sunday 2.26.06

So Knotts was SO FUN! and SO cheap!! atleast compared to everything else...we paid 25 for me and 25 for jon then the 3 girls were 15 and then becca was free- so were all in for 95 bucks - NOT BAD! it was SO fun - there were TONS of rides and NOBODY was there even on a friday which surprised us- we thought it might be super ghetto but it was actually so nice and clean - very impressed!! i think were burnt on dland so knotts will be the new place to hit for fun for the family..we liked it too because they had faster better scarier rides for me and jon and the older 2 girls..sarah is a MANIAC and rachel is a WHIMP! but if sarah went on a ride with dad - THEN rachel would go on that same ride with mom...all in all it was a great day! then we did hit soup plantation for dinner..that was yummy too - as always and the girls SURPRISINGLY were SOOO GOOD!!! that never seems to happen! but honestly i think its because ive been having them come with us more- like to coco's down my street next to kohls--to get use to how we eat out...i think its working!! then we hung out at the hales for a little bit to wait for traffic to die down...
saturday we just relaxed at home...jon had his first daddy/daughter date with rachel for achievement day..it was sports themed so they wore ElMO football jerseys with the name hales and the #25 on the bag- they looked cute and crap i forgot a photo!! DANGT!!! oh well - i was rushing them out the door !! they said they did this relay race type thing and when it came down to doing the wheel barrow racing then where jon holds rachels legs- jon said that rachel TOTALLYYYYY smoked ALLL the other girls!!! he was SO proud!! i told him its because rachel walks around the house like a REAL animal all the time!!! she loves to act like a dog or a horse..when she's a dog she even curls her fingers in to make it look more like a paw - what a freak!!! i keep telling her - it was cute when you were like 4 but your almost 9!! i dont have the money for therapy for that!!!
so today is sunday - had a good day...i got everything ready the nite before which REALLY helps -that primary song is SOO TRUE!!! i taught my sunday school lesson - it was actually about marriage...i had all my 18 kids write 5 qualities or things they look for in a person they want to date...then they folded it and handed it to me..then i asked them to write 5 things/qualities they look for in a person they want to marry...then folded and handed them to me..the idea was they SHOULD really be the same...it was fun to read them all..i think it was good for both sexes to see what the other was really looking for...they kids thought it was cool...i asked the class.."do you guys/boys ever have lessons about marriage in priesthood? they said NO!" then the girls said, "wow we have lessons on marriage like EVERY WEEK it seems in yw's!!" i had to laugh - cuz its SO true!!! anyway - the lesson went great- i told them how me and jon met in sept and dated 6 weeks..got engaged and then married 6 weeks later- you shoudl have seen their faces!!! it was priceless!!! i told them it was because i KNEW what i wanted in a spouse and same with jon...we didnt waste time dating just whoever- we dated ones we that had the qualities we were looking for..i also encouraged them to have a book/journal and write down those qualities..and write down the ones they were attracted to when they dated someone..your list will grow and SOMEDAY SOMEONE will actually HAVE all those qualities you want! my list got up to 76 and jon literally has all those qualities!!
after church we came home...my good friend kristen just got called to teach r/s so today was her first day-- i went to her ward r/s to support her-- she was too cute...she made a comment that made me really think...she said that we as women all have the same feelings..regardless of when we are living..the pioneers lost children..we today lose our children to sin..our feelings of loss are the same..that really stuck with me...
i forgot in our sacrament meeting-- they talked about emergency prepardness and how in 30 days our ward will have a plan for each of us to follow shoudl anything happen..which is neat! were all getting flags...white means all is well..red means we need help...anyway -the speaker is a insurance guy - and he was saying here we have no earthquake coverage..BUT the insurance joke is..IF your house is a total loss and you gas pipe is leaking to light a match and throw it - cuz fire IS covered -- the crowd was totally laughing..he said i wouldnt ADVISE anyone to do that- but thats just an inside insurance joke - i had to chuckle!!
so now its nearly 9pm..im all emailed caught up, mormonchic caught up and blogged caught up - i can now retire- tomorrow is the bachelor finale party at my friends house - with TONS of yummy food! i can hardly wait!!