Helping Others

This Sunday I teach my first Sunday School Lesson to my new class....the 13 year olds. YIKES!! What? Is what I said when they called me. These kids probably know more about the gospel than I do! Are you crazy. But, knowing that they would probably just find me some other calling, I accepted :) ha..ha..

The lesson is called, "Look beyond yourself". What, something I feel I don't do very well. People are always doing things for me. I admit it. I've been spoiled at times :) And I love it. Chris just tells me I'm focused. I think that's a nice way of putting it. Sometimes I feel like there are opportunities missed. I mean, it just doesn't even occur to me that I might actually know when a person is in need, and take that step.

Tonight Chris asked me if I had read over my lesson. I said yes. He asked what it was about, and I told him. And then I said....Honey, I'm not the best person to teach this lesson. I mean...do I even ever help anyone? And then he said....Didn't you just take Bread to your sister, Soup to your mom, and cut your Dad's hair tonight? Oh yeah....I totally forgot. But I wasn't even thinking of it like that. It was just a fun quick visit to my parents. You know, because I'm closer now, and I can go over any time I want :) yeah....I love it.

I guess I'm feeling a little bit better about Sunday now.

I'm not a totally horrible person. It seams easy to serve the people we know. So maybe my next focus is going to be on trying to be prompted to know when someone I don't know so well, might need something from me. That's going to be way hard.

I think being a Mom is ALL about service. And the rewards are SO GREAT!!!

A BEST friend

When Bree was one year old, I was visiting my brother and his wife in the hospital, because they had just had their first baby. I stopped by the gift shop to get something for them, and bought this little dog for Bree as well. From the first moment I saw it, I thought, Bree would love it. And she has!

Doggy has spent EVERY night with Bree since then. It's been 4 years now. And Doggy is still her very best friend. If he is missing, the whole world stops. The other night, Bree threw up all over her room. All over Doggy. I had to take him to be washed. Every now and then I tell her that I need to wash Doggy, and it doesn't go over so well. She cries, and I tell her it won't be long, and they will be back together. He's been on every camping trip, and to so many places with us. So here he is.....clean once again. She carried him all over the house when she got him back from the laundry. I'm glad he's holding up nicely.

Someday, when she grows out of this stage, Doggy will take his place in her special box. With things I'm saving for her when she is grown up and gone. But for now, he is her Very Best Friend! And he's not going anywhere, anytime soon :)

My girls :)

What can I say about these two little girls? Man, I LOVE them!!! They are my Everyday! They are my Joy! They are my Hugs and Kisses! They are Sweet! They make me happy! They are two of the Best things that have ever happened to me!

A Saturday afternoon in the Mountains

What an amazing way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

We packed a picnic, and headed for the hills. Soapstone Basin, Uinta's. The weather couldn't have been better. Not a cloud in the sky. This is where Chris has Snowmobiled every trail and mountainside. We love to camp here, and today we rode through the Fall leaves and breathed that Pine Tree smell, that only the mountains can give you!

Talk about the perfect day. Time to rejuvenate. Time spent with my little family :)

Rollerskates?

This summer Bree and Elle got some Rollerskates for Bree's Birthday. Needless to say, this is the first time they put them on. They are so slick, and the girls have a hard time. They have been skating on the carpet, because the minute Bree hit the tile in our house, she fell and hurt her behind. She told me that she was afraid she might not be able to go to school, because her bumb was so sore.

I was a Roller Queen back in Jr. High and High school. In fact, I still have my Roller Skates. I am pretty darn good. I can probably skate just as well backwards, as forward. I remember roller skating all around the neighborhood. I had a summer pass one summer, and my best friend and I spent an entire summer, everyday at Classic Skating Rink. Later on, another friend and I would go skating every Saturday night. I know....total 80's right? Right! When Chris and I were first married, my little sister, who wasn't so little, had her birthday party at Classic, and Chris was stunned when he saw me skate. It was pretty funny!

I DO however remember falling a few times. Once in our basement, where I would skate a lot. Hurting my knees pretty good. And one Winter, I had Mom and Dad move the cars out from under the carport, and I skated for hours on a cold winter day. Snow on the ground. That's when I actually got frostbite on my finger, because I didn't wear any gloves. Oh, those were the days....memories....

I want my girls to learn to skate, but I hate it when they get hurt. Do you think I could just wrap their entire bodies in Bubble Wrap? That works for me!!! I guess we all have to fall down, and just pick ourselves back up, and keep on learning :) Anyway, here are some pics of the girls in their skates. They didn't want to take them off. But Mom is going to have to help them a lot for a while. Man, this is a dangerous sport :) ha..ha..ha..

Halloween Decorations

Today the girls and I, put up the Halloween Decorations. I know it's early, but we didn't decorate at all last year, so I guess we're making up for lost time :) The girls already have their Halloween Costumes, and the next thing we'll do is just wait for Halloween to get here.

In the past, I've thrown some awesome Family Halloween Parties. When they cleaned out my grandma's dresser drawers to move her up to Idaho, I found out that she had kept all of the little plastic Halloween rings she had gotten at our parties. It made me smile :) I love you grandma Helen!!! Wish you could come this year. I'm already planning.....so get ready family :)

The Halloween Tree is up!

Fall is here :)

Fall is here! I just love this time of year! It starts cooling off outside. College Football starts. The leaves start to change colors, and the holidays aren't too far off. I am so glad that one of my favorite stores for home decor, "Rodworks" has a store in Layton. I've been to the Lehi store more times than I can count. They have the most fabulous stuff!! The other night, Chris and I went out to dinner, without the girls. And before we went home, I told him I wanted to stop and buy a wreath for the front door. Something festive. Something to get me into the Fall spirit. I found a really awesome one :)

And on a side note.... the girls have already started wearing their new Halloween PJ's! Happy Fall :)