Winry has been exploring the potty a little bit this past week. She is definitely started to get interested. Who knows if that will turn into anything helpful like potty training, but at least the interest is starting to show.
At work this past week I got a fancy liquid cooler for the hardware I was working on. I can't talk about exactly what is going on in this picture, but I really liked the heatsink zip tied down to my experiment! It's been working great so far!
Brooke has gone a whole month leaving her blankie in her bed!! As her reward she wanted a Cinderella dress! While she was wearing it she'd even say "dad, please call me Cinderella" if I ever said Brooke. She showed it off with some princess spins, and when I got home from work we danced at the royal ball! She's been loving being a princess so much!
Monica took the kids to "baby" story time at the library this past week. It was focused to littler kids. But on the bright side, all of the big kids got to hold stuffed animals so they had babies to help with the activities too! They sang lots of songs, and Brooke had a great time showing off her motherly instincts.
Our garden continues to grow. The weeds are unreal, and I'm sure Monica would agree, but here are our strawberries!! Unfortunately, we always have squirrels running around on our fence, so we're worried that we might not get anything to ourselves this year...
On Saturday we headed up to Ft Collins so that Monica and I could go to the temple. The Denver temple is closed for like 3 months, so we're planning to make a few trips up. Monica and I took turns in the temple, and while I was in Monica took the kids to the library up there, and they loved it! When Monica went in I took the kids to lunch (Monica said it was okay that she didn't come). We went to Tom+Chee and it was great! I think we all had a great time up there. On the drive home Google auto-changed our route to speed us up and we took 270-225 instead of heading down I25. As we got off onto 270 we drove into some really heavy rain. This morning Monica saw a news article that said the rain was so hard on I25 that there were feet of built up water on the road and traffic was stopped for miles with cars trying to get through. Glad we took the alternate route!
That evening I took the girls to the park. They rode on the bouncy animals and had a wonderful time. I think this is one of Winry's first times.
And Brooke was rocking like crazy!! Like she owned the place.
We also went down some slides there, and Winry went down them all by herself! Maybe someday Brooke will do that too... We didn't get to stay for too long because we started to hear thunder. I put the rain cover on the stroller and we headed for home, and about half way back it started to rain on us. Good thing we came prepared! It was a fun walk in the rain home though!
I woke up sick today, so Monica took the girls to church, and I stayed home and watched Elder Hollands General Conference talk from this past April. It was so good, and it was a great reminder about the importance of the sacrament and what we do on Sunday to prioritize it. I also really liked his descriptions of the Atonement, and I really felt it helped me understand more deeply the importance of the Sacrament and what Jesus did for all of us. I encourage you all to go read or watch it. I know that Jesus Christ suffered for our sins, and is our Savior. I know that He loves us and through the Atonement we can return to live with Him and God again. I encourage everyone to take time to ponder how the Atonement has changed your life, and how you can properly take the time to show your gratitude for all the Savior has done for us each week as you prepare to partake of the Sacrament. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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