Monday morning I woke up feeling about the same that I had all day Sunday. Not good. I was really drowning in my negative thoughts and needed help getting out. Luckily, Nate was here and very available to help me. We talked and he gave me a priesthood blessing. It was a much needed blessing that I have kind of put off getting for a week or two now. Not because I didn't want it, the time just wasn't right ever. But this morning, I was able to open my heart to the Spirit and feel the guidance and inspiration that I think will really help me pull out of this hole. I'm sick of feeling like a failure and feeling like I'm not needed or loved. I don't need to feel this way. Satan is magnifying the negative in my mind and making it bigger than it is. I really am so blessed and have so much to be happy about. I wish I was better at finding these things on my own on a regular basis. I really do have a lot to be grateful for. I don't want to push people away and I want to be able to recognize the deceptions of the adversary. I need to use the power of discernment that I have been blessed with. It is time to wrestle with the forces of the physical world and strengthen my Spirit. I'm feeling very motivated and pumped up about it. 10-23-17
PICTURE SCAVENGER HUNT WITH OUR FRIENDS FHE
For Family night this week we went to the Clemens's for a fun picture scavenger hunt with the Maughans, Caldwells, Patanes, Mendenhalls and of course Clemenses. It was a lot of fun. We were in a group with the Mendenhalls. We thought we'd be docked points or disqualified for not getting back to the house on time, so we hurried back before getting the last four items. Much to our dismay, the time was not really an issue. We waited about 10 minutes before everyone got back and both teams had gotten all but two, so they won. Kinda lame in my opinion, but I know it wasn't about winning, it was about having fun, and that we did!! It's fun to have friends to play with. I so wish someone had older kids- Charity and Kelly's ages, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. It was a fun night. I was glad that I didn't go crazy trying to finish costumes that night and everyone just wore something we had already. That was nice. We're getting better at recognizing which situations are actually life or death or not. 10-23-17
ELEPHANT PUMPKIN
Gerold and Piggy books have been Erika's favorite for a while now. She chose the one where Gerald breaks his trunk for decorating her pumpkin! This was one of those projects that Erika stresses over all month and then we quickly pull it off a few days before (just because that's the only time we had to do it though!!). She sure did a cute job on it. I got a little jealous when I saw some of the other pumpkins that other kids did with their parents (or should I say parents did), wishing I'd been able to do more of it with her and have that fun time together, but she did awesome! It looked fantastic! 10-24-17
STAKE PRIMARY MEETING
I'm only writing about this to remind myself that sometimes I just need to relax and take a breather. I was all worked up and had been running around like a crazy person on Thursday. Trying to get everything done between Reflections, pumpkin carving, orthodontist, scouts, you name it. I had been sitting on the fence about this meeting for a while, not really all that anxious to go and use up another evening of my week. But I talked myself into it. I decided it would be great to jumpstart my focus on Primary and possibly scouts. I had imagined that it would be a very informative, instructional meeting on what we can do with our Primarys and how we can help our kids better. I had pumped myself up for a great motivational evening and looked forward to doing better at things. Well, I got there a little late and they were basically taking roll. Very slowly. With very little purpose from what I could tell. Then we sang happy birthday to one of the ladies in another ward. Then they talked about how much they love all of us. Then they had a prayer on the food and told us to get some food. This all was taking a long time and I could only imagine how long everything else was going to take, so I started to get a little antsy. Luckily Natalie showed up eventually and I wasn't alone anymore. But then they thanked us some more, and introduced the thing for the evening- they were going to put on a "Sharing time" for us. I'll admit my heart sank a little. The rest of the evening was history. Which actually, at least it wasn't long. They ended at 40 after, so Natalie and I were able to talk photography for a few minutes as we finished up. But the sharing time they gave just totally tested my patience. I wasn't in the mood for a script play. I wasn't in the mood to watch someone act out the Princess and the Pea. I should have tried harder to get myself in the mood, or just enjoyed the break more, but it was REALLY difficult. I will do better next time because I now feel awful that I had such a crummy attitude during this, but really, it was all about my expectations and how they weren't met. I need to work on this for sure. 10-26-17
FLAG FOOTBALL
Bradley has really enjoyed the Flag Football this season again. He has had to play on other wards and stuff though since our ward hasn't had a great turnout of boys. But this hasn't stopped Brad, which I think is awesome. 10-26-17
REFLECTIONS
This is funny to post about since none of my kids did reflections this year, but I have to acknowledge my awesome friend Krista!! She totally took on the one of the hugest projects the PTA has and did it with almost not help whatsoever from the so-called committee of ladies who signed up to help her. I have felt so bad about being the one to ask her if she would do it at the beginning of the year, but she's been so nice to me still and has done such an amazing job with it all!! I really couldn't have been happier with how things turned out! It was awesome! She even got Texas Roadhouse for all the judges!! So amazing! 10-27-17
MAYNES FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY
The annual Halloween Party was at Grandma Ruthie's this year. We had soups, played the candy bar game and some of the kids got to go see "The Harry Potter House" in the neighborhood which I heard was pretty amazing! It was a really fun night! I especially loved all the compliments on our Zuppa Toscana Soup that Nate and I slaved over during the last possible minutes that we could before needing to head out :). Good times! 10-27-17
MAYAN MIRACLE 5K
We were so happy that the Maughans told us about this 5K! It ended up being a really cool experience for the six of us. Charity and Kelly opted out of it (unfortunately, Kelly didn't end up having a tournament that morning, but she says she would have run with us) and stayed home with Jack and Molly. This ended up being a really nice luxury even though we did miss them and wished they'd been there to at least cheer us on :). We felt like beginners/newbies registering and getting our shirts and bibs and such. Everyone had fun checking out all the raffle prizes and the cool skull trophies, while we waited for the race to start. I'll admit I was a little nervous! But I was pumped too. I just wanted to be able to run/jog the whole thing. I didn't want to stop. So the race started, the kids were OFF like bullets! I knew we weren't going to see them again til the finish line. I knew they were going to push themselves and do their best! I was trying to do the same. Unfortunately, I fell short a little. My stupid lungs were so full of cold air, I could hardly breathe! It was so annoying! My legs were fine, but I was lightheaded, my legs kept feeling numb (which according to Erika is perfectly normal!), I did stop and walk for a little of it. But luckily, I was able to breath better toward the end and was able to "sprint to the finish". Thanks to Lukey screaming out "FASTER FASTER FASTER!!!" I couldn't bear the thought of my kids seeing me walk that last little bit. When we got to the finish line we found Erika pale and feeling like she was going to barf, so I set out to help her. Nate got in line for burritos. The boys kept us updated on EVERYONE'S times and placements. It was a lot of fun to hear their excitement! I was SO PROUD OF MY KIDS!!! They did so awesome! And we were all really proud of the Maughans too!! Travis and Emily even placed! Pretty cool! So Luke got 1st place, Bradley got 3rd place in their division. I think it was ages 11-19 boys. Noah got 3rd in his division boys ages 1-10. And Erika got 3rd in her girls 1-10 division. Pretty sweet!! They all got cool skull trophies- so fun! I don't remember what place Nate got, but I was pretty pleased with my 7th place :). Even if there were probably only 6 women my age! HA! Just kidding. We didn't win a single raffle, but got a few more extra shirts and Bradley got a hat, so that was fun :). The burritos lived up to Emily's hype :) and we were sold on 5Ks. We saw a sign for the Thanksgiving one in Farmington and decided we're going to TRAIN and run that one in a month! Pretty cool stuff. Thanks Maughans for sharing your tradition with us!! 10-28-17
PICTURE SCAVENGER HUNT WITH OUR FRIENDS FHE
For Family night this week we went to the Clemens's for a fun picture scavenger hunt with the Maughans, Caldwells, Patanes, Mendenhalls and of course Clemenses. It was a lot of fun. We were in a group with the Mendenhalls. We thought we'd be docked points or disqualified for not getting back to the house on time, so we hurried back before getting the last four items. Much to our dismay, the time was not really an issue. We waited about 10 minutes before everyone got back and both teams had gotten all but two, so they won. Kinda lame in my opinion, but I know it wasn't about winning, it was about having fun, and that we did!! It's fun to have friends to play with. I so wish someone had older kids- Charity and Kelly's ages, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. It was a fun night. I was glad that I didn't go crazy trying to finish costumes that night and everyone just wore something we had already. That was nice. We're getting better at recognizing which situations are actually life or death or not. 10-23-17
ELEPHANT PUMPKIN
Gerold and Piggy books have been Erika's favorite for a while now. She chose the one where Gerald breaks his trunk for decorating her pumpkin! This was one of those projects that Erika stresses over all month and then we quickly pull it off a few days before (just because that's the only time we had to do it though!!). She sure did a cute job on it. I got a little jealous when I saw some of the other pumpkins that other kids did with their parents (or should I say parents did), wishing I'd been able to do more of it with her and have that fun time together, but she did awesome! It looked fantastic! 10-24-17
STAKE PRIMARY MEETING
I'm only writing about this to remind myself that sometimes I just need to relax and take a breather. I was all worked up and had been running around like a crazy person on Thursday. Trying to get everything done between Reflections, pumpkin carving, orthodontist, scouts, you name it. I had been sitting on the fence about this meeting for a while, not really all that anxious to go and use up another evening of my week. But I talked myself into it. I decided it would be great to jumpstart my focus on Primary and possibly scouts. I had imagined that it would be a very informative, instructional meeting on what we can do with our Primarys and how we can help our kids better. I had pumped myself up for a great motivational evening and looked forward to doing better at things. Well, I got there a little late and they were basically taking roll. Very slowly. With very little purpose from what I could tell. Then we sang happy birthday to one of the ladies in another ward. Then they talked about how much they love all of us. Then they had a prayer on the food and told us to get some food. This all was taking a long time and I could only imagine how long everything else was going to take, so I started to get a little antsy. Luckily Natalie showed up eventually and I wasn't alone anymore. But then they thanked us some more, and introduced the thing for the evening- they were going to put on a "Sharing time" for us. I'll admit my heart sank a little. The rest of the evening was history. Which actually, at least it wasn't long. They ended at 40 after, so Natalie and I were able to talk photography for a few minutes as we finished up. But the sharing time they gave just totally tested my patience. I wasn't in the mood for a script play. I wasn't in the mood to watch someone act out the Princess and the Pea. I should have tried harder to get myself in the mood, or just enjoyed the break more, but it was REALLY difficult. I will do better next time because I now feel awful that I had such a crummy attitude during this, but really, it was all about my expectations and how they weren't met. I need to work on this for sure. 10-26-17
FLAG FOOTBALL
Bradley has really enjoyed the Flag Football this season again. He has had to play on other wards and stuff though since our ward hasn't had a great turnout of boys. But this hasn't stopped Brad, which I think is awesome. 10-26-17
REFLECTIONS
This is funny to post about since none of my kids did reflections this year, but I have to acknowledge my awesome friend Krista!! She totally took on the one of the hugest projects the PTA has and did it with almost not help whatsoever from the so-called committee of ladies who signed up to help her. I have felt so bad about being the one to ask her if she would do it at the beginning of the year, but she's been so nice to me still and has done such an amazing job with it all!! I really couldn't have been happier with how things turned out! It was awesome! She even got Texas Roadhouse for all the judges!! So amazing! 10-27-17
MAYNES FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY
The annual Halloween Party was at Grandma Ruthie's this year. We had soups, played the candy bar game and some of the kids got to go see "The Harry Potter House" in the neighborhood which I heard was pretty amazing! It was a really fun night! I especially loved all the compliments on our Zuppa Toscana Soup that Nate and I slaved over during the last possible minutes that we could before needing to head out :). Good times! 10-27-17
MAYAN MIRACLE 5K
We were so happy that the Maughans told us about this 5K! It ended up being a really cool experience for the six of us. Charity and Kelly opted out of it (unfortunately, Kelly didn't end up having a tournament that morning, but she says she would have run with us) and stayed home with Jack and Molly. This ended up being a really nice luxury even though we did miss them and wished they'd been there to at least cheer us on :). We felt like beginners/newbies registering and getting our shirts and bibs and such. Everyone had fun checking out all the raffle prizes and the cool skull trophies, while we waited for the race to start. I'll admit I was a little nervous! But I was pumped too. I just wanted to be able to run/jog the whole thing. I didn't want to stop. So the race started, the kids were OFF like bullets! I knew we weren't going to see them again til the finish line. I knew they were going to push themselves and do their best! I was trying to do the same. Unfortunately, I fell short a little. My stupid lungs were so full of cold air, I could hardly breathe! It was so annoying! My legs were fine, but I was lightheaded, my legs kept feeling numb (which according to Erika is perfectly normal!), I did stop and walk for a little of it. But luckily, I was able to breath better toward the end and was able to "sprint to the finish". Thanks to Lukey screaming out "FASTER FASTER FASTER!!!" I couldn't bear the thought of my kids seeing me walk that last little bit. When we got to the finish line we found Erika pale and feeling like she was going to barf, so I set out to help her. Nate got in line for burritos. The boys kept us updated on EVERYONE'S times and placements. It was a lot of fun to hear their excitement! I was SO PROUD OF MY KIDS!!! They did so awesome! And we were all really proud of the Maughans too!! Travis and Emily even placed! Pretty cool! So Luke got 1st place, Bradley got 3rd place in their division. I think it was ages 11-19 boys. Noah got 3rd in his division boys ages 1-10. And Erika got 3rd in her girls 1-10 division. Pretty sweet!! They all got cool skull trophies- so fun! I don't remember what place Nate got, but I was pretty pleased with my 7th place :). Even if there were probably only 6 women my age! HA! Just kidding. We didn't win a single raffle, but got a few more extra shirts and Bradley got a hat, so that was fun :). The burritos lived up to Emily's hype :) and we were sold on 5Ks. We saw a sign for the Thanksgiving one in Farmington and decided we're going to TRAIN and run that one in a month! Pretty cool stuff. Thanks Maughans for sharing your tradition with us!! 10-28-17
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