't wait to try it out on our next trip to Spokane! :); February 15, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Debbie said...: We wanted yoto stay longer. Ever wonder HOW that whole Paris thing HAPPENED?; February 17, 2010 at 9:39 PM
benandana said...: Hi CHelsea! We just joined the YMCA and I was thinking of leaving Isabella at the childcare if ever Ben is not home to stay with her. Did you have a bad experience there? Who's the worker you're talking about and what time did you take Brianna? I still want to take pictures of your twins! Here is my new website if you want to see some cute newborn babies to inspire you:
www.anahopkinsphotography.com
Thanks!; February 18, 2010 at 6:25 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

Friday, February 12, 2010

Last Spokane trip

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