Sunday, October 23, 2011
Thank God for Mickey Mouse
The other day Morgan was saying the prayer before eating lunch. It's pretty cute listening to her little voice talking to her Heavenly Father. During her prayer (in between my promptings) she thanked Heavenly Father for Mickey Mouse. It was really hard not to laugh. When she finished I started reflecting on what our world would be like without Mickey Mouse. After a moment of reflection, I decided our world is definitely a better place because of Mickey Mouse. Now all I can say is ditto on the thank you for Mickey Mouse.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
A Little more catching up
After Trever graduated, we moved out of my moms house to the south side of Springville. We love it so far, and having our own place has increased my quality of life. Reagan has made lots of friends, Marissa, Ally, and Charlie are the ones she plays with most, however our neighborhood is full of kids to play with. I still visit my mom frequently. I take her shopping and run errands with her every week, help her around the house and Trever and Braydon (my brother) just finished putting a new sprinkler system for her. Even though I live across town now, I feel that my mom and I have bonded closer than ever. She is also helping me, we have big plans for Reagan's upcoming birthday. Of course our plans will be exposed in a future post.
Trever passed the NCLEX on his first try, and was hired right away as an RN at UVRMC on the same floor he had already been working on. Now he is taking online classes at Western Governor's University to get his BSN.
In January, we were called to teach Sunday School to the 14 and 15 year old youth in our ward. I was really nervous about it at first. It has turned out to be very rewarding, still challenging, but rewarding. I love getting to know the youth in my class. They bring back fond memories of when I was their age, which then reminds me how old I am getting. Its a bitter sweet thing really.
Well, I'm getting exhausted and can't think of much else to put in this post. I'm going to hit the sack. More updates to come, stay tuned.
Trever passed the NCLEX on his first try, and was hired right away as an RN at UVRMC on the same floor he had already been working on. Now he is taking online classes at Western Governor's University to get his BSN.
In January, we were called to teach Sunday School to the 14 and 15 year old youth in our ward. I was really nervous about it at first. It has turned out to be very rewarding, still challenging, but rewarding. I love getting to know the youth in my class. They bring back fond memories of when I was their age, which then reminds me how old I am getting. Its a bitter sweet thing really.
Well, I'm getting exhausted and can't think of much else to put in this post. I'm going to hit the sack. More updates to come, stay tuned.
Walking or a Pioneer Trek
I've been trying to get some exercise by walking laps around the horseshoe we live in. It doesn't sound too difficult, but sometimes I wonder if its worth my efforts considering that most the time I am going at my children's pace. Anyway, Reagan decided to change things up a bit, and I played along.
Just after our first lap, Reagan says to me, "Mom, lets pretend we're pioneers. The stroller can be our wagon, and Morgan can be our stuff." I had to laugh that Morgan was 'our stuff' because she was riding in the stroller. Oh, and by the way I did not teach her this pioneer stuff. She must have picked it up from primary when they were talking about pioneer day or perhaps my mom. She is so smart!
So we're walking along, about a house or two later she says, "Uh oh, there's trouble ahead." I asked her what the trouble was, and she replied, "There's a river up ahead that we have to swim across." As you can imagine, we pretended to swim across the river (the neighbors sprinklers were on).
These types of events continued throughout our walk. We trekked through mud, making a squishy noise while pretending that our feet were actually in the mud. There were some crocodiles and monsters (that part was new to me) so we had to tip toe through them. At one point she even pretended she was the ox pulling our wagon. Oh, and we were playing Scooby Doo (her newest obsession) at the same time. She was Pioneer Daphne, I was Pioneer Fred, and Morgan was Pioneer Scooby.
Reagan can be so funny!! I bet it was entertaining to watch us, and hopefully my efforts burned off a few extra calories. Ha ha!
Just after our first lap, Reagan says to me, "Mom, lets pretend we're pioneers. The stroller can be our wagon, and Morgan can be our stuff." I had to laugh that Morgan was 'our stuff' because she was riding in the stroller. Oh, and by the way I did not teach her this pioneer stuff. She must have picked it up from primary when they were talking about pioneer day or perhaps my mom. She is so smart!
So we're walking along, about a house or two later she says, "Uh oh, there's trouble ahead." I asked her what the trouble was, and she replied, "There's a river up ahead that we have to swim across." As you can imagine, we pretended to swim across the river (the neighbors sprinklers were on).
These types of events continued throughout our walk. We trekked through mud, making a squishy noise while pretending that our feet were actually in the mud. There were some crocodiles and monsters (that part was new to me) so we had to tip toe through them. At one point she even pretended she was the ox pulling our wagon. Oh, and we were playing Scooby Doo (her newest obsession) at the same time. She was Pioneer Daphne, I was Pioneer Fred, and Morgan was Pioneer Scooby.
Reagan can be so funny!! I bet it was entertaining to watch us, and hopefully my efforts burned off a few extra calories. Ha ha!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Trever Graduated!!
I couldn't be more proud of Trever. He worked so hard and graduated with his RN last September. These pictures are special not only because he graduated, but also because the commencement service took place in the Provo Tabernacle. As many of you already know, just a couple months after his graduation the Tabernacle caught fire and this beautiful building was destroyed.
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| Recieving the RN pin |
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| Taking the Nurses Oath |
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| The Candle Lighting Ceremony |
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| The Car Pool Clan |
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Reagan trying on Dad's cap |
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| Walking the Walk |
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| My Graduate |
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| Morgan playing with Dad's tassle |
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| Our Family |
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| Trev's Family |
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| Grandma and Grandpa Astle |
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| Grandma Reid and Trev's Mom |
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| My Family |
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| Me and My Grad |
Congratulations babe, I am so proud of you!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Updates Coming Soon!
The facebook vacuum has sucked me into its time wasting network. I feel the need to break free from this addiction. I have neglected my blog terribly. I have forgotten how much I enjoy blogging. Now here I am making a vow to update my blog. More posts will be coming soon.
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