Family Conversation

Saturday night we were discussing the fact that the boys would need to wear their casual shoes to church because all Sunday clothes are packed in the last pod from the cabin--awaiting our hopefully eventual move out of a hotel and into an actual home. They seemed a little concerned and decided at least they weren't flip-flops.

Then Dad said:
"Yeah, I was going to wear some water moccasins!"

Me: "????? Do you mean poisonous snakes? On your feet?"

Then I started laughing so hysterically I could barely breathe.

Dad: "Are you mocking me?"

Sam: "Yeah, you're being water mocced!"

Me: "Oh, I get it--they're like "Crocs" but they're "Mocs"--both named after dangerous swamp creatures."

Kinda Funny

Sunday was our last time at church as members of the Prune Hill Ward. It was Fast and Testimony Meeting-- wherein we can share our expressions of faith and testimony with our fellow congregants. It's always uplifting and faith-strengthening.

One sweet lady (she was Primary teacher to almost every one of our kids, and her daughter was the favorite babysitter to our older three) was saying how she would miss us. She said, "They moved into the ward when they only had one baby, then they had kid, after kid, after kid, after kid, after kid, after kid..."

It was great comic relief for me after feeling like I was going to bawl my eyes out thinking of leaving all those great people.

Nice Try

Here's the list I keep handy on the cupboard door. I jot down items I need from the store as I become aware of them. It would appear that one of the youngsters thought they would add to the list. I thought it was especially clever to add spinach...you know to throw me off.

Outtakes

What can I tell you? Seth is a natural-born silly. And we all encouraged it with our laughter from the time he was old enough to make a funny face.

The camp caretaker is thanking Spencer for the picnic tables that his amazing Eagle leadership provided...she is really, really, happy. Spencer is medium happy.