Sunday, October 25, 2009
not done?
so i'm working on posting again, it's coming. i just have to think of something interesting to say. stay tuned...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
done?
so maybe i'm done with blogging. i'm still deciding what i'm going to do, but i do know this - my life is way too dull to try to find a picture every single day. well unless i post a picture of kids fighting or girls playing dress-up every day, because that pretty much sums up my life right now. so who knows where i'll go from here, but it might be awhile. see ya!
Friday, August 14, 2009
kindergarten
today was abby's first day of kindergarten. yesterday she went with me to meet her teacher and look around the classroom, but today she was all on her own. she's so excited and wasn't nervous at all, so different than luke at that age. her class is HUGE, which i'm annoyed about, so hopefully she doesn't get lost in the shuffle. i'll miss my abby while she's away.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
second grade
today is luke's first day of second grade. he's so excited and his teacher seems really nice. no tears this year, just a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as time marches on.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
prettiness
jared gave me these flowers for our anniversary, awwww. i think they've bloomed really pretty so i thought i'd share.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Sunday Sermons....Honesty in the Small Things
i love this talk from the september 2003 ensign. it was given by Elder Marcos A. Aidukaitis who was an area authority in brazil. it talks about being totally honest. i feel like as i've gotten older i've realized some of the truths he talks about and felt like i was honest, but there are things that i can work on.
i exaggerate, not to be dishonest or misleading, i just tend to exaggerate. it never occured to me that people might take everything i say literally until a certain member of my husband's family would say "you were up 50 times last night, holy cow!" and i'd think well no, not literally, i meant i was up a lot and i expressed that by saying i was up like 50 times last night. so i've realized that to be honest i must express myself more carefully and only say things that are totally true, period. here are a few of the things Elder Aidukaitis says that i loved:
After an individual is diagnosed with cancer, what foolishness it would be for him or her to say: “It doesn’t hurt yet, and it doesn’t interfere with anything. I’ll just live with it. I’ve never needed a doctor before. Surely the cancer will disappear by itself.” Similarly, it would be great foolishness to ignore a problem with dishonesty, even if it is seemingly small now. As we rationalize committing small acts of dishonesty, the problem worsens, and it becomes easier to commit progressively larger sins.
When we learn to be honest in the little things, we acquire spiritual strength and increased confidence. It becomes easier to be honest in the “big” things. And if we are honest in our battles of life, we can become like the 2,000 Lamanite stripling warriors, who “did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them” (Alma 57:21).
so i am either honest, or i'm not. if i want the spirit with me always and if i want the Lord's blessings then i must only speak the truth and behave honorably. i'll never forget the time when i was younger and we were staying at a hotel in salt lake when we (the kids) discovered a soda machine that was broken and we could get all the soda we wanted for $.25. we thought we'd died and gone to soda heaven. when my dad discovered what we'd been doing he gave us a stern talking to and went to the front desk and paid for all of the soda's we'd "stolen" (and it was A LOT). i was so embarrassed but mostly it was an awesome lesson on honesty for all of us. my dad is honest. i know that when we are honest in every way it makes us spiritually stronger.
i exaggerate, not to be dishonest or misleading, i just tend to exaggerate. it never occured to me that people might take everything i say literally until a certain member of my husband's family would say "you were up 50 times last night, holy cow!" and i'd think well no, not literally, i meant i was up a lot and i expressed that by saying i was up like 50 times last night. so i've realized that to be honest i must express myself more carefully and only say things that are totally true, period. here are a few of the things Elder Aidukaitis says that i loved:
Scriptural teachings on honesty are clear, but unfortunately the world seems to be much more flexible. The world even classifies people according to different levels of honesty. Sometimes we hear of people who are “very” honest, “mostly” honest, or even “a little” honest. Should we even use modifiers with the word honest? I don’t believe so. There are no degrees of honesty. Either we are honest or we aren’t.
After an individual is diagnosed with cancer, what foolishness it would be for him or her to say: “It doesn’t hurt yet, and it doesn’t interfere with anything. I’ll just live with it. I’ve never needed a doctor before. Surely the cancer will disappear by itself.” Similarly, it would be great foolishness to ignore a problem with dishonesty, even if it is seemingly small now. As we rationalize committing small acts of dishonesty, the problem worsens, and it becomes easier to commit progressively larger sins.
When we learn to be honest in the little things, we acquire spiritual strength and increased confidence. It becomes easier to be honest in the “big” things. And if we are honest in our battles of life, we can become like the 2,000 Lamanite stripling warriors, who “did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them” (Alma 57:21).
so i am either honest, or i'm not. if i want the spirit with me always and if i want the Lord's blessings then i must only speak the truth and behave honorably. i'll never forget the time when i was younger and we were staying at a hotel in salt lake when we (the kids) discovered a soda machine that was broken and we could get all the soda we wanted for $.25. we thought we'd died and gone to soda heaven. when my dad discovered what we'd been doing he gave us a stern talking to and went to the front desk and paid for all of the soda's we'd "stolen" (and it was A LOT). i was so embarrassed but mostly it was an awesome lesson on honesty for all of us. my dad is honest. i know that when we are honest in every way it makes us spiritually stronger.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
4 days of solitude
the best thing about having everyone gone - no one around to mess up my pristine house.
seriously it's spotless, spotless i say! i feel like i've died and gone to nice, clean heaven. i'd show you a picture but our camera is broken. it might be awhile before i have pictures again. kind of critical for a picture blog wouldn't you say?
the worst thing about having everyone gone - no one around to mess up my pristine house.
it's lonely, lonely i say! i've really got nothing to do. it turns out my life is quite meaningless without kids to take care of. interesting, and a little scary for the future. good thing i have a while before they're really gone.
on another interesting note, funny how being alone with a 6 month old is essentially the same as being home alone. remember the days when one kid was hard? laughable.
seriously it's spotless, spotless i say! i feel like i've died and gone to nice, clean heaven. i'd show you a picture but our camera is broken. it might be awhile before i have pictures again. kind of critical for a picture blog wouldn't you say?
the worst thing about having everyone gone - no one around to mess up my pristine house.
it's lonely, lonely i say! i've really got nothing to do. it turns out my life is quite meaningless without kids to take care of. interesting, and a little scary for the future. good thing i have a while before they're really gone.
on another interesting note, funny how being alone with a 6 month old is essentially the same as being home alone. remember the days when one kid was hard? laughable.
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