Ready for the Carnival

Corey and I did our normal bike ride this morning, up LCC to the ruins, going on Techy on the descent. 11.23 miles in 1 hour 41 min. I was feeling a bit sluggish today though. Stretched 15 min after we got home. Corey left after that was busy working on carnal stuff. The wedding last weekend was the main thing on my mind during June, but Corey also had getting ready for a neighborhood carnival on his plate. There are people helping him, but I think he's feeling a bit stretched by it. He might be adding more to it than is necessary though. Like there are things he's had to figure out for it: a petting zoo, dunk tank, etc, things that are expected. But then he's also been trying to do extra stuff. Mainly he's been trying to figure out how to provide more shade. He'd tried figuring out how to hang up a tarp between trees, or he also bought a lot of pvc pipe to try and make something... but it didn't work, so he had those in the car to return. He was there working on carnival stuff until 1:50 but I had made a temple appointment for us at 2, trying to make sure we get it in this week. I didn't nag him that we were going to be late, but tried to be helpful. He hadn't had lunch, so I grabbed some food for him and his temple clothes. I drove as he changed in the car, and he had pink lady apples and walnuts and raisins for his lunch, Jordan River Temple initiatories at 2, so we were a little late and that's ok. He commented "This is a good example of how going to the temple is not convenient..." haha. 

Yes, but we also probably make our life more complicated than it needs to be (I prob don't need to be bringing caterpillars inside to raise...) but I trust that the Lord loves our efforts though, even if we aren't so smart in the things we try to do. 

What else happened today... We got a text and pic from Joseph and Eliza. 

They have arrived safely in Ohio! They are setting up their apartment, and then will be heading out from Ohio for their honeymoon to Costa Rica. Then they'll fly back into SL for another reception that we're doing at the end of the month before Park City. I helped K make a marble run. She likes marbles.

Natalie likes puzzles, and she is doing a patriotic one to get in the 4th of July spirit. 

I found more eggs this morning and took are of caterpillars. I started reading a book by Dr. Livingood that I got in the mail. It was free, I just paid for shipping. Kids watched VeggieTales, Mel cleaned the basement, I cleaned and bleached kitchen sink, and K and I took a nap at 6pm. Corey shared this Daniel C Peterson video on God and Christopher Hitches, pretty funny. We like Daniel C. Peterson's stuff. Smart guy. Ethan and Bella came up tonight. They are helping out at the carnival tomorrow. We stayed up late talking, ugh, we're too old for this! 

Now it’s 1 AM at night and we're going to go to bed, I was just reading my scriptures

Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed with our lack of $, I feel like our mailbox. Like we are just barely hanging on/standing up. We're a jenga tower that could topple over at any moment. Yes. Our mailbox is a physical symbol of the financial situation we are in. I'm praying for Corey's project to work out. Every month or so, he says "I can keep doing this..." but we keep doing it. How will it end? Trying to trust that God is with us and guiding us through our wilderness to a promised land.