Monday October 7

My little family has been on my mind all day.

So thankful for the sweet spirits and the things they do to make me and each other happy.

Ya, they are more often fighting.....

If only they knew what it did for my heart when they got along.

But today they have been very helpful to me and got along pretty well.

I love each of their individual faces....and personalities.

I need to try heard to listen to them and what they are saying to me.

I love the time I get to spend with each of them at night.

It makes for a long night routine....but it is worth it.

Elsie goes to bed first, we read a book (Junie B. Jones right now) and she says her prayers (well, I say it for her :)

And I turn on her heater and say "Goodnight bug".

Sometimes I have to go back in and rock her if she is overtired.....

And I might complain about that sometimes, but it really is a sweet precious time.

Then it is Porters turn, usually after Dad has given him his hot chocolate milk with a straw.

We read from two books with him.

One is just an easy reader book and then we are reading out of an illustrated Book Of Mormon.

Then he says his prayers (with my help) and I tell him "Your my Boy" (cause dads my MAN :) and he says "Your my girl".

Then it is Cassi's turn.

I read to her, right now we are reading "the Magicians Nephew".

Then we talk about happy things and I give her ideas of things she can dream about and then I tell her I will be back to check on her soon and to say her prayers.

Madi is usually writing in her journal or reading a book by the time I get to her room.

I scratch her back and she recited the Young Woman's Theme for me.

And we talk about how things are going.

We have had some great mini conversations at this time of night.

Then it is my time with my man (unless he is at work).

...and my blog...ha ha....

I am so blessed to have Brent.

He is so caring and loving and thoughtful and handy and handsome :)

He always wants to be there for me and our family and he always wants the best for us.

Plus he tells me every day that I am beautiful :)

Just feeling very Thankful tonight.

 

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And I am so excited about this!!!!

This is Cassi's early birthday present....that she doesn't know about yet.

Tickets went on sale at 9:00 this morning so I set my phone alarm to ring at 8:30 so I wouldn't forget....well dumb me!

I was in the shower when it went off and Cassi got it.

It said 'Mindy Gledhill tickets'.

She asked what it was....I had to lie.

HAD TO LIE!!!

I told her that if I went on line I could be entered to win a bonus track of hers.

She fell for it and I was in the clear, I think.

It's not so bad to lie so it can be a super exciting surprise, right???

Anyway, Cassi is a HUGE Mindy Gledhill fan!

HUGE!!!!

I am so excited about taking her to this concert.

It will certainly be the highlight of her year!

I am gonna wrap a box up and tell her in a fun way....so be waiting for the video :)