Random Stories About Us

We were at stake conference the other night and Jamie was walking the hall with Evie and some guy walks up to him and asks him if Evie was his. And he said yes and the guy said, "aren't you at least 40?" Lesson 1 - think before you speak.

We have been trying to teach the kids about tithing. We have started giving them an allowance for doing their chores and they have been paying tithing on it. Well the other day Jamie hears Emmy telling TJ and Addy that they have to hurry and spend their money so they don't have to pay tithing on it. So we obviously weren't quite getting through to her. But she has been wanting a pillow pet for literally years and they had some for $10.89 at Costco. And we told her if she had enough money she could buy herself one and that with tax it would probably be close to $12.00. So a couple of Saturdays ago we sat her down and paid her her allowance for the week, and made her set aside the money she would owe for tithing. She owed $.08 and she knew she was going to be close on having enough money for the pillow pet so she didn't want to set it aside very bad, but we told her if she would pay her tithing that everything would work out okay. So we count out the rest of the money and she had $11.85. So I wrote the amount on a piece of paper and told her I would pay for it with my debit card and she could give me her money when we got home and if she didn't have enough we would work something out. So we go and get the pillow pet and her total, with tax came to $11.85. She had the exact right amount after paying her tithing. Lesson 2- If you pay tithing, the windows of heaven truly will be opened up to you.

Jamie and TJ were out in the garage the other day and TJ was showing Jamie the handlebar brakes on Emmy's bike, which his doesn't have. He said, "Dad, you see these. I need some of these. Only instead of it making the bike go slower, I want them to make me going really fast when I push them." Lesson 3 -Boys will be boys. I never knew until I had TJ how much boys are strictly just programmed different. He truly is all boy and I love that about him.