Beautiful Sabbath

This is my second attempt. I pressed the wrong button on my iPad and erased my entire post the first time. :/

I am committed to blogging regularly now. It is a birthday present to myself. Hopefully it will help me to stay focused and keep a clear mind.

Today the weather was gorgeous, and the girls were well behaved (just like they always are).

The first Sunday of the month, the members of our church have a fasting and testimony day. R loves to have the opportunity to share her sweet testimony with everyone. She has no fear of public speaking (a trait she inherited from her father) :) Tim and I were asked to give the prayers in Sacrament meeting today, when it was my turn J insisted on going up with me, so our entire family went up on the stand today.

Since I got released from the Primary Presidency a month ago, Tim and I get to attend Sunday School together. I love sitting next to my husband while learning more about our Savior and His teachings. I also got asked to give a prayer in Relief Society today. I enjoy fellowshipping with the other women in the ward. The experiences shared today by some of the women were very uplifting and inspiring.

After church the girls enjoyed some craft time. They are obsessed with Pixars Brave, so they made their own paper dolls of the characters. R even made multiple outfits for Merida, including pajamas and a bed with a blanket and a pillow. She stuffed the pillow with the scraps from the crafting, she is so clever.

My little brother and his wife stopped by to pick up some software from Tim. Just before that I noticed our cupboard was not working right. I asked Griffin to look at it, and he confirmed that it was broken, he said he would fix it later. Shortly after they left, my dad came for dinner. My mom is in Arizona for 2 weeks, because my sister Darice just had her fifth baby. We ate blackberry balsamic glazed pork chops, a spinach salad, and Cuban style "rice". It was amazing! The girls had sun dried tomato and basil sausage from Trader Joes and the "rice". They are not very adventurous with their food. Tim and I like to try out a new recipe each Sunday, we normally double it so we can have left overs, we forgot to do that today. So no left overs :(. We love having family so close.

After dinner, Tim had to leave right away to attend a baptism. My dad stayed for a few minutes and talked with the girls some more and helped me clear the table. Then he went home and the girls and I went to church so the girls could practice the song all the Primary children are singing at the flag raising ceremony on the Fourth of July.

We had had some late nights this week, so J was really tired and didn't have a chance to take a nap, so she went to bed early. Then Tim and I played Scrabble with R. She did a great job, it was fun to see her grasp the concept of the game. She only asked for help a few times. It was a wonderful way to end a Beautiful Sabbath.

Tiffany :)