Friday, August 3, 2007

God is at the Helm

We are so grateful that through all our joy and humbling experiences, we can always have the assurance that God is at the helm of our lives. He blesses us daily and the evidence of that is so clear in everything we see. We look at our children and how sacred a responsibility he has given us to raise such forthright spirits. We learn from them daily because they were truly saved to come to this earth during a more trying time. They are soooo pure and unwavering in their faith! They help keep us balanced and centered on our Savior! How blessed we feel to have the opportunity to spend eternity with our family. Our hopes are that through this blog our family can share our love with you and help you feel like we are doing our part with keeping in touch with you (which we so often fail to do). We do love you!We are also so grateful for our extended family and our dear friends, near and far, for the love and connections we have with you. It is with great excitement and pleasure to be able to share a little bit of our lives with you through this blog. Isn't technology a blessing?
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Families are Forever!

Families are Forever!
What a great blessing

I sure do love my family!

I sure do love my family!

Our 3 little ones!

Our 3 little ones!
We have been so blessed!!!

My parenting plan!!

I have been thinking a lot lately of what I need to teach my kids to help them become independant physically, spiritually and mentally so when they turn 18 they will be able to survive on their own. The last 9 years has flown by so quickly I can't believe it. Nine more years and my first child will be old enough to be on his own. That is a real wake up call for a mother who hasn't prepared her children for those important days. I realize that I have gone on way to long without a list of what needs to be learned and done by what age so that my kids will not be horrified when they get out into the world alone. So, I've come up with a list of most everything I can think of that would be important for my kids to know and learn and what ages they should be capable. Of course, every child is different and is capable of different things at different ages. Some learn things faster and are more motivated. Others would like to just live in the home cave for the rest of their lives and have no motivation to do any of it. So, I am including my fairly flexible plan. But if you let too many years slip by, you may need to up the work to fit everything in. I got most of my ideas from a very experienced LDS author (Merilee Boyack) who has raised several children successfully! So, hopefully you find this as helpful as I do!