One of our favorite families from our ward in PA introduced us to the concept of a family motto. I LOVED the idea and what it stood for and so for the past few months I've been perfecting what I wanted ours to be and finally think I came up with a winner that I would like to somehow display in our house (if we ever get one of those).
I wanted to do this for a couple of reasons. First, I want my children to know that their family is their biggest supporters and their biggest advocates, I want them to feel safe, to feel loved, and to feel appreciated by all their family members. Second, I think it's a great reminder to us that we are each others biggest supporters and we are in this together, the good and the bad and nothing is more important than family. Third, we have some family that I don't feel we're very close with and I don't want my children to feel that way and I think having a common "goal" that we hear and see repeatedly will keep some of that distance from coming between us. My hope is that we will memorize and repeat it before things like dinner and family prayer.
So without further ado, the Moeller family motto:
We are a family.
We love each other.
We encourage each other.
We help each other.
We pray for each other.
Our family has the heart of one
and we live in peace and love.
The last line actually was repeated in some of my ancestors families so I liked the idea of including that.
Spirit of Boise.
The Spirit of Boise Balloon Festival was going on a few weeks ago and we thought it would be fun to check it out so early one morning we got up and rode our bikes to Ann Morrison Park to watch all the hot air balloons launch.
When we got there some balloon owners had already asked my dad if he could help them set up and launch their balloon. Nate quickly joined in and it was pretty neat to see how its all done and what goes into prepping a balloon for lift off.
After it was all ready to go they asked Nate if he wanted to chase the balloon in the truck with them and help put it away when it landed so he stayed and did that which sounded just as cool!
When we got there some balloon owners had already asked my dad if he could help them set up and launch their balloon. Nate quickly joined in and it was pretty neat to see how its all done and what goes into prepping a balloon for lift off.
After it was all ready to go they asked Nate if he wanted to chase the balloon in the truck with them and help put it away when it landed so he stayed and did that which sounded just as cool!
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