Brett Pritchard Family Blog

This after noon Rebekah put together a night at the movies with all her church friends.  Of course her friends and Brandon and Austins friends as well.  So she invited Austin and Brandon to go too.  Before they left they were all three in my room getting ready to go.  They were all three so excited.  They ended up wearing coordinating outfits.  I heard Rebekah say to Brandon, "There's only one thing that could make this night even more perfect.  It would be you having your license and you driving us all over to the movies."  What fun it was for me to see my three oldest running around with each other and all their friends.  Rebekah, Brandon and Austin are all so close.  They are so lucky to have each other.  Of course on the way home their friend Abby and Tanner Dewey have an older sister who is going to take them t-ping to another one of their friends from seminary; Justin Mcgowan.  Rebekah said, "he stole my basket ball so I ...

Marilyn Stoner leaves me feeling so close to heaven just by the way she serves me.  From the moment she contacted me about the job offer that I sent out on the ward email she has told me to call her any time, day or night to come take care of Mariela.  While she's here she loves to spoil my other kids with so much love.  When I need to go somewhere that would be difficult with babies I just call Marilyn and she comes over and takes care of Mariela and anyone else that's in the house.  So here I am with 7 kids and three babies under 2 and I have as much freedom as I always did before I had these three sweet little babies.  For the longest time I literally fought that offer and thought, "surely she can't mean that." But for the last 8 months she has proven to me that she knows how to serve and love others more than anyone I have ever known.  The realization that I have 7 children and I am completely free to seep everything that i...