Monday July 22 (add pictures)

I ran a few miles this morning and then had to run to the store to get some supplies for the 10:30 art class I did.

It was a cute little 10 year old girls birthday party and she wanted to paint cats with acrylic, and they turned out so cute.

Madi took Porter and Elsie to the library during the party.

Cassi went to PT and Dad went to the gym.

I did another art class, my 7 elements of art class at 1 until 3.

Then I went with Madi and did some shopping for her college stuff.

That was fun :)

Then when we got home, we all gathered in the car for a birthday dinner celebration for Elsie.

She wanted to go to Olive Garden.

Then we went to C4 creamery for a little dessert.

We had FHE in the car and we talked about the story of the guy who wanted to have priesthood power without having the do the work for it.

We thought about how we can apply not taking shortcuts into our family and how that can make us stronger and FORTIFY us.

Not taking shortcuts when it comes to chores, nor shortcuts in the way we treat each other (like take the extra second to think about what you will say instead of whatever comes to your mind.)

There are many ways we can incorporate NO SHORTCUTS to fortify our family :)

Then we watched a movie with everyone when we got home.

It was a very nice evening, with like no fighting......it was a dream ❤