Mt. St. Helens was beckoning us the whole trip I had planned on taking a vacation day the day before Meg and I were to begin our celebration of 15 years married to each other, but Meg suggested just working through the day as she had class all morning and her job to attend to in the afternoon, and then taking the next Friday off and take the kids to the pool or something. The pool? Nah, I wanted to do something memorable, something they would remember for years to come. While that may seem like a tall order for my boring-routine lifestyle, I think I may have actually pulled it off. Back to that conversation with Meg about going to the pool, I voiced my interest to go to Mt. St. Helens and camp and go on all-day hikes. Wow, that actually sounds really good; I better figure out how to make it happen. I searched semi-casually for a camping spot to reserve, but there was nothing, which wasn't surprising given the nature of the request. There were walk-in spots available, but ther...
Eddie would make a great Prophet because then I could make comments like wow he turned out great and you'd never believe all of the trouble I had with him. I really hope that even if he doesn't become a prophet I'm able to talk about all the trouble I had with him in the past tense.
ReplyDeleteBTW I adore all of my kids but seriously Eddie makes me laugh constantly and can turn me from completely angry to smiling at him so quickly you wouldn't believe it. Some might say he's manipulative but I just think he knows how to turn a situation around rather quickly.
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