Work and Rest

Joseph texted us about the BYU Devotional for today - Lessons on Endurance by J. Ty Hopkins. Ty Hopkins spoke a lot about mountain biking! Joseph warned "It might inspire you to the extreme". And it did for me. I've never heard of the Tour Divide before, and wow. It says self supported, but I'm open to exploring it if Corey and I do it as a couple. I guess we can do what we want! My biggest concern is grizzly bears, yikes! (2nd to last pic). That might enough to keep me away. Corey'd prob need to be retired first. But that was fun to listen to and I was inspired, but dang, talk about breaking your body. It went along with thoughts I've had along with my lesson on Sunday, about offering God our heart, and so often it says to offer him a broken heart. I used to think that was a humble, repentant heart, and is is those tings, but maybe it's also really broken? Like a kid giving a parent a toy for a present, a toy that the parent had likely originally given to them, and it doesn't work anymore, it's broken, and they can't fix it. A little scribbled drawing like Jörg Klebingat talks about in his BYU devotional The Atonement of Jesus Christ, Judgment Day, and You (see 21:40) The important thing is that we are still willing to COME to HIM. Pick up the crayon and TRY.

So there's some of my spiritual thoughts from today. This morning I woke up on my own around 4, which I thought was cool, cause I had a 5am temple appointment. I got ready, left for temple at 4:20,  had time to sit in quiet and read scriptures (read D&C 109), did 5 names, decided to go to the celestial room, was able to do all that and still made it back shortly after 6 to make breakfast and wake up kids. Go me. I shoveled driveway, took Churchill carpool, but was feeling tired on the drive home, had to slap my face. Got home at 8 and then it's time to wake the boys. Owen gets up on his own and is dressed and ready to go sometimes at 7:30. He was up and ready this morning. It's funny though, cause after he eats he'll just walk around waiting for time to pass. I've been trying to remind him he can use this time to do his read homework or do chores and get his tasks done. He is doing better at that. Daniel and Peter struggle to get up and going. Peter is on the bottom bunk, so it's easier to get him out of bed cause I can poke him. Daniel will lay there and 15-20 minutes just blinking in a daze. 

Do you like the decorations they did on their bed a while ago? I don't like it, but it's fine - it's off the floor. They both like it so I decided to just leave it be. They've got these plastic chains crossing over so they could hang stuff - a drawing (behind Peter's blanket), Daniel's beach ball, an ice cream bucket full of toys, etc. Kinda funny. Cute boys, but they do kinda kill me with how slow they are. It was snowing by the time for school so Daniel and Peter outfitted themselves with snowpants, boots, coats, the works. Made them a little late. K was still asleep, so I left her home with Corey, dropped the boys off at the bus stop, and took Corey's car and left with Sophi to get a Tdap shot at 9. There were a few texts going back from neighborhood mom's that the bus was stuck and late, and when I was shoveling and when we were running into the hospital from the parking lot, the snow was super wet and heavy. I was thinking the boys were probably totally soaked. They told me about their adventure later tonight. The bus was late, and Molly's mom came to the rescue picking up all the kids, piling them in her car and taking them to school. I was glad that they weren't out there for 30 minutes! That was what time I was back home. I was glad that her shot was quick. We got back home and then Corey took her to school. Then I took a nap while K kept sleeping, she didn't wake up until 11, yay, that was helpful. The rest of the day I was kinda sluggish, didn't help that Abi made cookies. I scarfed a few of those down, then they helped me finish shoveling driveway, I've done a bit of blogging while the girls play Christmas music. Their music is always too loud for me. Esp the All I want for Christmas is You - I feel like saying "I hate that stupid song" Katharine drew on her doll again. 

And all over her own arm. She's exploring drawing on walls and toys and herself, so she's right on track for being a two year old. Good news, I coated her dress with spray and wash and was relieved that it all came out of her dress, yay. Going to go try and take care of kids for a bit now.