I was reading in my journal a little bit ago about when we were in Missouri with Matt's parents before we came out to Arizona. I saw one specific entry that I couldn't resist posting on here.
They live about a half an hour away from Far West Temple Site. It was May 2009, Carl and Rachel were there. Carl was there to live for a while and Rachel was there just to visit, so before Rachel left we all went to the Temple Site to have a picnic (just to the left of the picture, outside the gates). We also invited my father in laws 1st (or 2nd) Counseler and his family with us.
We got all the food out and we were about to eat, when this stray cat came and started to beg. Of course all the kids couldn't resist and had to give it food! That cat ate everything the kids gave it. Poor thing was starving. I guess because the kids were giving their food to it, the cat didn't mind the kids rough housing with it. Every once and a while, the cat would start wandering away, or climb up a tree to get away from the madness. But, it would always come back for more food.
We played fun games, had great food, but alas, every good thing must come to an end. We all had to go to the bathroom pretty badly, so I got Gabriel and Brooke and brought them to the bathroom, but it was locked! They had drunk a good amount of water, so they had to go really bad. Gabriel's cousin, Dan (2 weeks older then Gabriel) is a crazy kid and peed in the trees with no problem. Gabriel on the other hand flipped at the thought of exposing himself and peeing on a tree! Matt reassure him that it's ok to pee on a tree every once and a while if there is nothing else available. It took quite some time to convince him, but his bladder was on his mind and finally peed on a tree away from everyone!
It was Brooke's turn, but she just couldn't point and shoot, it's of course a bigger hassle to get a girl to go. She was crossing her legs and holding herself, she had to pee so much. My mother in law took her on a rock to see if she would be comfortable sitting on something to make her go. No! She wouldn't have it!
So here we are, with a half naked 2 year old refusing to pee anywhere. We tried near a tree...No! She just didn't like the fact of peeing on herself (which I don't blame her). My mother in law had a thought of sitting her on the trash can. We laughed at the thought. A trash can? Never! But we were running out of ideas and Brooke wasn't liking any of them.
Matt talked to Brooke and told her that she should try peeing in the trash can. Brooke flipped because honestly,to a 2 year old that trash can was kind of intimidating! It had a huge opening and was just huge, period!
Picture a 2 year old screaming bloody murder because she thought her father was going to put her in a trash can! We were near sacred grounds and there were people in the Temple site looking at us. I'm not sure if they were pitting us or looking at us with disdain! Either way, I wasn't going to drive home with a half naked girl with pee all over her.
It took no convincing. All that crying made it all come out. And of course Brooke giggled at the idea that she had just peed in a trash can! We praised her to no end!
We all got home, had some homemade brownies and then I gave all 3 kids a well needed bath!
That's one memory I will never forget!
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