Our 7 Day Family Challenge Continued...

DAY SIX:  Today was a much needed, chill but still productive day.  We started the day off early with the idea of going on a hike, but as I got thinking about a hike with Beau and no backpack type of thing, we adjusted and decided to go to a nearby trail called Sante Fe by the Air Force Academy.  We invited some friends to join us and it was a perfect way to start the day. 

 After we got home, the next thing on our agenda was to memorize a scripture.  Following the theme of this week, the scripture was Mosiah 2:17: "...that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God." I got Isaac reciting it on video (and no it's not perfect) but we practiced it throughout the day and will continue to recite it...

After some on-the-floor play time and lunch, we made a Pinterest craft: the "Calming Jar." The idea is when a tantrum unfolds, you shake the jar and you can't talk until all the glitter settles.  Idea is really good, but the glitter in our jar settles pretty fast, so I don't know effective it will be.  Needless to say, Isaac enjoyed making it. 

 Here's a picture of the glitter swirling around...

 Next, we made the "Question Jar." The idea behind this is that we all put questions in this jar and every night at dinner as a family we will draw a question and discuss it.  Some are fun, some are serious, some are church related, etc... For example, "If  you could play any musical instrument, what would you choose and why?" .... "Why are the scriptures important to you?"  .... "Who is your favorite superhero?" ... "What does it mean to be reverent? How can we be reverent?" .... etc.... it was fun to do this together.  AND, I even threw in some really silly things....so tonight at dinner, Isaac picked the first question (idea is one question at dinner) and lo and behold, what was the FIRST thing Isaac picked??!?!? Hahahhaaha....he handed it to Taylor to read and Taylor says, "Are you kidding me???" So the first one picked was one of my silly ones! It read, "Everyone stand up and do Ring Around the Rosie" hahaha, so sure enough we did and it was definitely silly and funny.  We did end up drawing two tonight and the second question was, "What is your favorite sport to play and why?" So if you are at our house for dinner, expect to answer a question!! :)

Other things to note of today:

-Taylor has been studying for his investment license for the past two weeks and took the Series 6 test today and passed!! Yahoo!! Now he gets to study for the insurance portion for the next two weeks.  So proud of his hard work!

-Had an ultrasound this afternoon to make sure everything was ok since I've been measuring small.  We learned that I am still measuring small but everything looks fine! It was a treat to see baby girl again!!

-And lastly, DATE NIGHT! Taylor and I have really been trying to make date night a priority every week and I truly look forward to it! But due to the last two events, our planned activities were somewhat cut short for the day.