Today, everyone who came in for Benson's baptism left and our house feels way too quiet. We were blessed to have a few extra days before the baptism with both sets of grandparents. Mimi & Grandpa came in late Tuesday night and Nanny & Papa came in Thursday night.
On Wednesday we mostly just hung out at the house and let Mimi & Grandpa rest, since they got in super late. We did go to "Tropical Smoothie Cafe" to get free smoothies. They were running a weird promotion that if you wore flip flops into the cafe, you got a free smoothie. We decided to take full advantage and Mimi came too.
Then on Thursday we went to the newly renovated Walmart Museum. It was pretty cool. We ended our museum outing with ice cream from the "Spark Cafe". One thing about Grandpa Herb, he LOVES ice cream. So we had to take him to "The Spark". We enjoyed the beautiful weather and ate our ice cream on the square.
Then on Friday morning, we went to the temple as a family. However, before we left we had a small emergency. Tanner had a teenage boy moment that ended in him nearly burning our house down. Happily, he caught the fire before it caught the garage on fire. Tanner thought it would be fun to burn all his old school work and notebooks from the school year. However, after he thought it was extinguished in the backyard firepit, he found a piece of paper that was smoking. Without thinking, he tossed it in our big trashcan in the garage. Then he went inside to finish getting ready for the temple. When he came back out, the entire trashcan was on fire. Tanner was thinking somewhat clearly and pulled the trashcan out of the garage and onto the yard in the front. However, some things fell out of the trashcan and onto the garage floor and kept burning. By the time the rest of us came out into the garage to get into the car to leave, the garage was full of smoke and Tanner was frantically pouring cups of water over the trashcan in the front yard. We all immediately went into damage control mode and got the garage fire put out and sprayed the garbage can with the hose, dousing it until it was just smoking.
Then we quickly piled into the vehicles so we could get to the temple in time for our baptism appointment. We arrived with a few minutes to spare and walked into the temple smelling a little like smoke, but no worse for wear. We got our clothes and got settled in the baptistry, all the while, Benson and Tucker are waiting on the temple grounds for us to finish.
Then while I'm sitting in the baptistry, I kept having the thought that I needed to go home and check on the trashcan to make sure that it was fully out. I hesitated because I thought it was just my anxiety getting the best of me. However, after the third time the thought came to me, I decided to listen and I left the temple, took Benson and Tucker and we drove back home. When we arrived home we found that the trash can had reignited and was fully on fire. I'm still learning how to listen to the spirit, but I am so glad I listened this time and came home. We were able to fully put it out and then we left the hose running on it while we then went back to the temple to pick everyone up.
Everyone else had a wonderful time in the temple and I'm so glad. But I'm equally glad I left when prompted and was able to take care of our house.
After the temple we went to lunch at a Korean BBQ place and had an amazing lunch. We did the grill table where you cook your own meat and it was delicious and so fun. Benson loved helping Mimi cook the meat. Papa and Benson had some delicious sushi and both Tanner and Nanny had some soup. Bailey got a bento box so she had a little of everything. It was such a yummy lunch.
Then on Saturday before the baptism, we all went to Andy's so Grandpa could try the frozen custard. Grandpa was a huge fan and even ordered seconds. It was as delicious as usual.
After our ice cream adventure it was time to get ready for Benson's baptism. We had such a wonderful visit with both sets of grandparents and we feel so lucky to have so much love and support.
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