Wow!

K, my thoughts are totally scrambled right now but I am seriously so amazed. I like to read the news on a daily basis. Tonight as I was checking, I went to KSL ( in Salt Lake) and a story just posted 2 hours ago. A commercial by the "Courage Campaign" in California. I couldn't believe it. It shows two supposed missionaries knocking on a lesbian couples home. They tell them "We are here to take your rights away" They proceed to ransack the home taking their wedding rings and searching for the marriage certificate and rip it up. As they are leaving, one looks at the other and says "that was too easy, what should we ban next?". Wow. Two hours later there are almost 300 comments. Member and non-members alike. VERY HEATED. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. We live in a wonderful land where we enjoy many of these freedoms. Of course it hurts to see our church displayed in such a hateful way. I was reading Eli's missionary scriptures (they are marked and he has wonderful inserts.)
There was one insert where it was about the Apostacy. (Sorry, there isn't a listed author, but I will find out.) I wish I could post the whole thing. It would take forever and be SO long. So I'll skip around a bit. It begins by saying, " Apostacy has existed from the beginning, as man strays from the narrow path, rejects prophets, revelation, and commandments, loses grasp of the iron rod, or once having obtained the fruit of the tree of life feels shame or embarrassment from worldly ridicule, and departs therefrom. The Lord's dealings with men have been designed to keep the faithful from apostacy and to encourage those who do not have the fullness of truth to accept the light and enjoy the blessings of obedience."
Just like in Christs time, He established His church on earth. When he died, the apostles where shortly killed one by one after. Therefore, bishops were the ones left. Some took parts and pieces of the truth and its wasn't whole anymore.
Today we have the truth. It was been restored to earth. What a blessing as members of Christs church today! We have a prophet who guides us, and revelation taylored to our needs today! In the scriptures we are warned that some will fall away "by the craftiness of the devil". So we knew this was coming right? RIGHT. By I can't believe how many members I read about say, "I feel this is wrong", "I disagree with Pres. Monson", "The church shouldn't be spending money fighting this...." etc. you get my point. So to see members falling away so quickly on this issue shocked me. Yes, we are human and make mistakes. How strong are our testimonies? There were a few that probably didn't like the the Proclamation on the Family. But isn't that the same exact thing we are standing up for? Marriage between a man and woman? Same thing the church has always stood up for?
I don't know if this makes any sense to you, but we see the pride cycle in scriptures and other great examples that could apply here. I don't know why this one popped out at me.
So I guess in my opinion, members are taking bits and pieces of the gospel and applying it. Choosing what sounds good, and their own interpretation. I am probably so nieve (sp?) to how faithful members are today. I just think in my own little world every member is a worthy faithful one! Yes, these are the things predicted about before the Savior comes again I just pray that I will be able to teach by the spirit in my own home.
One more thought. "Never before on the face of this earth have the forces of evil and the forces of food been as well organized....the final outcome is certain-The forces of fighteousness will win, but what remains to be seen is where each of us will stand.....Great battles can make great heros and heroines" (In his steps, Address to Educational System Personnel Anaheim, CA 8 Feb. 1987) *note* its kind of hard to read some of his writing, but this is what it looks like it said :)

Sorry I rambled on, but I couldn't describe the feeling I had when I was reading members comments on this issue. What do you think? (to the masses who read our blog? :) )

Halloween and DAD!!

Sorry, the pics are not in order.....kind of random! Bear with me! The end result! They painted them first a week ago.

Elle thought hers smelled bad! :)

Belle

Ariel

So happy to see dad!!

Waiting.....

Here he is coming in!! Landing!!


They spotted him!!


Watching before we headed out on the tarmac!

We "think" its him!!


My princesses

Today was a great day! The girls were so excited for Halloween and more especially Mr. Mayes came home!! It was great. The girls were really excited to get into their costumes, but even more so to put make-up on! They loved the mascara and blush and little bit of "lips". Blynn had her halloween party at school and I helped out. They did a little parade for them. There were some cute costumes!! Then after school I hurried home to tidy up the house.....okay really do a good quick clean!! :) Its wonders me how in the world a clean house can get so unbelievably dirty.....so quick!! Whatever, anyhow I texted Eli to tell him to let me know when he was thirty minutes out....and not 10 minutes later I got that text!! I was pretty pumped! The girls were in their costumes and we headed out! It was fun for the girls to find the plane (you can see them in the pics) they have really good eyes! I think we all had perma grins the rest of the night. The Barnes came out with pizza and then the dads took them trick or treating. We stayed back and made cinnamon rolls! They were pretty yummy! They came back with plenty of goodies..... now that I think of it I didn't get a pic with all of them together...... So here is our little Belle and Ariel. (I was really relieved to have Elle's costume done, I need more practice sewing, but it was a good experience! Thanks so much mom for being so patient with all my calls and questions!!! Love you! I was glad to get the shells done.....whew!)

On Thursday Elle had her halloween parade and party at school. Her and her friend Mason had some great fun. They couldn't stay out of the candy. We helped Amy make over 200 donuts for their ward party. I smelled like that "fried" fast food nasty smell. But we accomplished the task and in the end they looked great! That night we carved the girls pumpkins. Its been so stinkin hot here still that they were getting soft, but they still had fun. Its crazy to still have the need for AC in October....almost November!

Well, Eli thought that he wasn't going to get another student. BUT he did. (I don't think he would have if he wasn't so persistant. He totally "found" a student. The school is wierd the way they "do" things. I just can't wait until he is done!! He called the Ass. Chief in Tucson Az. He told Eli that he has a instrument student ready so off he goes! Blessing? DEFINATELY!! Hard? Tremendously so! The days won't go by quick enough, but hopefully we can think of things to do to keep us busy. So, to start, my wonderful friend Rachel took me to the What Women Want Expo here and then we had some lunch afterward! It was great! (Thanks a ton Adam for watching the girls! I appreciated it so much!!!) Then we chilled at her house for the evening! Today we had a practice for our primary program tomarrow. It went pretty good.....they always go okay even if it doesn't feel like it will! With a primary this large it feels monumental task just to keep the kids' attention. Elle has her part memorized, and Blynn says a part with her class. I have been trying to work on it with them (its the same class I teach) but its been difficult. There were four of the 15 or so there today. They did a pretty good job on it.

After that we went to Blynns Halloween Carnival at the school. The girls had fun, and of course I forgot my camera!! (Blynn asked me the other day why I always forget stuff! Bad huh! :) I think I am going to dive in on Elle's costume today..... unless my mom is going to surprise me and come down to do it!! :)

I have been trying to post about Last weekend! The internet hasn't been the best lately ( :) ) so i haven't been able to post. We had fun having Eli around all week. It was great!
K, I'm tired of trying to post.....don't know if its my computer, or account, but its been a pain just trying to put pics on and saving etc......whatever! This is going to have to be good enough!

This last weekend recap

From this highest point on the mountain a sign said that we could see parts of Nevada and Arizona. Hmmm.....

Blynn coming down the slide.
look at Elle's blue lips!! Poor kid, she was trying to stay warm!!
The huge yellow bucket on top fills up with water and dumps out.....its enough to wipe out any poor kid standing in its path!! We watched one poor kid get slammed into ground!! :)

This last weekend we took advantage of Eli being home. He finished with his student (who passed!!) and is waiting for another one. They had one for him, but Eli is on antibiotics and can't fly with the school in Carson....yada yada yada.... so he is home with us!! We are pretty excited! On Tuesday we took both girls to the doctor, both had strep throat. So we are getting over our crud at our house. On Friday night we got some pumpkins to carve. But we decided not to carve them quite yet, so instead the girls painted them! It was fun to watch them decorate them. It reminded Eli and I of the pumpkin contest back in Elementary. Anyone Lovellites remember doing those??? :) On Saturday we decided to go swimming. The girls have been dying to go. Our pool has been closed for a while, so we took them to the new rec center in Washington. It is a really nice facility, but it was freezing cold! They had a couple of the doors open because they have lounge chairs and the lazy river goes outside. Elle didn't have fun, so needless to say it was kind of frusterating! So we decided to go for a hike. Eli called one of his students because they like to hike, and we headed to Cedar. We went up to the Cedar Breaks. It was pretty muddy. We still had fun, not much hiking but it was still fun to drive up there!

During the week we had a picnic at the park with Elle while Blynn was in school. That night we took both of them to the park and did hobo dinners, and smores. We played some tennis too. We watched movies and got ready for our inspection (which did go just fine). Also.....we found out that there is "something" living in the attic? vent? corner of the house!! Very nasty. It makes scratching noises in the same spot....... they are supposed to come over and check it out. Eli won't get up there and look :) Haha. I wouldn't either. I had been having some major issues with our other "friends". The other night I woke up to something tickling me across my chest.....coming out of a good sleep I immedietly (Dang good reflexes I might add for being asleep!) grabbed whatever it was and threw it......next to me inbetween Eli and I. Ya. Smart. I know. I turned on the light and looked, it was a freakin cockroach!!!! Should I mention that they came a couple days previous and sprayed!!!! I still have bugs everywhere! Needless to say I didn't sleep the rest of the night. So Eli wakes up and tells me he thinks there was one down by his feet too.......so freakin nasty. My house is spotless why are there bugs everywhere??? Comes with living in the desert...... story continues.......I checked the next night, just to make sure....that theres no more right?! WRONG!!! I peel the sheets back and what-d-ya-know??? Another one!!! LIVID. doesn't explain it. There are no words that will describe that horrible emotion I felt! (Oh did I mention that there was a nasty spider next to the bed too??) Fast forward to Friday.....we packed Eli's stuff and he left. I was coming out of the bathroom when I noticed something black on the pillow ......yep. Another one. I don't think I can take anymore wildlife in my house......let alone my bed. The end. (Blynns suggestion was get a king snake. They eat insects and keep rattlesnakes away..........) No comment.

Tagged!

Tagged! Go to your fourth file in your pictures and find the fourth picture, then post it!

This is my fourth pic in the fourth folder! Eli and Elle at the beach during last years trip to San Diego.

I tag Rachel, Tawni, Mandi, and whoever else wants to!!

Cap!

BrookLynn finally got her "cap" on! A couple of pieces of tooth fell out on our way home from Wyoming. Her original appointment wasn't until December, so we called and Eli took her in. They didn't have time fix it that day so on Wednesday she finally got it fixed. She is sensitive to things, so I decided to tell her how they would fix her tooth! I told her about the shot and everything they would do and she was EXCITED!! I have never seen someone so excited to get a tooth fixed :) She did awesome. Didn't flinch when they gave her the shot, nothing. I'm still amazed that she did so good......so was the dentist!! He kept asking how she was doing and she would smile (to the best of her half numb face) and say "Guhhd" So we are proud of her!! She did so awsome he was like, we should fix the other cavity on the same side! And they did! Very proud of you BLynn!! Now, .......if only Elle would open her mouth for the dentist!!!!!

My cute little fart! We bonded while BLynn was in school. She was so cute! She snuggled in bed with me and we played Rock, Paper, Scissors! until she was tired of that and then she sung all the primary songs she knows. It was pretty cute. She still makes my heart melt...... how could she not with that smile!!

K, so Elle wants to be Ariel for Halloween. She won't give up on it. I looked for costumes and the ones I found where pretty much lame. The crusty hard material or the satin barely there material......$30 bucks. I DON'T THINK SO. Still no convincing!! We went to Joanns yesterday and looked for some material to see if I could possible make one. (scary! Mom??!!) Elle eyed some and it was a winner!! I looked at the patterns and of course they were out of that one!! So wish me luck.....it ought to be fun!!

We haven't been up to much lately. Last night we took the girls to Wall-e. It was cute. We laughed. The girls liked it.

Eli is almost done with this student, so we will see if they give him another one. Start date was this last Monday.....so we might not be so lucky. Other than that, we haven't been up to too much around here! It is very chilly here today! (so it must be freezing up north!!) We were going to go up to Roosevelt this weekend and meet Kacee, Mom, and Catherine and her girls. The weather wasn't going to cooperate with us so we decided against it. Kacee, hang in there!! I hope we can get together soon!!

I have been tagged!

I AM

I've been tagged.

i am: a mom
i think: about my husband when he is away
i know: God loves me
i want: to be a great mom
i have: many falts
i dislike: people that aren't honest
i miss: Catherine and the girls, and our fam
i fear: not teaching my girls enough
i feel: for those who are hurting
i hear: my girls being very silly
i smell: the cold air!
i crave: my mom's homemade meals
i cry: alot
i usually: forget
i wonder: about the economy
i regret: days that pass without really doing something
i love: Eli and my girls, and family
i care: about those around me
i always: love to be with family
i worry: that i'm too up tight
i am not: a fast learner
i remember: childhood memories
i believe: in God and His love for us
i dance: with my girls
i sing: off key!
i don’t always: keep my house clean
i argue: to much
i write: I like to draw? that close enough?
i win: very seldom
i lose: lots of sleep
i wish: i could loose weight!!
i listen: to my girls
i don't understand: many things
i can usually be found: at home
i am scared: when Eli flies
i need: God
i am happy: with my life!
I tag: Catherine, Brook, Bobbie, and anyone who wants to do this!