We managed to get things cleaned up for the start of the week. I mowed the lawn, the kids folded the laundry, finished the dishes, and (bribed by a dinner at Pizza Pie Cafe) cleaned the whole house. I also put enough encouragement on Laura that she was able to try on the pants for most of the younger kids and the bras for Alyssa so that we don’t have that hanging over our heads either.
We also started our new approach to family home evening with a BYU Devotional talk from brother Jeff Wilks about joy and optimism. Here are his five keys to staying positive:
I feel like we had a good example of how our house can run. It wasn’t without bumps but it was clearly a success.
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