Bonsall West Round-Up and other tidbits

Last Friday we had a great time at the Bonsall West Annual Round-Up. The PTA did a great job putting on a fun night. They had a yummy BBQ dinner catered by a local steakhouse, a climbing wall, petting zoo, lots of arts and craft activities, a bounce house and about 20 booths with different games. I volunteered at both of the booths for the girls' classes. They had fun running around with Dad and their friends.

The PTA had a drawing for prizes and I thought for sure we were going to win the Disneyland tickets, but it wasn't our lucky night. ;)

We love the school. It's been a wonderful part of our move.

On a side note: The black skirt Abby is wearing is her favorite and the yellow striped shirt she is also very fond of. The other day I looked at her and said, "Abby, for some reason I feel like I've seen that skirt on you quite a few days this week." She informed me, "Yeah, this is my fifth time wearing it." She wore the same skirt for a whole week, if not more. No joke! I don't even know if I washed it in between. Normally, I would say I'm an awful mother, but it's not like she didn't have anything else to wear, she just wanted to wear her old stand-by. What she is wearing is the last thing on my mind in the morning. I've tried the whole "setting her clothes out for her" routine, it doesn't work, the girl has a mind of her own. We're switching things up a bit now...every other day. ;) She also wears pig tails everyday, she comes bouncing into the kitchen every morning asking, "Mom, will give me fresh piggy tails?" For Abby right now, pig tails are the new headband. The last couple of times I've sent her to shower, she gets out and her hair is still in the pig-tails. Brynn says she's mastered the art of washing her hair with the pig tails in. Oh Abby, what are we going to do with you?



We visited some ballet programs today. We think we've found one that will work, it's 5 blocks away from the beach (bonus!) so we'll have to make a trip there on dance day too. But oh how we miss Applegate Dance and our friends there. It is seriously painful! It made me sad all afternoon just thinking about it. It was a little slice of heaven, and a part of life we have really missed. But, everyday I'm trying to remind myself of this advice...

".....try to benefit from a proper view of what has gone before, I plead with you not to dwell on days now gone nor to yearn vainly for yesterdays, however good those yesterdays may have been. The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future. Faith always has to do with blessings and truths that will yet be efficacious in our lives." Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

We have been blessed to remember so many good things about the past few years of our lives, so many glowing experiences. We are looking with faith to the future. Good things are happening here. We have experienced tender mercies and we know Heavenly Father is watchful of us.