April 26th Tuesday

Work was crazy. I ran most of the day. In the day I sold 5 universal mixers, 1 compact mixer, 1 nutri mill and 1 electric pressure cooker. Plus a lot of other items. It was certainly crazy. I worked with 2 men. One doing a cooking class and one stocking shelves. I appreciate their help, but sometimes I felt as though I were there alone. I've sold a couple of compact mixers, a couple of universal mixers, plus other things since I started working. But I sold the most today. Plus today I have one of my eyes that has this crazy eye infection in it. So I have been suffering with that. Sometimes I just wanted to shut my eye, and make the pain and itching go away. It helps to close it, but you can't while you are working. I am sure that a lot of people wondered, "What has happened to her eye?" Then there were those who didn't even notice. At least that is my hope. I have been using eye drops and a cream on my eye but the itch doesn't go away. One lady at the store suggested that I had an allergy. I commented by saying, just one eye. She said yes, I get the exact same thing. Who would have known. Allergy Alert! You can get allergies in one eye.

April 25th Monday

If a relationship has issues, those issues will only get worse. If you think that person is going to change because you get married you are wrong. What you see is what you get. I guess the thing is. is that people do not change that easily. You don't suddenly have a prince charming because you are married. And people are always on there best behavior when you are dating. I just found this interesting, because I am watching '"Enchanted" on the Disney Channel. The first sentence in this little paragraph is found in "Enchanted". How true to life it is. You see things wrong in who you are dating, they don't change when you get married. As a matter of fact most of the time they get worse, because they are on their best behavior why you are dating. I think that is why there is so much divorce in the world, it is because we want to get married so bad that we imagine things will be better just because we are married. I am so grateful that my husband and I were born into families that are just alike. I think that is why we have always loved each other, we have the same kind of family, we are just alike in the way we were raised. I think that is so important. I am glad that my husband found me and that I found him. I think we were truly blessed to find one another. Plus we share the same common ground in what we believe, and try to make each other better. KC is on a date tonight. I am happy that she gets to do something fun. I hope she has a wonderful time. But I am waiting for her and watching "Enchanted" while I wait. The music is fantastic. I just love music. I am so happy today because I got my whole house cleaned and scrubbed all that needed to be scrubbed. I has been an incredible day. But I work tomorrow so I hope it can stay clean.

April 24th Sunday

It has been a pretty emotional day. The speakers at church were wonderful. Primary was wonderful. In our meetings we discussed the Savior's life. His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane, his death and Resurrection. It was a beautiful day of celebration for Christ's life on this earth. After the baptism last night, the meetings were just frosting on the cake. We tended MC and CC's children while they attended Javier's ward, so that my son could confirm this young man and give him the gift of the Holy Ghost through the power of the priesthood. A special experience for my son, because he hasn't done anything like this since he got back from his mission. I know what a special day it was for all involved. It is an amazing thing, to watch a young man change his life because he has found the truth. It is kind of like spring and the Resurrection, he will suddenly face a new beginning. Just like the plants when spring has sprung. Just like Christ did when he was Resurrected and reborn. Just like we will someday, after this life.

April 23rd Saturday

I ended out having to go to work this morning. One of the ladies that was suppose to work was sick, so I filled in. It was crazy busy, but BYU graduation brings a lot of people from out of state into the BKC. I worked and then came home to clean my house. After it was clean my girls had a surprise for us. They had hidden Easter baskets for us and it was time for us to go on a scavenger hunt. (Something we have done with our children in the past.) So I and my husband started to look. We found them in the dryer. Hidden under clothes. It was a lot of fun. They went to the dollar store and bought us toys as well. You guessed it little plastic guns, bows and arrows, and rackets. We had a lot of fun trying to shoot each other, but they were pretty poorly made, so didn't work very well, but we still enjoyed ourselves. Thanks to our girls Easter was fun. Of course, the true meaning of Easter is far more than having fun. It is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. What a great blessing in our lives. We will all be resurrected, thanks to the Son of God. I can't believe what He has done for us. Not only suffered for our sins, but made it possible for all of us to live again.

The most wonderful part about this day was going to a baptism of a wonderful young man. My son has been a great influence in this young mans life. Because my son speaks Spanish, and he is from Mexico they got along wonderfully. He worked with my son at his job. He talked to him about the gospel of Jesus Christ many times. They even ran a marathon together in St. George. They all traveled there together and stayed with my daughter. Sometimes there was great opposition in MC telling him about the gospel, because sometimes the influence around the store was not the best. But Javier saw beyond that and did things on his own that were good. He found a church and started to attend the meeting. Then the next step was the missionaries and baptism. He is a wonderful young man and found the truth. I think that the greatest thing was that after the meeting, he got up and thanked everyone for coming. He knew his life had changed, and he finally was home. He expressed the fact that he could take the gospel with him wherever he goes. It was very touching, and he was very emotional about it. The greatest Easter present in the world was being at that baptism.

April 22nd Friday

I've been to work today and felt so much better about working. Things are coming back to me. That makes me super happy. We had the baby shower for KHC tonight. JL and K&T did a beautiful job making a great cake with a darling decoration on it. It was a onezy with snaps on it. It looked like the real thing, they did an awesome job, plus they did daring decorations all aound. They had great flowers on the table and cute little baby shoes, that they made out of paper, filled with candy. The whole evening was a lot of fun thanks to a lot of people. KHC got some really nice things for her little girl. It was fun to watch the excitement and anticipation that seemed to grow with each cute little game we played, the refreshments we ate, the quiet book we made, the beautiful atmosphere that surrounded us all. And of course the look on KHC's face as she opened each little gift. A very special evening. All of my children made her evening, they cooperated and worked together. It was fun to hear about, even though I wasn't there to help.

April 21st Thursday

I have been at work today. I went this morning so I have the rest of the day to love being home. It is certainly a privilege to be at home and enjoy the day. I just keep waiting for a day that is warm so I can go for a walk and breath in the beautiful air. But it is raining again today. Don't get me wrong, everything is beautiful. Even the mountains are a beautiful green. It just makes everything around you sparkle with greenery when you have a lot of rain. Of course there is always the danger of flooding when it rains so much. I know we are experiencing that all around us. I just want it to become a little warmer in my home, then I will love it being spring a little better. The weather is suppose to be warmer tomorrow. I hope that that happens. We are having a baby shower for KHC tomorrow. She isn't due until July the 5th but her family is in town for her gradutation. She is graduating from BYU, such a wonderful accomplishment. We are very proud of her. I know going through college can be a big struggle when you work so hard to pay for your way through college, and you work so hard to stay out of debt while doing it. Congratulations KHC, we love you and appreciate this great accomplishment in your life.

April 20th Wednesday

Today is my day off, so I don't have to work. I am gratful for that because we attended the temple today. My mother had so many names that we did sealings. It was a wonderful opportunity for us. I think going to the temple can certainly be one of my greatest blessings.

I though I would get my home cleaned, but that didn't happen. I got a lot done but not as much as I would have liked to do. I always think I can do more than I do. I am happy that my garden has started to grow. I have onions, beets, and spinach growing. My carrots haven't started to come up yet, but I know that they will. I will be ever so happy when my whole garden is up. I love spring. It never ceases to amaze me that we are so blessed with a glorious earth that produce such wonderful food for all of us.

April 19th Tuesday

It is continuing to rain, as I watch my plants in my home get larger and larger. I have petunia's, cilantro, zucchini, yellow squash, crook neck squash, tomato's, green pepper and the long onions planted in my home. I can't remember the name of the onions, but they are all about 3 inches tall. The plants are beautiful and it makes me sad to think that I haven't got enough space to plant them all. I love to watch seeds grow. It amazes me that these plants can be little seeds, some of them so tiny that you can't even see them. Yet when they placed in dirt with water and the sun, they grow. They become a growing living plant. Something that can happen only through a miracle given to us by a loving Father in Heaven. If you don't believe that He exists then you should plant a seed.

April 18th Monday

I realize how important visiting teaching is. I love the dear ladies that I see every month. I want to be the best visiting teacher that I can be, but it can be hard when the ladies I visit teach have such busy schedules. The dear sweet lady I visit teach with has a few health problems, so most of the time I can't get a hold of her. I would love my visiting teaching to be a little easier, but I also understand, everything can not be perfect all the time. I will do the best that I can. I love our Relief Society presidency and I wish I could be there for them more than I am. I feel bad because they will be there 3 years and so will I be in the Primary for 3 years. I will miss out on those wonderful ladies who make Relief Society so wonderful. I have visited 2 of my ladies, but I still have another one to visit. I need to get with her in the next couple of days. I know she has a few frustrations in her life so it is hard to get with her. She has a little autistic son and she is pregnant. She has 4 children in all, so this makes 5. I know at times she feels like she has 6 children, because there is so much involved in taking care of her autistic son. I feel for her and would like so much to help her, but I just don't know how.

April 17th Sunday

It is a day of rest and when I say rest I mean it. JL did sharing time and Sister Webb conducted. I just had to sit back and listen. It was a very enjoyable Sunday for me. I consider Sunday's my day because it is a time when all other cares are given away and I can just concentrate on what is important. We had wonderful meetings. Lynette O spoke to us and we had 2 youth speakers. I very much enjoyed what they said, because they talked a lot about having faith and how important it was to know that the Lord will take care of us. It was good for me to hear that wonderful message again.

We had a great Sunday dinner as a family. We ate ham, potato's country style gravy, beans, salad, and fried ice cream. We enjoyed one anothers company. KLC is headed to Orlando on Tuesday. I hope that she has a great time. We can't help but worry when our daughter is away.

April 16th Saturday

I went to work this morning and spent the whole time scrubbing the kitchen floor on my hands and knees, I just couldn't take it any more. I helped customers and then sent them to Colleen to ring up. I wanted the floor clean. It was a disaster. I didn't make it look beautiful, but I scrubbed and scrubbed. At least I tried. When I returned home after about 3 hours, I was exhausted and wondered why. Then I remembered scrubbing the floor. I guess it wore me out more than I thought it would. But I did better today than yesterday. I am sure I will remember more and more every day. I guess in a way I have felt like I needed to get back to work because I feel like my children need me at work. It seems to give them a better sense of things being OK.

April 15th Friday

Today I went to work and felt like a duck out of water. A lot of things you can not scan in the computer so you have to look them up. I couldn't remember what to look up. I felt like I couldn't keep up with all the customers. I am sure I will get it all in another week, but right now it is crazy. I feel like I will use my time more wisely at home now that I work. Sometimes I feel like I can't accomplish in a day what I need too. But at least now I get days off so I can actually accomplish a lot on those days off. Work can be a good thing for me, it will help bring back confidence. I don't have to worry about putting things under my name any more. I just talk to people and let them write things up, living without commission will be great for me. I think when you work on commission it makes you get angry easy, that will no longer be a part of my life. I think it is sad that I won't ever make anymore money, but I will deal with what ever is necessay right now. I love cooking and especially with the Bosch. I have done it my whole life so it is what I know. I will make money at what I know.

Our weekly attendance at the temple was wonderful. I love the temple and I am so grateful that I can be there. I can't express my gratitude for this one great blessing in my life.

April 14th Thursday

I have been wondering about a lot of things lately. I suddenly got a call from BKC and Kenmarie wanted me to work for her on Saturday. She has a doctors appointment so she can't be in until the 12:30, so I needed to go in at 10:00. Interesting I haven't even gotten a call that I am working there yet. Then I get another call from Colleen telling me that I am working tomorrow at 2:00 with her. Apparently I have been in the computer as a worker since conference. That is so interesting to me because I haven't gotten a call. This is not what I want and yet I know that I need to do something. Because I need to get over this shaking, which will be incredible. I am getting better at the BKC every day, things are coming back to me in a fast way. I am certainly grateful for that. There is a lot to know. Alma doesn't pay on commission any more, so I will get an hourly wage. I was surprise when it was 12 dollars an hour. I know I was making more when I worked there before. But I felt like I was doing everything, now I am just another employee that tries to work hard like everyone else. We had another great Primary Meeting and found new people to fill positions. We are loving being in the primary.

April 13th Wednesday

I think that the clouds seem to cover the sky and make you think that the day will be a bad day, then it doesn't rain or snow, it just stays cold and over cast. One of the vices in my life is beautiful scenery. I would love to tour the country just to see the beauty of the earth. I marvel at all the beauty around, especially when I look for it. I know that the Lord gives us these beautiful pictures to brighten our day when we feel down. I think that changes in the weather can be some what annoying, especially when it seems to be cold all the time. But the cold weather is worth it when you have a beautiful night that will make all the frustration you are feeling go away, because the beauty is breath taking.

April 12th Tuesday

It is another wonderful day outside. I know that spring brings beauty all around. I love the beautiful flowers. The apricot and peach trees are in blossom, and as you drive you see greenery every where. It is like a dead and worn out world suddenly comes to life again. It is so fun to see new plants just peeking there tiny heads out of the earth. I look at my back yard and I see daffodils, tulips and trees bursting with greenery. I want to shoot for joy because I feel so alive. I think that is the way the earth feels as well. I know why people love spring. I love it because suddenly I feel as though I can do anything. It is refreshing to feel like life is just starting again, and the plants feel the same way, because that is exactly what they are doing, starting again.

April 11th Monday

I have been truly blessed. My children are wonderful and never cease to amaze me with their abilities and talents. They are wonderful mothers and fathers to their children. Those of them who are not married will one day be wonderful parents as well. I know within my heart what great examples they are to the people around them. I am grateful for their example. I marvel at the great capacity that they have to explain themselves in such simple ways and can make me be a better person by their example. I know how tough it is for them sometimes and yet they seem to always make the right choice, the choice that at times isn't easy at all. I find myself at times not having the faith that I need. Then I have a daughter call me and tell me that I need to own it. I need to know that the Lord will take care of me and my family. JL will get pregnant. We will own our home in a short time. Miracles will happen. My children who are not married will chose those people who will realize that the most important thing to them is, "The Gospel of Jesus Christ". He will take care of them and will provide them a young man who holds and honors his priesthood above all else. I remember when I was a young girl and I read a story in the Especially for Mormons book. It was entitled "My Dream Girl". It was what I centered my life around. And I am so grateful that I did, because I got a man whom I love, and he loves me. He is so kind and gentle and makes me feel like a princess most of the time. I am divinely grateful for my Heavenly Father for sending him to me.

April 10th Sunday

I love being in our ward. The people there make life so fun. Every child I have in primary I have learned to love. It makes me way sad when they graduate and go on to Young Men and Young women. One of my primary kids graduated today. I remember when we first were put into our new ward, I saw this young man run around the gymnasium as a small child. Now he is 12 years old and graduating from primary. It saddens me because this young man is a real asset to our primary, but I know that he will make an extremely wonderful strong young man. A real tribute to that organization. Changes have been made in the young single adult wards. Our young ladies will know longer meet in our building. They will meet in a completely different ward building, and be in their own stake which constites of young people. I know it will be wonderful for them, but it won't be so fun for those of us who are their parents, because we wo't see them in the halls on Sunday. Changes are wonderful I know that, but in a way very sad.

April 9th Saturday

I have spent my Saturday working on sharing time and running back and forth to Creativity. Diane is doing a demonstration there on pottery clay. She did a fantastic job. I wished I could have stayed longer but my sharing time needed to get done. I knew what I was going to do, I just needed time to do it. I found a good sized sheep on the Internet, then I printed off 14 sheep, and cut them out. It was time to research the scriptures. I wanted to find scriptures that showed Christ example for us to follow. I did and came up with some amazing things. I know that we will not make it through all the sheep in the amount of time we have for the sharing time, but it will be fun to do. For the younger children I just picked out a story to read, plus showed pictures of Christ and his example. Then I had them color a heart or their hands. Hands to depict service or love from out hearts. I hope all works out well tomorrow. David came by tonight. He wanted me to go to a meeting with him in Spanish Fork, but with all I had to do it was not in the works. But I know that Protandim is our number 1 goal and we need to work hard at it.

April 8th Friday

It has been an exciting day. I had the lady come from Sandy that wanted to learn how to make bread. We had a great time. I told her about my family. KC came walking through the kitchen a few times. She couldn't stop talking about how beautiful she was. She certainly is a pretty girl. I love all my children and to me they are are good looking people. The lady enjoyed the demonstration. She brought her kitchen aid. I only made a small batch but the kitchen aid started to smell like it was burning up. So I took the dough and put it in the Bosch. I started to knead it. I could tell it was a little stiff, so I added a touch of water. The bread was beautiful so I put it in the bread pans. Then I showed her how to make 12 grain bread. I got it all in the pans, then she called her husband. She was impressed with the Bosch. It made both batches of bread very easy. I gave her 3 whole wheat bread pans filled with bread that had started to rise beautifully. I gave her 2 pans filled with 12 grain bread. I wrapped them well in plastic bags, I hope they stay as nice as they looked until she gets home and can bake them. It was raining plenty when she walked to her car. I hope everything works out great for her. She bought 1 of my cookbooks and we did a demonstration for a couple of hours. She paid me $60.00. I loved the evening and she was fun to teach. I hope she learned something from it all. I kept 1 of the 12 grain bread pans full, plus 2 mini's. It was great bread. I hope hers turned out as well.

April 7th Thursday

D&J left for St. George yesterday morning. They called today wanting to know why I had been working in my yard. I told them it was cloudy, but beautiful and warm. They were a little sad because apparently it is raining in St. George. They will be back tomorrow, because apparently golfing is not in the works. But a lot is being accomplished, JL & MW are painting one wall in 2 rooms. They have picked out the colors and they are going to town. They are having a wonderful time. I am trying out a new thing. I am making whole wheat bread by hand. It has been an experience. In the end I decided to make rolls, because the dough was a little too sticky for rolls. They turned out great, but while cooking them they fail a little. I guess they were even two sticky for rolls. I have a bread demonstration tomorrow. I guess I will use the Bosch. I have grown accustom to the easy way. I am so grateful for my Bosch for sure.

April 6th Wednesday

You have heard the story of the chicken that asked everyone in the barnyard to help her make bread and they all refuse, so when it comes time for the bread to be eatten because it was all done. Everyone in the barnyard said, I will have some. Then the chicken explained that you were not willing to help so you don't need any. That is pretty much the way I felt today. Some things seem to be harder on me than they use to be, that might be because I am getting older. So I worked on my yard and got it looking pretty good, my husband helped until he had to get to work. But my dear daughters refused to help. In the afternoon I had to go get my garden ready for planting. I need to get some planting done, because it should have been done awhile ago. Well once again I was told no I need to write on my blog. I guess she figured sweeping up the sidewalk because it had dirt on it was enough. I don't know why they don't want to get dirty. TC came to help for a few minutes before it was time to go to work, but no help from anyone beyond that. I am exhasted but I did get carrots, beets, and spinach planted. I am excited to finally get something accomplished. I pray that my crops will grow as the scriptures say. We need the food that this garden will supply. I love working in my yard but the house suffers because of it. I was given a great scripture today. It was given to my girls in institute. It is Ephesians 5:25 which reads; Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself to it. That one verse says a lot. We are pretty important women, and the Savior loves us.

April 5th Tuesday

We have been working on our yard today. We didn't finish it, tomorrow is another day. I cleaned my house and instucted JL with a few things on her shirt today. EK called today, she has been cramping bad. I told her to take care of herself. She got in a warm tub and has been drinking a lot of water. That has really helped her. She is over 4 months along right now, so we pray that things will continue to go well for her and she will be able to keep this baby. She has been waiting 4 years. We pray for her always and continue to put her name in the temple. I am sure that our Father in Heaven will take care of her. Right now my number one concern is for 2 daughters and I just hope they are taken care of. That the Lord will step in and take care of both of them in all their needs and concerns. I made some tortilla's tonight. We made a chicken casserole out of them. We also had a great salad that JL contributed to our dinner. We enjoyed the dinner greatly.

April 4th Monday

JL came over to sew again today. She cut out this new shirt on Saturday. She was a little frustrated. KLC is going to Orlando, it concerns her. She loves her sister and wants the best for her, and at this point she doesn't think this is the best. Lets face it we are all concerned. Our prayers will certainly be with her everyday. I think this was on JL's mind and her number one concern. It is better to engage yourself in a good cause than worry about things. So after dinner with the men, (and of course they all left for priesthood meeting,) she escaped to the sewing room. JL has worked on the shirt for a short time today, she will be back tomorrow. I have been cleaning and have gotten my washing done today, which is a big feat. We had family night tonight. We read a talk our of the Ensign, it was wonderful, later in the evening we read our scriptures. It was a good night.

April 3rd Sunday

Once again Conference has been magnificent. I loved the tenderness in which Elder Scott talked about his wife. I especially loved the punching holes in paper and writing from 1-100 on them with each one having a special note on it of love in a different saying. When she died he found them all pasted on a piece of paper to remember them. The little notes were given in an envelope. I just appreciated so much the words he spoke and of course Elder Holland and his tender words. He always makes me cry. He told us how special we all are. That President Monson gives so much of his time and yet never complains. He has been a bishop since he was 25. He has dedicated his whole life to the Church. A wonderful man who doesn't ask anything in return. Yes you heard it, he hasn't gotten paid for all the service he gives to the church not one penny. We love our prophet and appreciate his willingness to service so faithfully and so willingly. He has spent his interior life in our service. Thank-you President Monson. I love conference and only wish that it was more often. I can't wait until another 6 months have gone by. Check the Conference out at lds.org you will love it.

April 2nd Saturday

I have listened to both sessions of conference today. They have been fantastic. I just marvel that these wonderful great men can be so inspiring. Each talk was wonderful. But I want to share a great experience that happen with K&T. KC had to go to work today. She arrived at 10 and would not be home until 4. She would miss both sessions of conference. A very sad thing for her. I love that she loves Conference. So she took with her a mp3 player so that she could listen to Conference when customers were not in the place. Which is most of the time, because they are a new business. She was able to listen to the first session, but ran out of battery at the last speaker. So she called TC and had her put her cellphone up to the TV so she could hear the last speaker. By the second session she had the mp3 player recharged again so she was able to listen to the second session as well. What a testimony to me, that where there is a will there is a way. Some special talks by the General Presidency of the Church. It is such a blessing to us as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to be able to participate in conference twice a year. The men went to priesthood session while we as women made a desert. We had a wonderful barbecue before the priesthood session, so all the men were definetly not hungrey when they attended their meeting. I love what the priesthood represents and love that the men have there own meeting. The meeting was all about love for our wives and how the men should treat their wives, with love and respect. The men that aren't married should be married. They shouldn't put off marriage because of money or other reasons. Marriage is very important for everyone. The rewards to marriage can way out live the hardships, because the hardships can be done together.

April 1st Friday

Today JL got the shirt done and it is so darling. She gave it to KHC and it looks darling on her. She was appreciative of the hard work put into it. I have never seen such a cute maternity shirt, because it can really be worn even if you aren't pregnant. Just so cute. Now JL will start on some other projects that she has in mind. It was such a beautiful day today I was hoping that she would finish the project that she started with KC, but we will have to wait until next week because she was so busy sewing. KC's project is taking an old dresser and making it look new. The beautiful color that they have picked out for the finally project is beautiful. They pulled the drawers apart and put some new wood in to make it look brand new. It is amazing how much better it looks. I can't wait to see the finished product. It is fun to see how creative minds can do so much. I am going to start to post pictures of all the fun stuff that we are doing. You will be amazed at the end result. I am excited next Friday I will give my first bread class. On the Internet I posted that I would make bread in a bread class for anyone interested. It would cost $50.00 for my undivided attention to help make bread and have fun with any bread machine. I know that this is my specialty so I am excited to do it. I am so excited that tomorrow is conference. I can't wait.

March 31st Thursday

We have been sewing today and creating today. It is so funny to say that because that is what I wanted for my children when they were little. I wanted them to be able to create. I think that it is funny to watch my children create some amazing things now that they are older. They certainly think and do so much that I would never even think of doing. When JL worked on the shirt I just marvel at how great she is and how wonderful every line that she sews looks. She will do a fanastic job and it does nothing but excite me. She has the shirt all done but one sleeve put in and she will come and finish the shirt tomorrow. We cut the shirt up a lot higher than the pattern showed when we started it yesterday. I got up in the morning realized we had done something wrong so I unpicked the sewing along the front panel. This material is bad about running everytime you try to unpick it. I noticed a little run, so I tried to pull it backwards and made a mess. So we cut out a new section and started it over. She has worked on it all day and it is beautiful. I am excited to see her excitement because she did it all by herself. She will give it to KHC tomorrow. We are excited about that one. We had our primary presidency meeting tonight. It is so good to have everything discussed now. I need to present everything and be ready to start primary again next sunday. I am so excited that General Conference is this Sunday.

March 30th Wednesday

Well I have been teaching JL how to cut out and make a maternity shirt. I have been unpicking a project I started with KLC on Saturday. She wanted a cute shirt so she cut it from a shirt that she loved. She cut the side seams a little to small so I am taking it apart to fix, the problem. JL is cutting out the maternity shirt now that I have showed her how to lay the pattern on the material. T&K went to savers to pick out some things that they are refashioning. They want to refashion shirts for the pregnant women in our family and TC found her a dress to refashion. It seems that when someone gets the desire to sew everyone does. I guess it is just catching. I am grateful for that but it makes the sewing room crowded. One thing is for sure I want to thank my daughter for doing a refashioning blog, because it has caused my other children to create such beautiful things. It is like my daughter said, isn't it interesting that in our years of struggling we learn to become industrious. She didn't have money to go and buy anything new but she could see the wisdom in the phrase; fix it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. We learn a lot when we need too. JL is doing fantastic on her first project. She has made drapes before but nothing to wear. For her first project she picks a shirt with a collar and an opening panel in the front. I think it is one of the hardest things there is to sew. She got it cut out and started on it tonight. She got the panel in the front done. She spent most of her time cutting the shirt out. She is doing a great job. I will see her again tomorrow. K&T picked out 2 darling tops to refashion and a really cute dress. KC started on one of the shirts she was pretty excited. She cut it down did some sewing, I helped. Then it looked bad so she took out the gathering on the front and moved it to the sides. It is fun to watch her. But soon she became very discouraged and quit. She asked her brother to look at what she was making for his wife. He told her he hated it and that brought her into a I give up on this project. So I took over. I took it apart and cut it right. Then I took the elastic out of the top of the sleeves so it was just going down the side. I fixed the ribbing on the front, then I took it in to her bedroom where she was being a little moody. Then I told her what we could do with it. Make some flowers and put them on the side. Suddenly she was all excited but she wanted to give the shirt to someone else. She is a funny girl, the person it was suppose to be for hadn't even seen it. I almost forgot my meeting with one of my primary boys. She is advancing to the young men so I needed to go and interview him. He is an awesome young man and truly ready to recieve the priesthood. I wish every young man could be as ready as this one was. He is amazing.

March 29th Tuesday

JL has a project to do. She wanted to make her sister-in-law a maternity shirt. It is darling, so we went shopping and found some great material and a beautiful pattern. Knowing JL she will do a fantastic job on it. She is picky in everything that she does, and this project will be know exception. We had KHC come and pick out the material from 3 different materials that we had chosen. I absolutely love the material. It will make a darling shirt. We will start on it tomorrow. I am excited to see us get involved in sewing again. I will get my house cleaned and we will get going. She expects to be here first thing in the morning. It seems as though I don't accomplish what I use too. But I am looking forward to teaching this daughter how to sew. She got a sewing machine for Christmas and I am excited to see her get excited about sewing. It will be a great benefit to her through out the coming years.

March 28th Monday

I read my scriptures yesterday and as I did I was reminded how much the scriptures mean to me and how much meaning they have. I have had these particular scriptures hanging in my room for about a year. But I pulled them down about a year ago and they were suddenly brought to my remembrance yesterday. This scripture is found in Mormon 9:19-21 and this is what is says: 19 -And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be and unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles. 20-And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way, anmd know not the God in whom they should trust. 21-Behold I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all even unto the ends of the earth. I realized from this great scripture that my faith must be lacking because I am not the person who expects a miracle and sees it happen. I know I need to be that person so I pray to have more faith. My husband sat down and talked to me today. He just has a way of putting everything in to prospective. I hope and pray that it all happens just the way he states. We did have family night tonight and discussed prayer. He brought a talk giving by Bruce R. McKonkie on pray and taught people how to pray. He was a amazing man. He put the words to a prayer so wonderful that it made me think I could never be him. He was so close to the Lord. But it gave me prospective and that is what I need.

March 27th Sunday

We learned that the week after next they are going to divide all the single adult wards off into their individual stakes. I think that will be great for the single adults because they will have a chance of meeting a lot of single adults and have a better opportunity to date. I think it will be great. It seems as though my children want to get to the single adult ward, but once they are in it they come home and announce no real prospects in that ward. It is a little silly. I have to tell them all the time that they should be patient because the Lord knows where they are. It will happen soon. I guess my girls that turned 30 and still are not married don't believe me. But I know for a fact that some of my girls are in this quest to save guys, when you do that of course you won't meet your one and only. Because the guys you want to save don't really want to be saved and are not willing to commit. That is probably because they are not the right ones. As the saying goes they are not that in to you. They are just being users. So for the most part I think that they have to leave yourself available, and date a lot of people and then chose. It has been a day of good meetings. I spent pretty much every other Sunday in meetings, so I did this Sunday. But they were all good and we were invited to go to D&J house for supper. The supper was super. Potato's, gravy, extra tend roast, carrots, green salad, wonderful rolls, Pie and ice cream. Everything was excellent and we very much enjoyed our company. The food was excellent. It was fun to see my daughter cook and be so good at it. Because I think she felt she could never be as good as her sister.