Caught in the crossfire

Jessica found an old journal that we had started to keep and never finished. It was intended to hold all the stories of note about Wyatt.

Wyatt was two and a half. The first entry was this:

A couple weeks ago, Wyatt was throwing toys at Jessica in the playroom. I asked him not to throw things at Jessica anymore. He said he wouldn't. Then, a minute later, he was throwing things at Jessica again. I said, "Wyatt, I said not to throw things at Jessica anymore." He said, "I know. She's caught in the crossfire."

I just don't know where he gets it!

The Flip Off

So I'm wasting a little time this morning. I don't count reading blogs and doing a little blogging of my own wasting time. I DO, however, count when I'm looking around for nothing in particular because I don't want to get my butt up out of my seat and get in the shower. So, YES, I was wasting a little time this morning when I heard my kids talking and laughing, "Now let me flip YOU off." "NO! THIS is how you flip someone off." "Here's a BETTER flip off!"

The other night I was out on a corner with "Yes on Prop 8" signs. We got a few flip offs, F-words, and other curses, so my first thought was, "WHAT are they saying???"

So I look over (YES they were in the same room with me, but I can COMPLETELY block them out when I want to) and they were physically flipping each other off the couch, instructing each other on how to improve "THE FLIPOFF".

...off to the shower now.

It's either blog or do the dishes.... three guesses on what I picked

Okay. So I know the dishes will still be there when I'm done, but I've never claimed that I didn't love to procrastinate. When I was young, my parents considered the verb a bad word. I've come to see it as "give me a little pressure and I'll perform better". I never could sell my parents on the concept. They always disagreed with me.

Kind of like my 10th grade English teacher. We had to write these essays once a week on the reading assignment. There was one week when I hadn't read the assignment, so I wrote an essay on why we should be able to write an essay on the assigned reading or make up our own topic and be graded on our content and grammatical quality. I got an F on that essay, even though it was written exceptionally well. He didn't like my concept, either.

Not sure where I'm going with all this. But I got out of doing the dishes for a good half hour. (I had a phone call in there, too.)

Circle, circle, dot, dot

This is too cute! Found it on Della Hill's site.

Mmmmm......CHOCOLATE!!!!!

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!


This is a pic of Savannah on her 4th (LOL!) birthday. Savannah inherited the chocolate lover gene. Hers is strongly pronounced, like my mother's. So I can absolutely, without a doubt, GUARANTEE that "Mmmmm....CHOCOLATE!!!!" is exactly what she is thinking in this picture. Who cares about wishes when you have chocolate???

Now, I am tagging:
Melissa
Charlyce
Leslie
and anyone who wants to keep this going

The deal is that you have to go to your files and post the fourth picture in the fourth file and explain it. Then tag four more people. Good luck!

Yep, it's scary.... but 'tis the season

So my mom was here - helping me get organized. We were cleaning out drawers and I found this - my BYU ID from 1988.

What do you think of the rockin' hair style?

Lightbulb Moments

Last night we went to the adult session of Stake Conference. One of the speakers, the mission president's wife, talked about when her four oldest children were at home, the oldest was 5 or 6. She talked about how she wasn't really enjoying motherhood. She loved her kids, but just felt overwhelmed.

It was so nice to hear someone else talk about this. I've heard women talk about feeling overwhelmed before, but it never hit me until last night that the overwhelming feeling could be for things other than just taking care of our children, that it was emotionally and spiritually overwhelming. At least, that's what I got from her talk.

Sometimes it seems like it should be so easy. I have three kids, they're all in school, and life isn't as demanding as it was when I had two in diapers and three at home at the same time.

It's so nice to have a lightbulb moment, when someone says something and I think, "Ahhh! Finally an explanation of how I feel!"

I often feel very overwhelmed with the responsibility of teaching my children. I am so afraid of what I might do wrong or mess up. It was so comforting to know I'm not the only one feeling so overwhelmed about those things.

I know others may have gotten something else from her talk, but this is what really hit me. And it was really what I needed to hear. When I talked to my husband about it, I told him it was like if he suddenly became CEO of his company. He would feel overwhelmed and not really know what to do.

I think anyone can clean a house, and anyone can take care of children, but it takes a really special and spiritually in-tune woman to be a mom who can teach her children well and raise them to be righteous individuals. What an overwhelming commitment!

The Blog Bug...

bit me in the butt and then circled around and exploded in my face!

Today is a homeschool day.

Rule #1 (that I apparently forgot or completely ignored): NEVER start playing with your blog when there's work to be done.

NOTHING has gotten done yet today. Okay, so it's only 9 a.m. But still. Usually I'm showered and ready to go at this point. And instead of that, my kids are watching TV!

Rule #2: When you change your blog and you don't really like it, but you have other things to do, turn off your computer and RUN! AS FAST AS YOU CAN! It will still be there to fix when you get back.

Rule #3: Follow rules 1 & 2.

Okay, fine!

I've been tagged - by a few people now!

I have to answer each of the questions below with one word answers and only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? chair
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? helpful
5. Your father? retired
6. Your favorite thing? chocolate
7. Your dream last night? workout
8. Your dream/goal? supermom
9. The room you're in? family
10. Your hobby? baking
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? meeting
14. What you're not? OCD
15. One of your wish-list items? backyard
16. Where you grew up? Redlands
17. The last thing you did? drink
18. What are you wearing? jeans
19. Your TV? off
20. Your pet? what?
21. Your computer? hot
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? nah
24. Your car? dirty
25. Something you're not wearing? shorts
26. Favorite store? depends
27. Your summer? busy
28. Love someone? yes
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? earlier
31. When is the last time you cried? yesterday

Now, tag seven (7) people.

Thank goodness I'm done!!!!!! Now I'm not looking at my list again because I know most of my answers would change. LOL!

A letter from Wyatt to Mom and Dad

The other night, Wyatt left this note outside his door after he went to bed. I have deciphered it below because Wyatt may be very smart, but he couldn't care less about penmanship. And apparently, he didn't care much about spelling when he wrote this, either.


Here's what it says:

To Mom & Dad

Do I have to go to sleep before Savannah, a 4 year old??
Slap in my face 8 times and bu-hu. (yes, that’s my 9 year old’s misspelling of boo hoo)
Cryed (yes, that’s another misspelling) before bed I did. I’m Yoda!
That did not cheer Wyatt up. I feel tiny.

From, Wyatt


Then…


Getting to (yes, another misspelling) skinny!
That still did not cheer me up!
Bu-hu-hu-bu-wa-hah-wah-ha
I cryed (yes, yet another misspelling) again.

AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

Why does changing your blog background have to be such a hassle?????

Every now and then, when I'm making changes, I mess something up. This time, I lost all my friends' blog links. I can't remember everyone's site addresses, so I hope I can find everyone again.

What a mess!!!!

Church Broadcast on Prop 8

Here are some video excerpts from the broadcast the other night:


And here's the link to the article:

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-readies-members-on-proposition-8

New Blog Supporting Prop 8

I just created a blog in support of Prop 8. Please check it out and feel free to forward the link to anyone you know who might be interested. I'm trying to include as much information as possible. I'll continue to update it. My goal is to keep it more religiously neutral. I have many friends who are not Mormon, so I wanted to make sure I addressed everyone's concerns, and to make sure no one feels excluded.

Your feedback is appreciated. If you think I can add anything that would better support Proposition 8 and support families, please let me know.

Thanks so much!

Here's the link: http://protectingfreedomsprotectingfamilies.blogspot.com/

The Energizer Bunny visited my house!

That's what my sister and I call my mom. She helped Savannah clean her room. Savannah was so excited, she wanted me to take a picture.


Notice the neat stack of towels in the hall closet. My mom barely stopped the whole time she was here. She came on Wednesday and doesn't leave until tomorrow.


I'd lend her out, but I still have more to be done at my house. :)

Twilight

Okay, so I started reading the books and I've finished the first two. Matt asked me to take a break before I read the next one. I kind of can't get anything done when I'm reading them.

I'm really excited for the movie. It's out November 21st. Shall we plan a girls night? It's the week before Thanksgiving.