A SUNDAY TO REMEMBER!
This was one of the biggest (as in special) we've had in a long time! You could feel it in the air too- big things were happening and the Spirit was here- it was awesome. We had family council, went to church, Barbara gave us her bench because she was embarrassed that she was hogging it- which she should be since she is one person and her family is always late :)....hahahaha.... I'm kidding. But it was super nice of her to give us "her" bench. I will continue to call it that. I got to watch my cute boy pass the sacrament (he's still cute even when he's wearing non matching suit pants :) ) We had Primary, Sunday school, and YW and YM, just as usual. Got home and the excitement began! Wait, I think these big things need their own posts- I can't just group all of this special-ness together. I will say that the planets aligned ever so nicely for us because all the things that were going to conflict with other things- well, they got canceled! Pretty "lucky".... slash blessed!!! I KNOW it was a miracle. I don't overlook those kinds of things and call them luck. Choir and something else, oh! my cub committee meeting (although- I would have had the perfect excuse to miss that one, which could have also been a blessing :) HA!). So anyway- here's the cool stuff that happened:
CHARITY'S BLESSING
My new favorite parenting thing is witnessing them receiving their Patriarchal Blessings. Charity got hers on Sunday. What a COOL... AMAZING.... and SPECIAL experience that was!!! It was so incredible. I really don't have the words to describe it- I don't know why I keep trying. It really was just more than I ever expected it to be! Hearing all the things that Heavenly Father has in store for her and feeling all the love that he has for her!!! AND hearing all that he knows about her!! SO INCREDIBLE!! I love our Patriarch, I think he's amazing. I loved the Spirit that was there- so touching! And I LOVE that it strengthened my testimony of the Priesthood again. Like getting my own, it was just so remarkable to witness the Priesthood in that way. Just so cool!! I'm anxious for her to get her copy. AND I'm anxious for the next seven :). I really can't wait- totally makes up for the potty-training torture! 2-26-17
KELLY'S INTERVIEW FOR HER YW MEDALLION
Kelly set a goal to finish her Personal Progress before she moved out of Beehives and SHE DID IT!!! I am SO amazed and SO proud of her! She scheduled her interview with the Bishop for this Sunday and he actually didn't get the word about the interview so he wasn't planning on it and actually ALMOST rescheduled it, but THANKFULLY!!! and probably an answer to the prayers my heart was screaming out at the moment, he didn't! I was SO RELIEVED!!! So was Kelly- she has a history of that kind of stuff, but not anymore! So she passed!! She should be receiving her medallion any day now!! So cool!! What a cool girl! 2-26-17
ERIKA'S GREAT TO BE 8 PROGRAM
This was another biggie since I had been helping plan it and making the cake for it! Erika and I were both very excited for it! It ended up going really well! It's so much fun to think about Erika getting baptized! I love that my kids are anxious and willing to take that step! I love that they are so excited for it. Erika was so cute having all the attention from Mom and Dad- we need to do that more often, we've slipped up- and it was cute to see her getting all excited but still remaining cool :). She already knows how it goes, so it wasn't too much new info, but still :). 2-26-17
ALSO
This was the same night as the Priesthood Preview as well- although, none of our family was as involved in that. Course Nate and Bradley and I were all there. It was a good little program too. I'm so grateful for the Priesthood! It's hard to believe some people go their whole life without ever experiencing it's power and knowing it. 2-26-17
LUKE'S EAR
So, we went the whole weekend hoping the antibiotics would work and much to my dismay they didn't!! So we took him to the doctor. Of course he had an ear infection and we found out that dentists give a much lower concentration for antibiotics than doctors would for an ear infection so that is why it wasn't doing anything for his ear. Kind of interesting and good to know. Too bad I'll probably forget it. So we got him a stronger dose- hopefully he will have some relief soon!! He really can't afford to miss much more school! 2-27-17
VISITING TEACHERS
This was only the 2nd time my visiting teachers have even tried to schedule and appointment to visit me in the almost six months they've been my teachers and they cancelled! I guess they're planning on coming tomorrow, but so far, they've only come once. I really like them and think it would be really fun to get to know both of them, but they don't seem motivated. It's kind of a bummer for me and today I realized that visiting teachers are one of my must haves. Heavenly Father has almost always blessed me with amazing, faithful, visiting teachers who end up being life long friends some of them, so I shouldn't whine about it. But I do have to say that this is one of the things that makes it so I can do what I do. People always ask me, "How do you do it?" and Nate is always the first one that pops in my head. Not many women have the support and help that I do from Nate, so I feel very blessed and have to acknowledge that he is 90% of why, but I learned that visiting teaching is in there too. I need that "social" outlet. It's a low pressure, low stress, social-ish outlet. And I need it! I can say that. I hate it when they don't come, I hate it when I feel like an assignment and they say, "Can we just count our chat last night for this month?" I need it to feel sincere. I know beggars can't be choosers, but if I'm being honest, this is how I feel. I hope this is just temporary, or that I can somehow seem like someone who they want to spend time with- I don' tknow- I just need to get over it maybe. We'll see. 2-27-17
TREAT MEAL
I was given one treat meal while I'm on this 15 day challenge, and I was trying really hard to talk myself out of a treat meal and just tough my way through it, but I felt like I was going to cave if I didn't. So I decided to just make it a little bit of a treat- not anything too crazy. I knew it needed to be under 600 calories so I realized my 1100 calorie FAVORITE Raspberry Chipotle Burrito that I love so much was out (Can you believe it has THAT MANY CALORIES!!!! And I've been eating them for LUNCH!? No wonder!). So I did a little research and found out that a regular Raspberry Chipotle SALAD is only 467 (With the toppings I choose). So that was it! I counted down the days and minutes til I could have it- it actually kind of carried me through Sunday- I was dying. So unfortunately I didn't get to go have a nice sit down lunch with Emily there, but I did get to go pick one up and ate it really quickly with Luke before heading up to the Doc. It was delicious! And tasted every bit as good as the burrito! Okay, I'm lying a little, but it was CLOSE! Real close! And knowing it's only a third of the calories! I could do that. So anyway. I feel like this challenge is really changing the way I think about food and nutrition. I don't think I could ever do cold turkey forever on anything, but this has definitely opened my eyes to how much I eat without really thinking about it. And the wrong things. I'm hoping I can stick with some of these new habits I've gained. I love the idea of losing weight, I'm so happy that I have already started to and that this could be the beginning of something awesome. I just need to stick with it!! I think I can. 2-27-17
DAVIS HIGH ORIENTATION
Charity, Nate and I ventured into unfamiliar territory today!! It was a little crazy!! I can't believe my baby is going to be in High School next year!!! Feels so weird to even think about it! We had a lot of fun though, walking around, clueless, looking for stations for her to go talk to teachers about homework expectations and course requirements. Kind of exciting really. She's going to start making decisions that will actually shape her future!! It was so neat to have listened to her blessing the day before and know that this High School experience will probably be a great foundation for what lies ahead. I LOVED running into my old AP Psychology teacher from Viewmont, Mrs. Whitlock! She's been at Davis for three years. She said she remembered me and could "picture my handwriting in her head"!!!! WHAT?!!!!! Either she's really good at lying or she's got one heck of a memory for handwriting. I did have her for a year and half though. And I watched her kid in the Day Care. So anyway. That will be fun for Charity to have her! Charity had chosen all of her classes the night before, so it was good to get a feel (so far in advance though!) for what they will be like and what direction she is going!! It was really cool. I only wish we'd gotten there on time. We missed the little rally at the beginning. I guess we'll have to see what it is next year. I got to see who Walker is, although not introduced, just have a face to go with the name now :). 2-27-17
FHE
Nate taught the lesson on Prayer. He used my peanut butter and jelly analogy, but glammed it up a bit :). Not his exact words, but I can't think of his right now. It was less feminine than glam. OH! FLAIR!! He was going to give it some flair :). haha... sounds funnier now than it did then... HA! Then we played Down by the Bank- because time was running low- we got home late from the orientation- and everyone got Dairy Queen blizzards for the treat- except me of course. I had a protein dessert :). 2-27-17
LeAnn
For the longest time LeAnn has been inviting me over for pancakes. Something about having a lot of pancake mix and wanting to use it up. We were FINALLY able to schedule something this Tuesday, but as I was confirming it with her, I realized I can't eat pancakes!!!! AH! SO I embarrassingly told her that I can't actually eat, but that I still wanted to come over (how rude is that?). It ended up being a VERY much needed visit!! I just love LeAnn! She's so good to me! She's so matter-of-fact. Makes me happy :). We talked for a good hour before Jack started needing to go home. It was really a nice breath of fresh air. 2-28-17
ONE
So ONE of my visiting teachers remembered our rescheduled appointment. She came and the few minutes that we talked were great. I really like her! She seems nervous or awkward or something, but she's still fun to talk to. Then her son pooped in his pullup. So she left. It was so nice of her to come. It really restored my faith in... them :). Haha! I sound like a brat don't I? 2-28-17
DIFFERENT
Wednesday turned out way different from my plan. That always throws me off. I'm a creature of habit. I live for habits. This makes me have to think and that makes me tired. So I was tired on Wednesday too.
Rather than doing a really hard workout, like I had the day before, my workout was pretty easy. Bummed me out until I realized I could go do Insanity that morning too!
Rather than doing Insanity with everyone, I decided I needed a shower instead so that I would be ready at a moment's notice.
Rather than going to playgroup, I decided to let Molly sleep.
Rather than being on time for PTA meeting, I decided to forget when it started and walk in late.
Then instead of enjoying the meeting and feeling motivated about next eyar- I felt the complete opposite. These feelings are lingering.
Rather than staying at the meeting til it ended, I had to run out early, tossing all the tickets I'd gotten for prizes to Natalie, and go get Nate's Lug wrench before being late to meet him at his work at 1:00. And of course, instead of taking the right exit to Nate's work, I drove right past it and had to get off a couple exits later to get back on. See what I mean about off?!!
The rest of the day was pretty normal. Sort of. Emotionally I was a wreck. I couldn't get myself to smile. It was really crappy. I hate days like that! I had psyched myself up for the evening, knowing Nate and three big kids were going to be gone til probably 11:00, to play games and have fun with the littles before bed, but of course that was thrown out the window too with all the drama and injuries that evening. Such a drag. Fit though. I needed an attitude adjustment that didn't come until the next day. Glad every day isn't like this one!! 3-1-17
FLOW RIDER
Nate and the kids/YM/YW had a blast at Flowrider! It was fun to hear all their stories and how everyone did :). Made me super jealous, but not at the same time :). 3-1-17
NOPE
So I thought that while me and the littles were home together for a longer evening than usual on Wednesday that we would "have some extra fun!" I couldn't think of what to do or what kind of fun, but we were going to have it! It was going to be great! Nope. Not so much. It was actually pretty miserable. I just couldn't catch a break with the kids. Everyone was WAY off! I remember at one point noticing that we had 3 of the 5 kids here crying- and not just crying, but CRYING! like SCREAMING CRYING! all at one time. It was nuts. Not my favorite. 3-1-17
RED UMBRELLA
So Emily and I went back to Bennion Craft again this week for another painting class! It was SO MUCH FUN!! I could seriously make a hobby out of this! I love the classes! This painting was a little more complicated. I kind of thought it would be. But it was still a lot of fun. I was shocked at how much I liked my picture. Of course there are things I don't like, but honestly- it's really not bad if I do say so myself. If I could do it over again, I would shape my water differently (I feel like that was the helper girl's fault because she wiped off my brush where I wanted to do water) and I would do better trees... they're really not my favorite part. They're fine, but they look too generic. So anyway. I was super happy with how my umbrella looked! All those years of drawing umbrellas sure paid off :). AND I would do leaves further down on my trees. There. That's all. Sort of :). I totally love doing the painting though! Who would have thought I'd enjoy something like that! Not me! I wish Grandma Mottishaw were here to see them! I mean, I'm sure she can see them, but I"d love to be able to see her reaction. Anyway- can't wait for the flower one! Thanks to Charity for babysitting for me! Poor Nate had overtime that evening. 3-2-17
SHOTS
Bradley needed his Jr. High shots so I scheduled his well-child visit the same time as Molly's :). It was fun to take them to the doctor together. They are both looking good. Poor Bradley was NOT looking forward to the shots. It was a testament to his sensitive side when his red little face had tear streaks down them as he was getting up ONto the table. Before they even started he was losing it emotionally. Such a sweet kid. I really can't get enough of that kid. He just surprises me so much. He's growing up so fast and so well. I really couldn't be happier. He was tough during the shots and didn't shed too many tears. He got his frosty on the way home. We decided that if he didn't cry he could have a frosty and then when he said he was bummed that he probably wouldn't get one because he was probably going to cry, I decided that then we'd have to get him a frosty because we felt bad for how sad and hurt he was! So either way :). Too bad I didn't get one! Only 5 more days! Molly luckily didn't have any shots this time. He's going to wait til her next check up to worry about her bowl-legged-ness. I hope that's a good thing :). She didn't love the whole visit. She is one of my "don't try to distract me or trick me into doing things" kids so the doctor's office isn't her favorite. She is onto them the minute they start with the cheerful voice and compliments. We'll see how long she takes to get over that :). Love that girl. She's such a sweetie. I love that she is so anxious to see the world and test things out. She's learning things at a million miles a minute! It's fun to watch her enjoying it all. 3-3-17
BASKETBALL
Well, this was it! Our last games of the season. Such a sad day. Unfortunately, Noah's friend James had his birthday party at the same time as Noah's game so he chose to go to that and missed his last game. But he did have a good time at James' Nerf Gun Party. Meanwhile, the rest of us went to Bradley and Luke's game and boy was that thrilling!!! Such a fun game! I mean, minus the obnoxious parents from the other team behind us. They were so very rude. The refs were crappy (as usual- we had the same two refs at almost every game), but there were SO many good plays and moves by everyone on the team! It was so much fun to watch! I really love watching my boys play! I get so excited every time! Luke made all but one of the five or six shots he took- some pretty amazing steals as well! And Bradley made a bunch too :). Together they made up about 3/4 of all the points. Pretty awesome. 3-4-17
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