{ According to Us }

We had a fantastic weekend with ALL of my family and some new friends. My little brother, Dallin, got us a cabin in the Sundance area which is absolutely gorgeous! Not sure why, but I didn't take many pictures. Oh, well. Chris playing my dad in a friendly game of pool. All of the kids that were in the game room got smurfed via my dad. **** Chris' parents always cook breakfast for the entire family for the 24th. Jordis having fun on the trampoline.    While taking pictures of some flowers in the Barber's garden, I stumbled upon this thing... Yes it was huge and sick. Along the line of "bugs", Jordis held her first roly poly! Can you take a guess at what this is?  I'll tell you! It's the frame for Brads 1966 Cutlass that Chris drove back in high school.  Can't wait for it to get finished!

Eat some of grandma's famous chocolate pudding yum yum cake for my birthday?  Yes, please! E.T. phone home? Yes, please! Talk on grandma's cell phone? Yes, please! This girl never fails to make me smile.

image lds.org Of course one of the first things that popped into my head after starting our Spending Fast was all of the things that I NEEDED to buy. Well, I didn't really need them. I wanted them. Huge difference. It just so happened that yesterday I received a boost of reassurance and confidence while hanging out at me mums house for the 4th. I decided to look through the July issue of the Ensign. I swear this article was written just for me, but I'm positive we aren't the only ones in this boat. There was an excellent article on Getting out of Debt-for Good that said all of the right things to help me know we're doing the right thing. To be completely honest, this isn't the first time an article or talk has been given to those belonging to our religion about avoiding the bondage of debt. I guess we just figured the things that we were getting on credit were all right because they are a part of the "cultural norm" of attaching debt to almost everythi...