Let the good times roll!

May is my month!

I leave tomorrow to spend the next 4 days with these beautiful sisters of mine...and I cant wait!  But today I need to prepare.  I have so much to do to get ready.  Leaving the boys is always risky business but sometimes it just has to be done.  We have not had a sisters weekend together in about 5 years...and it's about time!  I am the luckiest girl alive to have these awesome sisters for my own!  Let the good times roll!

farewell facebook

Ran into a very old friend of mine, whom I really admire and respect, the other night in the temple.  We chatted a bit and then as I was getting ready to leave I asked him, "are you on facebook"?  and he relpied, "oh, I've been a Bishop for the last 5 years, I dont have anything to do with facebook".  hmmmm.  Well, with that along with the time waster that it is and the numerous stories I've heard of people who I thought had solid marriages that ended in divorce because of fb, I am done with facebook...farewell.

Better than Caffine

So, lately I have started taking naps.  I love how Mike can just fall asleep anywhere.  Not me.  I have to get into my nice cozy bed and take mine....and that is what I have been doing lately.  This past month I found myself extremely tired all the time.  I have not been sleeping well and I wake up anywhere between 3:00 and 4:00 am every morning regardless of what time I go to bed and then of course the alarm goes off at 5:15.  So, I realized that I just dont get enough sleep at night.  I have been so tempted to start drinking caffine sodas again but that is usually just a temporary fix and leaves me feeling anxious and wiped out in the long run.  So, I just started taking naps at about 3:00 pm every day this week and I cannot tell you how much better I feel.  I only sleep for about 20 mins and I get my second wind and I feel energetic again and I dont feel anxious or wiped out.  The best part about it is that Mike and I went and did a session at the temple at 8:00 on Tuesday night and I didn't fall asleep!! Yahoo!  That's a first in a long time for me!! I guess I'm getting old and I just have to admitt it but that's okay as long as I know what I can do to keep myself going.  I know that exercise helps too...but since I've started working I have yet to find the time to fit it in.  So, that is my next goal.  So, here's to taking naps....It's better than caffine!   

Memory Lane

"...therefore when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters." (Ether 6:5)

And so
You can think of this journey
As a walk down Memory Lane
See the rough times
That lead you to the right times
That make it worth all the pain
You hear yourself start to pray at the end of everyday
And in your heart you feel a change

The wind still blows the strongest tree
The same wind will carry me
And when I set my fears aside
There's still a voice inside
When the storms are gone
The sun can find me

Sometimes
You're not sure where you're going
'Cause you're stuck in Memory Lane
If we could see the end so clear
We'd surely lose our fears
But when I'm still I feel Him near

The wind still blows the strongest tree
The same wind will carry me
And when I set my tears aside
There's still a voice inside
When the storms are gone
The sun can find me

Here
It's not far in the distance
Where you are and where you'll be
You're standing taller on your knees
He's hearing all your pleas
I guess this road is a two-way street

Now the wind still blows the strongest tree
The same wind will carry me
And when I set my fears aside
There's still a voice inside
When the storms are gone
The sun can find me

Pictures from the plays

CINDERELLA PICTURES

(Prince Charming)

I think Bryce had a good time playing Prince Charming in Cinderella.  Rebecca Hogge was so funny as one of the Evil Step sisters.  Bryce and Isabel had such a hard time learning to do this dance without laughing.  It was too cute!

Here's the Cinderella Cast!

Here they are again being goofy.  They were so much fun to work backstage with.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

(Gaston)

Poor Stephen, he just hated having these girls hanging all over him during the play!  Lol!  He had such a blast and the girls were fantastic....gooing and gaahing all over him.  There were too cute!

And David Jensen was a great side-kick to Stephen as LaFu.  It was very funny.

The kids had a blast and I we had a blast watching them.  I hope they want to do it again next year.  They were great!

There is something to be said...

There is something to be said about a man who can cook, cut hair, take care of the children and clean the house.  Okay, so he doesnt do all these things simultaneously all the time, but he does them.  Lately I have just not been feeling too great and he just takes care of business when it needs to be done.  Sometimes it goes without being done but when it comes right down to it he is there.  I think it is the way he grew up, being the oldest in the family and being expected to take care of his younger brothers, maybe it is just his sense of duty.  Whatever the reason, I know I married the right guy because he fills in the spaces that I sometimes cannot.  Just feeling lucky and grateful today for the man I married, for who he is and for all he does. 

Prayer

This is me in my first area on my mission praying at my bed.  We called this apartment (which was built above a home in Wilmette Ill.)"The Sacred Grove". It was named this because the entire place was covered in this green wall paper.  Anyway, my companion Sister Rich took this picture of me cant remember if it was early morning or late at night.  She developed it and had it blown up to 8x10 then she gave it to me.  It reminds me of so many things but mostly it reminds me that when it all comes down to it, it's between me and my Heavenly Father.