So, I stayed up until 3 AM last night catching up on blogging. It was probably almost two hours just to post yesterday’s blog, but hey, I think it was worth it.
Today was the perfect pace for me. Lily took care of things in the morning while I slept-in, until 9:30 and then took my time getting showered and ready for the day (including a meditation) and I didn’t emerge upstairs until almost 11:00. Then I helped Lily clean the upstairs, and assembled some shelves while listening to a General Conference talk.
Then I prepared the lesson for home church and we all had home church. The lesson was on baptismal covenants.
After home church, I gave Lily foot massage, and then went to my room to write in my Jesus journal, and write in my “Prison to Playground” book, which is more a book where I collect personal wisdom and truth. Really I was working off of my list of things I try to do on Sundays to connect with God, and myself to help the day feel sacred, healing and rejuvenating:
Then I emerged just as our neighbors, Neil and Shannon Giles came over. They are so sweet, and super peppy. We love them and their joy. They brought chocolates for Lily’s birthday, had wonderful conversation with us, and listened to Mary and Lydia play their instruments. It was a very bright part of our day.
Then I played toys with Ammon, which I had been wanting to do. I like connecting with him, and playing with his toys has been a fun way for us to bond. We built a zoo out of blocks and magnetiles and had story lines involving animals getting stolen from the zoo, or needing to get trained better etc. Often the Avengers would come help.
We had yummy leftover Aubergine for dinner and then to our great delight, Eliza and Katie stopped over to play with the children. There were so sweet, delightful, and considerate (for wearing their masks). Our kids played with them outside for over an hour it seems. From everything could tell, they were having an incredible time. We are surrounded by such wonderful people!
