Faith

This is kinda a personal post here but I am going to post it. Stake conference was yesterday and it kept me thinking about a conversation I had with my mom as we came home from the Cardons last week. Constantly I am learning from my parents. This time my thoughts kept me thinking about how beautiful my mom is to me and how I must thank her for sharing her stories. As a mom I realize that the story we see is much different from the ones that kids and others remember. Recently my daughter Sara has been ill. Not as ill as my sister Traci was when she was young but similar. I mention this because they both have had enough UTI's that have caused them both a kidney reflux. So when I took Sara in for testing at Cardons for the 2nd time, I decided to take my Mom with me. She's very familiar with the proceedures and also has a way of making things seem not so scary and adds a bit of clairity to things when you aren't quite ok. Ask any of the people who call her Gramms and they will agree. Well I was not ok with taking Sara in and was probly more nervous about the experience than she was. I think I needed my Mom more than her. I'm kinda a big baby. Anyway, on the way home we were talking about the results. We're relieved that there is no more reflux but bad news - another UTI. 3rd since Christmas and they said she has 2 different sized kidneys. Got a referal to a specialist. We will see what happens. Then she shared her experience of taking care of my sister. Traci wasn't so fortunate and had to have surgery. This became a very hard and memorable time for her. I believe what I heard my mom said to me as she expressed her feelings was that she was bearing her testimony to me in a way and was telling me that it all comes together in the end. She told me how the whole thing was exausting and was emotionally trying for her as a parent. In the end she said that Heavenly Father had given up his son on the cross. And when times were tough she knew that some things we just need to do. even if they are tough. This story my mom told me (Was a lot longer) kept popping in my head and then this scripture, 1 Nephi 4:6 - And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do. ( Had to look it up.) What good momma I have. Yes mom. Sometimes we just need to trust in the Lord. It all will be his will in the end. Weather we learn from it or what we take from it all is another story.

This was the last time Aaden went down the hallway with out emptying the books. It seems now that he has been on the move my house is never clean. But it is so cute to hear him be so noisy and yelling at the books. (Maybe he is actually trying to read out loud- who knows??) So I decided to get the porch cleaned off so that he can cruise out there. Mike has this on going project that we hoped would be done. It all involved half of our yard so that everything in shed came to my back porch to be protected from the weather. Kinda worked. Although the stuff has been yelling at me to get it off my porch since then. Yes- when things don't get done they "yell "or stand out in my mind everyday and night until they are done. It could be a smudge on the window. I am completely aware and am okay with this being an inch from being crazy. Anyway, you know that saying -"the cobblers kids had no shoes" Well this landscapers wife has no yard for her kids to play in. The stuff had to go. It is my goal to get it done with in my own capability. I need to flex my muscles here. It is seriously some hard dirty work.

SOOOOO....... many hours later- I do have a back porch this weekend! Yeah!!! Now to put a garden in and trim back all the frost. let's see if I can get it done before the next storm. I love the rain. And it would do my heart good to know that it is watering my garden too. HEY! My porch is clean!! Man what a day.

Aaden and cousins

This is Aaden and his 2 closest cousins. Sophie on the right is 7 days younger and Lil Ryker on the left is 6 mo older. They are So funny toghther. esp. Ryker and Aaden. They both move around so much and are such goof balls. That Sophie is such a Lady! I hope these boys are nice to her. Hear that Aaden? She is so dainty! Love that we have this pic. i need another soon. Got to keep track of thier growth. Kinda like Dax and Sara and Ethan. Hm. Need to catch up on them too. What sweethearts!

Dallin

I will say- they have a great scouting program here in my stake. We do have the best ward as far as that goes. Even though I will fore warn you you will not get that impression when I tell you about all the things that Dallin went through this year in scouts. This kid is amazing! You'd think he was a stunt man for Hollywood. On President's Day this last year we were delivering flags with some boys. D got to be a show off like the rest of the boys only his experience landed in bed with a visit to the ER. Who jumps through the van window Dukes of Hazard style? He did and he landed head first. Left a nice size of his hair missing for awhile. bald spot. and no more pigment either. looks a bit better tho. not as bad as the bump when he jumped off the stove when 2 yrs old. Stil no pigment and its like alomst 12 yrs later.

Me

K lots of past memories I know I should have blogged about. So I am going to just post a few pics and give a short something about it. Now as for the here and now- if I get a minute or whenever I can actually fire up the ole memory and spit something out we will have to see what happens. I am so lame. I do seen to forget things a lot. But this is nothing new here. Anyway. I can tell so many stories of my forgetfulness. I have lost wallets and keys and my car- I cried each time. Yes. found the car.Thought I lost the car. And only once BTW. Mike reminded me that after I had wandered around the parking lot for like 45 min. that I had sent it to get the oil and tires checked and changed. Seriously. Well that is where my dorky personality just kinda makes me wonder. How do I get through the day?? AND WHY DID THEY ASK ME TO BE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN???? Seriously. Do they know?? They must not. When they called me in here's a bit of what was going thru my mind. "So Let's fool them and show them some cool tricks and look super organised." HA HA HA!OK yeah. We will see if they catch on.

I figured it out!

Ok- all who know Mike well. And I mean WELL- have noticed that he had this collar that he prefers to keep up. I love him and wonder why he has his collar up all the time. Thinking in my head maybe he's cold? K all- figured it out. It's a Clark Kent thing. I see the dark wavy hair. toughman thing??? got it. What a hunk!

why blog???

I swear that I have not even thought of this blog until I reset all my computer's options. This just popped up. Hmmmm. Now what? So I decided to write something. Maybe I will be more on top of things and actually blog about my stuff. Instead of Facebook. But then-Facebook has been a great way to communicate and post my recent happenings. Which- well I dont really like to post too much. So.... what do i do?? I will have to think about this more obviously. AND I WILL DEFINATELY HAVE TO WORK ON THIS BLOG! THE MUSIC SUCKS!