I have become my [insert parent here]!

Do you ever have those moments when you say "Wow, I've totally become my Dad/Mom!"?

I had another one of those today.  Due to the warmer weather (above freezing, rather than below it like the rest of the week) this weekend we ended up with some nasty, soft, slushy snow all over the place.  And that means BIG OL' PUDDLES everywhere!

In the effort to not drown when pulling in or out of our driveway I began scraping the buildup out of our gutters so the water could run to the drain which happens to be right in front of our house.  As I did so I totally remembered watching my dad do the same kind of thing at our house in Tremonton and there was my "I've become" moment of the day.

When the ice would soften Dad would dig it out so the water could drain and we wouldn't have these big ol' puddles/ruts in the driveway that the car would bounce through, not drive through (otherwise you could get stuck in the middle of the driveway, not to mention how deep they would become).  I guess it stuck with me.

It's so weird catching up to points where you remember seeing your parents fulfilling responsibilities and finding yourself at the same place now.

I'm not sure about this continual maturing thing.

Hustle and Bustle

Boy, has it felt like a busy week. We had something every night of the week which included:

• Family Home Evening (yeah!),
  
• Elders Quorum visits,
  
• There was the "cancelled in the nick of time" youth trip to Temple Square on the COLDEST night of the year! Whew! (Substitute activity in the neighborhood and at the church),
  
• A trip to the MOA at BYU with the cub scouts for pack meeting. (Very cool place. Have to go back.),
  
• The Forgotten Carols in SLC (First time for us, very fun in person),
• Braden went to his first basketball game with his buddy's family and watched the Utah Flash play,
  
• Can't forget cleaning the church on Wednesday and Saturday.
  

Hmm, it seems like there is something else....

Oh yeah! Snow removal duty at the church this month. We only had to clear it three times this week alone (and there are three more weeks to go!). Thank you for good folks with four-wheelers who saved our hides, especially this morning at 6a.m. with the heaviest snow I've seen in ages.

Um..., and then I had EQ Presidency meeting, sang in a quartet at Sacrament meeting, went to choir practice, cleaned up more snow so the street out front would drain from all the slush and played with the kids in the snow (but that part was pretty fun :) ).













The kids are now in bed and Yvonne is at tonight's Youth Choir-side as I write this.

Thank heavens for Sabbath days. I need the break from everything else.

Despite being so busy, it was a fun week and we had lots of fun together as a couple and a family.