nightly walks and FHE

Every night we do a routine. 6:00 pm we all go on a walk together through the cemetery that is only a block away from our house. I love our walks! It is beautiful and peaceful and paved :) We walk for about an hour and during that time Dallas does not make a peep. He is so happy and content. He loves to look around at all of the interesting things. There are black squirrels that I have only ever seen in that place. They are jet black and shiny. They're so pretty. One of my favorite headstones (if you call it that? Statue thingy... I don't know on this one) is of a girl that from far away looks like a little buddha child. I love it because it is so intricate and also creepy but awesome. When we get home around 7:00 pm We feed Dallas dinner then bath him (Dylan usually does that because he gives me a chance to sit down by myself. ahh the little things to keep us mothers sane. I love Dylan for it.) Then we all lay in bed and we have scriptures and prayers while I nurse Dallas and then Dylan lays him in bed. I love our routine. Although dinner is never a set time. Dylan and I sometimes eat before our walk, the same time Dallas is eating, or after Dallas goes to bed at 8:00 pm. But tonight was Family Home Evening and we went on our walk and while Dallas was eating his dinner Dylan gave the lesson on Christ. It was a great lesson and we felt the spirit. Dallas' favorite part of FHE is the singing. After Dallas had his bath we showed him how we make our refreshments which was popcorn. We went to the store today and bought the old school shake-it-over-the-stove kind so Dallas could see it fill up. He didn't know what to think about it. While we let that cool we had our scriptures and prayers and Dallas fell right asleep (he didn't take his 5:00 nap.) He was so cute. Dylan was so excited because he never gets to hold Dallas when he's sleeping. After he was tucked in to bed Dylan and I ate the popcorn and watched a couple episodes of SCRUBS. The good shows never get old. Our favorites are scrubs and friends. Both awesome. Now Dylan is studying (and unfortunately he'll be up late but we're so glad he took some time out to have family time! He's amazing at balancing everything.) And after I finish this post I'm going to bed. It is past my bed time but I had to reminisce about the beautiful day we had :)