Journaling

-We had our Chinese New Year celebration at my Mom's on Saturday.  Simon made yummy food and we all sat around and talked.  I was feeling like crap and then had to deal with disappointed kids since we ended up not being able to go swimming, so the evening was a bit of a drag, but we managed to squeeze in a movie night.  I think things went fine.  Wasn't my favorite day though.  2-9-13

- At Stake Conference on Sunday, we got to hear Charity, Kelly, and Bradley sing in the Children's choir!!  They've been working on these songs for about a month now and it sounded so beautiful!  Like angels.  As most people have said.  They really did great!  I missed watching them for their first song, the Missionary medley, but I could hear it from the Mother's Lounge.  I was glad I got to watch them sing the next one.  I love watching my kids perform.  They are naturals!  And it was fun to see how reverent they were during the whole 2 hours (not counting the hour BEFORE the meeting started when they were practicing!).  They were great!

- Sunday was a rough day for me, for some reason.  I need to start charting my crappy days to see if it could be hormone related.  It's hard to tell when I'm not having a period.  Sorry if that was tmi for anyone, but I don't really care :).  I was really down.  Could have been from not feeling good too.  Either way.  I was grateful for Stake Conference.  It was a very nice meeting.  I LOVED President Lake's talk.  He talked a lot about having faith in Heavenly Father's plan and his timing.  I struggle with this as most of you know, and it was a nice reminder.  A nice little boost.  To be able to remember that things go the way they do for a reason and that things usually end up better than I could have planned.  It was a good thing for me to hear that day.  I loved seeing everyone from the Ward Canyon ward too.  Something about those people just brings a smile to my face.  I love them.  I love this ward too!  Don't get me wrong, it's just a rare occurance to see so many of them at once.  It really lightened my day and my mood.  I was grateful for their smiles and love.  And I did leave the meeting with a smile on my face and a better attitude.  I've been trying so hard to control my moods lately and have a better attitude after reading about attitudes in.... darn, I can't think of where it was that I read it... but during my scripture study.  About how when we are not having a good attitude, we are letting Satan take control.  I don't want to do that.  Seems like ever since I started focusing on it, it's been harder... not sure why that is.  But anyway.  I feel better today, I guess that's good :).

- Sunday night was Steve's Birthday Party up at my Dad's.  It was just us, Steve, Jauslin, Dad and Dawn.  We had a lot of fun though!  My Dad got party favors, noise makers and such for the kids.  We had pizza, ice cream cake, watched clips of our favorite home videos, watched some "Brain Games" on tv, and played a few rounds of pool... I can't believe how good Bradley is!!!  It's crazy!... the whole night was a lot of fun for everyone!  Good times.  Glad Steve could turn 25 so that we could all get together :).  Happy Birthday to him.  2-10-13

- Monday, Nate took the day off so that he could help me.  I think he was probably still worried about my attitude from the day before, and thoughtfully wanted to give me a helping hand.  He ended up filling in for me in Luke's class for his 100 day party.  That was a lot of fun for him and Luke.  Then he helped me with Jack while I made my Mango Chicken and Coconut Jasmine Rice for my dinner exchange.  Which turned out really good btw.  That night we were supposed to go swimming but once again, we let the kids down.  Nate and I had the idea to go to a Jazz game so we decided Wednesday would be our FHE for that.  Unfortunately, we found out later that the Wednesday night game is an away game, so that got ruined too... we'll just have to go swimming Wednesday night I think!  Anyway.  It was a pretty lazy day otherwise.  Which turned out to be a really good thing because Erika was sick all night Monday night.  She was on fire with a pretty high temp.  She seemed okay most of the day Tuesday though, just needed to be cuddled a lot.  It worked out nice that Heavenly Father helped Jack sleep better for the first part of the night so that when Erika came down for the last half, I was able to take care of her without too much trouble.  I was pretty tired though.  It's always funny to remember back on the weird stuff I say or do with my sick kids in the night.  Hopefully nobody else remembers.  She has a habit of rubbing arms or sides, or faces, or hair, or WHATEVER else she can get her hands on in the night when she's sleeping with you.  It's a little on the nerve-racking side for me, but it's still such a sweet habit.  I am grateful for the nights when she sleeps in her own bed :). She "prise"s me with that every once in a while!  :)   2-11-13