I knew I was tired, but I didn't realize I was that tired. When 7:30 came and I was snuggled up in bed with my 2 year old and I couldn't keep my eyes open, I knew I was a goner.
No matter how hard I tried, my eye lids kept falling. Is it 8 yet? Please let it be 8, I thought, as my eyes dropped closed again. A fleeting thought, it's Friday, they don't have to be in bed until 10. Oh crud. My eyes closed again. Kipper the dog played in the back ground. I opened my eyes, adjusted my glasses and willed my eyes to stay open for just a little while longer. Another episode was chosen, and Kipper continued....did I fall asleep again? My eyes popped open.
TJ's in my room asking me something...I couldn't figure out what. "Can you take care of Alyssa? I need to sleep." TJ takes Alyssa and keeps her busy. Kipper still playing in the background, was anyone even watching it? I don't know. My eyes closed again. I should take off my glasses....but I'm just so tired.
The boys came in and out of my room several times. I can't remember what they needed or wanted. I'm sure if it had been life threatening the tired fog would have lifted rapidly and I would have taken care of their needs. But that didn't happen, and the fog stayed, and the boys watched Suite Life on Deck or some other show, and Alyssa watched more Kipper.
At 10:30pm my eyes popped open and I saw Colin fast asleep on the cushion beside my bed. Alyssa was sound asleep next to me and Kipper was over. I kept hearing something. The dog was sleeping next to Colin, so it wasn't her making noise. Max was awake but on his bed being quiet. TJ was sound asleep in his bed, and Alex was on his bed pretending to be asleep. Silly boy. I told him he could sleep in the living room, but he had to be quiet and go to sleep. The living room is the fun place to sleep! I locked all the doors, checked the windows and locked some of those, and climbed back into my snuggly warm bed and fell asleep. And some where in there I remembered to take off my glasses...thankfully!
What a night!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Friends
It's amazing to me how life throws us all together, in one place, to become friends, cherished friends, and then we move on to yet another place where we will make yet more wonderful and cherished friends.
The area we just moved from is full of the most fantastic people. And one by one we seem to be moving on, to other new places. One to the south, one a few hours away, one to the west...
We were put there, it would seem, to be together. To give one another what we needed at that time. To become friends. To laugh together. To learn together. And then one by one, we have moved on...but the friendships remain.
I know there is a purpose in it all. I know it's all meant to be. It makes me wonder...did I do what I needed to there? Did I touch the people I needed to touch? Did I learn what I was supposed to?
I know I made the most wonderful friends. It will be a special place in my memories forever. It will be one of the places I call "HOME"!
The area we just moved from is full of the most fantastic people. And one by one we seem to be moving on, to other new places. One to the south, one a few hours away, one to the west...
We were put there, it would seem, to be together. To give one another what we needed at that time. To become friends. To laugh together. To learn together. And then one by one, we have moved on...but the friendships remain.
I know there is a purpose in it all. I know it's all meant to be. It makes me wonder...did I do what I needed to there? Did I touch the people I needed to touch? Did I learn what I was supposed to?
I know I made the most wonderful friends. It will be a special place in my memories forever. It will be one of the places I call "HOME"!
I Embarrassed My Kids
I'm chuckling to myself as I think about it!
This morning didn't go quite as smoothly as yesterday. But, all things considered, the morning still turned out pretty good.
We got in the car to drive to school, just in time. Everyone was buckled, coats were on and some of them actually got zipped. Bellies were full, teeth were brushed, and I think most everyone had on clean clothing. :)
I turned on the newest Rascal Flatts CD and the first song has a pretty good...get up and go beat. I haven't yet learned all the words to the songs, since I haven't made the dedicated effort to listen to it every day. I WILL know the words eventually, so that I can sing along. What's the point of good music if we can't belt it out along with them?
So I completely embarrassed my children instead!
I started dancing in my seat. Callin' out to each of the kids, trying to get them to dance along. Alyssa joins in, a huge grin across her face, blue eyes sparkling with happiness.
Max bops a little to the music, smiling to himself, and looking at Alyssa, cracking up at me....My hands are waving, my head is bopping, I'm clapping, tapping the brakes to make the kids' heads bop...since they weren't going to join me in my craziness.
Alex sat straight faced in the front seat. I poked him, sang to him, giggled and he kept telling me no. He'd grin a little and then quickly regain his calm composure. "You're embarrassing me Mom!"
That only made me laugh harder and get sillier. Who's gonna know who I am as I drive by? No one! I pointed out that probably most of the people who even noticed us were thinking, "I wish I was having that much fun". Maybe we made a couple people smile, or shake their heads. Who knows.
Colin refused to join in. I couldn't even make him crack a smile. "MOM! You're embarrassing us!" He wants to be just like his big brother.
Here we are...driving on this back road with only the trees, the snow, some cows and a few horses to notice us. Who in the world would see us being silly?
I said, "No one is even out here! Who's gonna see us having a little fun?"
It didn't matter. They were dead set against being silly in the car.
After the boys got out at the school and we all said our routine "goodbyes" and "I love yous", Alyssa asked to listen to the music again. She was having fun clapping and bopping to the music with her silly mom. She hasn't gotten to an age where she cares what anyone thinks. What a precious age!
I hope we made a couple heads turn, I hope we made someone smile, and maybe someone shook their head but smiled to themselves thinking they wished they were having that much fun!
This morning didn't go quite as smoothly as yesterday. But, all things considered, the morning still turned out pretty good.
We got in the car to drive to school, just in time. Everyone was buckled, coats were on and some of them actually got zipped. Bellies were full, teeth were brushed, and I think most everyone had on clean clothing. :)
I turned on the newest Rascal Flatts CD and the first song has a pretty good...get up and go beat. I haven't yet learned all the words to the songs, since I haven't made the dedicated effort to listen to it every day. I WILL know the words eventually, so that I can sing along. What's the point of good music if we can't belt it out along with them?
So I completely embarrassed my children instead!
I started dancing in my seat. Callin' out to each of the kids, trying to get them to dance along. Alyssa joins in, a huge grin across her face, blue eyes sparkling with happiness.
Max bops a little to the music, smiling to himself, and looking at Alyssa, cracking up at me....My hands are waving, my head is bopping, I'm clapping, tapping the brakes to make the kids' heads bop...since they weren't going to join me in my craziness.
Alex sat straight faced in the front seat. I poked him, sang to him, giggled and he kept telling me no. He'd grin a little and then quickly regain his calm composure. "You're embarrassing me Mom!"
That only made me laugh harder and get sillier. Who's gonna know who I am as I drive by? No one! I pointed out that probably most of the people who even noticed us were thinking, "I wish I was having that much fun". Maybe we made a couple people smile, or shake their heads. Who knows.
Colin refused to join in. I couldn't even make him crack a smile. "MOM! You're embarrassing us!" He wants to be just like his big brother.
Here we are...driving on this back road with only the trees, the snow, some cows and a few horses to notice us. Who in the world would see us being silly?
I said, "No one is even out here! Who's gonna see us having a little fun?"
It didn't matter. They were dead set against being silly in the car.
After the boys got out at the school and we all said our routine "goodbyes" and "I love yous", Alyssa asked to listen to the music again. She was having fun clapping and bopping to the music with her silly mom. She hasn't gotten to an age where she cares what anyone thinks. What a precious age!
I hope we made a couple heads turn, I hope we made someone smile, and maybe someone shook their head but smiled to themselves thinking they wished they were having that much fun!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Oh, what a day!
And so the week begins. It's Monday again. I recently made a comment to my brother-in-law that Monday's aren't all bad, it's about perspective. And it's so true. Any day can turn into a bad day if we allow it to.
But on the flip side, any day can be a great day, if you make it such. It can be a fantastic day...a stupendous day...a fantabulous day...a wonderful day...an extraordinary day...an amazing day...an awesome day...a brilliant day...a sensational day.
It's up to you to make it that way!
Today was a great day. Today I actually got myself out of bed in time to exercise BEFORE I dragged my kids out of bed to get ready for school. We actually headed out the door on time. Can I hear a Hoot Hoot!
Spending time with a friend was the icing on the cake.
Leftovers for dinner, ice cream for desert (only because it's left over from my birthday. Otherwise we don't usually have desert), and then the kids will run off to play or watch a show.
*sigh*
Good times!
But on the flip side, any day can be a great day, if you make it such. It can be a fantastic day...a stupendous day...a fantabulous day...a wonderful day...an extraordinary day...an amazing day...an awesome day...a brilliant day...a sensational day.
It's up to you to make it that way!
Today was a great day. Today I actually got myself out of bed in time to exercise BEFORE I dragged my kids out of bed to get ready for school. We actually headed out the door on time. Can I hear a Hoot Hoot!
Spending time with a friend was the icing on the cake.
Leftovers for dinner, ice cream for desert (only because it's left over from my birthday. Otherwise we don't usually have desert), and then the kids will run off to play or watch a show.
*sigh*
Good times!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
A Favorite
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This is one of my most favorite talks given. President Uchtdorf is an amazing speaker. He always has a ways of making me feel like what I am doing is the BEST thing I could be doing in this life. I am a mother. I am a stay-at-home Mom. And I love my job!
The very last quote of this clip is the one that has stuck with me since he gave this address. "The more you trust and rely upon the spirit, the Greater your capacity to create!"
We create
...a spirit of love in our homes
...a clean tidy home
...meals for our families to eat
...a place for learning and growing, a place where the spirit may dwell
...bonds of love and friendship
...scrapbooks and journals of memories to share
...piles of cleaned, folded laundry to wear
...family home evenings to engage our family members
...times to work together as a team
There are so many ways that we can create. It's not just the painting, or photographs, or sculpture...it's the bread we bake, the story we write, the songs we sing. It's the smile we share, the giggles we hear, the quiet moments, the one-on-one talks, the teaching moments. As we live our lives, we create something each day.
This is one of my most favorite talks given. President Uchtdorf is an amazing speaker. He always has a ways of making me feel like what I am doing is the BEST thing I could be doing in this life. I am a mother. I am a stay-at-home Mom. And I love my job!
The very last quote of this clip is the one that has stuck with me since he gave this address. "The more you trust and rely upon the spirit, the Greater your capacity to create!"
We create
...a spirit of love in our homes
...a clean tidy home
...meals for our families to eat
...a place for learning and growing, a place where the spirit may dwell
...bonds of love and friendship
...scrapbooks and journals of memories to share
...piles of cleaned, folded laundry to wear
...family home evenings to engage our family members
...times to work together as a team
There are so many ways that we can create. It's not just the painting, or photographs, or sculpture...it's the bread we bake, the story we write, the songs we sing. It's the smile we share, the giggles we hear, the quiet moments, the one-on-one talks, the teaching moments. As we live our lives, we create something each day.
Inspiration
It is absolutely amazing to me how patience comes when I am reading my scriptures, reading the messages of the modern day prophets and apostles of the Lord; when I am listening to inspiring stories of Mothers who have risen above. We CAN be great Mothers, women, individuals. We can be better today than we were yesterday. We just need that push, that extra added measure of strength, that courage that comes from staying close to our Father in Heaven.
When I am in tune with the whisperings of the Spirit I can bite my tongue and then say kind words...I can stop and think before I act or speak...I can speak more softly...I can be more understanding...when I am in tune.
Each day is a challenge. Children fight and argue over trivial things. They take toys away from a sibling. They hit someone because they are upset. They leave their things all over the floor and the dog chews them up....I could go on and on.
Each day can turn into a joy. With our loving Father in Heaven at our side and our Savior as our example we can do so much; be so much more than we could have been. I am so thankful for a loving Father who blesses me when I need it most. He inspires me to read my scriptures and listen to the teaching of the prophets. He guides me so that I know what to say; so that I can be the woman I want to be. I want to be more and more like Him each and every day.
When I am in tune with the whisperings of the Spirit I can bite my tongue and then say kind words...I can stop and think before I act or speak...I can speak more softly...I can be more understanding...when I am in tune.
Each day is a challenge. Children fight and argue over trivial things. They take toys away from a sibling. They hit someone because they are upset. They leave their things all over the floor and the dog chews them up....I could go on and on.
Each day can turn into a joy. With our loving Father in Heaven at our side and our Savior as our example we can do so much; be so much more than we could have been. I am so thankful for a loving Father who blesses me when I need it most. He inspires me to read my scriptures and listen to the teaching of the prophets. He guides me so that I know what to say; so that I can be the woman I want to be. I want to be more and more like Him each and every day.
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