Sharing my story!

A few weeks ago Bishop Penrod asked me to speak about my conversion, I of course said yes but as soon as I did all I could think was man I really don't want to talk in front of everyone I'm not ready for this. I worked for about a week trying to write down my story, the whole time thinking there is nothing special about my story, and wondering what he wanted me to say,  and really how do you write about yourself. 

I talked with friends about how nervous I was, they assured me I would do fine and that they couldn't wait to her me speak. Man the pressure was on. So everyday I would write, I think I wrote my speech at least 10 times over the course of a week. Then the day came I was so nervous not only to talk in front of the members of my Ward but also in front of all the visitors and President Catlett, President Ratledge, as well as the missionary President and his wife. Steven was going to be there so I knew that I could just look at him when I got nervous.

So It was my turn to speak, I got up there I shared my story of conversion, and the only thing I read from what I wrote was a scripture reference for D&C 64:33 "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great"

I guess I didn't have to write anything down I just needed to speak from my heart.

Well I did not pass out to my great relief, and everyone seemed to enjoy my story. I guess no matter how insignificant you might think your story might be others might find it inspiring and uplifting. I will never worry about sharing my story again :) I also realized how happy I am to be a Mormon!

The Book that changed my life!

Brady is such a big boy now!!!

When we started school this year I tried so hard to get Brady to sit down and do activities with us but he was not interested at all. So I just let him be himself and play once in awhile he would color but nothing to hard. So since we started back up after Christmas he has been telling me "I wanna do school too!!" So I started off easy with letter coloring sheets, then we made some letter books I found online, but today he has shown me how grown up he really is.

We started the letter B this week and he knows his name starts with "B", and I thought that was it. Boy was I wrong, I made him a sheet with the letter B on it and I glued it to some blue construction paper when I sat him down and gave it to him he told me "Mom blue starts with B too!" I was so shocked and happy because I did not think he was really remembering things, that he was just coloring and having fun with me.I realized that pushing him less and letting him learn on his own time has really proven to me that kids really do learn at their own pace and no one child is any smarter than the other they just learn at different speeds.

I am so proud of how patient he was today, his activity was to glue beans on his letter B, I didn't think he would really sit to long, and maybe he might just dump out the beans and say he was done. But he sat there for about 30 minutes placing his beans one by one and he was so happy when he was done and couldn't wait to show Daddy when he got home form work!!

Starting off, he even colored his B brown :)

30 minutes later he is still hard at work.

All done what a good job!!

How we made learning about cells fun :)

So last week and this week in science we have been learning about cells, and what they are made of, and how they work together. I was trying to think of a fun activity for Lilli and Andrew to do to help them learn more about the cell. Then I remembered making an edible 3D cell in 6th grade so we decided it would be fun for them to make a 3D cell of their own, Andrew decided to make an animal cell, and Lilli made a plant cell. I let them decide on what materials they were going to use and just let them have fun I think they came out really good. They had a blast working on them this afternoon, and by the time they were done they new all the parts of the cell :)

Andrew and his Animal Cell

Lilli and her Plant Cell

I think it is funny how much of their own personality shows in their projects!!! I think days like today make me so glad that we have decided to homeschool!

Seriously one of the coolest toys ever!!!!!!!

So my cousin Jason sent Brady the coolest toy for Christmas and I think I have had more fun with it than the kids lol!! It is just like a toy we had when we were kids and I could not remember the name of it for the life of me so I spent 2 hours searching the internet for the name and it was called Disney Magic Omagles. I remember Jason making the coolest things for me and my sisters to play with and now I feel like a little kid again playing with Brady. Isn't funny how playing with the toys can make you so happy, and bring back so many amazing memories. I am so glad that the cool toys always come back ;)

 

Brady in His spaceship!

his toy is called "No Ends"

This toy was so much fun!!!!!

Our First Pinewwood Derby

So this Tuesday is our Cub Scout Pinewood Derby and I have been working on all the details for awhile now, and I hope that it is a great day for the boys. So this is Andrews first Derby and we worked really hard on his car trying to make it "awesome" as he put it :) It was not as easy as I thought it was going to be but after a lot of hard work, sweat, and even a little blood our car was finished. I think we did a great job and I can not wait to see how well he does racing! I  love that I get to spend this quality time with Andrew and all the great memories we are making. Unfortunately this is his last year in Cub Scouts so I will have to wait till Jason turns 8 to make another car.But I think we might be practicing because once I figured out what we were doing it was really a lot of fun.

Car 108

10 years later....

So yesterday was our 10 year wedding anniversary we have come a long way in those ten years. We were 21 and 23, had two kids under the age of 2 and we were both working 2 jobs each. Now we have 2 more children have moved just a few times lol, I don't work and Steven has been in the Army for 5 years. Our journey to this point has been full of hills and twists and turns but I would not trade one day of it. I can honestly say Steven makes me happier every day which I never thought was possible, and when I look at him I still get those little butterflies in my stomach like I did the first day I saw him almost 18 years ago.

I know the next 50 or more years are going to be as good as the first 10.......

So it begins............

After much contemplation, and apprehension I have decided to finally start a blog. We are a military family which means we share our life with our family through phone calls, emails and the ever dreaded Facebook. I think those though practical and easy just don't let our family really know what is going on in our daily life. So here I go into the world of blogging hopefully to create a place where our family can go to remember all the good times, and even the bad ones because even though we try and remember everything it is not possible too. I love telling my children stories from when they were little, or hearing something funny they said and now I along with my family we can always remember every wonderful moment.