Our day home from church

We skipped church today. I felt good about that decision this morning and I still think it was the right choice to make, but I kinda feel like a slacker at the same time. The kids are both sick. They both have those yucky barking coughs and then Whitney has had a fever on top of that for the past couple of days. I was hoping they'd be better this morning, but when Whit woke up, she still had a slight fever, so we decided to stay home. They both seem fine now, other than the occasional deep cough.

So, it has been my job to entertain two semi-sick munchkins in the house all day. It is exhausting, but has been pretty fun, too. We started out with an informal little church lesson. It was about where we came from, why we're here and where we're going when we die. We had three little stations around the house and the kids brought bags to pack with items representing their spirit bodies, physical bodies, the gospel, the Savior, etc. I got the idea from the Friend magazine. It went pretty well. Then we played a couple of games. Ate snacks. Did a puzzle. Then I told the kids to play on their own while I scrapbooked. Yea, I'm a great mom. :) I did one layout and when I came out of my room to check on them, they were both on Brandon's bed with a suitcase and two backpacks.

Brandon told me they were playing a game called "ADVENTURE."

"It's kind of like Survivor. We're in an airplane and we travel around the world learning different languages and stuff." (I think he has Survivor, the Amazing Race, and serving a mission all mixed up together.) It was almost lunch time and he told me they could fly to Subway (the kitchen) for lunch. While we were eating he asked Whitney, "Where in the whole world should we go next, Whitney? New York? Utah?" She responded, "Taco Bell."

I'm glad they were playing so well together. It's amazing what a little non-TV time can do.