I had a good experience last weekend that reminded me that Memorial Day should
really be everyday. In Walmart while shopping, I watched a little 4-year-old boy
pick up the vegetable spray hose and start soaking his mom ~ it was so
spontaneous and just funny to me, I started laughing - like belly laughing it was so hilarious. The mom was turned away
from me, talking to her little baby in the cart, when she got surprise-pelted
with the water by her son. If it had been me, my first instinct would have been to laugh at my kid... but I
noticed that she was instantly upset with her son, and started to gripe him
out, at the same time that she noticed me laughing. I quickly composed myself and
apologized, and told her how cute he was. Then she started to cry and told me how
it had been a hard weekend ~ her husband has been deployed for 6
months, and its just been rough for her with the kids. We talked awhile about it and I thanked her for her family's service. And I left feeling so grateful for so many families that give the ultimate sacrifice - their family members' time -- for our country. We are lucky to live here in America.
Loved going with Kassie for her first temple baptisms for the dead!
Fun rainy day playtime at Mountasia!
Sterling, my hero, leading the way on our mud-biking adventure... he had to move super big branches
When riding home from school today, Kenny looked out the window and said – "Mom, I don’t
think that house is going to get yard of the month. They have no color in their
frontyard." I told him he could only say things like that to me. But it kind of made me happy my interest in gardening is rubbing off on him... 8-)
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