Temple FHE

We took the kids to the temple for family night last week. We had done this back in February, but it was so brief and dark that we thought it would be fun to do it again.

On the way we talked about the temple and what we do there and why it is so important. The Friend this month has lots of stories about the temple so we read those too.

Yes, I absolutely wore my slippers on temple grounds. Didn't realize it until we were halfway there.

"If you let your children touch the temple it will touch them." Not sure who said it, but I believe it.

We topped it off with ice cream cones and it was a pretty great FHE!

We are so thankful for temples and that we have one so close by.

Activities

I finally switched out some pictures in my instawall. It is still a little Millie-heavy, but it's fun to have new ones to see!

Not sure what to do with the old pics... In having a hard time throwing them away. Maybe I'll make my own version of a chat book? I don't know.

We had a fun YW activity last week. The girls tie dyed T-shirts for our annual river trip. My shirt looks awesome (below on the right). I'm so thankful for the awesome women I get to serve with who are so helpful and fun!

We brought AJ to the library with us last week. I got to look for books for the kids while he read to them. Everybody won.

Coloring lately means that I get to draw some kind of picture for Millie to color. It's really too bad I'm terrible at drawing. It also means I have tokeep a super close eye on Max because he thinks eating crayons is funny. It isn't.

Millie is having fun with the magnet letters we found in the dollar section at Target.

Family scripture study on the trampoline (well, half of us on the trampoline. Max wasn't having it).

Little things

The best way to keep them in the cart for longer than 2.5 seconds is a slurpee.

She decorated her castle with a necklace! I love the things she comes up with.

Love at home. Or something.

I was shooting them with water guns and they had so much fun. It is deathly hot lately, we are melting!

Monka brought us Sarah's old dresser and Millie loves it. I love not having to hang all of her clothes! We rearranged her room to make it fit and it has inspired me to finish decorating it. So check back in about a year and maybe we will be there, haha.

Love those two bed heads.

It still cracks me up when he climbs up to eat whatever Millie didn't finish.

They have been so snuggly lately.

When Millie and I are sitting on the couch, Max will often come wiggle in between us. Makes us laugh every time.

More pool fun

Sharon brought her waterproof camera to the pool one day and got some awesome pictures! (The one above and several below)

Millie has been learning to swim without floaties!

We love summer!!

10 on 10: July 2015

Morning chores (she loves to clean the mirrors)

FHE treat prep

The fridge currently. Millie's colorful pictures crack me up.

Friends make the pool even more fun (a bunch more pictures from this to come)

Peekaboo on the way home from the pool

Nodding off

I finally demanded that she clean out her catch-all toy bin and it kept her occupied for SO long

A green smoothie Popsicle always ends in a bath

Millie gave her first FHE lesson - she told the story of Jesus walking on water (pictures were in the back cover of The Friend this month) and talked about faith

Bedtime hugs