It's all a bit fuzzy by now, but I believe we went to peter piper pizza. The kids went crazy! They were clawing their way up my arm to get to the tokens. We had to force them to eat their pizza. So, I would say they had fun.
Day #5
I piled the kids in the car and headed to Tuscon. I know some very lovely people there. Really, sometimes I wonder if I made them up. It gives me hope for the world to know that there can be families and marriages that function the way our Father in Heaven wants them to. To know that a husband can really truly love his wife and children. And want to come home to them. For a minute it makes me sad and want to cry because I am feeling sorry for myself, but it's only a minute and then I just feel an even stronger desire to make sure I am doing what the Lord asks of me so that I too will have that someday.
The kids had so much fun and didn't want to leave, it was hard to make them because they looked so happy. Hailey asked if we could move there. They loved the animals, the playground, the trampoline and of course the company. The kids were perfect in the car the way there and the way home. I thought it was too good to be true, but when I got home I put them in their beds and put their jammies on and they were out.
It may be blurry but i love the expression on his face, it's called happy.
Avary ran ahead and when we caught up this is what i found, so sweet.
How would you like to wake up to this view? It helped that the weather was perfect with a cool breeze.
I went and said a prayer of thanks for the love that this family has shown me. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in this family. They are so lucky to have each other. On Sunday I fasted for them that the desire of their heart will be granted. It's the only thanks they will accept, I think.
Fact about me - I have my breath taken away every time I look at the beauty of the world around me. I notice everything and I find it so beautiful it is hard for me to comprehend. I could spend my life soaking up nature. The yellow flowers on the side of the road made me want to cry. I feel the spirit when I look around me at what has been created for us. I couldn't stop telling my kids to LOOK. Look how much Heavenly Father loves us that he would make such beautiful things for us to look at. I told them probably twenty times, but I think they love it too. Every time we see a green field we say how fun it would be to run barefoot through it. Living in the midwest was like nature overload for me and I have always missed the beauty of it. (I have my Dad to thank for this, he has always loved it and brought it to our attention, especially trees, big trees).
