Family Sevice Project Tonight

Neil came home from work and wanted to talk to Cortney.  He said that he had something he needed her to do tomorrow that would be a great blessing to her if she'd choose to do it, but also that she most likely she wouldn't want to do. He then went on to explain to her that if she'd be willing to do it she'd receive blessings for her sacrifice.  
From there he went on to tell her that his mom, her grandma needed help packing up boxes because they're moving and have to be out of their house in about 10 days.  His mom been using a walker and wheel chair ever since a car accident she was in about 5 years ago, so it's hard for her to be packing up by herself.
I was surprised when Cortney didn't complain and just said that she'd do it as long as she had some afternoon time to lay out and suntan, so I immediately offered to go with her and the two of us do it together. I figured that if she was willing to do it I could go along and make it more fun for her.
Shortly after that my John suggested that maybe we should all go over there tonight and as a family service project help her box up.  We decided that if we all went and worked together we could get a lot more done  and in a shorter amount of time.  The whole family was willing to go so we hurried up and ate a bowl of John's homemade chicken noodle soup (with his yummy homemade noodles).  He'd made it special for the kids tonight, and when they smelled it coming home from school were all excited.  Anyway we all ate quickly and then headed out the door. 
We took two cars and all of us except Tori, piled into their cars to head to her house. Tori elected to stay here and clean up this house instead.  Neil's mom was surprised and very happy to see all of us there and willing to help her.
We worked about 4 hours and got a lot of her packing finished up, so she was really pleased. All the kids had fun and it turned out to be a great night.  Cortney brought her friend along to help too and it turned out to be a fun evening.

I love my family.  When we moved from Missoula to White Bird, I was the recipient of their service too.  Traci, Neil, and the kids came up to our new house and helped us paint the entire interior of it in just 2 days.  They worked like crazy and did a fantastic job.   I was so grateful for their help and I know that Faye was equally grateful tonight.