Molly gave her first talk on Sunday! She did so good I was so proud of her! It was pretty tricky getting her to open up and discuss any of the topics, but joy through trials was where I was hoping to go with it. Finally I started asking her what she thinks of Jesus. She loves that He made her and everything else ツ. So we started with that. Then the only way to get her talking about what makes her happy was to ask her what each person in the family does that makes her happy. She said when Brad throws her on the bean bag, when Luke and Noah play with her, when Erika tells her stories, when Charity let’s her sleep I. Her bed, when Kelly teaches her letters, when Jack jumps on the trampoline with her, when Sadie smiles and laughs, when dad pops her head off and when mom lets her help. It ended up being a really cute talk with her telling all of these things. She also wanted to add at the end that Jesus died for her. Pretty special. I loved it! She’s getting so big. 12-1-19
16TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
I got a letter from Natalie Clemens tonight along with some peach jelly bellies! 12-1-19
SCHEELS
We needed a few gifts at Scheels and Nate need to take the van to the sl Costco so he took the day off and we went down there. We ended up getting a few gifts, browsing and discovering gifts we want to get cheaper, and Molly and I got to ride the Ferris wheel!! That was a lot of fun!! 12-1-19
SADIE ROLLED OVER
12-2-19
17TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight’s letter was from my dear sister in law Becky. She said a lot of nice things. Made me happy ツ. And I got a cool microwave popcorn maker! So cool! 12-2-19
CRAZY MORNING
Not only was it late start for the high school which I finally remember a lot of the time, but the boys had an early morning choir rehearsal. Well Brad has a fun Granny Annie’s run with his choir at 6:00 and the they were both supposed to be there at 7:00. So that was fun. Three things off big time and then Molly, Sadie and I had to hurry and get ready to go get hot chocolate with my ministers at Starbucks. I am not sure why we had to go to Starbucks. It smells like coffee and made me want to vomit. But it was nice spending time with Christie and Brooke. Molly lives the excuse to get hot chocolate ツ. 12-3-19
“I ACTHIDENTLY.... CUT MY HAIR!”
Cute Molly decided she would like to have short hair. Took matters into her own hands and trimmed a small section. It wasn’t horrible but since she wanted it short anyway, I called Brooke.
18TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight I got a letter from LeAnn McGrath. Along with a cheese grater and some Lindor truffles!! 12-3-19
SLEEPING IN, BOB and POTATO SALAD
Fun, crazy day today! I slept in. Been feeling really crappy lately and just keep giving in to the voice that tells me to skip my shower. Not good. But I’m trying not to hate myself for it. Study time happened which was good. Everyone got to school. After that I ran Molly over to Brooke Desmond’s for a hair cut. She looks adorable! We took it easy for most of the morning so Nate could sleep. After a couple movies, Molly and I had wanted to do some service for the girls so we made their beds! That was fun. Molly loved it so much, she wanted to do it for everyone, but I got slammed with nausea right then. It was so weird!! I was really sick for the rest of the afternoon. Kind of worried me, since I needed to make potato salad for Nate’s catering job, but thankfully I was given a break and was able to pull it off!! Potato salad for 125! I followed my “recipe” from a few years ago for the Sons of Utah Pioneers. It took about 30 lbs of potatoes, three bottles of mayo, 4 jars of pickles, 8 cans of olives, and thirty eggs!! Turned out great with a little leftover for us! Only took about four hours, with a few breaks to feed Sadie and order costa vida for Kelly to pick up ツ. I actually really love doing it because I get to think about my grandma Mottishaw. Nate took care of shuttling the boys to choir benefit concert and Noah’s basketball practice, then young mens. It was a full evening but such a miracle that I was able to do it all! 12-4-19
19TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight was a short little note from Barbara Noriega. Very sweet. And a box of Oh’s cereal!! My favorite!! 12-4-19
SNOWFLAKES
For study time this morning I had everyone make a snowflake and we talked about how all snowflakes are different and that people are all different too. So then we passed them around and wrote something we think is unique about each person. I thought it went really well! 12-5-19
15 YEARS LATER- ANSWER TO PRAYER
So this morning, on the way to school (forgot to say it before we left), Brad was saying our prayer for Him, Noah and me, and said the words, “were grateful for the opportunity to go to school and that we can socialize...” (maybe not those exact words, but he did talk about school and socializing while he’s there). At first I was thinking, “oh great, he thinks school is just for socializing”, but immediately I was reminded of all the prayers I prayed for Brad when he was starting kindergarten for him to be able to make friends and be a good friend. He struggled with that so much up until then that it was a serious concern for me. So the Spirit suggested that those prayers were more than answered. That is now brad’s favorite part of school. I think Heavenly Father was also kind of like, “this was your idea, no complaining 😉.” Pretty cool idea you think about it. I mean I’ve recognized that Brad beat some odds, but I’m not sure I ever acknowledged that it was an answer to my prayers. 12-5-19
20TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight I got a really sweet letter from Kenni Cole. She’s so sweet. Miss that girl. I got some new scents for my sentsy too! 12-5-19
YEAR ORNAMENTS
We made our year ornaments today! This has become one of my favorite traditions. We ran to hobby lobby (after pretending to couch shop) and got our supplies. This always costs more than I want it too. But it’s for a good cause. I haven’t documented all of our ornaments and why we made them the other two years so I’m going to do those and this year because we’re already starting to forget what they represent! I might need to get help on some of them later:
2017:
Nate- strips in a clear ornament ball- for working Airforce One!
Me- block with PTA, Mercedes Benz, - for my cool miracle with the the t-shirt sponsors and my year as PTA president.
Charity- clear Valletta with island things- for her play Once on this Island
Kelly- lacrosse stock made out of beads- for all her lacrosse
Brad- jar with seashells- for San Diego
Luke-
Noah- jar with boat in it- for his cool miracle with Brad saving him from drowning.
Erika- cute little girl in white- for her baptism
Jack- chalkboard- for starting school.
Molly- animal mobile- she loved animals that year
2018:
Nate- clear ball with mini apron and market stuff- for his first year of the market
Me- block with general conference- for my cool answer to prayer about having Sadie, train- for our cool answer to prayer waiting for the train, bacon- for doing keto that year
Charity- keys- got her license
Kelly- dart- started at Davis
Brad- music note in clear ball for Choraliers
Luke- metal- decathlon
Noah-
Erika- wooden soccer ball- starting soccer
Jack- treasure chest in a bottle- pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland
Molly- not created yet but it was going to be a bathroom sign- potty trained that year
2019:
Nate- wooden 1,000 in 30- for his 1,000 pushups in 30 min.
Me- block with picture of cub scout logo, picture of me pregnant, Sadie, and “I can do hard things”- pregnancy year. And cub scouts.
Charity- music notes on wood for madrigals
Kelly- license plate and key for getting her license
Brad- sleeping bag and tent for their first boys backpacking trip
Luke- not created yet
Noah- Peter Pan hat, thimble and button- starring in his school play
Erika- green P with feather and treasure chest- being a lost boy in the school play.
Jack- painted a black truck and a green bass on ceramic ornament ball- getting hit by the truck after catching his first bass
Molly- small clear ball with butterflies inside- our girls trip to butterfly biosphere.
Sadie- pink glittery star- being born!
We had a lot of fun making them. I tried to help everyone who needed it. Hopefully this is as fun for them as it is for me! 12-6-19
21ST DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Carissa Flitton’s letter was tonight. It was really sweet. Took me back to those days in Alaska. Feels like yesterday but forever ago at the same time. A fun fidget toy too! 12-6-19
WARD PARTY
They did a Mexican theme with breakfast burritos and Mexican hot chocolate. It was lots of fun! Oh piñata too! We almost missed that when we had to leave for jack’s basketball game. Which Jack did really good at! Scored another shot!! The party was nice. 12-7-19
LUNCH WITH CHARITY
Molly was wanting Charitys attention so Charity offered to take her to lunch. They ended up taking Noah and Erika as well, going to costa vida for good food and then Arctic Circle for the playground :$. What a fun sister! This is right up there with Charity and Kelly taking Fiiz drinks to the kids at school the other day! So cool!! Such fun big sisters these kids have. 12-7-19
22ND DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
I got the funnest letter from Julie Clemens tonight! She did an acrostic poem- it was hilarious! She’s such a good ol’ friend. Some delicious Cadbury mini eggs in the form of Christmas balls ツ. 12-7-19
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