A Morales Minute

On Sunday August 16th I was asked to give the opening prayer in sacrament meeting. I was sitting at the front of the chapel singing the opening song. It was 'How Firm A Foundation ,' one of the Hymns the primary kids have been learning this year. So because Lindsey knows the song it was so cute to watch her sing her little heart out. I started thinking about what a sweet girl she is and how much I love her and can't believe that she's starting school, how much I'm going to miss her....all sorts of stuff like that was running through my head. I was in an emotional state that day so tears were always on the verge. During the song, Lindsey smiled so big at me and then held up a paper that she got in her Sunday School class. On the paper it said, "Jesus Christ loves you" and she pointed to it and to me while she was singing. I had to do all I could to not let my watery eyes drip. I'm going to miss this little angel so much. Have you ever heard the song ...

This year the weather was great. It wasn't windy, cold, cloudy or rainy. Of course we play in the sand! Everyone usually does something with the kids in the sand. Here's just a bit of what was done. Everytime we are there some genius gets their car stuck in the sand. Usually it's a car that isn't meant for sandy terrain but this was hilarious! This guy got stuck in the sand with his Ford truck! The good guys that are in Jaime's family always go and help the stranded people get out. What tough guys! They are all pretty big so it's a lot of power helping out these stuck cars and in this case....truck. :) Lindsey and Macy had a great time in the sand and decorating the sandcastles with peanut shells. There's an old ship that ran ground many years ago and it's been wrecked and left on the shore since then. Now all that's left is part of its rusty frame. It's pretty neat to go see. I don't know the history behind it but I was told it's in the...

After we left Portland we headed for Seaside to stay at Fort Steven's with a bunch of Jaime's family. We go every year. Everyone brings their trailers and tents and we usually stay in a yurt. It's kind of like a tent and cabin combined. Power but no water or bathroom. We had to walk to the showers and bathrooms but that wasn't too far. However, it was far enough for me to not want to get out of bed at 5 a.m. to use the facilities. I just waited as long as I could and went back to sleep. :) Here's Aidan in the yurt. It was one of the few places that he was able to be down and crawl on his own. The other place was in Jaime's parents' trailer. Everyone enjoyed hanging out in the trailer and eating snacks. :) Lindsey enjoyed being outside. She played with her second cousin Macy all the time. It's Tillamook's 100th Anniversary this year so the weekend that we were there the Tillamook cheese factory was having a dairy fair. The girls had a great time play...

Every year we take our annual trip to the Oregon Coast. This year we decided to cut the drive in half by staying in Portland two nights. It made the drive easier and we got to do some school shopping for Jaime and Lindsey. The girls abolutely LOVE staying in hotels. Jaime, being so smart and wonderful booked a presidential suite at the Double Tree across from the Lloyd Center. This way we were able to put Aidan to bed in our room, close the door and let him sleep and the rest of us could hang out in the livingroom until we were all ready for bed. We had two bathrooms and one bedroom. The girls slept on the hide-a-bed couch in the living room. There was a balcony in both rooms. It was fun to go out and look outside at everything. It was during their big heat wave so we went swimming in the pool as well. Speaking of swimming. The bath tub in our bedroom was huge. It was a jacuzzi tub that had a bench in it. I filled it up to the bench and it was still deep enough for the girls. I had to ...