The Prophet Said to Plant a Garden!

This week Adam lost his two biggest cleaning accounts. That took his business from a $200,000.00 company to a $22,000.00 company. So between him, and his partner, and cleaning supplies he is now only making about $1,000.00 a month. Rent alone for our family is $1,500.00. So obviously the numbers don't add up. Luckily though, I haven't felt scared or nervous at all. I feel very taken care of and I know the Lord has his hand in all of this. I keep reading and hearing things about how we go through trials in life to build us and make us stronger. I hope to conquer this. I don't want to say, "Oh poor us!" Instead I'm desperately trying to find opportunities to serve those around me, go to the temple, learn how to really make meals with the food we already have in the house, and count my blessings. Today, I went outside to take the water from the swimming pool and pour it into the garden. When I got down close, I found a TON of peas that were ready for me to pick. My heart swelled as we have little produce in our house. I know these peas wont last long as we will all be so excited to eat these, but it was just a little reminder of Christ's love for my little family. Definitely a huge daily dose of happiness shining down on us. I'm so glad to have a garden and for the joy it brings to take care of it and watch it grow. The primary song says, "and if we plant the seeds just right and tend them carefully, before we know, good things will grow to feed our family."

Candy Necklaces!

Candy Necklaces! That's a dose of happiness right there. Something so simple bringing so much happiness. Look at those smiles. Just pure, simple, fun. Thank you candy necklaces for being so easy and making my kids feel special.

Summer Nights

I love this picture because it shows just how wonderful our summer nights are. About 7:00 is when the sprinklers kick on and of course, it's just about the time we are cleaning up bikes to go inside for the night. Then the kids stop what they are doing and start running through the sprinklers. They get drenched. Completely soaked. But I love that I don't care! I love that they can just be kids and have a great time. There is no pressing issue for then to hurry in for, or to even hurry to bed for. I love that we don't have appointments the next morning to have to get up for, no school to rush to, just pure, wonderful, summer nights and sleeping in with not much to do the next day! I also loved this shot of Briggan! How stinking cute is he?

Making Bread

One of my favorite things to do is make bread!! And I love when I am in a good mood and let my kids help. They each love making their own loaf. This time I let them choose if they wanted to make a cinnamon loaf or a pizza loaf. Daiken chose pizza and the girls chose cinnamon. I always make a bread braid for dinner that night when I make bread, but this time I rolled it up like a cinnamon roll instead of braiding it. I think I like the braid better. It cooks better.
I love that I know how to make bread. I love that my kids know their mommy can make bread. It takes a lot of practice, and they still don't always turn out perfect every time, but for the most part, I think I do a pretty good job. I even have had three different friends ask me to show them how to make bread. I'm SO thankful for my Kitchenaid. I don't think I would make bread as often as I do without it. So thankful for the skill of making bread and for how much it saves our family money and for how YUMMY and heavenly it tastes!

After The Rain Storm

These pictures are of my little Briggan Boy who LOVES the sand box. I'm not sure that his mother loves him loving the sand box so much, but none-the-less it's his favorite. One night we had a HUGE rain storm and the kids had left the lid off the sand box, so it filled with water. This, of course, didn't keep Briggan away. He just found a new adventure! He was splashing and splashing dirty water everywhere and having a blast!

Father's Day!

Nana and Grandpa got Adam some new chairs to put on our back porch for Father's Day. After Brailee carried all four, heavy, chairs to the porch, she proceeded to have Daiken and Estee pose on the chairs for me to take pictures of them. They all LOVE getting their pictures taken, and they, Estee and Daiken, will also do just about anything Brailee tells them to do.

A Run To The Park

Shoot, can't figure out how to rotate my little Briggan's photo, and it's my favorite. But none-the-less, here's my post.
I needed to exercise this morning, so I got out the stroller and the kids got on their bikes and we trekked a mile up the road to the big park. The kids got to play and I got my exercise. It makes me so happy that we live close to SO many parks. It also makes me happy that we live in such a health contious state. I love that everyone tries to eat healthy and everyone exercises. When you drive down the road you see so many people out exercising all the time, it doesn't matter what time of day! It helps motivate me, and I love that.