Friday, June 5, 2009
Happy Birthday, Dad and Grandpa!
Swimming Lessons
Saturday, May 30, 2009
What we've been up to since I last blogged, hmm, alot!
Happy Birthday, Tyler!
We can't believe our baby boy is 2 and not a baby anymore! He is definitely turning into a little boy. He keeps us on our toes, he is so busy and curious and if his sisters' can do it, so can he. He is talking, potty-training (when mom wants to), saying prayers, and just growing up way too fast! I've really been able to enjoy my little boy, it seemed that when the twins were born there was 2, I was working full-time, Bret was in school full-time, and we were just always in a hurry and couldn't wait till they got to the next stage of childhood. Now that we've realized that there is good and bad about every stage we wanted to enjoy it a little more along the way with Tyler, but it still doesn't stop them from growing up so fast!Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
New Year's Resolutions 2009
I feel like this is a good quote to start off the new year with and to carry through the whole year. How many times do we start new year's resolutions and never finish them because we mess up one time and think we've failed? Well, this quote just says what we all need to hear, just because we mess up doesn't mean we can't start over again and again. Looking back on this past year I feel like I have accomplished a lot or at least a lot more than I had thought I had. I know there is much more that I want to do, but looking back on a whole year I really did a lot of things that I wanted and had been meaning to do. So, I thought I would write about my new year's resolutions for this year. I was reading the January 2009 visiting teaching message, 'Stand Strong and Immovable in Faith' and I thought it was just an awesome message to start off the new year because it pretty much listed what our goals should be if we are not already doing them. So I have incorporated some of those goals into my goals for me and our family this year. . .
1. Be a positive, happy person most of the time.
We all have our days, but I have realized again and again that I have a pretty awesome life. I have a wonderful, loving, helpful, and dependable husband, 3 healthy, beautiful children, and that's just the start. I have no reason to complain or be negative so I've decided to be more positive. I know that when I am happy and positive it doesn't matter what situation I'm faced with as a wife, mother, or nurse I can just handle it so much better when I am positive.
2. Love Myself.
I know that sounds self-absorbed, but how can you love anyone else if you don't take care of or love yourself? I want to be better about helping me and my family eat a little healthier. I want to continue to work out at least 2-3 days a week because I feel better and I think that makes me want to look better. I also need to do the things that I shouldn't go without on a daily basis: Reading my scriptures and saying my personal prayers so I can have that spiritual strength I need to be better each day.
3. Live like Dave Ramsey.
I don't know if you know who he is, but he teaches some very important principles to live by financially and he's proven it. Bret and I have been working on his steps and it feels really good to reach some of our goals and be comfortable in our finances, but we can always be better!
4. Live principles of self-reliance and provident living.
This is one that I took from the Ensign, but it is something our family has been working on this past year and that I'm getting better at with experience. I've learned how to 'can' all kinds of things, thanks to my mom and mother-in-law. It is actually easier than I had imagined and it can be kind of fun, especially when doing it with your family and friends. It feels even better when you have your cupboards full of things you did yourself and are working toward a year-supply for your family. You never know when you might need it.
This is a picture of my sister-in-law, Joni, me, and her sister, Cassie after a long day of canning chicken. We started at 8:30am and finished at about 8:30pm. The jars of chicken you see are the fruit of our labors! "Whew! I don't think we will be doing that again for a while!"
5. Be worthy and worship in His temples.
When Bret and I were first married our goal was to go to the temple once a month, which we were lucky enough to be able to do until I was pregnant with our twins. We just couldn't seem to stick to our goal of once a month for various reasons. Since then we realized how important those temple trips were to strengthening our marriage and our family as a whole. We have made a new goal which we have been doing and hope to continue to stick with this year. We will both hold and be worthy to hold a temple recommend. We will also go once every other month or more if possible this year. There is so much to learn in the temple and the more often you go, the more knowledge you gain, and the more we will be prepared for our own Gila Valley Temple. We are so excited that it will be so close, so maybe we can go more often!




