Be Smart

This is Stanford University. Josh wanted to take me to see it this weekend. Now I know why.

It is the most beautiful, impressive campus. I lifted those two pictures above from Google.We drove to the Bay Area yesterday for a couple of touristy things. It was Josh's birthday this weekend and this is how he wanted to celebrate. We went to the computer museum and drove through the G*oogle and A*pple office campuses. Josh loved being around all of that creativity and said he learned a few things about trips with kids: make a list of all the things you'd like to do. Cut the list in half. Add two hours to your estimated time. Then cut two more things off of your list. He was a good sport!

We left Stanford wanting to be smarter. I would love to sit in a big chair and read all of the books I saw through the windows in neat little rows on bookcase after bookcase. Then I would need to discuss them with a professor, and then probably hire someone to explain what they just said to me. These people are smart.

Wouldn't you want to walk there on your way to class? It just inspires learning.

There was a wedding going on inside this chapel so I couldn't peek my head inside but its exterior is beautiful. There were two other brides having pictures taken around campus - it's that beautiful.

Maybe if I'd gone to school there I would have been smart enough to wait for that man to stand up before taking a picture of the church! Sorry who ever you are!
We asked Anna if she wants to go there someday and she seemed excited about it. Michael is set on the blue school - BYU, and Sam the red school - the University of Utah. I hear they're more affordable anyway.
It was fun to go out on an outing. It's been a few months. It was hard to stop and nurse Anna so often and she didn't get long enough naps, but she can recover tomorrow. We live so close to San Francisco and the Bay Area is so full of things to do. We'd like to get out and see more of it.

Tonight Josh is at a church meeting and I put the boys to bed. They do so many precious things every day and I forget them so fast. This morning while I was getting ready for church Michael heard Anna crying in her crib on the nursery monitor. He turned off the monitor and went in and played with her until I could go pick her up to feed her. Tonight he cleaned up all of the legos even though "Sam made the mess."

We had our monthly ward dinner group tonight at the home of a Mexican couple. They made chicken enchiladas, rice and beans with pork that would make your mouth water. After dinner Michael he said his tummy was "just the perfect coziness." I think that was the best compliment the chef could have received.

Ahh. Gearing up for another week. Goodnight friends and family.