I think it was back in March that we decided as a family to make a goal to read our scriptures every night. The theme in primary was scripture related and the girls were learning a song about scripture power. So to keep the girls motivated I made a sticker chart and we told the girls that as we filled up each word with stickers we would have a fun family day doing something they really wanted to do. Most of the time they were really gung-ho and we kept pilling on stickers and others, well let's just say it took us months to fill up letters that should have taken weeks. And even though we didn't make a huge dent in the amount of chapters we read the important part is we made reading our scriptures a priority and I think we have grown closer together as a family. Plus it has really been helping Tallie and her reading, listening , pronunciation and comprehension skills. A lot of good things are coming from reading. So since we finished the girls went back and forth with whether we should go swimming at the indoor bucket pool or go to a movie at the theater. Swimming won and it was fun. Tallie was doing well showing us how to glide underwater and Chloe was a crazy woman going down the slide a million times in a row. Chloe also insisted that I address her as "fairy girl" all day. She corrected me if I forgot and by the end of the day it was pretty much annoying but whatever floats her boat. Afterwards we came home, ate dinner, then we had a movie night in the living room and watched "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". It was a good night and now we are working on our new family day...wonder when we will get there.

I have been helping out in Tallie's class every Monday morning and it has been a really good eye opener for me. It is really sad to see some kids struggling all because their parents are not taking the time to teach them at home. Makes me want to be a better mom and be involved as much as I can. It's hard though. Some days I feel like a chicken running around with my head cut off.

Also the other night we stayed outside past dark, turned on some music and started a dance party with the neighbor kids right there in our backyard. A good memory. After we cuddled in our blankets on the couches until it got too chilly and we had to go in...I miss summer.