Much Better

Today was a much better day, in large part due to my attitude. I got up a half hour early this morning to read my scriptures, say my prayers, and beg for patience to make it through the day. I felt the extra help all day long and was thankful I took the time to tune into the spirit at the start of my day. I made it though almost the whole day without raising my voice. I was about to get a 100%, when the kids were absolutely out of control in the bathtub and left inches of standing water on the floor. Even then I didn't yell, I just let them know that I was NOT HAPPY with their choice. Not perfect, but soooo much better than yesterday.

Kind of a boring day. Cleaned the house, did the laundry, worked on Darius' blanket (which is coming along nicely), made all the meals, watched the kids play at the park....just the usual. I did order Katelyn's Halloween costume today. That is a huge weight off my shoulders. It shouldn't be that big of a deal, but Katelyn really wanted to be Barbie Elina. Problem is the costume to be Barbie Elina is like $30. We can't really afford to spend that much money on something so silly, but I also didn't want to let Katelyn down. So for the past couple of weeks I have been arguing back and forth with myself. Today when I picked Katelyn up from school, I begged and begged and tried to convince her to be something else. But she wasn't going to hear a word of it. She had her mind set on being Barbie Elina, and there was no way around it. So with my tail between my legs, I sat down at the computer to order the costume. Just as I was about to do it, I decided to search one last time to make sure I was getting the best price. Much to my surprise and delight, I found the exact same costume for $12.99 on some website that I hadn't come up before. JACKPOT! I was so stoked. With shipping, its a little less than $20 so now she can be what she wants and I can be happy at the same time. As for Jake, he doesn't want to be "ANYSING" for Halloween. He is happy with being just Jake. That is a little Jason right there. I do have a couple of hand me down back up costumes in case he changes his mind, but I'm not holding my breath. He is just as stubborn about not being something as Katelyn was about her choice. Opinionated children, who ever heard of such a thing?!

Tomorrow Bethany is coming over for homemade pizza night. It's not possible to have a bad day if it ends with good company and yummy food, is it? Looks like tomorrow is shaping up to be a good day as well.

Good Night to all!

Here's some pics from this evenings photo shoot: