When I got home from work I could that Rachel had another hard day with the kids. She had a Relief Society dinner tonight. As soon as she left I had a long talk with them about helping out and keeping their toys put away and their rooms clean. We then agreed to get the whole house cleaned before she got home. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how well they helped out tonight. We got the house cleaned up – not perfect, but...

I played Ultimate Frisbee for the first time this year. The weather was perfect, and yes, I still got it 🙂 For family home eventing tonight I suggested that Rachel just give her sharing time lesson since the kids missed it on Sunday. It took a while to get the kids settled down. They are all so wild and I’m not sure what to do about it. It turned out good and we realized we need to do a better job teaching our children about the...

This morning I got up at 5:45 to get ready for church meetings. I forgot that our meeting on Fast Sunday was at 10:00. It was OK though because I needed to get stuff done. But the doors were locked and I lost my key to the building. So I came back home and had a chance to read some ensign articles. It was nice to take some time to do so. It had been a...

Today is what I would call a lazy Saturday. We didn’t plan on going out because all our kids are sick again. We watched movies and played games all day. We have a light fixture in the basement that keeps falling out and hanging by the electrical wires. I’ve tried several times to fix it. It has the wrong kind of electrical box to attache the fixture to in the first place. I’ve bought new screws that fit it correctly. That...

I had the day off today. I think it was a good thing. We woke up to a foot of snow. It had pretty much all melted so it was rather surprising. It took me over an hour to shovel it all, and I had to do it twice. It would probably all melt in two or three days so it may have been a waste of time. So it was pretty much an indoor day. We watched a movie and played some...