Archive for February, 2009

Happy Birthday Boy!

February 22, 2009
Happy Birthday Boy!

His birthday cupcakes turned out so well! Thanks for another great idea Aunt Kimmie. Confession:  I’d LOVE to insert each picture here individually to save you the hassle of flipping through a whatsitcalled.  Alas, this day has been entirely too long for that. SO!  Here’s a gallery (that’s what it’s called!) for you to peruse.  Pictures...
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Jars

February 22, 2009
Jars

Well, folks, here comes a post that’s been a while in coming.  The great and glorious Smith Family Marble Jars! The idea came about during a conversation with my best friend a few weeks ago, and into fruition last Sunday.  The kids decorated their jars that morning and had a jolly good time doing it,...
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before & after

February 22, 2009

Us before, then after: Love my mom’s new look, and I like mine too.  Actually, everybody turned out super. I figured out how to get Doodle to let me cut his for more than 30 seconds.  I gave him paper and scissors and let him go at it.  Something about him getting to cut while I...
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Mission Accomplished

February 20, 2009

Kitchen, Clean! Me, Tired. Camera Cord, lost. Pictures, later. Day, productive.…
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3 Things

February 13, 2009

We have lots and lots of pictures!  Woot! One – Had to show off the two front teeth Eagle got for Christmas.  They’ve come in now, and they’re sooooooo cute.  Yesterday he stood by himself for a whole 5 seconds.  Woohoo!  He’ll probably be walking in a month or two.  (About the same age as...
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I Spy With My Little Eye…

February 12, 2009
I Spy With My Little Eye…

Something that is… messy! Or at least, it was a mess.  The living room.  It looked kind of like this after 4 kids under 5 played in it all morning: Normally I don’t even try to clean up until after the 2 extra kids go home — but today is my birthday, dagnabbit!  I don’t care...
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Last thing standing.

February 10, 2009

I read  this article on yahoo news and it made me sick.  Strike that — makes me sick. There isn’t time right now to fully rant about it, and I’m almost “over” the emotional, knee-jerk reaction that prompts nice long soap-boxing posts anyway. I just wanted to boldly share a strong opinion. Or two. A) Our economy...
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That's a very good question.
I am happy to hear from you, thrilled to hear from you!, but I am also content to have you drop by, read a little, laugh a little, and move on quietly to whatever else you have to do. This is a guilt-free blog. ;)

Just a Reminder…

The Church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father. ~Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, (May 2005 Ensign)

Why I Try

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future - to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers, and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.

~Jeffrey R. Holland, "This, the Greatest of All Dispensations"

"It is not for you to be led by the women of the world; it is for you to lead the...women of the world, in everything that is praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everything that is uplifting and... purifying to the children of men." Joseph F. Smith, in this talk by Elder Ballard