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TESTIMONYWhen I realized it was Fast Sunday the night before, I was reminded that it was also Testimony Sunday, and for some reason thought about possibly bearing my testimony. I always try to put that feeling away because I want it to be a prompting to stand up and bear my testimony, not just something I want to do. Although, as I'm typing this I'm remembering what I learned about what I "want" and how it works with Heavenly Father's plan. I should try to remember that more often I guess. Anyway- then again, during the Sacrament I started wondering if it would even be possible for me to bear my testimony since Nate was going to go to work. Then I pushed the idea away again because of how crazy Molly was being. Then again, during testimonies, after breaking up a fight with Jack and Molly, I got that burning! I almost felt lightheaded! It was the feeling I was needing. I couldn't fight it, I had to get up. It wasn't til I stepped up to the stand that it occurred to me I was bearing my testimony. I was glad I had had a few thoughts run through my head today about my testimony and areas that have grown recently. I hope what I said was okay. I hope Heavenly Father was pleased. I have been so grateful for the blessings I have received from following the words of our Prophets and the things I've learned in the conference talks. It's been really cool. 11-4-18
PRIMARY
Primary felt a little weird today, probably just because the program was over. It was Bro. Pederson's last Sharing time. We got to sing I Will Be What I Believe, and Molly got to come in and experience Primary a little. It was too bad the other little boys were there with her, she was with her mommy and testing her limits. I think she will do better next time, or maybe in a few times :). We'll see how it goes. Last year when they were bringing her in, she was an angel :). So who knows. I'm so anxious to get on with the new meeting schedule, it's hard to pretend like I think what we're doing right now is okay. But whatever :). 11-4-18
SAINTS
We started on chapter 12 tonight, and read a few. We got to the part where Joseph was tarred and feathered and I couldn't keep myself together. That just BREAKS my heart! I am in awe at how tough Joseph was. How much perseverance he had! So much FAITH!! I don't think I could withstand such trials and stay strong. It's amazing really. And yet, what I told the kids, he needed those trials to make him what he was, and because he was who he was, he was able to make it through those trials! They go hand in hand of course. I am loving this book! I keep hoping it's not too much for my kids. But I think it's better for them to hear these things in this setting than in others. I'm hoping this is good educational time to be having together. And I love it! 11-4-18
FHE
We went to the STEM Family Night at the Layton Convention center before Family Night tonight. It was a lot of fun. Pretty busy, but everyone seemed entertained. We should really try going sooner I think. When we got home Noah taught our lesson about lifting one another's burdens. He had a bag with weights that we all gave ideas of things that weigh us down, then we talked about how to carry someone's burdens. Then he had us listen to part of Pres. Uchtdorf's talk from 2008 called Lift Where You Stand. Noah did such a good job! I was so impressed! We watched the Jazz game for Charity's activity and went and got Bowman's donuts for the treat. Fun stuff. 11-5-18
MIMI'S CAFE
Molly and I met up with Ruth and Becky for brunch today. Molly cracked me up when she grabbed my menu and started pointing to the food she wanted :). Granted she hadn't been given a kids menu, so she did the next best thing. She was so cute, "I waaaant.... waffles! and bagels! (she was pointing to fried eggs when she said bagels :) )..... aaaaaand BACON!" So that's what she got- because she's hilarious :). Becky gave us some clothes she had found for way cheap at Sear's closing sale. Then we all went to Costco together! That was fun :). We bought way too much stuff and then found ourselves at the cars. I don't know why I don't just think of these things on my own, but Becky sweetly asked if I could help put Ruth's stuff in the car and then if I could do hers... luckily I did think of following them home to take their stuff in their houses. Which took a little longer with some errands too, but I am always more than happy to help with that stuff! Molly fell asleep. It was a lot of fun to spend time with them today. 11-6-18
JAZZ TIP-OFF PARTY, AKA: STARS GAME
So we were pretty misled into thinking this was going to be a really cool, free stuff night at the Vivint Arena. I was slightly disappointed to be honest. It was the Junior Jazz night thing but they combined it with a Stars game, which was fine, but basically they bribed us to watch the Stars game with prizes and "Jazz tickets to a future game". Which I never saw! Kind of irritated me that they so falsely advertised the thing, but whatever- we had a pretty good time. The Stars are actually very entertaining to watch! There was so much energy on the court! Noah and Erika tried to stand in line to win prizes, but I don't think they actually got to. Nate bounced around with Molly, waiting in line with Charity and Kelly, and getting popcorn for everyone. Jack was pretty cheerful, wearing his little Junior Jazz jersey, until we got further into the game. He was "SOOOOOO tired!" This daylight savings has been rough on him I think. He did have a pretty rough night last night, with his knee bugging him, but anyway- not a happy camper by the end of the game. I sat there, trying to remain cheerful even though Molly was being a pill half the time, Jack was whining at me and Brad was pretend whining at me. Charity had one goal for the night and that was to get a picture with a Jazz player and get their autograph. She succeeded! Dante Exum was the one they had there, she got a picture with her, Kelly and Nate with him, and then got his autograph not once (like they had ruled), but twice because Kelly gave her hers :). That was fun to witness. Kelly was fun to hang out with Charity and then remained very involved in the game. Brad and Luke seemed less than interested in this game. They eventually got into it, when the score was close and we were almost to the end. They did love shooting free throws at the end and making it. Along with Noah and Charity. It was a fun night. I can't say I would do it again (unless we want to go watch Noah's choir sing), but lots of fun. We all said goodnight to Nate as we parted ways for him to go to work. As we were walking back to our car we ran into the big guy who had been working at the table with all the official people and found out he was the scoreboard guy tonight :). Which was funny because I kept commenting on how fast the score was changing. He was really nice and talkative and told us all about the D-Leagues. Interesting. I loved the Stars- they were so full of energy! More so than the NBA players are. It was lacking just because we didn't know all the players, but anyway. Molly convinced me that we needed to stop for Frosty's on the way home. Fun stuff. 11-6-18
LATE LATE START
Kelly didn't need to go to school til 10:00 because of the Junior taking the Practice ACT (poor Charity), so she, Molly and I went to Kneaders for breakfast :). It was really nice until about five minutes in when Molly decided to throw the world's hugest tantrum. It was so bad all we could do was laugh! Poor Kelly, the place was full of high school-ers most of whom she is friends with. Probably kind of embarrassing. She laughed with me though. Oh Molly. But we ate our yummy food and chatted a little and then went over to Bennion Craft for a few minutes of browsing. It was fun to spend some time with Kelly. 11-7-18
HEAVENLY
It is temple week this week, for Stake Conference so they cancel all meetings- this means no mutual! I know I shouldn't be too excited about it because Mutual is a great thing and my kids love it! As do I when I am in YW callings :). I know it is a great thing for the Youth and their leaders. But can I just say- it was HEAVENLY not having them leave last night! We had an early dinner thanks to our clocks that haven't been set back yet, and Nate took Brad to run a few errands we've been needing to run for him, as well as Charity got to go to Fiiz with Denise, and then everyone was here at 7:00 for us to read scriptures and then watch the Jazz game together! It was so incredible!! I LOVED IT!! It was a free night to spend together! 11-7-18
THE CEMENT LAY-ERS CAME!!!
Today was the big day!! Much to my surprise, they finally came and laid our cement! It was Nate's overtime shift today, so it was just me and the cement guys/girls all day, which is always interesting, but it's been so fun to keep up on the progress! The kids would have loved this. It's been very exciting. Especially when I accidentally let Buddy outside!! I don't know if I've ever been so anxious to get him inside! And to keep him from going on the cement! One of the guys was just as anxious as I was! It was almost funny with the two of us chasing him around, but not really because I was so stressed about what would happen if he stepped on it!! OH MAN!! My heart was racing! At least I thought to go get him a treat and bribe him with that. It was very thrilling! And not at the same time. I consider it a miracle that he came back in without wrecking everything! I spent most of the day cleaning the family room. I got it SO CLEAN and yet it really doesn't look or feel all that clean. Kind of a bummer, but whatever. It's going to be so fun to see the kids' reaction to the backyard!! I hope it's still wet and they can put their hand prints in it. 11-8-18
CARLEIGH
So on Thursday I had the feeling that I should do something for Carleigh (Holden's mom- that's what we all call her). It was completely out of the blue, so I decided to act on it right away. I made some cookies- which I totally caved and ate one at the VERY END, no snitching during the making process which is of course, nothing short of a miracle. Anyway- I decided to take some cookies to Carleigh, just so that I had a reason to knock on her door and see how she was doing. It's been YEARS since we talked. Well, maybe only one, but the last time we talked was just for a few minutes in the hallway at the school. So anyway- this was out of the blue for sure. Okay, so Nate and I walked them over there and she answered and was very flattered that I had thought of her, then when I said I would love to hang out some time she was more than happy to oblige! I was so surprised! We thought of the idea of going on a walk sometime and that morphed into picking up the kids from school Friday afternoon! How cool is that! So anyway- Friday came and Nate and I had to race back from Costco- it was a MAD DASH for sure! But I made it back in time and we actually went on the walk together and picked up the kids! We had a great conversation. It was a lot of fun to talk with her actually. I think I needed it as much as she did (if she in fact did :) ). She was telling me all that she had learned about cholesterol! What are the odds that we are both into that right now? Kinda cool. So anyway. We decided we would do it again next week! I'm excited. 11-9-18
CHARITY AND KELLY NUTCRACKER WITH JEN AND COUSINS
Charity and Jen planned this fun outing with them and the cousins their ages. Minus Sydney. We had decided since we were going out with Dan and Adele and then watching the Jazz game together that Charity was going to have to drive her and Kelly down to Salt Lake to meet up with Jen. She was not thrilled about that idea and actually dug her heels in pretty good. So then we came up with the train idea. This wasn't any better in Charity's eyes, because of the "creepy people" who ride the train, but we were not going to budge on this one. So we figured out the bus schedule and when they would need to get to the station and made a quick Walmart run to get a few things we needed. We were definitely pushing it when we pulled up in the station park station with only minutes (like three!) to spare. At that point I realized that the girls were probably going to miss the train and I started formulating a different plan- one that would involve me driving them no less. So I started to get a little annoyed, just at the thought of missing out on my fun night. I could see Nate finishing paying for their tickets and them darting up the three flights of stairs and the two of them racing the arriving train as they ran over to the three flights down, I started to think they might actually make it! But of course that negative little voice gave way and persuaded me to believe that they might purposely MISS the train so that they could ride in the comfort of their own car with me at the wheel. I had already planned my lecture for them when they'd return to the car. But much to my surprise! we saw the train depart and could no longer see the girls! They had FLOWN down those stairs and onto the train without any hesitation!! How awesome is THAT! I was shocked, but very pleased and proud of my girls for doing what they needed to do! I got the text that they had made it on and Kelly's cute "we want to be headed for Provo right?" text, and I was just overjoyed with their new found mode of transportation :). I still had to say a little prayer that they would actually make it there okay and not get kidnapped (pfff!), but I knew they were in good hands. And they met up with Jen okay, then made it to Chick-fil-a and the Nutcracker with Sierra and had a great time! I loved hearing about all their adventures when they got home. This was a cool experience for all of us. Something new. 11-9-18
ADULT SESSION OF STAKE CONFERENCE
I had THE BEST TIME at the adult meeting. I missed having Nate by my side, but I've gotten pretty used to going to these on my own now. It was an awesome meeting though. The first talk was about the Church's addiction recovery program. An elderly couple talked about what they do as missionaries there. They gave a nice talk. It was interesting to hear about all their people. The next talk was a couple who are getting ready to go on a mission. They rattled off a list of how many of each thing (birthdays, family dinners, baptisms, etc.) they are going to miss while they are gone and that it is a huge sacrifice, but that "now is the time" for them to serve. So interesting to me. I am going to need some kind of witness that leaving my family is the best thing to do when that day comes for me. Otherwise, I will just choose a mission here :). Just kidding. I'm sure that day can come. We'll see. The next talk was a nice lady who talked about hope. Which I of course loved! But my favorite talk of the night was President Taylor's after President Muelstein. His talk was SUCH an answer to my prayers! The prayers I had just prayed! It was so cool. I had to email him a thank you when it was over to let him know how much it meant to me. Some of the notes I took there were:
Nothing is too trivial to ask the Lord.
We can expect with confidence to bear all things.
We need to have more confidence in everything that we do.
I want to develop a better habit of daily prayer.
I feel like it's time to step things up as a family. What can we do?
President Taylor answered my prayer- I need to be patient, I need to pray more earnestly, more sincerely, and write down my thoughts after.
Increased purity, exact obedience (from Pres. Nelson's talk)
I have the power to change.
Such a great meeting! 11-10-18
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