Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sweet Sister

I knew today was going to be a good day when I woke up on time, got totally ready for my day and went to go wake the girlies up and found them reading books in bed with their lamp on. They are so sweet and such a blessing. I hope they stay this sweet forever.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Lamanites and Nephites

I have the sweetest, funniest girls. I am blessed in this alone, but even more so when their imaginitive playfulness just makes me so happy. This morning as I was cleaning up our breakfast dishes and tidying the kitchen the girls were playing their version of Ammon and the sheep in the living room. In our family scriptures study we are currently reading about the great missionary Ammon (you can check out the reference here to know more of the context). The girls love to act out everything they read or watch or hear, so this was no exception. I was cracking up as I saw them set up one of their dolls and name him King Lamoni, get their stuffed animal sheep to go by their waters of "sea-bus" and then take turns being Ammon and a bad Lamanite. Abbie would wrap her arms around Lauren and carry her to the doll, then Lauren would go tend the sheep and Abbie would grab it and run all over with it. Of course, Lauren would chase her and try to chop her arms off with her hand and take the sheep back to where it started. And on and on they played. And on and on I just smiled and laughed. I am so blessed that they are really applying the scriptures to their lives.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Dad to the Rescue

Today I did some bad planning; well, actually yesterday I did and I felt the consequences of it today. I didn't realize our car was low on gas until we were almost home last night, but our car's computer gives us a mileage countdown until empty and so we thought we'd have enough to make it through Sunday and be able to get more gas on Monday so we just finished coming home. Well, today the numbers jumped way down and on my way to choir in the evening I realized I probably wouldn't have enough to even get home again and definitely not enough to get home and then back into town to get gas on Monday. It was a pretty embarrassing situation to find myself in, but I knew I didn't want to break the Sabbath and go buy gas on Sunday. It's kind of a personal Sabbath day observance standard for me, and I know it's not for everyone, but for me it was important and I realized I really should have planned ahead more and be prepared for Sunday. Anyway, I am blessed that I was able to talk to my Dad at choir and ask if he had a gas can at home that he could let me put in the car so I wouldn't have to go buy any. He said yes, and was my hero for getting me out of a circumstance I should have never gotten myself into.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

A Lazy Morning

Today I was so blessed to have a relaxing morning and to sleep in. This week was so busy and it was nice to not have any scheduled plans for today and to take it easy and enjoy our family time together at home. Plus, catching up on sleep is always a blessing : ).
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Stand Up Comedy

This is not a joke. Tonight I did a ten minute stand up comedy bit at our ward's talent show. I didn't decide until yesterday that I was going to do it and I didn't write most of my material until today. Despite this last minute preparation it went so well. Better than I was even hoping for. Comedy is so tricky because you're either going to be a huge success or you're going to train wreck, and I really did not want to train wreck. I feel blessed today for many things: for the idea to try this, for the love of the people in my ward who I felt I could reveal this part of me to, for the ideas for material that would relate to the audience, for a great sister who came over and let me practice and gave me suggestions so I would be confident, and just for the guts that it took for me to do this. It really made me feel good to try something new and be successful at it.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Everything Working Out

Today was a really fun day where I just feel blessed for everything working out. I had an appointment in Lacey that I was able to go to. My Mom went to preschool with Abbie. Lauren and I ran a couple errands. We had a great lunch together. The girls took good naps. We had a fun idea to celebrate the Sesame Street birthday and we went for it. The girls had fun making the cupcakes and cleaning up for their friends to come over. We called our friends and auntie and they could make it at the last minute. And we had a wonderful time. I love days when everything just seems to fall into place- even if it's at the spur of the moment.
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Monday, November 9, 2009

Last Minute Appointment

I feel very blessed today that I was able to secure a doctor's appointment for tomorrow at the last minute. My Mom is going to fill in for me and volunteer at Abbie's preschool so I can go, and I'm just so thankful that I don't have to wait until Christmas Eve (the next available appointment) to go.
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