12/30/18

Porter’s favorite primary song is, “He sent His Son”.  He says it is soft.

Mason is super independent.  He has starting disappearing and I’ll find him on the toilet.  He’s not always perfect getting there when he needs to poop, but today he actually completely pooped on the toilet all by himself.  He’s not so good with peeing, but maybe he’s going to potty train himself.

November 2018 Highlights

During the month of November we enjoyed attending more plays than we have the rest of the year.  A group of girlfriends and I went to see ‘Ragtime’.  David and I went with friends to see ‘Come From Away’.  David took Porter to watch one of the youth in our ward perform in ‘Big Fish’.  And David and I went on a date to see ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’.  I had forgotten how much I love a great play!

David and I loved attending the Salt Lake Temple Open House where we were able to hear from Elder and Sister Bednar.  I wrote a separate post about this.

We stayed in town for Thanksgiving since David started his week of service the day after.  David geared up for the neighborhood Turkey bowl took Porter along to play while the other boys and I watched or cooked at home.   They enjoyed the game until the second to last play when David caught the ball and turned to run. He heard a pop, thought someone had kicked him and couldn’t run to complete the play.  He spent part of the day in the ER where it was confirmed that he’d ruptured his Achilles.  Needless to say, Thanksgiving was a bit somber as the reality of his injury sunk in.  He spent most of the day in bed and I hosted my sister and a few friends for dinner.

Since David wasn’t feeling up to doing much that weekend, we decorated for Christmas.  The boys and I loved it!  David cheered us on from his chair in the living room.

David had surgery to repair his Achilles and has been recovering.  He’s spent a lot of time sitting in our living room.  Children are the best to put things in perspective.  As Porter was helping David slide down the stairs one day, he said, “Dad, you can still do the most important things: go to church, read your scriptures, pray, spend time with your family and play games.”  Even though David can’t wrestle and chase the boys, they have loved the special time sitting in his lap reading and talking or playing games on the floor.

Jonas’ Prayers (12/1/18)

Lately Jonas has been expanding his prayers and saying the sweetest things.
Two examples:
“Thank you that Jesus let’s the grocery stores get full again.”
“Grateful that Jesus gave us the scriptures, let’s us go to church and lets us know Him.”

I love his tenderness.

And then before David’s surgery on Thursday, he came into me and said, “ Tell Dad good luck on his surgery and I told him to tell you that you look beautiful today.”