Beautiful Belize

 

Adam and I have always talked about giving our kids opportunities like EFY and Humanitarian EFY.  Covid ended up taking a lot of opportunities away from our kids.  For example, my boys will never go to FSY, Briggs has never been on a High Adventure camp out, and even though we had both boys signed up to go to EFY in Nauvoo but it was cancelled.  

Briggs has triggered a few red flags for Adam and I so a couple months ago we told Briggs we were sending him on a Humanitarian trip.  Briggs wasn’t very happy about the gift but he did his best to respect our wishes.  

Anyway, he ended up missing the last couple of days of school and flew to Belize with this group.  The first thing they did at the airport was take their phones away.  The next 3 weeks were digital detox and we didn’t have any contact with him.  

The group worked hard and they played hard.  They began the process of building a new class room for a school. 





They went snorkeling, floated down a river, visited some ruins, went zip lining, learned how to make tortillas, learned how to make chocolate, and much more.  

They worked really hard digging the foundation and pouring the footings.  Briggs came home exhausted.  He said the work was so hard but he also said he was really thankful he went.  

Briggs has come back a different person.  He is working harder, wasting less time, and his testimony has grown.  This was such an amazing experience for him.  

Class of 2022

These picture mean so much to me.  Avram graduated from High School with a good group of friends.   He made it through 4 years of high school.  He played football, went on dates and had a typical high school experience.  This boy has come so far to get to this day.  

We went with some of Avrams friends and family to chuck a Rama afterward to celebrate the graduation.  

My baby boy

Where did my baby boy go? 

I don’t think Im ready for the next stage of life.  

Avram has been an amazing teenager.  

Seminary Graduate

Im so proud of Avram.  He graduated from seminary this year.  It was tough to go to seminary this last year.  Since he was going to the DTC he actually had to do a term of seminary above and beyond his school schedule.  I know kids out of state have to do this all the time but Avram had a hard time making this adjustment.  

Here comes the Eggs

We have been bouncing around the idea of getting some chickens for several years.  The economy has caused some stress and a little worry so we decided it was a good time to add a little more “food storage” preparation.  We studied our the different types of chickens and then settled on 5 little ones.  

They were so cute when we brought them home.  The kids thought it was tons of fun for a few days.  





I can’t get over how dumb chickens are.  Several times I came home to find the chickens on top of a bowl.  Stuck inside the bowl was another chick.  


Two days after we got the chickens they were extremely noisy.  I couldn’t figure out why the chicks were so noisy.  I got online and studied a little about the chicks.  There was some poop stuck to a couple of their back sides.  I thought maybe they need to be cleaned.  I went out to check on the chicks, at 11:30 pm.  They were in bad shape.  They had gotten in their water, they were all soaking wet, some of them were stumbling and falling over, and one was laying down and appeared to be almost dead. I called Adam in to help me.  We bathed the chicks in some warm water, cleaned them up and then put them by a heater.  Adam kept debating if he should just end the little chick that was suffering and didnt have the strength to stand up.  We finally decided to just wrap it in a towel and leave it by the heater.  

I woke up early the next day to find out how many chicks were still alive.  I didn’t want Ila to find any dead because she had already named them and treated them like her babies. Miraculously all the chicks were bouncing around and appeared to have recovered.  

It’s too bad the chicks cant stay this cute.