Found a great quote that I wanted to put somewhere :)
"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world your best and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It never was between you and them anyway."
-Mother Teresa
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Update
I realized I hadn't done a post in awhile, so I thought I'd just do an update on what's going on around here.
We are all healthy and happy now! (The colds that went around 3 times this last month are finally completely gone- Yay)
Billy and I are starting to exercise more consistantly again. He's been waking up between 4:30-6 every morning to exercise(depending on what day it is, with school, etc) Some mornings he works out with his best friend at the gym and other mornings in does P90X from home. He's really getting in good shape. He can't keep a good pair of pants b/c they get too big rather quickly.
Billy's wonderful and the love of my life! I never tire of having him around. Infact I miss him so much when he is gone that I know I'm going to have a hard time when he gets busier in school/ medical school/ his residency/ and life as a doctor. But it is just something I'll have to get used to. He is getting A's in both his classes- a biology class (I can't remember which one) and Trig. I think he's in the top 3 in both of his classes. He studies hard, works hard, and he doesn't go half way. He gives 110%. If he has a homework assignment he'll do that plus more until he really is confident that he knows the material. I'm proud of him.
I had some hard days with the kids a couple weeks ago, and Billy was gone a lot. He actually won tickets to see Creed and was gone all day one day. That was a hard day here at home. All 3 of my kids have days where they are emotional and throw fits. It's like they take turns- one day Will will have 2-4 fits the next day it will be Adalynn and sometimes Tessa. Every once in awhile they'll all cry at once. And it's more than that too- life with 3 young kids is just so busy! So after that week Billy said I could go get a pedicure with one of my friends! It was so nice to get out and have some fun girly time! That really helped my spirits.
Will is doing really good with his at home preschool and I was talking to someone recently about the possibility of him going to preschool at the school near our house for speech. If it was for speech it would be free. I think that would be good for him. He has a list of letters he can't say such as tr=f, g=d, l=y, c=t, etc. He can be a really nice brother- he goes back and forth as I'm sure many siblings do. But sometimes it seems that him and Adalynn are like best friends and he can be really sweet to Tessa.
Adalynn seems to be enjoying her role as the big sister lately. She likes to play with Tessa and give her things. I love it when she makes Tessa laugh, or helps her with something or gets a toy for her. She can be very thoughtful.
She's also starting to make up songs lately. She sang the sesame street song but sang the last part "Can you tell me how to get to garbage man street?" Then when we laughed she knew it was funny and now she sings it all the time and laughs at herself when she sings that part. That girl still loves the garbage man! haha. Another song she made up is (from A Happy Family) We love Tessa, she loves us.. We love Will, WA- WA- WA- WA WILL!
Tessa's transitioning down to 1 nap a day and it's sometimes hard for her to push through until after lunch but she really seems ready for the transition. She is now saying Mama and Dada and trying to imitate animal noises when I do them. But even though she's not saying much you can tell she understands almost everything you say and she's starting to slap (haha) her body parts when you ask Where's your head or Where's your tummy? etc.
We went to a ward Chili cook off last week. That was a lot of fun. Billy made a really good black bean with turkey burger chili. It had a lot of fresh vegetables in it and it was really good. We won a halloween decoration- it's really cute. We didn't have any halloween decorations so I was excited about that. We are going to a costume party in a couple weeks that I am excited about too. But I still haven't decided what I'm going to be... Any ideas?
We are all healthy and happy now! (The colds that went around 3 times this last month are finally completely gone- Yay)
Billy and I are starting to exercise more consistantly again. He's been waking up between 4:30-6 every morning to exercise(depending on what day it is, with school, etc) Some mornings he works out with his best friend at the gym and other mornings in does P90X from home. He's really getting in good shape. He can't keep a good pair of pants b/c they get too big rather quickly.
Billy's wonderful and the love of my life! I never tire of having him around. Infact I miss him so much when he is gone that I know I'm going to have a hard time when he gets busier in school/ medical school/ his residency/ and life as a doctor. But it is just something I'll have to get used to. He is getting A's in both his classes- a biology class (I can't remember which one) and Trig. I think he's in the top 3 in both of his classes. He studies hard, works hard, and he doesn't go half way. He gives 110%. If he has a homework assignment he'll do that plus more until he really is confident that he knows the material. I'm proud of him.
I had some hard days with the kids a couple weeks ago, and Billy was gone a lot. He actually won tickets to see Creed and was gone all day one day. That was a hard day here at home. All 3 of my kids have days where they are emotional and throw fits. It's like they take turns- one day Will will have 2-4 fits the next day it will be Adalynn and sometimes Tessa. Every once in awhile they'll all cry at once. And it's more than that too- life with 3 young kids is just so busy! So after that week Billy said I could go get a pedicure with one of my friends! It was so nice to get out and have some fun girly time! That really helped my spirits.
Will is doing really good with his at home preschool and I was talking to someone recently about the possibility of him going to preschool at the school near our house for speech. If it was for speech it would be free. I think that would be good for him. He has a list of letters he can't say such as tr=f, g=d, l=y, c=t, etc. He can be a really nice brother- he goes back and forth as I'm sure many siblings do. But sometimes it seems that him and Adalynn are like best friends and he can be really sweet to Tessa.
Adalynn seems to be enjoying her role as the big sister lately. She likes to play with Tessa and give her things. I love it when she makes Tessa laugh, or helps her with something or gets a toy for her. She can be very thoughtful.
She's also starting to make up songs lately. She sang the sesame street song but sang the last part "Can you tell me how to get to garbage man street?" Then when we laughed she knew it was funny and now she sings it all the time and laughs at herself when she sings that part. That girl still loves the garbage man! haha. Another song she made up is (from A Happy Family) We love Tessa, she loves us.. We love Will, WA- WA- WA- WA WILL!
Tessa's transitioning down to 1 nap a day and it's sometimes hard for her to push through until after lunch but she really seems ready for the transition. She is now saying Mama and Dada and trying to imitate animal noises when I do them. But even though she's not saying much you can tell she understands almost everything you say and she's starting to slap (haha) her body parts when you ask Where's your head or Where's your tummy? etc.
We went to a ward Chili cook off last week. That was a lot of fun. Billy made a really good black bean with turkey burger chili. It had a lot of fresh vegetables in it and it was really good. We won a halloween decoration- it's really cute. We didn't have any halloween decorations so I was excited about that. We are going to a costume party in a couple weeks that I am excited about too. But I still haven't decided what I'm going to be... Any ideas?
Friday, October 2, 2009
The Prophet
I was telling the kids today about general conference tommorow and about the prophet, and I decided to look for some pictures of Thomas S. Monson on the computer.
I found a nice little smilebox slideshow if anyone wants to look at it with their kids. My kids loved it. The music is such a great touch, it really invites the spirit. I know Thomas S. Monson is a true prophet! And I'm so glad we have a prophet to lead and guide our church. I am looking forward to conference tomorow.
http://smilebox.com/snap/4f4451304d4445304d413d3d0d0a.jpg or
://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://smilebox.com/snap/4f4451304d4445304d413d3d0d0a.httpjpg&imgrefurl=http://fheabitofheavenathome.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-prophet-thomas-s-monson.html&usg=__Qgz4auMPrgZ6fNXb5Fc0YGdosos=&h=330&w=420&sz=28&hl=en&start=12&tbnid=WiZbIkDdYl0ihM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpictures%2Bof%2Bthomas%2Bs%2Bmonson%2Bprophet%2Band%2B12%2Bapostles%26hl%3Den
I found a nice little smilebox slideshow if anyone wants to look at it with their kids. My kids loved it. The music is such a great touch, it really invites the spirit. I know Thomas S. Monson is a true prophet! And I'm so glad we have a prophet to lead and guide our church. I am looking forward to conference tomorow.
http://smilebox.com/snap/4f4451304d4445304d413d3d0d0a.jpg or
://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://smilebox.com/snap/4f4451304d4445304d413d3d0d0a.httpjpg&imgrefurl=http://fheabitofheavenathome.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-prophet-thomas-s-monson.html&usg=__Qgz4auMPrgZ6fNXb5Fc0YGdosos=&h=330&w=420&sz=28&hl=en&start=12&tbnid=WiZbIkDdYl0ihM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpictures%2Bof%2Bthomas%2Bs%2Bmonson%2Bprophet%2Band%2B12%2Bapostles%26hl%3Den
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