Being a Good Mother

I spoke in church on Sunday about motherhood. The joy and responsibility and everything in between.
What I learned
1-You can make mistakes ~ everyone is going to. Try harder next time
2-You kids will learn what you tell them and what you show them ~ Make sure they are the same.
3-Your husband and father of your children can help in every part of raising great kids ~ He is a most important part
4-Pray is your best tool in bringing them up right.
5-After prayer is faith ~ Now they get to make mistakes too.
6-Teach them how important it is to speak kind words ~ Use kind words when you speak to them.
7-A good Homemaker is really a good house keeper ~ Our home is our family temple and we should want it to look like it.
8- Try harder today then yesterday. And try harder tomorrow then today.
9- You don't have to be perfect to be a good mother. You only have to do the very best you can ~ The best you can is probable better then you might be doing right now. So try Harder.
I guess what I learn most from this talk Is that it is ok to make mistakes , but you must learn from them and be better next time. I also found many great women around me that I can look to as an example. And my kids can look to then as well.
How thankful I am for faithful women who love the Lord and their families and set such a fine example for me.
You know who you are. Thank you

I think I am done with snow

I know that snow is a good thing. I know we can't just warm up or everything will flood. I know spring is about the ups and downs of weather.
However. I am done with snow. I am done with cold. I am ready to work in my yard and plant a garden. I want warm winds and sprinklers for kids to run through. I would love to have pink pansies and fresh veggies warm from the sun.
They may be nothing better the a tomato sandwich when the tomato is still warm fresh from the garden.
I have nothing against warm sweaters and hot cocoa.
I am just ready for flip flops and cold lemon aid.

The joy that is mine :)

So there are four things (more then that) but four that truly make me happy. I like to call them Haybug, Bobo, Nuker, and Nader. My four kids hold my heart.
They are the glue that holds me together and also the lose string that could make me fall apart.
They are my most favorite ups and downs.
We went out to dinner tonight, a reward for all the good work they do. And yes we ended up a Chuck E Cheese's. It was so much fun to watch them play together, clamor to get their picture taken with each other, and in the end share their tickets to make sure everyone got something fun from the toys.
I was so please to see Haybug(12) take her little bother Nader(4) and make sure he got what he wanted before she did. She still got what she wanted, but she made sure he had his first. Counting her tickets with his to make sure he would not be unhappy.
That was a great example to me and to him. Maybe she helped him to know that he should put others first. To think of himself after he thinks of others.
I know I remind the older kids all the time that the younger ones are looking to them. Seems to me that they heard me.
That is why they are my JOY.

Every choice is an opportunity

Not my word, But good words to live by. I am so glad too know that there are inspired people to share their words of council.


~Every choice is an opportunity Every choice has certain benefits. And every choice has its costs.
If you are willing to bear the costs of a particular choice in order to enjoy the benefits, then go ahead with it. If the costs are too high for you when compared to the benefits, then move on and find another, more appropriate choice.
When you adopt an attitude that life, or the world, or your community owes you something, you set yourself up for extreme disappointment. Realize instead that you are already living in a universe filled with abundance, and that creating meaningful value out of that abundance is up to you.
No matter who you are, where you are from, or what you have, a life of fulfillment requires personal effort, commitment and integrity from you. It is through making continued positive choices that you line up life's abundance in ways that uniquely express your visions and values.
Every moment is a choice, and every choice is an opportunity to build real and meaningful value in your life. Your choices enable you to direct efforts so that those efforts add up to something great and desirable.
Through the choices you make, you have the power to access the very best of life. Choose often, choose wisely, choose with the highest intentions, and your choices will take you precisely where you wish to go.
-- Ralph Marston~

General Conference

What a weekend. How great to be able to watch and attend General Conference. To sit with my family and hear the words of the lord spoken from the mouths of disciples.
We were able to go down town to the conference center with three of our children Saturday morning. How great for Syd to get to be at a solemn assembly for her very first conference trip. What an opportunity to teach and learn together the order of things, and to know that the lord has a plan and purpose in his calling of new prophets.
She was bubbling over with joy at the opportunity. With her brother and sister.
I personal love the chance to be able to stand and add my hand to those fellow members and sustain Thomas S. Monson as the next president of the church.
I add my testimony to all those that have said. He is a prophet of the Lord. He was called before he came. Foreordained by the lord to lead this true church at this time.
I am grateful to have had the Holy Ghost witness this truth to me. And I am grateful that I was able to share this next step for the church with my family.

What I know?

Last week I went to my local GOP meeting to caucus. This was a first for me. I wasn't even sure why I was there or what I was meant to do.
What I found out is
1- Too few people are active in our local government
2-The best way to make your voice heard is to speak up
3-All you have to do is want to help . A job will be found for you
I am now a county delegate.
What does that mean. At first I will admit I did not know. But now I understand that I will get to make a voice for my local area at the official call to Convention where nominees will be chosen out of the candidates that are locally running.
This is what I would think of as grass roots when I think of local government. This is where we should start. This is where we learn how to make this city, county, state, country a better place. Wish me luck.
My advise to you is get out and vote every chance you get. If you make a voice for you , then you make a voice for you children.

Just making baby steps

So blogging is new to me. I love to read the blogs of friends and family, but doing my own is some how daunting. A very good friend helped me to get here. How great to have friends that care.
So hear Goes...