After a particularly crazy day, I left to go to Enrichment (it was still called that then). I came home to find my kids in bed, the house totally clean and THIS!!!!
Complete with a book to read, my comfy pajamas and house shoes all ready for me when I was done. Mike, THANK YOU for being so thoughtful of me and my needs. You are the best!
Ezra and Preston were playing downstairs at the Bingham house. Shannon overheard this conversation:
P: Ezra, you're not speaking proper English.
E: Well Preston, I was not born here in Utah like you, I was born in Hawaii. That's how they talk in Hawaii.
P: In Hawaii they say "for reals" instead of "for real"?
E: Yes Preston. It's not me fault, I was born in Hawaii.
Hahahahahaha! Way to represent Ezzie!
It reminds me of whenever Mike and I say something wrong or don't know the answer to a question we always say, "Leave me alone, I went to Kahuku!" Oh my, I miss home!
So here's a little story:
The Monday after Halloween we decided to take Mike to work extra early cause he had a lot to do. So, we woke up at 6am got the kids up at 6:30 and were out the door by 7am! Miracles never cease! We were on the on-ramp to the freeway when our van decided REBEL! It would not shift into 2nd gear (we have an automatic). We pulled off to the side of the road and turned it off and started again. NO LUCK! So, we turned it off again and said a prayer. "Heavenly Father, please bless us that we will all be patient and that everything will turn out ok." were the only words that could come out of my mouth. And so it is!
We were determined not to get a tow truck so we drove 3 miles on the shoulder of the freeway going 8mph because if we went any faster the car would stop moving. It took 45 minutes. It was a fabulous thing! We laughed and had Ezra teach us our family home evening lesson. It was actually one of those moments that made me proud of our little family. The Lord truly did hear and answer our simple prayer!
So, we coasted into the Walmart parking lot hoping we might be able to fix it somehow. After adding oils and fluids of all kind, NOTHING. So we called our fabulous neighbor and she quickly came and rescued us! Long story short. WE GET TO BUY ANOTHER CAR! While that totally stresses me out, I am excited to find something that will carry our little family from place to place.
Until we find one, we have been so blessed with the most generous people! Our neighbor offer to take and pick Mike up from work for as long as we needed. Heather and Jake (Mike's sister) let us borrow their 2nd car for a week. They called and offered, so excited to serve! What a great example you guys are! Our good friend Danielle, had an extra car that she was not using and has let us have that until our other friend can get us one at an auction! Thank you guys!
What are we learning through this?
-The Lord does hear and answer prayers, even when everything seems chotic. He is always watching!
-Heavenly Father blesses us with angels to be his hands here on earth. It is so vital that we are listening, so when it our turn to give back, we show up!
-Get our finances in order so we can be prepared to pay for these "emergencies" when they happen.
I am loving life and all the it's amazing lessons!
We had a super fun Halloween this year (as we do every year!) This is our one of our favorite holidays. This year we decided to go Pirate! We had no idea how popular it was going to be but we saw pirates EVERYWHERE which was way fun! We decided Chloe would be our parrot and she turned out SOOOO cute. We had these shoes that squeaked when she walked and yeah, she was adorable. This was the first year Abbi was really old enough to get into trick-or-treating and she loved it! We went around the block, then Chloe and Dad went home to pass out candy, we went another block and Ezra decided he was done, but Abbi wanted more! We went to a few more and then I convinced her that we should be done. When we go walking around the neighborhood she still asks if she can say "trick-or-treat". Ezra built a fort with the bags of leaves in our front yard with Garrett and Preston and they would hide and then scare all the trick-or-treaters! We had a blast.
We also decided to celebrate our new house by decorating it too. We turned it into a pirate ship! With a hanging pirate and some tombstones (totally lame that I did not take a picture til a week after Halloween so the tombstones were broken and the house did not look as cool but on Halloween night, it was cool)!
After trick-or-treating we had the Shumways and the Binghams over for some yummy soup and treats. It was so great.
On a really scary note.... Mike worked during the day on Halloween and so he was a goth guy. His goal is always to dress up so no one recognizes him. Another year of success my love. He freaked his co-workers out all day. Hope your Halloween was as much fun!
