Saturday, August 18, 2012

Day 360 FIVE days to go!

Well, the blog is beginning to wind down, but the happy moments from today still need to get posted!

We woke up this morning and David headed to the Cannery to do some canning of food storage with other people from the ward.  Connor and Joel played downstairs and I was on Facebook.  I found this amazing doughnut shop that just opened and someone posted how amazing it is.  So I posted pictures of it and that I would love to go sometime.  Well, before I knew it, a friend had said she would meet me there in 20 minutes and the kids and I were off!  There was also another person from the ward with his kids that had seen my post on Facebook.  It was a great morning with some really interesting doughnuts!  I got a few dozen for the guys at my dad's work and they were all oohing and aaahing over the different kinds.  It was great to see their faces light up as they opened each box to find crazy doughnuts like blueberry madness or Nutella with rainbow sprinkles.  The one I had was a peaches and cream and it was OH so yummy!  The boys were in doughnut heaven as well!

It was a really fun morning and I am so glad we had a fun doughnut adventure!  It was great meeting my friend, Lori, and her kids at the doughnut place as well.  We got to chat for a while which is ALWAYS nice to have girl talk.  However, we now understand why we usually leave the kids at home and do frozen yogurt and movies just the two of us lol.  We didn't get to talk as much as usual.

I got to take a nice couple hour nap today!  It was LOVELY.  I have been so sleepy and exhausted lately.  Pretty sure it has to do with the progression of my RA, but I am so thankful for David watching Joel and playing with him while Connor and I took naps.  When Connor woke up, he came into my room for a long snuggle...oh so nice!

We hired a babysitter and went out tonight!!!  It has been a long time coming, but I am so thankful we got to do something just the two of us.  We went to dinner at a restaurant that was new to us.  It was nice and hopefully we can go again sometime.  Then we went and saw The Dark Knight Rises in an IMAX theater...that was totally worth it!  The floor rumbled during the action scenes and it was an amazing movie to watch on a really big screen!  David and I had such a nice time being together kid free tonight.  It just took us a little while to get to the theater because we were both talking and forgot to get off at the exit on the freeway by about 5 miles.  We laughed so hard!  We never get to talk UN interrupted and we were both enjoying the moment so much we weren't paying attention to the road....we both thought that was pretty funny! 

I am so glad for Saturdays and the joy that can be found with spending time with the family.  From going to theme parks, the beach, the pool, walks, flying kites, or just sitting in PJs all day long snuggling and cleaning, there is so much opportunity for happy moments on the weekend.  I treasure my weekends with the boys.  As they get older, they will want to go out with friends and not be around us as much.  I am so thankful for the time that I DO have to create happy moments with them.  Joel learned how to put laundry away in his drawers today.  His "allowance" is either money or spending a few hours playing video games.  I am so thankful that he did his chores and was eager to get his reward.  Time is slipping through my fingers with them, but I try to make the most of each day that I can.  At times I fail miserably as a mom, but I kneel down and pray each night and ask to do better the next day.  To love MORE the next day and be able to teach my children how to find their own joy.  Today is the last Saturday of my happy moment blog.  I am thankful for each and every Saturday I have to look back and read the weekend happy moments of our lives.  I look forward to all of the Saturdays and happy moments included in them in the years to come!

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