It pays to be honest

This experience happened awhile ago as well, but was such a good experience that I want to remember it, but I know I won't unless I write it down.

One night, while Taylor was in class, Isaac and I went to Fred Meyer. (Side note: I've never been to a Fred Meyer until moving here, and it is brand new and it is WAY nice...) Anyway, I was just looking for something and I definitely got distracted. I eventually wandered into the shoe department. I found some shoes that I really liked--and I am NOT a shoe girl--so it was a big deal that I actually liked these shoes. Well, it was buy one get the second half off. I couldn't resist. So I bought two pairs of shoes with the justification that if Taylor didn't like them, I would return them. Well I didn't even get home before I said "No, I am going to return these tomorrow." I didn't need these shoes, what I really needed and wanted were sandals. So, the next day during my lunch break I took the shoes back. I was on the phone with my mom so I really was not paying attention.

The girl refunded me the full price for both pairs of shoes. (The second pair was half off originally). Well, I go and get Isaac, go home and have lunch, and I was about to tell Taylor how I returned the shoes and it clicked. I got more money back than what I paid. Instantly, which I reluctantly am admitting to now, thought--no one knows...that's an extra $20 bucks in my pocket...I really don't want to drive back to Fred Meyer....BUT, then the thoughts of...that's not right...Taylor wouldn't keep the money...be honest...etc, all flooded my mind. It really was a moral dilemma. Enter guilt ridden conscious.

After work I drove back to Fred Meyer to tell them I got too much money back. I get up to the counter and tell the associate that they gave me too much money and was like "oh, ok." Enter more thoughts: not even an "oh wow, that is so good of you to come back"....or "thank you for doing that" ... or "not many people would be that honest"...so I was now a little peeved that my good deed was not appreciated.

Well, the associate could not figure out how to fix this, so after a few minutes she went and got a manager or someone to help her. The manager looked at the receipt and then looked at me and said, "Don't worry about it. It was our mistake, we will fix it on our end."

Enter guilt again. Just a few moments earlier I was getting upset that I didn't as little as a thank you for coming back and now this lady was going to let me keep the money...HELLO!?!? I felt terrible for being upset just a few moments earlier.

I just looked at the manager, dumbfounded, and said, "No....are you sure?" I asked several times but she just sent me on my way.

So, moral of the story, it really does pay to be honest. :-)

But, in all seriousness, I look back at this whole experience and really did learn something. The Lord truly was testing me. It wasn't until I had left the store, been away from it for over an hour when it dawned on me what had happened. I feel like my test was to see if I would obviously do what was the right thing to do. It is weird to me that it didn't register what happened when the gal originally refunded my money. It wasn't until later that it distinctly came back to me that I had a choice to make...keep the money or go back. It was an internal battle between right and wrong. Gas prices just jumped up, or, honest conscious. I am grateful that I was strong enough to go out of my way to go back and make everything right because I know that I am now even stronger because of it. I hope to remember this always and pass it on to my children.

Mother's Day

I know this was awhile ago...but I have to write about it. The weekend had started off with all of us being sick, but come Saturday afternoon we decided we were doing better and made the trek down to Salt Lake. We met up with one of my good friends from high school--Meredith--and went to dinner, it was great to catch up.

On Sunday, we went to church with Taylor's mom and I got the best Mother's Day gift...Isaac fell asleep on my shoulder during the entire Sunday School block! It was HEAVEN!! I love when he sleeps on me....ahhh....I just loved it.

Following church, we had a BBQ with Taylor's family. It was great to be with them! Here are some pictures from the weekend...they are few and all at the same time...but, oh well.

See his little Mohawk??

He occasionally does this next face and it is soooo funny. I tried to catch it on camera, but it doesn't quite capture the essence of the humor of it. He opens his mouth real wide and it is just so funny, I love it.
This was on our way home--it was about 7:30 and he was fussing, but I didn't want to give him his bottle too early--he normally goes down at 8. But, we decided to go ahead and feed him and if he stayed up longer than usually, so be it. But after just a few minutes, we looked back and this is what we saw! It was so cute!

This was Isaac's gift to me...so cute, huh?! They did it at daycare and I LOVE it!

2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited Edition

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Isaa'c first swim

I'm finally getting around to posting the pictures of Isaac's first swim back in April. We took him to the pool at the City Center Marriott when we were there for General Conference. Isaac didn't scream and cry, but he didn't shout with joy and happiness either. We think we are good becuase he didn't hate it...:-) Look at his face in all the pictures--no emotion! He doesn't really know what is going on! haha...it was pretty chilly though.

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We love our son!!!!!!!!! He has brought so much joy and happiness into our lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birthday, Friends, USU Graduation

Well, first let me start by saying thank you to all my family and friends for making my birthday so special. I am truly appreciative for all of your love and support--Taylor was so wonderful and made such a great effort to make my day very special, it was great!

Friday night we had some friends come through town and stayed the night with us--Laura and Josh and their adorable baby Kylie. Laura and I use to work together, and we haven't seen them for about a year, so it was really fun to catch up. They were great house guests and we loved having them here!!!

On Saturday, we drove down to Logan to celebrate graduation of my brother-in-law Jordan. He graduated from USU with his degree in business. We are so happy and proud of him!

Following graduation we went to lunch at a yummy mexican restaurant. Isaac did really well through the ceremony--at least compared to my sisters ceremony the previous week. He is always so happy, we love it. A random/weird note: we were leaving the restaurant and some guy sitting at the other table started taking pictures of Isaac. Can we say weird?? I looked at him and he said "He's just so cute, I can't help it. You don't mind do you?" So I just shrugged it off and as we were walking out he showed me one of the pictures he took...WEIRD. I should have asked him if he was a photographer or what he was going to do with the picture or something, but I was so overwhelmed by the random/weirdness of it that I didn't say anything. That is something I need to be better at, but isn't that weird???