Monday, January 26, 2009


Well, I came home from errands last week to find the most pleasant surprise. While I had been with Cammy getting some school supplies, Deven had been at home babysitting Nattie. When we got home, I saw that he had cleaned the entire kitchen, including cleaning and organizing the pantry! I asked him what made him think to do this, and he replied, "I was bored and just wanted to do something useful." I think that these are some of the good things that we get blessed with on a daily basis as "tender mercies." I am so thankful for them!
PS--the next day after school, he ran into the house and wanted to know if I had "messed up" the pantry while he'd been gone!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

New to blogging...

Well, here I go. I thought that this would not be something I would try. But after looking at my sisters' and cousins blogs, and enjoying them, I decided that maybe my long distance family and friends would enjoy ours as well.
Things are busy-fun these days with Cammy enjoying YW and friends outside of her schoolwork. She is taking pottery for a change this semester and is excited about that. Deven is enjoying YM-especially the basketball. He is also preparing to sing a solo for the "Solo & Ensemble Festival" which is coming up in March or April. I am excited that he is willing to try to do this, especially since he has not sung a solo in public before! Nattie is growing and changing so rapidly it amazes me. She is trying to talk a little, saying "juice" and "peeese." She has a little "cheese-face" when she says please that is so funny--squinting her eyes up and crinkling her nose. Her personality is really starting to show! She also likes to play in her kitchen and mimic things that she sees all of us doing--watch out!
Pat is busy (as always) with work. I am fractically trying to figure out how to be "RSP" (Pat's pet name for me as the Relief Society Pres) and mom and wife all at the same time. The most important thing I am trying to do is to enjoy my family, especially my kids since it seems that they grow and change right before my eyes! It is hard to remember to enjoy the moment---even the journey sometimes. It is easy to fixate on this or that struggle and forget the FUN! I want to focus on the FUN instead....a new goal I guess!