Moment

A funny moment on our road trip. Elle yells out that AJ spit on her, we happened to hear this happen so when he tried to say he sneezed not spit.... yah we knew the truth.

New cards rule

We were playing five crowns with the kids and Grandma Judy last night and I was doing really, really awful. And Mom says to me "well you know what they say, unlucky in cards...", and Connor says "means you suck". Not quite the quote ending we grew up with. I thought unlucky in cards meant lucky in live, apparently not.

Busy temple night

While Mom is visiting me here this week we wanted to go do a temple seesion, since she hasn't seen it since the rededication. We got ready to leave after a relly busy day and she realized that she didn't bring her temple stuff since this used to be a renting temple. I ran to a friends house who had some stuff but not everything, and we went hoping someone would have something there. We stopped to meet my girlfriends and eat dinner, one friends dinner never came, so byt he time it did we were running really late. We got half way there when another friend realized she forgot her recomend but we told her to drive anyway and someone could make a phone call. We got there and the front desk said he couldn't help her, but of course after some talking her realized he could make a phone call. Mom found a sister who hapened to have a extra dress I happened to have extra shoes, but then realized wwe missed the 7 session and didn't want to wait a hour.... so we did Initiatories. And what a wonderful decision it was. we had a peacful successful eveing filled with the spirit and I was so grateful we were there!!

Quickie trip description

In typical Bonnie hindsight, i wish I had taken the time to just blog or record our activities as we went along rather than waiting for now. we've been back for about 3 hours and I can hardly keep my eyes open, so I will have to continue later. But for now, the trip was wonderful. Nauvoo was as hot as expected and completely wonderful. There were unexpected moments of sweetness like listening to a Scottish group play their bagpipes amazing Grace next to the temple as I looked down the hill to the river the pioneers crossed. The unknown reason that Carthage jail is still standing for us to feel Joseph and Hyrums last testimony when it probably should have been leveled like everything else was. Why is it one of the only things to still actually stand and not be a replication? To know we stood where they were was beyond words. That our best family photo is under the window he stood in seems a little wrong? The drive up and back was long but actually not too bad. I hope the kids learned something of our church history, I hope they have stronger feelings for the sacrifices made for us. It was so great to get to hang out with Ken and Kris, Cole and Dane!! A cuter family I don't know! It was a fun experience to watch them in action. My little brother as a dad and husband, what a kick! I had to stop myself from doing the "wonder twins" ring bump several times, since I don't know if he's forgiven me yet for buying a ring just like his :) I'll blog more, but I had to get a few pictures and thoughts up. Because time isn't going to slow down, I have Mom coming in this week and only a week and a half getting ready for school!!

Sleepless in Alpharetta

OK two night in a row I've been wide, WIDE awake until 1 or 3 in the morning and I have no idea why. I haven't had any soda, no caffeine, minuscule amounts of chocolate. Granted I have a lot on my mind, but I don't feel like I lay there thinking. It's just weird. One night I was up till 3:30 and I came down at 2:30 and Matt was watching TV cooking a burger on the grill. Not kidding. Clearly he sleeps in way too much. I remember getting snacks in the middle of the night as a teenager, but cooking a burger?

So do I need to read this since it's called Bonnie? Has anyone read this author?/

Scout camp

Well Connor is off to scout camp this week in the worst heat ever! Poor kid. I don't think even being in the mountains is going to help much, plus it's a camp with a pretty lousy lake. But the lake information is from Matt, so hopefully he was exaggerating. Anyway he was kind of excited to go, I think he likes being off on his own. As long as he can remember to be nice to all the adults even the one he doesn't like, and to have fun and relax he should be good! He's been busy writing up his eagle project so he can submit the first draft soon! Hopefully we'll keep to my October Eagle Court of Honor schedule!!