I just had the best date EVER!!!! So to explain I have to tell you about my AMAZING friend...okay, I have lots of amazing friends (you know who you are!), but I am going to tell you about one amazing friend in particular. When you hear the phrase, "anxiously engaged in a good cause" that's her life mantra. She is always doing stuff for other people, both in and out of her family. She took my kids for days on end when I was up in Logan so much last year. She is always smiling, and to top it all off, she is as sweet as they come. My secret wish is to job shadow her one day to see how she does it...I just think she's awesome.
This morning, I got to go to the temple before we had to pick up the kids. Bryan was so cute and washed all my stuff and ironed it late last night for me so I could be ready to go this morning. He even woke me up on time (I know, I'm 13.). I am a little ashamed to admit it's been over 8 months since I've been to the temple and probably at least a year since I have done a session. Back in the day I'd go once a week, but that hardly seems possible now. I won't make excuses...but we'll talk about my guilt complex and why I hate asking people to babysit some other time :) I even got to sit next to a good friend during the session. It was peaceful and wonderful and just exactly what I needed.
So anyways, she "forced" me to let her take my children overnight so Bryan and I could have a date...OVERNIGHT! I know...she's crazy. I am not a sleepover person, I am pretty much totally against my kids ever having sleepovers other than with family for more than one reason, but she feels like family so I "just this once"-ed it :) She even talked me into keeping Asher (SOMEHOW...she got him to take a bottle...no idea how, but she did!) They had the cutest family night with all the kids and wrote letters to the missionaries serving in our ward...again...amazing. She almost talked Aeden into being potty-trained...but not quite :) My kids always come home happier and cuter than when I leave them with her and her family, so that helps with my separation anxiety I get when I have to leave them.
Our "date" started off with Bryan and I enjoying a blissfully quiet lunch toget
her...we carried on an entire conversation without interruption! Then we went shopping together...do you know how many stores you can hit in an hour when you aren't dealing with 4 carseats??? Then we came home and took a break and had dinner, and went to see Indiana Jones 4. It was a little on the cheesy side, but it's Indiana Jones...who cares? It was so much fun! I can't remember the last movie I went to where I didn't miss at least half of it because of taking kids out.
her...we carried on an entire conversation without interruption! Then we went shopping together...do you know how many stores you can hit in an hour when you aren't dealing with 4 carseats??? Then we came home and took a break and had dinner, and went to see Indiana Jones 4. It was a little on the cheesy side, but it's Indiana Jones...who cares? It was so much fun! I can't remember the last movie I went to where I didn't miss at least half of it because of taking kids out.I started missing the kids pretty bad about the time we were driving home from the movie. I had to leave a bottle in her door for Asher, so I listened closely for any little wimper so I'd have an excuse to bring them home, but it was totally quiet and peaceful...how does she do it???
This morning, I got to go to the temple before we had to pick up the kids. Bryan was so cute and washed all my stuff and ironed it late last night for me so I could be ready to go this morning. He even woke me up on time (I know, I'm 13.). I am a little ashamed to admit it's been over 8 months since I've been to the temple and probably at least a year since I have done a session. Back in the day I'd go once a week, but that hardly seems possible now. I won't make excuses...but we'll talk about my guilt complex and why I hate asking people to babysit some other time :) I even got to sit next to a good friend during the session. It was peaceful and wonderful and just exactly what I needed.To top it all off, I picked up my kids, and they were all happy, dressed, and didn't throw a 20 minute temper tantrum when it was time to leave. The perfect day....
5 comments:
Indeed, you do have a good friend. Lori is amazing. So glad to see you had some quality time together. It is soooo needed.
Lori is my hero too. There is something about her home that is just warm and welcoming.
Whenever I get Melissa to babysit for me, my boys always ask, "Can't we just go over to their house?"
That is one quality family!
I'm so glad that you had fun! I may be tooting my own horn a little considering I was raised by the wonderful woman you are talking about, but I totally agree! You have no idea how grateful I am that I was raised in a home where everyone was always welcome. It was the best to be hanging out with friends and having them ask to come over to my house! And not only did they come over to my house, but they hung out with my parents and got to be good friends with them! How awesome is that?! I hope and pray everyday that I can figure out how to make my family's home as "home" like as the one that I grew up in.
That's so awesome! Lori is amazing - so loving and kind - to all! Quality time is so important, and no doubt that Lori is aware of all the hard work you've been doing and that you deserved the break! What a great friend!
WOW. If you find out what her secret is, please share! In fact... if you ever get to job shadow, I want to come! You are so blessed to have such an elect lady as your friend.
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