Blessings 6/14-20

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

Good Things to Come

This is just what I needed to hear right now. I can so relate to this young family. I'm so grateful for this message!

Blessings 6/7-13

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

Friday June 11, 2010

Yesterday was a pretty ok day.  I don't know why but Thursdays are usually my nemesis so on Wednesday night I prayed to have a good Thursday and not be depressed and out of control emotionally.  So thanks to that prayer, it was a much better Thursday for me.  It was pretty boring but I'm just glad I didn't lose it and become majorly depressed.  Today was a pretty good day today too.  Robert had to work late again today so he was home to hang out with us this morning which was nice.  We had a good time together;) which was some much needed time together.  I was dreading today a little bit because it's pay day and my dad was expecting us to pay all the rent which we just did not have.  So I called him and told him what we could pay and when we could pay the rest.  I told him how sorry we were and once again told him we just can't afford to live here- that I don't feel right about paying late all the time.  And once again my dad told me that we would find a way and it wouldn't be smart to move.  I just don't know what to do.  I'm grateful for his and Patty's patience but I still hate this financial hardship were struggling with.  After crying and feeling worried and hopeless I said a nice long prayer and waited for some inspiration.  I didn't really receive any except to be patient and have faith.  And I'm determined to not lose faith or hope in this trial like most other times in my life when I've had trials.  So a little while after the prayer I felt much better.  My hubby was really sweet to me this morning and I needed that and was grateful for that.  The rest of the day was pretty uneventful.  I watched my friend from the ward, Brittney Johnson's little girls for a couple of hours.  I was probably a little too grumpy but I'm glad I didn't yell or get impatient.  After they left I just was kinda lazy.  It was so hot and sticky outside that my kids or I didn't want to be outside.  I'm sad to admit that I broke my streak and spent more time on the computer that my goal was.  But I'm not going to let that deter me from my progress and just keep to my limited time on the computer as I've done good with all the rest of this week.  Later on my kids and I had a movie date- we watched Shrek, ate some goodies and I let the kids have soda since it is Friday after all.  Then we watched part of the World Cup kickoff and had a fun little dance party.  It felt good to just be silly and have fun with my babes.  After that we ate some yummy home-made pizza that I made for dinner and then took a short walk around the block- it was hot and sticky but I wanted to get out at least once today.  When we got home I got the kids ready for bed and now they are each watching their movie choice since it's Friday- their one night to stay up late for the week.  It's been a pretty good day.  I'm so looking forward to having my hot hubby home for the weekend.  I'm thinking we might go to the beach tomorrow as long as it's not storming.  It's hot enough, it's free and it will be a good time.  I love family time- as long as I can control my crazy emotions... which I'm praying for strongly!

Wednesday June 9, 2010

Today started off a little rough because I lost my temper and got mad at myself for losing it.  I had a nice long prayer pleading for help with controlling my emotions and reactions and for help to make the most out of the rest of the day with my family.  I'm so grateful for prayer!!  Baily went with me to the WIC office to get our new checks for the next few months and we had a fun time with just us two.  She really is one of my best friends.  We jammed to Glee with the windows down and chatted and it was great.  After that we went to the store to stock up on some essentials and it was just nice.  Love that girl!  When we got home I was busy cleaning up and preparing a yummy dinner and dessert for us and the missionaries.  I made red beef enchiladas with rice and beans and a home-made carrot cake complete with home-made cream cheese frosting.  It was seriously sooo good.  I love my good mom/housewife successes.  It really does make me feel so good inside.  After they left we went as a family to the combined ward cleanup activity at the church.  We helped clean up the landscape.  There were a lot of people there so there wasn't much to do but it felt good helping what little we did and just being with our ward.  They really are like a family and are such great friends.  I love our Elkhorn Ward!  Then we were blessed by the generosity of those ward members when one gave us a dog kennel (this will give me much needed sanity with our crazy dog!) and 2 huge cans of Nesquick (her husband works for Nestle and she got them for us because I mentioned how I was going through that stuff like crazy these days).  So generous and so sweet and I was so touched.  When we got home the kids sacked out pretty fast- they were pooped.  I got up the energy to clean my kitchen and am glad I am doing my journal because I really was considering skipping out.  But alas... here I am:)  And here I go... good night!

Tuesday June 8, 2010

It has been a very rainy and overcast day today.  I love that kind of weather.  However it doesn't bring out the most productive side of me.  I stayed strong though and stayed off the computer.  I spent most of the day reading scriptures and magazines.  My kids watched way too much tv and I yelled at them which I wasn't happy about but it was a pretty good day nonetheless.  The kids seemed to be pretty chilled today and ok with a lazy, tv sort of day.  It's supposed to start getting hotter and humid tomorrow which I'm not excited about at all but that's ok.  It's much better than it could be- like the summers in Mesa!  My hot man had to work late tonight which I am not a big fan of but that's ok.  I ended up going to a YW camp meeting at the church.  It was nice to get out of the house and I feel much more prepared and ready for Girl's Camp.  I'm so excited!  The kids had fun running around and playing with the other kids.  Sis. Rebarchik gave us a ride.  I must say she is one of the sweetest most compassionat, Christ-like people I know.  She is such an example to me and I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve from her, observe and learn from her.  She's just awesome.  After we got home it was pretty much time for bed and bedtime went very smoothly.  My tooth has been feeling much better and I'm so grateful for the Priesthood blessing Robert gave me last night.  Robert's off tomorrow and my goal is to enjoy the day- to not nag him or resent him or be annoyed with him- but to love and appreciate and serve him.  He deserves it.  He really is quite awesome.  I love that man so much.  And now I'm going to go maybe read a little bit more, pray and get some shut-eye.  Good night:)

Monday June 7, 2010

I remember last time I updated I was thinking "wow- I'm doing well.  I should plan on writing every day this month."  Well... that didn't go so great as you can see.  Thursday was not a good day for me at all.  It was a very rough day emotionally.  I can't think of a specific reason but I know I was not happy and grumpy all day.  I was so close to giving up, giving in to temptation and going back to my addiction.  But I didn't and I'm so grateful I didn't.  The rest of the weekend went pretty well from what I can remember.  Today was a pretty swell day.  I was very productive and had a heart to heart with Heavenly Father this morning asking him to help me be more wise and productive with my time and help me with my goal not only to not spend time playing games on the computer (I failed at that goal last week:/ ), but also to only get on the computer twice a day to check my email, blog or facebook.  I can say that that has resulted in a very productive day today.  My house is very clean, my laundry is all done, my family's been fed well today, I've been spiritually nourished through scripture study and reading the June New Era and I've prayed for forgiveness since I yelled and lost my temper.  I'm still pleading for help in being able to control my emotions and reactions and to "school my feelings."  It's such a hard weakness to deal with because I hate it about myself and it comes with a lot of guilt.  But I honestly believe that Heavenly Father will help me overcome this weakness.  I will have faith.  I'm dealing with some major tooth pain again but I'm not going to get mad or ask "why me?" this time.  I'm praying for help to endure and if it is His will, to take away the pain.  I'm going to have Robert give me a blessing and go to sleep and hopefully I'll feel better.  I'm so grateful I have him and that I have a worthy Priesthood holder as my husband and in my home.  We had a great FHE tonight about service.  We watched Pres. Monson's talk about service from last General Conference in October.  Baily was so reverent and watched the whole thing.  She was so involved during the lesson.  We made some goals to do certain acts of service for a family member, friend, acquaintance and stranger.  We also decided to start a family service journal where we will talk about what we did for someone that day during dinner and write it in our journal.  I'm so grateful for FHE and for our Prophet and this council to serve others.  I'm so grateful to see progress and feel good about my job as a parent as I see Baily learning and understanding gospel principles.  She's learning and growing so much right now.  I just love her so much.  I'm sure there's more I want to right about but I'm hurting and I'm exhausted.  I will do better this week about my journal:)

Blessings 5/31-6/6

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

Wednesday June 2, 2010

It's been a pretty good day I suppose.  I got a good start on the laundry and was able to go get groceries with Sis. Crager.  I'm so grateful for the help from the Church but at the same time I hate that we need the help.  I feel like such a burden and it's a horrible feeling to have.  My mind has been weighed down all day about what we are going to do to survive and what we should do.  The only possible option I see is to move to a cheap apartment closer to Robert's work.  The thought of doing that makes my stomach churn.  I do not want to move.  I don't want to live back in the city, I don't want to lose our home with the perfect neighborhood, yard, location (as in right next to my dad), ward.  It kills me.  But I see no other way.  I had a very sincere heart to heart with my Heavenly Father today and just plead with Him to give me some inspiration as to what to do.  I told Him I didn't expect Him to just fix everything without us having to learn any lessons or do the work ourselves.  I just explained that I was completely clueless as to what to do or any possible solutions- nothing feels right.  It could just be denial about moving but I really don't know.  I have faith that if I'm faithful and do all I can He will help us.  I almost lost hope and dealt with some very strong temptation today but I'm so glad that I recognized the temptation and prayed right away and read my scriptures.  That's a lot of progress for me- especially under this kind of stress.  In the past, I've realized, these worriesome times are the times when I crack and return to my destructive addiction.  As I was thinking about that on my beautiful drive to Mutual (it was so cool and stormy- my fave kind of weather!) I felt good thinking that I passed that test faithfully.  I don't expect blessings from passing- it just felt good to have that peace of conscience.  I had a lot of fun with the girls at Mutual tonight.  We ate some good treats, played a few games and just chatted.  It was a low key night to just have fun at a stressful time of year for the girls- the end of the school year.  As I left I realized how much fun I had, how much I love my calling and our YW and how I had completely forgotten about all my worries and stress.  I'm so grateful for those few hours of peace.  Also on my drive home I realized that I need to spend more time with my babies- more quality time.  I've done well at not wasting time playing games or watching tv (I watched a little today but felt so unproductive and realized that just the ads were the reason for a lot of my temptation so I shut it off- I was thinking about how I should just give up tv altogether and how beneficial that would be to me) but I need to do better at playing with them and teaching them and just spending more quality time with and giving attention to them.  They are growing up way too fast.  Especially my sweet girl- I can't believe how much she's matured just in the last month or so.  I'm so proud of how wonderful she's turning out to be and I don't want to miss any precious moments I can have with her.  Oh how I love her!  As I thought about her request for me to have a tea party with her today and my turning her down I felt a strong pang of guilt.  I really, truly don't want to have those regrets.  So I will do better about spending those precious moments with my kids.  They are my life- my everything.  Oh how I love them!!

Tuesday June 1, 2010

I'm bummed I missed writing the past couple of days.  Especially since it makes it so hard to write again when you feel so behind.  Let's see.  Friday was a great day.  It was productive and we had a blast as a family at the YW bbq at the Rebarchik home.  I love my ward friends!  After we feasted on yummy summer bbq food, we all went and watched the fireworks there in Burlington (they were to celebrate Chocolatefest and Memorial Day).  It was awesome.  My favorite part was watching the joy on my kids' faces and the reflection of the fireworks in their lit up eyes.  Being a mom is the best!  I have no idea what happened to me on Saturday.  It was very hot and I was very bored and grumpy.  Robert was busy being a wonderful husband and working on our yard, taking the Christmas lights down, working on my dad's yard and fixing our toilet.  And I was a butt and resented him for it.  The whole time I was mad at myself for my crappy attitude but I just couldn't break it.  Ughhh...  Sunday was a little better.  I enjoyed church but Robert and I had gotten in a petty dumb argument the night before and we were so distant with each other.  There was tension between us and I hated it.  But apparently I couldn't let go of my pride and apologize and forgive.  What a waste of time.  After church we had to wait an hour and a half to talk to the Bishop.  It was hot, the kids were super restless and I was just irritated.  I was trying not to be but I just couldn't seem to help it.  I left the Bishop's office feeling very down and depressed.  We were talking with him about our financial situation again and I hate it.  I hate that we need help.  I hate even admitting it because I know the Bishop doesn't intend for me to feel this way, but I feel like such a burden to him and I feel like he really looks down on us.  I prayed all day to get rid of these feelings and thought a lot about one of Elder Bednar's GC talks about not taking offense.  So that's what I prayed for- help at not taking offense.  Bishop is awesome and it must just be the adversary trying to get in my head about him- but I won't let him.  After coming home and resting and reading scriptures I felt better.  I made dinner and after dinner we took a nice little family Sunday walk which helped my downcast mood.  Yesterday was a much better day.  We had a lot of fun as a family at our ward Memorial Day pancake breakfast.  Robert decided to enter the pancake eating contest and despite my urging him to stop and that he was gonna feel sick and be complaining all day, he ended up eating 20 pancakes only to be defeated by an Elder who ate 21.  It was a harsh blow.  I was proud of my man for his efforts but knew he was gonna be complainin' later.  And I was right.  After we made a stop at the store and went home and packed up a bbq pic-nic, we and my dad & fam headed over to Genoa City park for some Memorial Day fun.  My dad's back was hurting so I felt bad for him about that but it ended up being real nice.  We had the whole park to ourselves, it was overcast and not too hot and the kids had a blast playing on the playground and in the sand.  We enjoyed some hot dogs from the grill (Robert, however wanted nothing to do with food and was complaining about feeling sick the whole time) and other munchies.  We had nice conversation, played a lil' badmitton and just had a nice, relaxing time.  After that we came home and rested a bit.  Then later, for FHE, we met up with my dad & fam at my Roath Grandparent's graveside.  Before they got there we talked with Baily about what happens when people die and about how our family can be together forever because we were sealed in the temple.  It was sweet.  When my Dad & Patty got their, there was a very tender feeling present as we remembered my sweet Grandparents.  They left and my little fam and I went and ate at Dog & Suds.  It was pretty good but not great and too expensive.  We had a nice time together as a family though.  Today was a pretty good day.  Robert was back to work and I got to work on picking up my house.  I also spent a good time with my scripture study and that felt wonderful.  I started to work on our budget and that was very stressful.  We need a miracle.  I have no idea how we're going to make it on what we're making right now.  It's not possible.  However, I don't feel hopeless.  I will trust in the Lord and His promises and I know we will find a way to get out of this.  I don't know how, but I know we will.  I have faith in my Savior and that gives me hope.  My poor hubby is not feeling well at all so he came home, was so sweet but I could tell he was not feeling well so he went to bed pretty early.  I hope he feels better soon!  Tomorrow's more of the deep cleaning and laundry.  And for now- I shall go to bed before I give into the temptation to play Solitaire or Crossword puzzles.  My goals for this week are to not play games on the computer and not to yell or cuss.  So far I haven't played any games and I'm working on the other 2.  Good night!


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 <3, Baily's sweet bedtime prayer, Rice Chex cereal

Blessings 5/24-30

5.30- made it on time to church- just barely- but made it, kids were so reverent (all the kids in the ward) during Sacrament and it was so nice, awesome 5th Sunday combined RS/Priesthood lesson by Bishop about finding our hidden wedges and forgiving, Sunday nap and scriptures, prayer got me through some tough emotions, able to keep the Sabbath day holy- 1 Ne. 3:7, enjoyed reading about Alma & Amulek for family scripture study, nice family Sunday walk & visit at Dad & Patty's

5.29- rough day but made it through- hubby was busy with yard work, fixing the john and taking down the Christmas lights, pizza for dinner

5.28- when Baily came into the living room this morning Joaquin said so cutely "Guh mooning B!"- so sweet!, then they snuggled on the couch and watched Buzz and Woody, B took a donut to her Grandpa at the bus-stop, B colored some beautiful pictures for my mom and mailed them out- my mom's gonna love them, trip to Target- cute shoes for the fam and nachos & DP for lunch- yum!, had a blast at the YW bbq w/my fam at the Rebarchiks (delicious 7 layer dip & chips & watermelon-yum!), so much fun at the fireworks- loved watching Baily & Joaquin's excitement and the reflection of the fireworks in their sweet eyes!

5.27- donuts for breakfast- love raspberry bismarks, finally finished my mom's letter and got it in the mail, caught up on Glee- I {heart} that show!, Baily had fun playing with Amber today- she looked so cute playing pretty princesses, leftover roast beef for lunch, finally able to play outside without melting- no humidity- yay!, irises are blooming and so pretty, my sweet baby boy all clean after a shower and smelling delicious, baby boy #2 is a movin' like crazy

5.26- hubby's day off- yay!, bacon and pancakes for breakfast, dinner prep in the morning makes for an easy evening, trip to Wal-Mart with just me and my girl- I love my Baily Bug so very much!!, thunder & lightning, 20 week ultrasound- a healthy & bouncing baby... BOY!!- surprised but excited, Baily took the news that she's not getting a sister very well, B held my hand and was so sweet and cute during the ultrasound- she's an amazing big sister and I just love her so much!, yummy roast dinner with the missionaries and they joined us for family scriptures and prayers, beautiful drive to pick up my girl April and listening to my fave song- EFY's "I Know that My Redeemer Lives" and being overwhelmed with the Spirit and gratitude and feeling my testimony grow of my Savior, giving April a ride to Mutual, Mutual- I love my YW!

5.25- gas is back on- grateful to have hot water back, prayer, repentance, love the New Era, lots of scripture study today- love the OT, dancing and singing to Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" with Joaquin, listening to music and playing store with Baily, windows open for a little bit while listening to thunder and telling B how my Grandpa H used to tell me that thunder was when Heavenly Father and Jesus are bowling, popcorn and Mr. Goodbar, sweet phone call from my bro Beau, my forgiving & sweet little girl- oh how I love her!, Baily asking me if Jesus was done bowling since the thunder was gone

5.24- Joaquin's sweet giggles and contagious smile, Baily's good mood, Baily had a blast playing with water slide at Amber's all day, Joaquin took a much-needed long nap, prayer in rough times, not giving up and losing hope- trying to stay strong and have faith in my Savior, not fighting with hubby during hard times, studied awesome GC talk "Preserving the Heart's Mighty Change," feeling great comfort & peace while reading scriptures, finding a solution and even though things can be hard to let go it felt good to let go & release that burden, hubby brought home BK for dinner- no cooking and no hot oven, A/C on a hot day, great FHE on family prayer and faith- and it counted as a PP goal, love my family so much!, stress free trip to the store without kids, internet's back on!