Family Home Evening...

Monday is our family night, and Jim and I were determined to have a special night together and specifically focus on family night even with Jacob gone. So all day long we were planning and making arrangements for a lesson and dinner and a movie for our activity. However, in preparing for the lesson (we were going to talk about our finances and budget) I got a real close look at where all our money was being spent and when Jim came home we decided together there was no better time to start cutting it back to the basics than right now. When we first moved to Idaho 4 years ago we were living on much less than we are now, but yet we aren't saving that much more with the increase in our income.

So we crossed off dinner out and made dinner at home, and crossed of the movie theater and watched a dvd we already owned, and ate otter pops from the freezer for a treat. Then we added up how much money we saved!

We read scriptures together, and it turned out to be a great night!

It gave me a real glimpse of how it might be when Jacob leaves home. Did I mention we had to work everything around Antiques Road Show and Man vs Wild. And we had some strange conversation about how tired we were and who had the right to be more tired comparing what exhausting things we did all day, in the heat, up hill both ways, etc.

But at the end of the day we were together, we shared the time and enjoyed the spirit in our home. I am so in love with Jim, and I am learning to appreciate his way of doing things, even though it is not my way, he still gets to the heart of things and does what matters, even without a plan, a list, or a schedule.

This morning when he woke up, he said to me he was so proud that we didn't spend any money this week. He said "let's see if we can go all week until Jacob get's home without spending anything!"

Maybe I like it better when he doesn't have a plan :)