Quote for the day

May God help us to be a little kinder, showing forth greater forbearance, to be more forgiving, more willing to walk the second mile, to reach down and lift up those who may have sinned but have brought forth the fruits of repentance, to lay aside old grudges and nurture them no more.” – President Gordon B. Hinckley, October 2005

Thought for Today

"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"-Mary Ann Evans

Quote for the day

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."-Aesop

President HInkley passes away

I am sad this evening knowing that I will not again here the voice of this great man...who I loved to listen to. I loved that he was warm, and inviting to all...he was welcoming and wanted everyone to feel part of his love and the love of our Savior...he taught by how he lived what we should do for each other. That we should truly love one another...I will miss this kind warm funny man, who humbly served his Lord for most of his life...

Not just our prophet...he was truly our friend

After A While

by Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't always mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child and you learn to build all your roads on today, because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure you really are strong you really do have worth and you learn and you learn with every goodbye, you learn...

Quote for the day

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."-Douglas MacArthur

Quote for the day

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."-Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quote for the day

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength but by perseverance.

Jackson Browne

Bean POWER!!!

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of thistype of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!

I want to say to the brethren and to the sisters, let us cease finding fault one with another; let us not say that this man or this woman does wrong, this family does wrong, this person or the other sets a bad example; let us realize that we ourselves are held responsible for what we do. . . . Let us all look at home, and each one try to govern his own family and set his own house in order, and do that which is required of us, realizing that each one is held responsible before the Lord for his or her individual actions only"

Quote for the day

The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul. -- David O. McKay

Last Year's softball highlights

Pegasus

Sorry about all the typos in that last post...I was thinking with my heart not my head...

Anyway...

KiKi made the Pegasus team again this year...it was so much fun for her last year and she has made some much needed long term friends with similar goals...and interests...I was happy for her...A great deal as she has hours of free practice and many many games... I was unhappy last year about the cost..but have a better attitude about it this year...she loves it!

Birthday for Grandpa

It was my dad's 70th birthday. All his children showed up from all the many locations to help him celebrate this event.

It is interesting to listen to each of my brothers and sisters share their experience of my father, how he was with them as children and what he did to support and make them feel loved. I rea;ized that being a parent is a transitional thing...in a very big way, and the fact that I feel like I am better at it now than I was then...well that is because I probably am...and that is not anything I can control. The fact that my youngest children have a different experience is not something I need to feel so guilty about...it is that way and I can not go back and make it even unless I stay stunted and don't grow...

It was a good lesson...

I still feel compelled to apologize to my kids for my shortcomings as a mom...I wish I could have known then what i know now...wish time could be turned back and I got a do over...I would let Sean play football even though he had grades that made me frustrated...cause when I let Christian I found out how much he wanted it. I would ABSOLUTELY buy more milk...and hair gel. I would worry less about the day to day and focus on the big picture...

I was at Branden's after Christmas and he was upset that I had gotten the kids cell phones, he was upset about that when I got Lauren one too...Branden never got a cell phone, I remember feeling really sad about his feelings that day.

Branden has a cell phone now. I did not get it for him, vut he has it and he got it for himelf...and that is a great thing, isn;t it. He also had the experience to have younger brothers and sisters and he got to be the big brother...like I got to be the big sister...and that is an ecperience that not everyone has

I did not have my dad as a child much, he learned how important that is from ecperience...probably from his experience with me...as I learned from choices and outcomes with my older children...

It is part of the process and part of the plan and everyone in the family gets a gift, it is not the same gift...but when we are getting and giving gifts they too are different for each person...
Glad I feel better about that...

I do try to support my children now and let them know how important they all are...equally...

Love to each of you...

We had a great second Christmas with all of your Northern Family members. We enjoyed opening presents...Eliza was very patient opening her gifts,,,we have some great pictures that I will have to add...but I need batteries to get them off the camera :) Also got to spend time with Kaden and Trae..Kaden ended up feeling sick and had to go home and we did not get to finish our game of Mother-May-I...we can finish it up next time buddy...

Those of us that were well enough got to go to dinner at Red Robin...Eliza showed us all how she can growl and there was laughter and a good time for all...

Got to spend some unexpected time with our friends the Carey's...they are family to me and I am so lucky we got to see them...Christian and KiKi love Jake and Michaela...so they are never sad when we see them...and get to go to our old ward. Rachael played beauty parlor with me and I have a new hair cut...that I can not do, so hopefully she will not drop in on me and catch me in my hair disability mode..how did my girls survive?



We plan a Febraury trip...