Good

We've been having a really good summer. The weather's been great. The kids have been good (for the most part!). I'm trying to enjoy it as much as possible. Here are a few "good" things that I want to remember:
Our garden is doing great this year. We picked some peas and carrots and dug some potatoes (see the blue ones?) this week.
One of my favorite "comfort" foods is new potatoes, carrots, and peas in white sauce. I made some this week and totally enjoyed it.

I told the kids something to the effect that too much t.v. rots their brains. Abby took this very literally and has been reminding Brinly and Jordan that they don't want to have "rotten brains" whenever she thinks they've been watching too much. I also told the kids that if they did their regular chores (make bed, get dressed, pick up room, brush teeth, etc.) I would give them a grown-up chore to do (fun stuff like cleaning toilets and dusting and polishing furniture). Abby's the only one who's qualified to do a grown-up chore every day this week. :o) What a great girl!

Brinly's been helping Jordan learn his letters and learn how to write his name. (You're probably wondering at this point what exactly I have left to do. No wonder it's been such a good summer for me!) She's really enjoyed her cooking class this week.

A family in our ward was in a car accident a couple weeks ago. Brinly's pretty good friends with their oldest daughter, so all the kids have been concerned. Every night when I ask Jordan what he wants to say in his prayers he tells me that he wants to pray that A's mom will get better. It's sweet.

Bryant's been keeping me hopping. He's become very accident prone lately:

At least he's still happy! He's also started sleeping through the night pretty consistently. It has made a WORLD of difference for me. I think I might be making my way back to the world of the living, or at least the more patient. :o)

Have a great weekend!