One of life's highlights: getting Stephen's Patriarchal Blessing! Visiting with this precious man Patriarch Elmer for almost 4 hours. One of my favorite things he said to us, "Stephen is an amazing young man ~ he is choice. He was chosen, and he CHOSE to be chosen!" So sweet. He's doing good things ~ leading scout meetings, dating, power washing trashcans for Philmont $... Tiffany said it well. I often look at my kids and think, it's an honor to be the parents to these amazing youth.
It was a treat to homeschool Kenny this year. Hopefully he learned what 4th graders are supposed to know, but more importantly we had invaluable bonding time together for a year. He has a delightful, sweet personality and I loved getting to see that up close with just the 2 of us spending time together. Some funny things he said recently ~ reading scriptures at a sleepover and Boyds, "Everyone knows that
you don't put both arms above your head during a battle unless you're going to
deliver a death blow." Um, OK. And driving in
the car with Callister, he was telling Cal about how phones ruin your brain: "Callister,
you can choose the easy wrong or the harder right. President Monson said
that." And when he chatted with Grandma & Cal about his bday and how he got some Target gift cards, Grandma said oh
that's a yucky store because of their gender neutral policies, then Cal said what
are you taking about? Kenny said Grandma, let me explain it to him. So he told
Cal about the bathrooms being made boy/girl and the creeper problems
they're having, etc. Good to know this chit chat we do all the time sinks in!! We'll miss the cousin sleepovers...
Such fun celebrating ShaDingerEl Day... (Shannon/Daron/Inger/Michael's bdays)
Our doggies are enjoying each other. Constant play (and nap) time together with Geneve and Honey! https://youtu.be/s-wXsPgNgAs
And Kas is now an 8th Grader... making the Honor Roll!
