Sunday, March 21, 2010

Feeling a little Guilty...

I've been feeling a little guilty for my previous post about Sundays. Sunday's tend to be harder days for me, particularly because Chad has been going to work right after church. Since that post, I have thought long and hard about how I can make Sundays better at our home. I have decided that right now my focus needs to be on the boys and not on that it is "my" day of rest. I am happy to say that we had a wonderful Sunday. The boys all got up and got ready pretty easily. They were all wonderful in Sacrament meeting. After church we got home and decided to go on a family bike ride. Not sure if that is considered "breaking" the Sabbath or not, but I felt great about it. We were all happy and having a good time together. If we would have been at home we probably would have been fighting and that would have felt like we were breaking the Sabbath. After our bike ride Jared had his baptismal interview with our bishop. Jared was SOOOOO nervous. I am not sure why he was so nervous, especially because he knows the bishop pretty well. He is an amazing guy and has young children and is always so cute with the kids. My kids just love him. So we went in and sat down and the bishop asked him if he knew what it meant to get baptized. Jared's eyes welled up with tears, and he couldn't talk because he was so nervous. Bishop didn't say anything about the tears, he just kept on talking and explaining everything to Jared and tried to make him feel more comfortable. It was a very sweet and tender experience for me. I know that Jared has been thinking a lot about his baptism that is coming up and is taking it very seriously. I am thankful for a kind bishop that is sensitive to the spirit. Jared is very excited to get baptized and even more so after his interview today. Later in the afternoon, my mom and Tera came over (mom brought some dinner) and we all had a nice visit! The kids even got to play with Tera's Sugar Gliders!
With the right intent and the right spirit Sundays can be good!

7 comments:

cryssal said...

You are my hero! I hope one day that I will enjoy my Sundays more.

When is the baptism? I would like to try to make it if al all possible.

Sandy said...

Sundays are always a hard day for me also and I always have chuck to help me. I think about you a lot on Sundays and you are an inspiration to me that you even get your kids to church without Chad sometimes. You are such a great mom. We love you!
Sandy

sam and brittney said...

Wow!! 8 already! I can't believe that Jared is going to be baptized soon! What happened to my little Kindergartener Jared. I wish I could be there!

Jen said...

I know how hard Sundays can be without your husband there. I have had many. You have such a positive attitude. Your kids are so lucky to have you for a mommy! BTW, I am afraid to ask what Tera's "sugar gliders" are, but still curious...

Jen said...

oh, and we are so proud of you, Jared! Way to go! I hope the baptism is GREAT!

April said...

You are so cute-- I hear ya, Sundays aren't always easy- it sure is nice when they turn out just the way we'd like them to be!

Lisa said...

For some reason our boys sleep in on Sun. The only day they have to wake up early on. We have been tempted to tell them they can play video games sun. morning because they wake up really early when they know they can play video games.
Jared is so cute, that is really cool that he understands how important baptism is.