.: I'M BACK

Saturday, August 22, 2009

I'M BACK

I wish I could say that since I haven't updated my blog for 3 weeks I've been enjoying a nice relaxing holiday in Rarotonga or Tahiti, but truth be told, I've just been doing the same old thing I do every day....washing, driving, shopping, errands, dishes, cooking, cleaning, changing nappies, going to the park, visiting, etc etc and pretending I'm in Rarotonga!

I finally revamped my blog and changed the music. We took some photos of the boys after church last Sunday and none of them turned out good, including the one I just put at the top of the blog. In the original photo Ashton's eyes were closed and from the way he was laying on the ground with his neck kinked it looked like part of his cheek was missing. Thanks to photoshop (and me spending a whole lot of time trying to figure out how to use photoshop), I managed to change Ashton's eyes and the shape of his face by using a collection of photos. I really feel quite proud of myself learning how to merge/transfer facial features from one photo to another.

We have been going through a small trial lately as things have not been going well on Tony's job. He is very very close to loosing it which has been quite a worry for Tony since it's really hard to get another job at the moment. For some reason I feel quite at ease that Heavenly Father will take care of us and I feel that whatever is meant to happen will happen. Life can be a strange thing sometimes as through our trials we are humbled and given a new understanding and appreciation of things. Tony has certainly been humbled and I have been so grateful this week for all the good things in our life....three healthy children, a beautiful home, a beautiful neighbourhood to live in, a really good Ward, the best Visiting and Home teachers any family could ask for, a home-stay student who is easy and a pleasure to have in our home, kindy teachers who really care about Ashton, an excellent school for Hayden, free bread every week from the local bakery, a car that never breaks down, nice neighbours who are always willing to come over and help, a mum close by who looks after Ashton once a week and helps pays the kindy fees....and I'm sure there's more I haven't thought of.

I have realized lately how amazing visiting teaching and home teaching can be. There really is a purpose and a reason for it that can touch us, uplift us and spiritually nourish us. I have two visiting teachers that visit me every month without fail. One of the ladies is 70 years old with 14 grandchildren, but she looks and acts so young and healthy one would never believe her age. She often babysits for me when mum can't, even at last minutes notice, and she offers to take away my laundry if I ever mention I have a million loads to do. She really is amazing. But the thing I like best about her is that she always tells me stories about her 5 children and her 3 marriages, and the stories she tells on the day of her visit always help me to cope with any problems I might be having. Then she very subtly, lovingly and gently reminds me every visit to work on praying and scripture reading.

Our Home Teachers are absolutely awesome too. It has been a long time since we've had Hometeachers in our lives that come on a regular basis but our current hometeachers have only missed one month this year. It's taken us all awhile to really get to know each other, but on their last visit we laughed, hugged, cried and shared so many stories that it touched us all. Even our boys felt the spirit in our home and during our closing prayer.

I am so grateful for our life, for everything in it and all that we have!

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Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!