February 11: a delightful day

 Had a beautiful time today at dinner with friends for valentines at Taggart Grill. It was so nice to be with Ryan eating good food and visiting with friends. The boys played at the Keller’s and had a great time too. William babysat all the kids—the browns and Jase too. He is so good with kids. Peter helped and they got along really well. I love it when they do that!! I love those boys with all my heart. James has been such a sweetheart too. He is very sunburnt from our day at Nordic, but so sweet about all of it. I love that I can still snuggle that boy. Aside from dinner with friends, the boys played D&D with Mike and Ryan. And had a great time! I did some shopping, and cleaned up a bit, and got crickets. It was nice to be able to do a little bit of shopping and to not have too much scheduled. I went for a good walk with my mom too. I had a moment during the day when I just felt a little bit overwhelmed with some emotion. I am definitely in the middle of my monthly battle! And it was so awesome how I just felt this piece that Jesus Christ left me that he knew me that my heavenly father left me that I was not alone and that I had received and would continue to receive help. Was a very hopeful feeling and I am so thankful for it. I wrote about it in my gratitude journal.  I’m loving Saturdays so much! I never appreciated them enough when I was not working full-time! It’s so good to have time together as a family!