Annual girls night

So where do I begin. Yesterday was really full of ummm...well....let's just say excitement. I will start with our SUV. The battery light was flashing on and off. Then the dishwasher broke and the bottom is filled with water. SO now we are all remembering how it is to do dishes by hand. I am pretty sure my kids didn't even know that was possible. :)
So if I couldn't load the dishwasher I decided to go outside and mow the lawn. We have a TON of rocks on our yard and alot are hidden by the grass. We have already had to change the blades once. I hit a few rocks and then I heard an awful noise. The mower died. UH OH. But finally it started but then I realized that one of the rocks I hit caused the blade to pop off. It was kind of funny. Well I went back inside. I was afraid to touch anything.
The boys were going camping that night and the girls were going out for a girl night. They were taking the SUV (gratefully). They got to their camping sight and the truck died. But in the morning it started right up..........that is until they got about 5 miles out. It died in the road and thankfully they had a small spot to pull off the side of the road. We called a tow truck. Ok so back to my day. I took some time to just sit with the kids and watch a cartoon. Then got up and decided to vacuum. I was almost done when I sucked up the laptop cord. I can't get it out now. I am thankful that it is an old laptop that doesn't work. The kids pretend play on it. But I kind of need my vacuum. I will have to get Don on that after he fixes the dishwasher and the rider. OOH. I don't think I am getting many wife points here.

I was so happy when it was time for us girls to go out. They wanted to go to McDonalds and then for icecream. I took them to the park. It was such a beautiful day. In the car Mayah was drinking her chocolate milk. She spilled in all over herself and on the floor of the car and on a library book. HMMMM are we bad luck or what?

Rachel wanted to play tag at the park. So I spent the whole time chasing and getting chased. It was fun being a kid again. But then Rachel hit her head on the play ground and got a bit of a headache. She already had a small headache from all the walking at the zoo. She had just gotten home from a field trip right before out date.

Here is Mayah and Rachel at the park.

Mayah wanted in the swing right when we got there.

I love this picture....my sweet girls.

Here they are being funny and climbing. They are literally like monkeys.

Busy as ever. Can barely stop for a picture.

Wonder what she is looking at.

I gave the girls a chance to watch a movie or go home and dress up and dance. They were both sooooooooooo tired and they chose a movie. They didn't have any good ones Redbox so we headed home. Well on our way home we got a call from Don. He wanted us to go to the store and pick something up for them that they needed. So we turned around and headed to the store. Took us awhile to find what he needed and then had to run it over to the church. Well by the time we got home it was pretty late. There was only enough time for one small show. The girls were not happy about it. But Rachel was so whiney about her head and she was exhausted. They got to sleep in bed with me. Rachel fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. It was a fun night but it was a little hard because they were so tired. I think we will have to plan another time when I take just the two of them out again.

As soon as everything started breaking I actually had a thought come to my head....normally I kind of complain to myself and wonder WHY? Does everything have to rain at once? But the thought that came to me was how Nephi reacted when his bow broke. He didn't murmur. He just went to work and built another one. It really helped me to realize that it doesn't do any good when we complain. The problems or issues or trials are still there. They won't go away if we complain. It has taken me a long time to realize this and I am pretty sure I will still complain in the future but for today I am very happy to say that I don't feel like complaining at all. I know it is a learning experience. I feel like everything that comes my way is trying to teach me patience. I think that since I haven't learned it yet that I will continue to be faced with trials until I do. I better learn it pretty darn quick.

In my lesson for church it talks about turning negative things into positive ones. I have some examples now. :)

I am just so glad the truck didn't break down on me. I am grateful that the kids were still able to go camping. It got them there and I am glad it happened on a weekend when Don and I could work together to get it taken care of. I hauled kids home while he and Zach walked. Then Caleb watched the younger ones and I went back to pick up the walkers.

The boys had fun camping. Seemed to go really fast but it was enough for them to get their fix in. I find it almost funny that so many things are happening at once.