November 12th

Today I chose to play the electric piano at a care center for a Relief Society meeting that was scheduled for 11:00 today. I am a little crazy about playing the piano because I get really nervous and then I make a lot of mistakes. The electic piano that they have at the care center is rather difficult to make sound good. Especially if you don't know which adjustments to make to the electric piano. So I was rather frustrated at myself for commiting to doing it. But I had done it for a reason, I knew that I needed to serve. So I got ready to go. But as I entered the building Nancy was playing the piano. I was so relieved. Cathy asked me to lead the music because she was asked to say the opening prayer and was really nervous about leading. She had never done it before. So because Nancy took over for me. I took over for Cathy. It was a wonderful meeting. I had a great experience, it was truly a miracle for me.

My Miracles

Things have not been going well in our life. You could say not well at all. As a matter of fact the bank is ready to foreclose on our home. I hate to admit that, we are pretty private people and that is a hard thing to admit. But because of this dilemma in our lives I have started to make an effort each day to count my blessings. I started on November 12th. It is pretty hard to keep it all written down in a notebook. So I decided to blog about it, because I am sure others are going through the same problems, only we are all a little to private to admit it. So I am going to start blogging each day about my little miracles.

My Girls Art

Drama, drama, drama, if you would ask my son that is all we get around here. Twins sisters that are a lot alike cause a lot of drama. They both had several art projects due. They have to have a theme to every art project. One of them was gladly involved in her art when the other one lost it. My art looks terrible. I am ripping it up and throwing it away. The other twin says, " I told you to use charcoal, rather than paint, you just won't listen". It was a little crazy around here. My biggest problem with twins that look alike, is that they are alike. They both draw extremely well but always in competition with each other. So if they see the others art work, and they think it is better than theirs, they are in the angry mode. So T says to K, I am giving up. She did she went to bed. Then K came to me and complained that T had given up and she just can't do that. I said, "Tomorrow will be a better day, right now she is a little angry. The next day T comes home from school and announces that K has come up with a great theme for her. She is so excited about art and can't wait to get to it. Amazing they always seem to work it out. Both of their art projects were amazing.

Little Cutie

We had a great time last night. My oldest son and his wife moved into our basement apartment. They are just moving in so they are still back and forth between two apartments. They had to make one more stop at their old apartment for some necessity's. So my son asked us to watch there darling little daughter. She is so cute and has such fine blonde hair, so it sticks straight up. I am sure my daughter in law has tried a lot of different ways to make it stay down but it just won't. I think it makes her look so cute. I had the same frustration with one of my own children, so seeing her brings back a lot of great memories. She is a sweetheart and such a good little girl. You can tell that she is kind of leery towards us sometimes. I think she is getting to know her parents, so she knows when they aren't around. But in spite of her leeriness she just keeps smiling and talking. She is such a joy to us. Having such great grandchildren can do nothing but bring smiles to our faces. We love each one of them.

Amazing Husband

I had 4 little children and they were all about a year apart and some days I felt as though I were being consumed with responsibility and my life seemed rather hectic. My husband had a business meeting he needed to attend and he said that wives were invited, so we decided to go to my husbands parents house for the weekend so that my mother-in-law could take care of my children while we ran to the party for a few hours. My in-laws were 2 hours from where we lived. So we needed to leave quickly, as soon as my husband was home from work. We left and arrived early, my husband was a little crazy and acted a little impatient. But we dropped our children off. As we were leaving my husband didn't end out going quite where I thought he would. He headed to the airport and announced the surprise. We were headed to Colorado to have a mini-honey moon and would be back the next evening. He had packed for me. I was a little worried about my poor mother-in-law because she had to deal with a nursing baby, but was so grateful to have a break. We flew to Colorado and staying in a very nice hotel. We didn't rent a car so we rode a lot of buses, which were kind of scary but I was with my husband and felt safe and happy, and we had a lot of fun together. We got in rather late, dropped off our car and headed out. We went to the Cassabaneta restaurant, it was so entertaining and wonderful. I was spell bound. Then we headed back to the hotel and swam in the big in door pool at the hotel. I have never had so much fun. The next day we got up and headed for the zoo. The zoo was amazing and had a lot of animals I had never seen before. Then we headed back to airport for home. It was the first time in my life I have ever flown anyway. It was an interesting experience. But a super fun time with the one I love. I will never forget it. Thank-you to a caring husband.

Summer

I can't believe I am blogging again. We have had a crazy summer and most of it was due to travel, and trying to be in so many different places. I wish I could say it was all for pleasure. But I would be telling stories. We had family reunions which were great. I come from a family of 16 brothers and sisters. So in reality there are 19 in my family. We went back to where my parents were born and raised. We got a huge tractor and put two very large trailers on the back of it. Then we all sat on bales of hay and traveled around while they told us of some special experiences. It was so fun. Almost everyone was there and that makes all my brothers and sisters and their spouses, plus all the grandchildren on these 2 trailers. Alot of people, if you add them up. So we listened as my parents told about there life. It was so enjoyable that I wish we could have traveled more and heard more. I have some amazing parents who have a great posterity. Next we went to the aquatic center and had some fun. Swimming, exercising, rock climbing, racket ball you name it, we did it. It was so fun swimming with all the cute grandchildren. I had so much fun and I got to know them alot better. I will never forget this experience. It was one I will cherish.

Son Home After Two Years

It is rather fun to go to the airport and meet your son that you haven't seen for 2 years. He was a wonderful missionary in the Russian Moscow West Mission. He had some amazing experiences. Now that he is home you can see that he appreciates this great country we live in. I think the thing he probably appreciates most is that there is clear water running out of the faust. He can actually have a shower, brush his teeth, wash his hair, wash his clothes, wash his hands and face, hold his hands under the water and marvel at the beautiful clear stuff coming out of the faust. And most of all that the water is warm all the time. In Russia sometimes "they" decide that people have had warm water to much and they shut down the warm water so that you have only cold water for a month. Sometimes going to a foreign country can make us all appreciate the good old U.S.A. It makes you proud to be an American. Let us keep this freedom and not let the government take that away. I'm proud of my son and the service he did. The people over there only wish they had what we have.