It's so hard for me to change plans. I prepare and study and get excited for FHE and the deep lessons and spirit filled evening we will have and we end up spending "quality family time" working together. This has happened the last two weeks and after being really mad last week because we bi-passed the lesson I learned that time and being together is also acceptable from a conference talk.
So this week the garden was mulched and roto-tilled. And because it was fresh dirt and we are farm kids, shoes came off, hoes came out and we tilled that gorgeous spring dirt.
We enjoyed the amazing aroma of the early lilacs. They are so heavenly too bad the last such a short time.
Some kids got their first tractor ride and I got a break from said kids! It's a great trade off.
And some were busy driving to and fro carting bodies from one location to the next. Including Reed who recently mastered this skill thanks to uncle Matt. He jumped on the empty 4 wheeler fired it up spun around and headed back to the tractor to take Greg some water. The girls cheered and I watched mouth agape at my little guy independently manning up to the job at hand. Oh my what a summer it is going to be.
Some stay busy while scriptures are being read folding towels.
And so it goes. We work together, we play together while we work, and we learn together. I just keep thinking thank goodness for next week and another day where maybe we will be able to fit more in, and sincerely hope the important lessons are being taught amongst all the necessary ones. Best to you today.
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