This morning we headed out to the lake as we always do. Ethan was excited to show off his wakeboarding skills. Olivia and Kai were not really wanting to try. Olivia because she was cold in the water, and Kai because he got launched a few days ago off the tube and was scarred to be in the water at all.
Luke was pouting and saying "my turn yet?"
Ethan was doing such a great job wakeboarding, and was able to go switch foot no problem. He has a really easy time crossing the wake going to the left, but going back across the wake to the right is really hard for him. I am blown away at how well he is doing. He is such an awesome kiddo.
When it was Olivia's turn she didn't want to go but we really encouraged her to. She ended up just crying in the water so we pulled her out. As I tried to talk to her I really wanted her to understand that we do hard things in our family. That by doing hard things we learn and grow. Only through doing hard things do we get to feel that sense of accomplishment and pride in what we do. I don't know if she was really listening, but I have a feeling we will be talking about more about "doing hard things" in the years to come.
After the Lake Brian and I headed to the temple. It was so nice to only drive 2o minutes to get there. We had a wonderful time, and we were asked to be the witness couple. We spend a lot of time talking about our children, and things we need to work/improve on. I love walking out of the temple feeling like I can accomplish anything.
I am going to print this out on canvas for our home. I am so grateful that I was sealed to my family in this beautiful temple. I have been unbelievably blessed.
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