Happy Anniversary!

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all doing fantastic.  We sure are!  Brooke is still loving bubbles, and we just got a great bubble wand!  It's brought new life into bubble time!  Brooke chases them around yelling "POP!"

Last Sunday Brooke was going crazy so we had to get out of the house.  Right as we headed out it started to rain.  It was only a little, so luckily we were still able to be outside for a while.  We even saw a rainbow while we were out there!

The banana (a.k.a. Steve) I spruced up for Brooke grew some stubble!  That guy has seen better days!

Anyway, on Thursday it was our Anniversary!!!  Happy 4 years Monica!  We decided to head out early, since it was a school night, so we could get a baby sitter.  We headed to Kurosawa, our favorite local sushi spot.  It was wonderful!  We did have to avoid raw fish, but that's not hard to do.  It was also really fast, but I suppose that's to be expected when you beat the dinner rush and you're one of the few people there.  Afterward we went to Kneaders to get some dessert!  We also wrote in our anniversary journal, which is a journal that we fill out each year on our anniversary with some questions in the front that we answer every year.  It was a fun night.

On our way back to the house we ran in to practically royalty!  Look at that car.  Chick-fil-a Award Winner!  Yeah, we basked in some of that glory while waiting for the light to turn green.

On Friday we had a backyard BBQ.  We were planning to have one once a month at the start of the summer, and I think we had 1 or 2 back then.  We've sadly forgotten since then, but luckily Monica remembered.  So we did a hot dog roast in the back yard with Brooke!

She had a great time, and was very good at not going by the fire.  She somewhat enjoyed the hot dogs and fries, and especially the ketchup.  She was eating that by the handful!

On Saturday morning we went to help clean the church.  We got there a little early and just used my key to get in and start going.  While we were there Brooke wanted a drink from the drinking fountain.  When you turn the fountain on it shoots the first little bit of water really high, and then the rest is normal.  Well, I gave her a drink, and then she said more, so I pushed the button again and it sprayed her eye.  You would have thought it was sunscreen or something.  She walked around for 5 or 10 minutes rubbing her eye saying "Eye!!!"  She was still helpful and carried the paper towels for us though.

As a reward for cleaning the church we went to get donuts.  We went to The Donut House, which is a relatively new donut place here in Parker.  It is really good, and they have Cro-nuts.  It's a donut made from a croissant.  They are super tasty!

That night as bedtime approached, Brooke wanted to make sure Magon was ready for the night as well, so she folded up blankie and laid him down and played some music for him.  Great news, he slept all night!

In other news I got just about everything done for my Kickstarter this past week, and I'll be submitting it for review tomorrow.  It should go live sometime this week, I'll post updated on Facebook.  The finishing up process took a little more time than I anticipated, especially when the first video I made for the game turned out less than ideal.

Also, I forgot last week, but I'm trying to end these with something spiritual from church now.  This week we talked about marriage in Sunday school.  My big take away from the day was the thought that once we're a family, it's no longer about MY future, or the Lord's timing for ME.  It should instead be OUR future, or the Lord's timing for US.  We need to be united as a family.  We need to share a cause, and a mutual goal.  While we of course will all have our own interests and pursuits, we need to make sure the things we choose to engage in help to build and strengthen our family and our bonds together.  They also made a great parallel between a family and the Godhead.  Just like how God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost are 3 beings, but 1 in purpose we as a family are all different people, but we need to be united in a common goal and purpose.  Our families should strive to be one, just like the Godhead is one.  In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.