Bug Bites

Ok so last night, I was on my own in the parental aspect.... Brandon was working late and for some reason I caught this bug. The kind that gives you all the energy that you need to get everything done....no more to do list kind of energy. I made the mistake of asking my kids what they wanted for dinner, because like in any situation they WANT something different. So,with a smile on my face, I made Ryann what she wanted (Italian style hamburger helper), and Seiler what he wanted (hot dog and mac n' cheese). Easy enough, but the look and smell of all of it together was not satisfying. I took care of all the groceries, vaccumed the whole upstairs, fed the dog, got school clothes picked out for the next day, made my bed, and stripped and made the kids beds, went through ryann's back pack for first day of school HomeWork, helped her accomplish it, ate dinner(the chitlens acctually ate EEVERYTHING on their plates), ate dessert. Thiss is ussually pretty big for me. Seeing how lazyness has just about taken over my life. What do you expect doing the same thing everyday for SEVEN years...... Anyway, I decided recently, that we would start having FHE. I know, I know, we should have been doing this all along, and we have sort of. We just never labled it FHE, and didn't ever have a spiritual thought. In my husbands defense, we did always spend the evening together as a family, whether it was going the a theme park, the movies, the neighborhood pool, or just out to dinner. But after an exciting summer, and a few smart mouths and stubborn butts thrown my way, I decided we should do it the way it was intended. So, I picked a Living Scriptures movie(Lehi's Dream), sat in between my kids on my bed & watched the movie. Seiler heard the word NEPHI and said it a few times quietly, then said "Ryann this is a church movie, this is a church movie Ryann!", with excitment in his voice. This totally brought a smile to my face. Ryann's bored reaction was"I KNOW, what else can we watch?" After the movie was over I found the scripture that tells of Lehi's dream in 1st Nephi, and read it to my kids, and asked them to listen to the words, and try to remember if they saw that in the movie, we had a prayer and put on pajamas. Off to bed they went and right at 8:00 0'clock. I was totally in shock......and still proud of myself......Hope this bug comes back to bite me, instead of the cold bug that I woke up with this morning!!!