We try to be healthy, but about once a week we go for easy, delicious, expensive, fattening pizza. I know I could save significant money and heartburn if I was more disciplined in this regard. So my goal is to buy pizza only six times a year. That makes it more of a treat instead of a fall back. It will save money for our future. It will help us be healthier.
I'm so grateful Heavenly Father helps us find small and simple ways to improve ourselves and our family's lives. He does this in every avenue of our lives. He loves us so much!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Gardening in the Rain
We are gardening in Paradise with our friends the Neilsens. What a blessing! It's so beautiful out there! We worked for a couple hours then it started to pour. Okay, rain. So we went a bit early. It's fun to work with friends and family.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Morning Jog
This morning at six o'clock Jaremy took Jessica and I on a refreshing, challenging jog. We jogged up to Old Main at USU. It was a beautiful morning. Well, it still is. Exercise always makes me feel more clear, clean, and invigorated. I'm so blessed to be healthy enough to exercise.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Jaremy's Amazing
Jaremy has been working tons of overtime for the two or three weeks to get a treadmill ready for a show. He works so hard for our family! He can solve most any problem and has invented several new mechanisms. Unfortunately, his lastest invention isn't going as well as he would desire. The show is today and it broke last night. He's been working so hard and is rather frustrated. Some people get ornery or discouraged when things aren't going perfectly. Jaremy doesn't. He just keeps at it! He is the kind of mature, level-headed person you want around when there is trouble. He is amazing!! I love him so much!!! Heavenly Father has blessed him with amazing talents and characteristics that bless our family greatly. I'm so grateful he is mine for eternity!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Camping Reveals True Character
I am so grateful for camping! It's beautiful and fun! It's a great way to bond with the family and nature. However, it is not always easy or comfortable. When the going gets tough and we feel out of our element our true character is revealed. In years past I haven't always liked what has been revealed about myself. This year has been a lot better. That might have a lot to do with the fact that my youngest is two and a half and sleeps through the night most of the time. New babies and tiny toddlers are a lot to worry about camping. So this year is tons easier than in times before.
Our families goal this year is to camp once a month. We are doing pretty great. We did skip February. And we were snowed out in March even though we were at the campsite and everything. January we camped in St. George, April in Oregon, May in Green Canyon, and June in Dry Canyon. We have bought new backpacking gear and that adds a whole new realm of possiblities. We have really simplified packing and unpacking. We have lots of big helpers. It's really been fun!
Last weekend we backpacked in a mile and then camped. It was tons of fun until night. The ground was very hard and I got a migraine headache. I wasn't able to sleep from 11pm until 3 am. But I'm very grateful for the experience!!! Even at the time I knew it was helping me understand a tiny bit of what millions of other people experience everyday. Pain, discomfort, minimal shelter and amenities, displacement, poverty, etc. Just like fasting helps us feel a bit more understanding and compassion for those who are truly hungry, camping helps me understand and feel campassion for those less fortunate. It helps me better imagine what they have and are going through.
Before I had children I heard of a pioneer woman having a baby in the back of a leaking wagon during a rainstorm. I thought that would be hard and awful. But when I was in the middle of labor myself and recalled the story it took on a much deeper meaning. The woman must have suffered greatly. She must have felt a terrible amount of fear. She became superhuman to me then.
I'm so grateful for these physical experiences that draw me closer to my fellowman and my God. He has blessed us so very much!! I love Him!!!
Our families goal this year is to camp once a month. We are doing pretty great. We did skip February. And we were snowed out in March even though we were at the campsite and everything. January we camped in St. George, April in Oregon, May in Green Canyon, and June in Dry Canyon. We have bought new backpacking gear and that adds a whole new realm of possiblities. We have really simplified packing and unpacking. We have lots of big helpers. It's really been fun!
Last weekend we backpacked in a mile and then camped. It was tons of fun until night. The ground was very hard and I got a migraine headache. I wasn't able to sleep from 11pm until 3 am. But I'm very grateful for the experience!!! Even at the time I knew it was helping me understand a tiny bit of what millions of other people experience everyday. Pain, discomfort, minimal shelter and amenities, displacement, poverty, etc. Just like fasting helps us feel a bit more understanding and compassion for those who are truly hungry, camping helps me understand and feel campassion for those less fortunate. It helps me better imagine what they have and are going through.
Before I had children I heard of a pioneer woman having a baby in the back of a leaking wagon during a rainstorm. I thought that would be hard and awful. But when I was in the middle of labor myself and recalled the story it took on a much deeper meaning. The woman must have suffered greatly. She must have felt a terrible amount of fear. She became superhuman to me then.
I'm so grateful for these physical experiences that draw me closer to my fellowman and my God. He has blessed us so very much!! I love Him!!!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Duggar Book
There are millions of books out there. Finding one that is so perfect for me, answers my questions, resolves my challenges, and guides my ideas (therefore my life) would seem near impossible. Yet I believe Heavenly Father has led me to many wonderful books that have are are improving my character and life.
Duggars: 20 and Counting such a book. I gobbled it up in a couple of days of reading here and there. They are amazing!! They are truly guided by God because they follow Him. The book gave me tons of ideas for organizing a big family, training little ones with kindness, keeping close to our teenagers hearts, saving and investing, relying on the Lord more and more specifically in prayer, staying motivated in homeschooling, and cherishing family time. It was a beautiful book! I'm so grateful for their example and wisdom! They have really encouraged me to lift my sights and more completely turn my life and heart over to Heavenly Father. Now that's a good book! That's a blessing from Him from who all good things come!
Duggars: 20 and Counting such a book. I gobbled it up in a couple of days of reading here and there. They are amazing!! They are truly guided by God because they follow Him. The book gave me tons of ideas for organizing a big family, training little ones with kindness, keeping close to our teenagers hearts, saving and investing, relying on the Lord more and more specifically in prayer, staying motivated in homeschooling, and cherishing family time. It was a beautiful book! I'm so grateful for their example and wisdom! They have really encouraged me to lift my sights and more completely turn my life and heart over to Heavenly Father. Now that's a good book! That's a blessing from Him from who all good things come!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Ornery Mother Bear
Sometimes I feel like an ornery mother bear. Everything rubs me the wrong way and the kids get on my nerves. Everyone seems louder and more troublesome than they really are. I need to be less self-centered and stop thinking about how everyone is bugging me and start caring about my kids. I pray I can turn this afternoon around. With Heavenly Father's help I know I can. Without it somebody might get a raking over the coals.
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