A Rare Day

This...

plus this...

equals boobie traps!

But it also equaled this... a sweet smile, knowing he would now be safe from monsters in his room at night.

Yesterday was one of those rare and wonderful days. The boys played nicely together ALL DAY! It was so quiet I kept checking up on them thinking they were really being sneaky about something. Instead I found them happily engaged in different activities, taking turns, helping one another, and sharing. It was so peaceful.

Ethan the last few nights has been stalling bedtime, as he's worried about monsters in his room. I explained that with as many lights as they have on, a brother sharing your room, a priesthood blessed house, security gates with patrols, and the fact that monsters do not exist means no monsters would be visiting his room. The next morning they decided they would take one extra precaution just to be sure. Zach took his Lego Indiana Jones booby trap building experience to a new level and guess what? No monsters.

It gets better. We finally got into town to buy paint. Chris has a honey do list while I'm back in AK that includes painting the house. On the way into town we had Family Home Evening. If you have never had FHE in the car with all the kids strapped down for a 45 minute drive I highly recommend it. The boys were quiet, participated, and asked super insightful questions that led into some serious gospel teaching. It was great. Actually it was better than great-- it may have been the best FHE we've ever had. No wrestling, arguing, or Ethan trying to have gas on anyone (this is his new thing, mostly he saves it for Chris). The only interruption was Zach saying, "Hey I just saw a really cool cave... and a tire farm." The roads here are littered with tires, miles and miles of tires. I'm not sure if we see more camels or tires along the road.