Needs and Wants

So most of you have heard about "Time Out For Women" put together by Deseret Book right? Well, I had the blessing of a good friend call me to extend the invitation that I join her to the Boise event. Normally I would probably not even hesitate to make the decision on whether or not to go but let me explain why I did, in fact hesitate...

...Ty and I had just made a couple of somewhat large purchases over the past month or so (post of them to come soon :)) and since then, we have been trying to carefully discern between our needs and wants so that we have enough saved up for Christmas and to simply be smarter with our spending. This will forever be an ongoing process, I know, but in my efforts to be "smarter" I was asking myself, "Do I really 'need' to go this time (I have been to several before and LOVED them)?" When I presented the question to Ty, of course, his response was, "I don't care." He's so good to me. So I went :) And as it turns out - as it so often does with these sort of things - it was the "smarter" decision because I so "needed" that spiritual boost. I'm always in need of that spiritual boost rather I think I am or not.

It was wonderful to hear Hiliary Weeks and Cherie Call perform and to listen to speakers like Emily Watts, S. Micheal Wilcox, and Emily Freeman. I definitely went home with my cup filled to overflowing. Thanks Brooklynn for the invite. And to anyone who hasn't been to a Time Out For Women - I could recommend it enough - you'll love it!

And if that wasn't enough - that Ty let me go without any fuss - he watched the kids all of Friday night and most all day Saturday while I was gone! He took the kids to an airshow in Ontario where apparently the kids were very facsinated. It was so fun to listen to Cash try to show me with his hands and explain how the planes would fly across the sky while spinning, how they would fly straight up and fall down while swirling, and how fast the jets flew by. It was darling!

Ty's comment afterward was, "Yeah, I had a good time with the kids - I wish I could always stay home with them and have the kind of fun you have with them all day, every day." Haha, if he only knew what it was like right ladies? No really, I'm so grateful for a husband that is so good to me - in every way, for a man that enjoys spending time with his kids. He is always who I NEED and who I WANT. I'm grateful for the sweet kids I have who really are a load of fun to be with! They are always who I NEED and who I WANT.