Prayer

 

This would be the best handout for Relief Society and Young Women!

Emergency Numbers

-This will certainly be an encouragement to you.

 

When in sorrow…………………………………call John 14

When men fail you ……………………………call Psalms 27

If you want to be fruitful……………………call John 15

When you have sinned……………………….call Psalms 51

When you worry………………………………..call Matthew 6:19-34

When you are in danger………………………call Psalms 91

When God seems far away……………………call Psalms 139

When your faith needs stirring……………..call Hebrews 11

When you are lonely and fearful…………….call Psalm 23

When you grow bitter and critical………….call 1 Corinthians13

For Paul’s secret to happiness…………………call Colossians 3:12-17

For understanding of Christianity……………..call 2 Corinthian 5:15-19

When you feel down and out……………………..call Romans 8:31-39

 

When you want peace and rest………………call Matthew 11:25-30

When the world seems bigger than God….call Psalms 90

When you Christian assurance…………………call Romans 8:1-30

When you leave home for labor or travel……call Psalms121

When your prayers grow narrow or selfish……call Psalms 67

For a great invention/opportunity……………….call Isaiah 55

When you want courage for a task………………….call Joshua 1

For how to get along with your fellow man……….call Romans 12

When you think of investments and returns………..call Mark 10

If you are depressed………………………………………call Psalms 27

 

If your pocketbook/wallet is empty………………call Psalms 37

If you are losing confidence in people……………call 1 Corinthians 13

If people seem unkind…………………………………..call John 15

If you are discouraged about your work…………call Psalms 126

If you find the world growing small and yourself great………call Psalms 19

Alternate Numbers:

For dealing with fear………………………………..call Psalms 34:7

For security………………………………………………call Psalms 121:3

For assurance…………………………………………..call Mark 8:35

For reassurance………………………………………call Psalm 145:18

 

Note:  All lines to heaven are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Lookie what I made!

 

I took a class yesterday and I think I did a fabulous job for my first time making placemats.  I love the fabric, especially the one in the center background.  What do you think?

 

 

I wanna make some more!!  They were fun to do and now that I know what I’m doing I won’t mess up!!  Ha Ha!

Tonight is Scouts and we’re letting the boys have some fun by making their own pizza’s.  I just mixed up some pizza dough for them and then they’ll do all the putting it together.  And clean up of course!

Tanner and Kelvin were really lucky and were given free tickets to the BYU and UNLV Rebel football game.  They had a blast and had really great seats.  (Tanner was wishing he was a little bit closer to the cheerleaders though.)  They were on the BYU side but unfortunately they were right in the middle of a bunch of drunks who were cheering for UNLV.   

What do you think about the t-shirt?  This person was sitting right in front of them.  Oh and all the drunks were calling BYU “U-tards”  Rude huh?  That’s o.k., in the end we whooped their butts!!  Ha!!

 

I just saw this picture again and decided to post it since it makes me laugh every time I see it.   It’s a picture of Brynleigh when she was a baby.  She cracked us up with how big her mouth got when she was going for a piece of food.  Good times!!

Spirituality

 

So, I’ve been thinking for a while about this word.  “Spirituality”.

There are so many friend bloggers that have no problem with being eloquent in vocalizing about their spirituality.  I am NOT one of them.  I’ve been a member of  “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints” my whole life.  And I feel like I’m behind.  I mean, when I go to church, I pretty much cry at EVERY talk that is spoken.  I FEEL the spirit very strongly.  So, why don’t I feel like I  know enough to talk about it?  Maybe I just need to do it until I’m comfortable with it.

Today in Gospel Doctrine, our teacher spoke about listening to what the Prophets tell us.  He’s such a good teacher.  He’s one of those that don’t drone on, he demands to be listened to.  Not in a bad way.  When I say “demands” I mean that he re-iterates what he says and asks you what he just said.  Almost like you were children.  You know, when your speaking to your kids and then you say,”So, what did I just say?”  He simplifies everything into something that EVERYONE can understand and then again reiterates it.  I love it when he teaches.  He is the most knowledgeable person I know.  Some people get really irritated and think that this particular person is a know-it-all.  But I don’t.  I really feast on his words, because  I know that I need it.  And he does “know it all” because he studied, he prayed and he followed the “Word of God”  (well, maybe not everything, but a sight more than I do!)

Anyway, how well do we listen to the prophets?  In the 90’s President Hinckley in conference spoke about paying off our debts.  What happened in 2008?  Those that listened to his counsel are o.k. and have been blessed.  Those of us who didn’t listen, are paying the price right now.  Some people rail on about how the credit card companies are at fault or how the lenders gave money for houses to people who really shouldn’t have been given money to.  Or about how they tricked you into the “Arms” or “interest only”   But people!  Give me a break!!  We CHOSE to do these things.  Nobody twisted our arms, and said “do it”  Heavenly Father gave us free agency and part of that is taking responsibility for those decisions.

I’ve made some pretty big mistakes when it comes to debt.  And I’m paying the price for that.  But make no mistake, it was me and not anyone else that put me in this position.  And I’ll take the consequences and live with it.  And learn from it.  And I WON’T be doing it again.  

So, this lesson has made me realize.  And understand.  (It’s not that I didn’t before, it’s just that I didn’t think about how IMPORTANT it was.  How much is riding on how well we listen and obey…)  I wanted to listen and obey the Prophets words because it was the prophet.  But now, thinking in the eternal aspect, I really need to be better at this.  In everything, not just the easy stuff.  But to make sure I take time out everyday and do scripture study, family prayer and family home evening.  To make sure I do my Visiting Teaching.  To make sure that the “Armor of God” is surrounding my children and myself.  So that the “darkness cannot prevail”   I want to stand before God and not be ashamed…

My Love Affair

 

 

I admit it.  I’ve been having a love affair.  I’m not going to say I’m not ashamed, because I am.  But sometimes I feel like I just couldn’t help it. He’s just so beautiful, so delectable, so just entirely scrumptious, that I fell.  It’s been going on for about 17 or 18 years now.  I know, how could I not know exactly when it started? Right?  Well, I don’t.  I don’t remember the exact day of when it began.  But let me tell you what an amazing thing it is.  He’s there for me through thick and thin, {rain and storm and ice}, when I’m happy, he’s there. When I’m sad, he’s there.  When I’m mad, he’s there.  (Sometimes, I feel like he’s there too much! But how can I complain, he loves me right?)

But here’s the thing, I’m breaking it off.  I can’t do this anymore.  I have to get my life back on track.  I need to get myself back again.  I feel dirty, ugly and unworthy.  So here’s what I’m gonna do.  I’m leaving him and beginning and new life without him.  I’ll be a better person. (I mean, who wouldn’t after carrying on a 17 year affair, and ending it)  I’m going to be an honest person.  I will take responsibility for what I do. 

My affair with food is over.  I’ve lost 8 lbs. and I’m going to continue until my goal is reached.  But, I won’t be  going back to lovely food again.  Well, maybe I’ll cheat once in a while. But I won’t feel guilty about it since I’m not about depriving myself apparently!  But, all things in moderation right?

 

 
On to other things:

Here’s the cute skirt I made for Brynleigh.  I made one for Isabelle and Leighton and Emma too.  But I have a picture of Bryn’s!  Isn’t  it too cute!!?

That’s right my peeps, I sewed that bit of loveliness by myself with the online tutorial from here.   Seriously, I had the computer on next to my machine pretty much the whole time!  And it was sooooo easy.  Although the pockets were a little tricky the first time.  But, by the time I was done with all of the them I was a pro!  (Hee, Hee!)

And I have some pictures of the kids for their first day of school.  It’s in front of our front door.  I think I should go to the schools and take pictures there, like Lynn does.  I think it looks better than my front door.  It’s a little beat up after 16 years of the kids kicking on it to get in…

Laura-11th grade

 

Tanner- 10th grade

 

Chase- 6th grade

 

McKenna- 8th grade

 

Kaidan- 3rd grade

And aren’t my babies so cute?  Emma and Joseph started kindergarten this year!  I didn’t know whether I should cry or be ecstatic .  I think I was a little of both. 

This photo was so funny! I told them to open their eyes because they were squinting, so this was there solution, in a blink of an eye.  Ha Ha!

Emma- Kindergarten

Joseph- Kindergarten

They definitely liked the slide.  But as soon as the bell rang, they came to Mom to grab my hand.

I  had some better pictures of us, but my rear end looked HUGE in them. So I got a semi side shot instead.  But not near as cute.  Emma practically ran into her class and Joseph dragged me into his and didn’t want to let go.  He’s doing much better now.  Cracks me up, every time he walks in the door he’s dragging out his homework to do right away.  I love it!

Brynleigh- Preschool

Notice the mismatched clothes?  I had such a bad morning that day.  I had one of the kids wash up her cute little pants to go with her top and then asked Kelvin to put it in the dryer in the morning when he got up.  He asked Laura to do it for him.  Well, she didn’t turn it on (the dryer).  So then I asked McKenna to turn it on for me.  So she did.   Then I asked Kaidan to go get them so I could put them on her and Kaidan said they weren’t there.  I said yes they were and he insisted that they were not there.  So then I knew what happened.  I asked him to look on the floor in front of the washer.  Yup, there they were.  Still wet after all this time!!   So I said, “Kaidan, could you please put them in the dryer and make sure they are actually drying”   He came back upstairs and told me they were drying.  I said “Are you sure that the dryer is running?”  “Yes”  was his reply.  So, I quickly went to Wal Mart to get a photo printed up that I was supposed to have done earlier and hadn’t.  When I came back and went to the laundry room to get the pair of pants, the dryer was not on and the pants were sopping wet.  Oh my gosh, I thought I was gonna have a heart attack, I was so mad!  I think I was actually bawling over it!    I had to put her in the first thing I could find that was clean because I was totally late by that time and needed to go.  I was still 10 minutes late.  I’m not gonna lie, it was a very bad morning!

 

I started a new quilt a couple of weeks ago.  And I’m  almost done.  Wanna see?  I still need to put the border on it, quilt it and then bind it,  but seriously, it’s almost done!

I am so excited to finish this.    I seriously can’t wait until it’s all done and washed and dried.  All that crinkly goodness.  Yummy.  Come on people, I’m feeling a little bit down lately and need some encouragement….

Oh!  And I couldn’t forget this…  

 

Judy, a new blog friend that I found this year, sent this wonderful package as a gift for giving her a gift.  That sentence made me giggle. 

It was such a lovely thought.  Thank you so much Judy!  It truly made my day!  I think I was practically jumping up and down that day.    Here’s what I received:

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth and to every nation, kindred, and tongue, and people.”

                                                                               Revelation 14:6

Judy took this picture and played with printing this scripture on it.  Isn’t it beautiful?  I love it.  Here’s where it sits now.

 

Judy also sent me this lovely keychain.  The minute I opened it up I had two children telling me that they wanted me to put their picture in it with mine.  Of course I haven’t put any in because I can’t without someone getting their feelings hurt.  But I still treasure it and it made it’s home on my keychain!

Thank you Judy!  I’m so glad I “met” you!

It's my birthday!

Hi Everyone! It's my birthday today!!! I am 1 year old with 40 years of experience!! Ha! I have so much to post about, but no time to do it! I can't believe how busy I've been, but how much fun I've had being busy!!
Lots of pictures, a gift from a sweet friend, skirts I've made for the girls, a sampler quilt that I took a class on, kids on the first day of school, etc! I'm such a happy girl today!

Oh my goodness, Oh my goodness...

O.k. I've got to get it out! My son did the most horrible, no good, terrible, very bad thing!! I just don't know why he would follow through with such a thing!! I'm absolutely horrified!! I don't even want to tell anyone about it, but here I am...telling you ALL about it. I can't keep it a secret! I just can't! I tried, but I could only last a day...
Soooooo, here's what happened...


Joseph took an empty McDonald's cup and peed in it and then offered it to his little sister. She of course thought that her older brother was being so cool to offer her some of his wonderful soda and took a big swig of it!! That's right people! My daughter drank pee! OH. MY. GOSH! She drank PEE!!!!! I thought I was gonna die!! (She DID spit it out really quick)

Now here's another bad part. I spanked him. And his sister Emma, cuz she knew it was in there and she let her sister drink it. And then...and then...well, this is the part I'm a little ashamed of. He didn't look repentant AT ALL, and it made me so upset...so I, um...made him take a drink of it too. (Yeah, he spit it out right quick) But still, I can't believe I told him to take a drink.

I really don't think he'll be doing this again. But still, I feel really bad for telling him to take a drink. (I'm actually surprised that he did it, I didn't expect him to. I wasn't even yelling...) Oh my gosh! I think I have a Dennis the Menace here. I am the WORST mother in the whole world!

I've been busy..

Something quick for ya....


"Mommy, please can I have a goldfish?...I plomise I won't put it in the toaster...-Joseph, age 5