Jennifer McDonald considers herself a woman of mystery. Who is this socialite from Spanish Fork, Utah? Mother of three? Wife of one? Conqueror of the laundry and all spilled milk? Would anyone seeing this mild-mannered mom-about-town realize that after giving birth to fraternal twins while still a student in college she would wait nearly ten years before adopting her youngest son? And that today, she can tame the two teenagers' appetites for fashion and Honey Nut Cheerios, while at the same time starting Backyardigans on Netflix for the toddler? Can this biography handle any more questions without bursting at the seams? Probably not, so we move to swift conclusion with this inspiring quote from one of Jennifer's favorite philosophers, "yes, those birds are very angry, aren't they? And nothing calms an angry bird like being shot across the sky at a bunch of laughing pigs."
Sadly we took Carolyn to the Airport this morning so she could go home. We really had a fun time while she was here and Emily said this afternoon that she already misses her. :) I agree. So I thought I'd blog about our last couple days since that's when we did the most fun stuff with the kids. They were out of school for spring break. On Wednesday we had a relaxing time during the day and the kids just played outside and we watched movies together. Charly made Carolyn cry and that made me feel better since Jason thinks it's weird to cry at movies. lol Wednesday night we went swimming at the indoor pool in a neighboring city and we all had fun playing, jumping of the diving board and playing catch with the ball Jason brought. Thursday we went to the zoo. We got to see a bunch of different animals being fed and eating. We watched a snake swallow a mouse whole, an ape eating celery and various other animals being fed. It was great. Once we got home and scarfed some dinner I made Carolyn go to the spinning class with me again. I think maybe I've converted her...I love spinning it's great exercise and I'm sore today!! I hope you weren't too sore on the airplane Carolyn. Then since I'd raved about Sonic's slushes we decided to ruin our workout and go get one before heading home. It was great. Come visit us again soon Carolyn. We love you!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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