Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things I love besides my family:

1. I love game night with my friends or family

2. I love to laugh.

3. I love to dance but don't get the chance much except at home with the kids.

4. I love romantic movies that are G - PG-13.

5. I love ABSOLUTELY love the smell of the rain when a storm is coming.

6. I love to sing but am not that good. I did get the lead in my high school musical but chickened out. But I have not practiced in years so I am not very good now.

7. I love brownie cheesecake!

8. I love to read a good books especially outside or inside next to a window on rainy days.

9. I love lay out in the hot sun next to a swimming pool or better yet the ocean. I know it is really terrible for your skin but it is so relaxing.

10. I love to see my entire family at church together! Pure joy!

11. I love to year my youngest sons voice. He has an Autism Spectrum Disorder and has been silent for many years but now he has started to volunteer words - not just words - sentences!!! I love it!!

12. I love that I am a daughter of God and that he loves me. I love that he has a plan and a purpose for my life and nothing is better than that!

13. I love that I have the privilege of knowing and associating with the most amazing women; be it through church, school functions, our neighbors, the Internet or simply my sisters.

PTA

Wow, the school year is almost over and I finally went to my first PTA meeting. We will have a new president for next year and she is really excited and motivated. She has some awesome ideas for next year. I love to be around women who are strong, intelligent and fun. It keeps me on my toes and keeps me growing in the right directions.

Hope you are all doing wonderful!! BRING ON SUMMER!!!

Catching up

Well I am going to try to catch up on the past 9 days. School is almost out so that means we are having picnics, parties, teacher appreciation and pre wrapped school supplies for next year! SO I have been busy. I took my little guy to the doctor last week because he had been really cranky and just not himself. He also brought me a small orangish brown ball and said it came out of his ear. I checked his ear and sure enough it looked gross. The Doctor said it was impacted and needed to be cleaned. So they cleaned it with ear drops and water. After several rinsings and all kinds of crud coming out of his little ear he announced " all better." She gave me some drops to help keep it clean. I really love my kids doctor she is my age, gorgeous, and just sweet as can be.

Next, we went to the local fair and carnival. It was lots of fun. Everything is over priced and this year because we had so much rain they were not able to put up all of the rides. (Bummer) The kids did manage to have fun and the food was yum. The weather was a little hot but beautiful. I love days when the sky is blue with giant puffy white clouds. I would have been content just to lay on a quilt in the warm sun and watch the clouds roll by.

Mothers day was nice the kids had given me what they made on Friday because they just could not wait. I got beautiful cards and pictures; in chuch they made coupon books and hand flowers. Then on Sunday we had breakfast and went to church. The church service was fabulous. Several dad's read letters that their missionary sons had written to their mothers. (did ya follow that?) I am not a big crier but I felt the tears welling up a couple of times. It was just beautiful. I can only pray that my efforts with my children will prove as fruitful! I hope and pray the lessons that I have been teaching my little angels are building their testimonies of Jesus Christ.

I have not written much because I have been making a blog for one of my best friends. She is moving far far away and I thought that this would be an awesome way to keep in touch. I hope she likes it.

B's

I received B's in both of the classes that I took this spring. Which is not terrible but it is not great either. I hope in the fall to do better but with five kids, a husband and the holidays it may not be possible. I know "B's" are not bad grades but when those grades determine whether or not you get in to a specific program or not it becomes a lot more pressing to achieve the better grade.

Merry Fun!

Finished

I took my final on Tuesday and I think that I did pretty well. Overall in the class I should have an A or B. I will find out tomorrow. I'll let ya know.

We went to our ward(church) picnic last night. It was at a park on the North side (in our city the north side is scary). We decided to go because it was with the church so everything should be OK. We did a quick evaluation of the park and decided that it looked nice and clean. We had lots of fun and good food! The kids played on the toys, the teens and the men played softball, and the women shared good conversation. It started to get dark and we were all discussing that it was about time to go when we heard what sounded like fire works, WELL they weren't!!! All of the sudden, all of the softball players were coming back. My husband quickly came to me and said it was time to go, "did you hear the gun shots?" He said it was a drive by shooting and thank heaven no one was hurt. We discussed on the ride home how we are so blessed to live in an area where we are safe or at least we feel that way. It made me think of families who live in dangerous neighborhoods where shootings are common. I guess I live in a pretty sheltered world, a place where I "think" my family is safe. I think that for me it is a matter of faith. Faith that we are put here for a purpose and that the Lord will bless us and keep us. It is pretty simple but it gives me sanity in this crazy wonderful world.

What a weekend!

Last week Scot's uncle Randy died so we spent Saturday at the funeral and then at his Grandpa's house. The funeral was really nice. It was funny, sweet and sincere. Randy was a character so there was lots to talk about. The preacher did a great job and it really blessed those who attended. After the funeral and graveside we went to a church nearby and ate a wonderful lunch that had been provided by members of the congregation. Yummy!! Then we went to Grandpa Joe's house and spent the rest of the after noon there. I was nice because he lives in the country and has cows and goats. The land is beautiful and quiet. It turned out to be a good day of family and fun.

Randy, You will be missed!

Sunday, I got to speak in church. I have not had a chance to speak in church since I was a teenager. It was great, well the opportunity was great and it felt good to be up there. But There were three of us scheduled to speak and so time ran short! I was last so I had to ditch part of my talk to conserve time. So I hope that the idea's that I shared were complete. Everyone in the ward was so sweet and gave lots of compliments. I hope to get the chance to speak again soon! I really love it.