We had a visit from some of our very favorite people. Uncle Mike and Aunt "Bictoria" and the cutest Sarah Grace you ever saw. It was so fun to hang out as couples. The first Saturday they were here we got babysitters all day long to go disc golfing at Bud Hill and go out to eat and play. It was so fun.
And then all 3 families spent a wonderful 3 days at our very favorite lake in the south -
Greers Ferry Lake.
first day toe testing while waiting for the boat
Boating it up
Sugarloaf Mountain Hike
Cliff Jumping
Beach Bum
Mud Exfoliation Treatment
Horseshoe-throwin
Tube balancing challenge
so cute right?
Chillin at the cabin
Key story
Our last day at the lake M&V and Kate flew to Utah early in the morning and the rest of us crammed in as much fun as we could until the day was about over and we thought we'd best start the drive home. We got all packed and in our vans and Caleb couldn't find his keys. Hmmm, might need those. And thus we began our search. We were looking and we had the kids looking and time just went on...and on. It seemed like an eternity. We turned the cabin upside down and then pulled apart our vans and every piece of luggage and interrogated every child. We searched and searched and searched and searched. I called a couple of locksmiths and there was nothing they could do, said it would have to be a dealership. The closest dealership was hours away. So, our only option was to keep looking.
We had already had a few prayers but in our final desperation we gathered every family member for a family kneeling prayer. After that we got up and we all went about our looking. Maybe 5 minutes later, Joey let out a triumphant whoop and brought in a dripping set of keys. Dripping with yucky garbage juices. He had found them!!! In the outside garbage!! The crazy thing is Caleb and I had gone through all the bags of garbage already. But I think the keys were in a bag that was particularly disgusting and we apparently we had done less of a thorough job on that one.
We were overjoyed!! The kids were cheering and relieved! And we all knelt down and thanked Heavenly Father that we got to go home. And for leading Joey to the goopy keys! It was a hard night but a good faith builder for our kids. Before we found the keys we all were sharing experiences in our lives where we needed help and had received an answer to our prayers.
LOVELY TIME.
Thank you for visiting us The Malmborgs.
You guys are our somethings that are good and we think that you are nice.
** thanks Kate for letting me steal some of your pictures.
4 comments:
Yaay! Good story. Also, Maryanne looks like she isn't bothered in the least by her life jacket. But maybe you were just nice and didn't take a movie of her screaming and rolling on the floor of the boat like some mean parents do. :)
Also, Congrats! I'm due mid-February. What about you?
so glad you wrote down that story. i should leave town more often, because then my family gets into all sorts of binds and has to rely on prayer more. prayer and the help of nice family like yous guys.
i love the tubing picture you got of caleb and my girls. i stole it. and the one of malan and mer mer and a bunch of others. you took some really neato pictures! and you posted about everything in such a fun and funny way! beach bum! ha!! you're the best.
I totally thought you were going to say that Kate had taken the keys with her to Utah!
I love it when prayers work so quickly! Such a good example for your kids!!
Nice story! Way to be faithful in front of your children! I just want to see the movie where some cute kid toddles over to the trash can and drops in those keys!
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