Last night Jessica (15), Benjamin (13), and Moroni (11) got back from Mutual at about 9pm. Then they came in my bedroom, sat on the bed, and talked. It was so fun!! They told me about their activities. Of course, this evolved into a discussion about a million things. We discussed friends, character, crushes, dating, and family stories. It was awesome! I told them all about the time Jaremy and I courted. That was such an amazing time!! This is such an amazing time!!! I'm so grateful for my wonderful children! Heavenly Father has surrounded me with the best of the best, in hopes they can be a good influence on me. And they are. I try much harder to be Christlike because of them.
Jaremy gets back in five hours!!! I'm so pumped!!! I can hardly wait. I'll just keep myself extremely busy so I don't go crazy! I love him so much!! I can't wait to hear all about his trip!
Tomorrow we buy Ivy 'n Pine. That will be great!! We will start plant a garden, cleaning, moving, organizing, etc. this week. All wonderful opportunities!! If I am wise we will go at a good pace, accomplish a lot, but not cram to much into a day. We will be content with what we can do.
We also have a family corporate retreat with GoalZero. Our van is broken and Jaremy will have to fix major problems with that this week. Plus, everyone still needs to eat, sleep, cry, and make normal messes.
It's going to be a huge couple of weeks. But we can do it!!! I can be organized, work hard, motivate patiently, and be content at the end of the day!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Ivy 'n Pine
We are buying a little, old, rock/brick house in Herriman. We call it Ivy 'n Pine. It's a darling cottage on half an acre with beautiful mature landscaping. E will move next week. We are very excited! Heavenly Father has blessed us so much!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
My Dreams
I have a lot of vivid, memorable dreams sometime. The other night I dreamed of Adelynn at the beginning of a huge maze/obstacle course. She was just laying there and trying to coordinate her hand movement to touch the wall. She is only 5 months old, so of course the maze was impossible to her right then. But I thought soon she will have great hand coordination, then she will roll over, then she will scoot, crawl, stand up, walk, and run. However, it will happen in slow, almost imperceptible steps. Within a year she would be running through the maze.
I've been discouraged about working on curbing my temper and becoming patient. It seems I am not making any progress. This dream gave me a feeling of encouragement. No matter how feeble my attempts my be they will lead to control and success with persistence and Heavenly Father's help.
I've had several other dreams that have helped me. They aren't visions, but they stand out and get my attention.
When Ella was a toddler I had a dream that we were at a party. I thought Jaremy or one of the kids had her. She wondered off and we found her drown in a pond with a yellow onesie on. It was an awful dream.
I told Jaremy about the dream because it shook me up. That evening we went to a dinner party at a friends cabin. We had never been there before. As we pulled up to the property I recognized the pond from the dream. I grabbed Jaremy's arm and told him. I was extremely diligent about watching Ella and all the kids that night. Maybe if I hadn't had the dream I would have visited and not paid close attention. It could have been disastrous! I'm so grateful for that dream, vision, or whatever it was.
Several years ago I had a dream about my Grandma Keller, who is always happy, crying. She said no one cared about her anymore. No one came to visit her anymore. A few days later my mom told me that is exactly what happened a few days earlier. I wish I had quickly called her after I had the dream.
When we lived in Logan I had a dream we had just moved to a prehistoric place. We were trying to set up a house while being chased by a T-Rex. It was very scary. Then our neighbors next door came to meet us and make friends. I thought we are fighting for our lives here I don't have time for social calls. But we socialized with them anyway. We soon figured out the dinosaurs were only active for certain parts of the day. We avoided going out during those times. Soon we were able to live very peacefully in this wild place with our new friends and neighbors.
This dream reinforced that even though life seems to be a struggle to survive, people are more important. Things will all work out. Don't take problems to seriously, take relationships seriously! After this dream I put off "extremely important tasks" and went and visited our neighbors.
A couple of nights ago I had a dream that while I was visiting teaching a quarantine was placed on the town and I was not allowed to go home. I was terrified. I had to nurse Adelynn or she would starve. We don't even have a bottle in the house. This so disturbed me I snuck back to my house.
There I found several of my children sick. But the ones that had been properly immunized were not. I was overwhelmed with the care of the sick ones. We needed garlic and other herbs and food. I had to train the healthy ones to care for the sick ones.
From this dream I am encouraged to get a bottle and baby formula; extra, easy-to-prepare, healthy food; and garlic and herbs. I will make getting my children up-to-date on immunizations a top priority. I will train my children how to care for the sick and up-date my 72-hour kit.
When we lived in Paradise I had a dream about sitting down on a couch with an elderly friend from my childhood ward in Honeyville. We made small talk. Then she said, "Do you have your children ready for frigid?" The word frigid stood out!!!
We have snow gear and such, but I still don't know if I have adequately prepared for frigid. I will keep adding to our preparation.
I am grateful for these dreams. They are just normal weird dreams, but they stand out and usually seem to give a message. I don't know if Heavenly Father is trying to send me a message through these dreams or not. But either way I figure they help remind me to get on the ball, improve relationships, and get prepared. Those are things Heavenly Father wants me to do anyway, so if the dreams help enforce this--great.
I've been discouraged about working on curbing my temper and becoming patient. It seems I am not making any progress. This dream gave me a feeling of encouragement. No matter how feeble my attempts my be they will lead to control and success with persistence and Heavenly Father's help.
I've had several other dreams that have helped me. They aren't visions, but they stand out and get my attention.
When Ella was a toddler I had a dream that we were at a party. I thought Jaremy or one of the kids had her. She wondered off and we found her drown in a pond with a yellow onesie on. It was an awful dream.
I told Jaremy about the dream because it shook me up. That evening we went to a dinner party at a friends cabin. We had never been there before. As we pulled up to the property I recognized the pond from the dream. I grabbed Jaremy's arm and told him. I was extremely diligent about watching Ella and all the kids that night. Maybe if I hadn't had the dream I would have visited and not paid close attention. It could have been disastrous! I'm so grateful for that dream, vision, or whatever it was.
Several years ago I had a dream about my Grandma Keller, who is always happy, crying. She said no one cared about her anymore. No one came to visit her anymore. A few days later my mom told me that is exactly what happened a few days earlier. I wish I had quickly called her after I had the dream.
When we lived in Logan I had a dream we had just moved to a prehistoric place. We were trying to set up a house while being chased by a T-Rex. It was very scary. Then our neighbors next door came to meet us and make friends. I thought we are fighting for our lives here I don't have time for social calls. But we socialized with them anyway. We soon figured out the dinosaurs were only active for certain parts of the day. We avoided going out during those times. Soon we were able to live very peacefully in this wild place with our new friends and neighbors.
This dream reinforced that even though life seems to be a struggle to survive, people are more important. Things will all work out. Don't take problems to seriously, take relationships seriously! After this dream I put off "extremely important tasks" and went and visited our neighbors.
A couple of nights ago I had a dream that while I was visiting teaching a quarantine was placed on the town and I was not allowed to go home. I was terrified. I had to nurse Adelynn or she would starve. We don't even have a bottle in the house. This so disturbed me I snuck back to my house.
There I found several of my children sick. But the ones that had been properly immunized were not. I was overwhelmed with the care of the sick ones. We needed garlic and other herbs and food. I had to train the healthy ones to care for the sick ones.
From this dream I am encouraged to get a bottle and baby formula; extra, easy-to-prepare, healthy food; and garlic and herbs. I will make getting my children up-to-date on immunizations a top priority. I will train my children how to care for the sick and up-date my 72-hour kit.
When we lived in Paradise I had a dream about sitting down on a couch with an elderly friend from my childhood ward in Honeyville. We made small talk. Then she said, "Do you have your children ready for frigid?" The word frigid stood out!!!
We have snow gear and such, but I still don't know if I have adequately prepared for frigid. I will keep adding to our preparation.
I am grateful for these dreams. They are just normal weird dreams, but they stand out and usually seem to give a message. I don't know if Heavenly Father is trying to send me a message through these dreams or not. But either way I figure they help remind me to get on the ball, improve relationships, and get prepared. Those are things Heavenly Father wants me to do anyway, so if the dreams help enforce this--great.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
China
My sweetheart it's on his way to China. Jaremy will be gone for a week. I already miss him & he's not even there yet. I just have to keep busy and not allow myself to get sentimental. Oh, how I love him! Everyday I ask why am I so blessed? I am married to a man who it's my best friend! He is so funny! I just thrill at getting to ride in the car with him. Everyday I am so excited for the time he comes home. He listens so well! He leads by example. Holding my hand, he holds my heart. Today he emailed me cute little messages of love. He told me before he left he's ecstatic about his marriage. For 16 years I have felt the same! Before I was married I longed and dreamed about the beautiful life I have right now. Someday I might be a widow for awhile and ache for him yet again. But right now I feel to praise my God for this amazing, precious gift of sharing my mortal life with my beloved Jaremy. I am even more grateful for the knowledge that we are eternal companions. Soul mates infinitely. I love you, Sweetheart!
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