6.20- Happy Father's Day to my awesome dads (Dad & Gerald) & Grandpas (all are in Heaven now) and the best dad I could have asked for for my wee ones!!- I'm so blessed in this department!, virtue covenant for my Heavenly Father's Father's Day gift, Spirit was so strong during Sacrament meeting, exciting Brazilian World Cup game- love me some good soccer!, kitchen cleaned just in time for hubby to get home, made his fave dinner- spaghetti and garlic cheese bread with delicious home-made sugar cookies and cream cheese frosting, dropped off gift to my dad- love him!, reading time with Baily and while reading Friend talking the gospel with her, love the scriptures and loving reading the Psalms!
6.19- my babies were excited to see me this morning and missed me, my sweet girl is my savior- helped me not lose it completely with her sweet hugs and telling me how much she loves me, nice little nap time and movie time with my B and my boy, went and saw Toy Story 3 as a family and it was AWESOME!- kids loved it and watching their excitement (especially my sweet boy who is OBSESSED with Buzz and Woody and my little girl who was just so excited to go to the movies as a family) was just as good as the movie (of course the popcorn and soda and candy rocked too!), solace from my scriptures- loved reading Psalms tonight- they spoke to me and touched me and gave me so much hope, so grateful for prayer and repentance!
6.18- yummy breakfast (killer bran muffins!) to start off day with 2 awesome girls for Youth Conference, serving at Hawthorne Glen Park for service project- such awesome youth!, delicious sun sandwich lunch, chatting with other awesome youth leaders, awesome updates on USA World Cup game- we should have won but glad we didn't lose!, awesome thunder and rain storm, yummy pizza and salad for dinner, nice refreshing shower and scripture study at Sis. Lundberg's, sweet Spirit at devotional before dance- love our youth!, fun dance- Electric Slide and Cupid Shuffle baby!!, awesome drive home with gorgeous lightning storm and the fields looked magical with thousands of lightning bugs
6.17- Robert got up with kids since he went in to work a little later than usual and I got to rest in bed, egg and cheese sandwiches and chocolate milk- can't get enough of them!, peanut butter cookies, nice ride to Milwaukee for Youth Conference with windows down & music jammin' & beautiful country side, youth conference dance- love dances!, had fun with 2 great girls- nice Sis. Lundberg let us stay at her house
6.16- lemon cake-mmmm!, nice long time with scripture study and all caught up- loved Elder Packer's talk "Power of the Priesthood," hot shower helped my aching body, finally able to find enough help for Youth Conference-whew!, Robert home earlier and we all sat together for a yummy dinner- beef & broccoli stir fry, home-made peanut butter cookies, left Mutual early because only 2 girls showed up and not with the materials they needed, snuggling with my kiddos while watching Little Rascals, Robert put B to sleep so free time for me!, lovin' the book I'm reading- The Holy Road
6.15- egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (I love cheese!), a much much better emotional day for me, playing outside with kids and pushing J on the swing for so long, nice little lunchtime with the kiddos, J went down for his nap nicely (he's been refusing it a lot lately:/), feasting in the scriptures, Baily's nice little walk with her grandma & grandpa, my beautiful flowers I love so much, playing tea party and restaurant with my best girl, more great World Cup soccer- Cristiano Ronaldo is hot and Brazilians are amazing!, I love rain!, lemon cake-mmmm!, managed to have FHE, bathe the kids and get them to bed with clean teeth and having read the BOM on what felt like a crazy night, cuddling and watching The Office with my hubby
6.14- rough, rough day, kids did well entertaining themselves, listening to my kid's laughing with each other, overhearing B apologizing to Joaquin without my asking her, World Cup soccer- texting Beau during Italy game (funny British commentators), life's so much better when hubby is home, family scriptures during dinner- kid's did better paying attention, nightime family bike ride in beautiful weather, reading Book of Mormon & Friend magazine with Baily, Robert put kids to sleep, smooching with my hubby
6.13- raspberry muffins, grateful for the Sacrament, love having whole family at church, beautiful baby blessing, YW meeting with the MM, summer sausage & cheese & crackers after church, Sunday nap & sound of rain, Sunday dinner/Jensen's bday dinner at Dad's house, watching Narnia and another little snooze
6.12- pretty chill day just hanging out at home, World Cup!- USA tied England, little bit of nice outside time, nice chat with Patty, family movie night- Alice & Wonderland and popcorn and chocolate
6.11- oh sweet prayer!, good morning delight, hubby's so sweet and loving, morning family prayer and scriptures- love the story of the Anti-Nephi-Lehis, pretty productive start to the day, peace while reading Pres. Uchtdorf's YW General Conference Talk "Your Own 'Happily Ever After'", A/C on a hot muggy day, movie night with me and the kiddos- Shrek, popcorn, soda & cheese & crackers, watching part of the World Cup (woot for World Cup starting!) kickoff with my kiddos and dancing our booties off for about 10 minutes, home-made pizza for dinner, quick walk (hot as Haities!) with my babes, laundry done and looking forward to my hot hubby being home all weekend
6.10- made it through a Thursday without breakdown!, bike ride with the kiddos, tickles with my buddy, loved the Glee finale online, enjoyed starting a new book "The Holy Road," nice outside play time while I got to read a little bit, bath time with no drama, Joaquin's sweet family prayer and how it calmed him down to go to sleep, sweet kisses from my hubby, carrot cake!, texting with all my fam- I'm so grateful to have so much loving family, watched part of Dances With Wolves with hubby
6.9- morning started off rough but after prayer got much better, time with just me and my girl as we ran errands- enjoyed singing Glee songs and chit-chatting... she really is my best friend!, got new checks and stocked up on the essentials, house picked up and made a yummy dinner and dessert for missionaries- red beef enchiladas with beans and rice and carrot cake with made-from-scratch cream cheese frosting (soooo good!), nice message and video from the Elders, had fun as a family at the ward clean up activity, had fun with my girls scooping ice cream- lots of laughs, new kennel for Koda- woot!, 2 ginormous Nesquicks from dear friend Macey- so grateful since I'm going through that stuff like crazy these days, first sighting of lightning bugs!, saying prayers with B
6.8- sound of rain falling and cool breeze from my bedroom window, Robert worked late today so he got to play with the kiddos this morning, morning family prayer and scriptures, lots of reading today on this rainy day (all caught up!), visit from my sweet VT, cheese quesadillas for lunch, once B's friend was gone- she and J were very well behaved and chillaxed for the day, camp meeting at the church- kids were happy to be out of the house and running and playing and I feel great about the progress we made and so much more ready for Girl's Camp!!, nice chat with Sis. R on the way home, kids went to bed without any fuss
6.7- very productive day, good start today with scripture study, floors nice and clean, smell of pinesol, laundry all done & put away- so grateful for running & hot water & modern day appliances, perfect weather- beautiful day, Baily had fun at Amber's house most of the day, J wasn't too rotten today, loved reading the June New Era today, yummy dinner made special for my hubby- his mom's meat and potatoes, awesome FHE about service (Pres. Monson's GC talk)- kids were pretty reverent and Baily was really involved and answered the questions so wonderfully, chocolate cream pie!, nice hot shower after long busy day, kept my goal not to waste time on computer, hubby gave me Priesthood blessing for aching teeth and horrible headache- so grateful to have a worthy Priesthood holder in my home
6.6- felt the Spirit so strongly during Sacrament and Sacrament/Testimony meeting- lots of testimony about prayer and Christ, made it through the rest of church with a very grumpy boy who refused to go to Nursery without breaking down, good Sunday dinner with dad & fam at home- broccoli & cheese soup with chicken sandwiches, nice rainy weather, family walk & bike ride, early to bed
6.5- another rainy day- love it!, working on my PP and learning more about my Savior and The Atonement, Elder Bednar's talk in this month's Ensign "Things As They Really Are," sweet loves from my best girl, lots of fun and good times at cousin Nate's graduation party- good to see so much family, B got a mattress for the top of her bunk bed (given to us by same people who gave us the bed!) and she is so excited about it, chocolate milk and Crispix for dinner for me, starting family fast, kids had fun in bath and smell so good afterword!, nice hot relaxing shower
6.4- hubby's day off!, home-made crepes with strawberries & whipped cream and hubby's perfect bacon for breakfast, playing Dr. with kids again, me and B made home-made chocolate chip cookies- so fun and so good!, coloring time with just me and the B and she kept complimenting me and telling me how much she loves me, perfect weather- rainy, cool breeze and overcast!, Sis. Dibb's General YW Conference talk "Be of a Good Courage," kids outside for a couple hours with Robert while I cleaned uninterrupted with good music, smell of pine-sol, nice drive with the windows down, a/c!, family movie night at home
6.3- submitted Baily's awesome caterpillar drawing to Friend magazine- she's turning out to be such a great artist and I'm so proud of her!, nice cooler weather:), chips & salsa, finally got all laundry done & put away, Patty came over to chat and it lifted my spirits- I was so grumpy, playing Dr. with kids, Joaquin's sweet family prayer, bedtime reading with my best girl, watched "Last of the Dogmen" with my hubby and we both made it through the whole movie!
6.2- awesome thunder & rain storm last night, soul prayer, grocery shoppin, Sis. Crager, stocked kitchen & pantry, deep freezer, a/c, good start on laundry, stormy weather and it's finally cooler!, beautiful clouds and nice peaceful drive with great music on the drive to Mutual, fun Mutual night- 2 hours to forget my worries was so nice, quiet trip to Walmart all by myself
6.1- cold creamy chocolate milk- can't get enough!, sausage for breakfast, kids were well-behaved today, enjoyed a nice spiritual feast with my scripture study today- loved Elder Cristofferson's talk "Moral Discipline," house all picked up, Glee :) , Baily's sweet bedtime prayer, Rice Chex cereal
5.31- had a blast at the ward Memorial day pancake breakfast- Robert barely lost the pancake eating contest (he ate 20 and the Elder who beat him ate 21!), got some bills paid, fun hot dog bbq and fun times at Genoa City park with Dad & fam, nice phone conversation with Beau, blocks & Beauty & The Beast with my Baily Bug, went to Roath Grandparents graveside & talked about death & eternal families for FHE (was touched by how Patty was touched) and then Dog & Suds for yummy food & ice cream, family all showered & clean & smelling great, reading time with Baily
6.19- my babies were excited to see me this morning and missed me, my sweet girl is my savior- helped me not lose it completely with her sweet hugs and telling me how much she loves me, nice little nap time and movie time with my B and my boy, went and saw Toy Story 3 as a family and it was AWESOME!- kids loved it and watching their excitement (especially my sweet boy who is OBSESSED with Buzz and Woody and my little girl who was just so excited to go to the movies as a family) was just as good as the movie (of course the popcorn and soda and candy rocked too!), solace from my scriptures- loved reading Psalms tonight- they spoke to me and touched me and gave me so much hope, so grateful for prayer and repentance!
6.18- yummy breakfast (killer bran muffins!) to start off day with 2 awesome girls for Youth Conference, serving at Hawthorne Glen Park for service project- such awesome youth!, delicious sun sandwich lunch, chatting with other awesome youth leaders, awesome updates on USA World Cup game- we should have won but glad we didn't lose!, awesome thunder and rain storm, yummy pizza and salad for dinner, nice refreshing shower and scripture study at Sis. Lundberg's, sweet Spirit at devotional before dance- love our youth!, fun dance- Electric Slide and Cupid Shuffle baby!!, awesome drive home with gorgeous lightning storm and the fields looked magical with thousands of lightning bugs
6.17- Robert got up with kids since he went in to work a little later than usual and I got to rest in bed, egg and cheese sandwiches and chocolate milk- can't get enough of them!, peanut butter cookies, nice ride to Milwaukee for Youth Conference with windows down & music jammin' & beautiful country side, youth conference dance- love dances!, had fun with 2 great girls- nice Sis. Lundberg let us stay at her house
6.16- lemon cake-mmmm!, nice long time with scripture study and all caught up- loved Elder Packer's talk "Power of the Priesthood," hot shower helped my aching body, finally able to find enough help for Youth Conference-whew!, Robert home earlier and we all sat together for a yummy dinner- beef & broccoli stir fry, home-made peanut butter cookies, left Mutual early because only 2 girls showed up and not with the materials they needed, snuggling with my kiddos while watching Little Rascals, Robert put B to sleep so free time for me!, lovin' the book I'm reading- The Holy Road
6.15- egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (I love cheese!), a much much better emotional day for me, playing outside with kids and pushing J on the swing for so long, nice little lunchtime with the kiddos, J went down for his nap nicely (he's been refusing it a lot lately:/), feasting in the scriptures, Baily's nice little walk with her grandma & grandpa, my beautiful flowers I love so much, playing tea party and restaurant with my best girl, more great World Cup soccer- Cristiano Ronaldo is hot and Brazilians are amazing!, I love rain!, lemon cake-mmmm!, managed to have FHE, bathe the kids and get them to bed with clean teeth and having read the BOM on what felt like a crazy night, cuddling and watching The Office with my hubby
6.14- rough, rough day, kids did well entertaining themselves, listening to my kid's laughing with each other, overhearing B apologizing to Joaquin without my asking her, World Cup soccer- texting Beau during Italy game (funny British commentators), life's so much better when hubby is home, family scriptures during dinner- kid's did better paying attention, nightime family bike ride in beautiful weather, reading Book of Mormon & Friend magazine with Baily, Robert put kids to sleep, smooching with my hubby
6.13- raspberry muffins, grateful for the Sacrament, love having whole family at church, beautiful baby blessing, YW meeting with the MM, summer sausage & cheese & crackers after church, Sunday nap & sound of rain, Sunday dinner/Jensen's bday dinner at Dad's house, watching Narnia and another little snooze
6.12- pretty chill day just hanging out at home, World Cup!- USA tied England, little bit of nice outside time, nice chat with Patty, family movie night- Alice & Wonderland and popcorn and chocolate
6.11- oh sweet prayer!, good morning delight, hubby's so sweet and loving, morning family prayer and scriptures- love the story of the Anti-Nephi-Lehis, pretty productive start to the day, peace while reading Pres. Uchtdorf's YW General Conference Talk "Your Own 'Happily Ever After'", A/C on a hot muggy day, movie night with me and the kiddos- Shrek, popcorn, soda & cheese & crackers, watching part of the World Cup (woot for World Cup starting!) kickoff with my kiddos and dancing our booties off for about 10 minutes, home-made pizza for dinner, quick walk (hot as Haities!) with my babes, laundry done and looking forward to my hot hubby being home all weekend
6.10- made it through a Thursday without breakdown!, bike ride with the kiddos, tickles with my buddy, loved the Glee finale online, enjoyed starting a new book "The Holy Road," nice outside play time while I got to read a little bit, bath time with no drama, Joaquin's sweet family prayer and how it calmed him down to go to sleep, sweet kisses from my hubby, carrot cake!, texting with all my fam- I'm so grateful to have so much loving family, watched part of Dances With Wolves with hubby
6.9- morning started off rough but after prayer got much better, time with just me and my girl as we ran errands- enjoyed singing Glee songs and chit-chatting... she really is my best friend!, got new checks and stocked up on the essentials, house picked up and made a yummy dinner and dessert for missionaries- red beef enchiladas with beans and rice and carrot cake with made-from-scratch cream cheese frosting (soooo good!), nice message and video from the Elders, had fun as a family at the ward clean up activity, had fun with my girls scooping ice cream- lots of laughs, new kennel for Koda- woot!, 2 ginormous Nesquicks from dear friend Macey- so grateful since I'm going through that stuff like crazy these days, first sighting of lightning bugs!, saying prayers with B
6.8- sound of rain falling and cool breeze from my bedroom window, Robert worked late today so he got to play with the kiddos this morning, morning family prayer and scriptures, lots of reading today on this rainy day (all caught up!), visit from my sweet VT, cheese quesadillas for lunch, once B's friend was gone- she and J were very well behaved and chillaxed for the day, camp meeting at the church- kids were happy to be out of the house and running and playing and I feel great about the progress we made and so much more ready for Girl's Camp!!, nice chat with Sis. R on the way home, kids went to bed without any fuss
6.7- very productive day, good start today with scripture study, floors nice and clean, smell of pinesol, laundry all done & put away- so grateful for running & hot water & modern day appliances, perfect weather- beautiful day, Baily had fun at Amber's house most of the day, J wasn't too rotten today, loved reading the June New Era today, yummy dinner made special for my hubby- his mom's meat and potatoes, awesome FHE about service (Pres. Monson's GC talk)- kids were pretty reverent and Baily was really involved and answered the questions so wonderfully, chocolate cream pie!, nice hot shower after long busy day, kept my goal not to waste time on computer, hubby gave me Priesthood blessing for aching teeth and horrible headache- so grateful to have a worthy Priesthood holder in my home
6.6- felt the Spirit so strongly during Sacrament and Sacrament/Testimony meeting- lots of testimony about prayer and Christ, made it through the rest of church with a very grumpy boy who refused to go to Nursery without breaking down, good Sunday dinner with dad & fam at home- broccoli & cheese soup with chicken sandwiches, nice rainy weather, family walk & bike ride, early to bed
6.5- another rainy day- love it!, working on my PP and learning more about my Savior and The Atonement, Elder Bednar's talk in this month's Ensign "Things As They Really Are," sweet loves from my best girl, lots of fun and good times at cousin Nate's graduation party- good to see so much family, B got a mattress for the top of her bunk bed (given to us by same people who gave us the bed!) and she is so excited about it, chocolate milk and Crispix for dinner for me, starting family fast, kids had fun in bath and smell so good afterword!, nice hot relaxing shower
6.4- hubby's day off!, home-made crepes with strawberries & whipped cream and hubby's perfect bacon for breakfast, playing Dr. with kids again, me and B made home-made chocolate chip cookies- so fun and so good!, coloring time with just me and the B and she kept complimenting me and telling me how much she loves me, perfect weather- rainy, cool breeze and overcast!, Sis. Dibb's General YW Conference talk "Be of a Good Courage," kids outside for a couple hours with Robert while I cleaned uninterrupted with good music, smell of pine-sol, nice drive with the windows down, a/c!, family movie night at home
6.3- submitted Baily's awesome caterpillar drawing to Friend magazine- she's turning out to be such a great artist and I'm so proud of her!, nice cooler weather:), chips & salsa, finally got all laundry done & put away, Patty came over to chat and it lifted my spirits- I was so grumpy, playing Dr. with kids, Joaquin's sweet family prayer, bedtime reading with my best girl, watched "Last of the Dogmen" with my hubby and we both made it through the whole movie!
6.2- awesome thunder & rain storm last night, soul prayer, grocery shoppin, Sis. Crager, stocked kitchen & pantry, deep freezer, a/c, good start on laundry, stormy weather and it's finally cooler!, beautiful clouds and nice peaceful drive with great music on the drive to Mutual, fun Mutual night- 2 hours to forget my worries was so nice, quiet trip to Walmart all by myself
6.1- cold creamy chocolate milk- can't get enough!, sausage for breakfast, kids were well-behaved today, enjoyed a nice spiritual feast with my scripture study today- loved Elder Cristofferson's talk "Moral Discipline," house all picked up, Glee :) , Baily's sweet bedtime prayer, Rice Chex cereal
5.31- had a blast at the ward Memorial day pancake breakfast- Robert barely lost the pancake eating contest (he ate 20 and the Elder who beat him ate 21!), got some bills paid, fun hot dog bbq and fun times at Genoa City park with Dad & fam, nice phone conversation with Beau, blocks & Beauty & The Beast with my Baily Bug, went to Roath Grandparents graveside & talked about death & eternal families for FHE (was touched by how Patty was touched) and then Dog & Suds for yummy food & ice cream, family all showered & clean & smelling great, reading time with Baily
