It was General Conference weekend. It's so wonderful that we get to listen to our church leaders counsel us on different subjects twice a year at conference. I really enjoyed the talks and look forward to getting the print version in the Ensign next month.
After the Sunday sessions were over we went to my parents house for bread bowls, soup, salad and fruit pizza. YUMMY!
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday Notes
There is a war going on - What have you done today to strengthen your armor and fight for what is right? What have you done today to be on the Lord's side?
RS Broadcast & Dinner
This past Saturday was the Relief Society Broadcast. Mom & Amy came with me & Brittany, it was such a nice event! The evening started with a dinner served by the Stake Priesthood Leaders. The dinner and dessert was very yummy! There was croissant rolls, salad, pumpkin ravioli's (super delish), chicken cordon blue, green beans w/candied pecans & a cream filled donut type dessert w/strawberry & chocolate toppings. Then we moved to the chapel for the broadcast, the talks were very inspiring just like I expected they would be. It's so neat that we get to hear so often from a Prophet of the Lord that loves us and shares wonderful messages with us that are just what we need in these difficult times.
Birthday Girl
Today is Kailey's 8th Birthday. She has been SO excited and looking forward to this birthday for so long now. Every time the conversation gets brought up she beams from ear to ear. She has been looking forward to getting baptized with so much excitement!!! She also can't wait to start going to activity days, so many fun new changes for her. Her baptism will be on Sat. Oct. 23rd.
Kailey did the FHE lesson tonight on the Holy Ghost, she did the whole thing herself and did such a great job! At the end she did a game that the kids had lots of fun with where one person's eyes were covered, then one person pretended to be the Holy Ghost and another person pretended to be Satan. They had to try to listen to the right voice to reach their destination. It was a very effective game that got the point across.
For Kailey's birthday dinner tonight, I made her favorite - crepes with strawberries & whip cream. I made two batches, the kids will eat these non-stop until I quit making them!
Before the girls went to bed Kenny took Kailey & Ashlynn out for ice cream.
Crepes
6 eggs
2 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp almond extract
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
Blend everything in a blender until smooth and cook on griddle at 300. Cook on both sides like a pancake then put sugared strawberries and whip cream up the middle, roll and eat. YUMMY! We eat it for dinner, but it's probably considered more of a dessert...
Kailey did the FHE lesson tonight on the Holy Ghost, she did the whole thing herself and did such a great job! At the end she did a game that the kids had lots of fun with where one person's eyes were covered, then one person pretended to be the Holy Ghost and another person pretended to be Satan. They had to try to listen to the right voice to reach their destination. It was a very effective game that got the point across.
For Kailey's birthday dinner tonight, I made her favorite - crepes with strawberries & whip cream. I made two batches, the kids will eat these non-stop until I quit making them!
Before the girls went to bed Kenny took Kailey & Ashlynn out for ice cream.
Crepes
6 eggs
2 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp almond extract
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
Blend everything in a blender until smooth and cook on griddle at 300. Cook on both sides like a pancake then put sugared strawberries and whip cream up the middle, roll and eat. YUMMY! We eat it for dinner, but it's probably considered more of a dessert...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Naaman was Healed
Kierstin did FHE this past Monday. She used the handout I had given my class at church on Sunday. She had the whole family role play the story of Naaman being healed from leprosy.
I thought it was so creative how she had Naaman (Kelsea) wash in the river Jordan 7 times. We have this blue play tunnel that has a large spring inside that makes it open to full size. She had Kelsea step inside the tunnel then she raised and lowered the tunnel 7 times. What a great idea!
I thought it was so creative how she had Naaman (Kelsea) wash in the river Jordan 7 times. We have this blue play tunnel that has a large spring inside that makes it open to full size. She had Kelsea step inside the tunnel then she raised and lowered the tunnel 7 times. What a great idea!
Surfin' the Web
LOVE these...
Prepared Not Scared check it EVERY day!
SugarDoodle my new favorite thing for help with my new calling!
Livestrong My Plate great way to keep track of what you're eating, your exercise and setting weight goals.
Amazon what can I say? I love to shop on this site, free tax and shipping gets me every time. That and the fact that I can get such good deals on most things.
Prepared Not Scared check it EVERY day!
SugarDoodle my new favorite thing for help with my new calling!
Livestrong My Plate great way to keep track of what you're eating, your exercise and setting weight goals.
Amazon what can I say? I love to shop on this site, free tax and shipping gets me every time. That and the fact that I can get such good deals on most things.
Scripture Class Highlights
There are only two teams, either you're on the Lord's side or you're not. Either you're with Him or you're against Him...
From the Ensign, August 1978
When you ARE feeling the spirit:
*You feel happy, calm, and clear-minded
*You feel generous
*You wouldn't mind everybody seeing what you're doing
*Nobody can offend you
*You are eager to be with people and want to make them happy
*You are glad when others succeed
*You are glad to attend your meetings and participate in Church
*You feel like praying
*You wish you could keep all the Lord's commandments
*You feel in control of yourself
*You think about the Savior often; you want to know Him better
*You feel confident and are glad to be alive
When you are NOT feeling the spirit:
*You feel unhappy, depressed, frustrated
*You feel resentful of demands made on you, you are selfish
*You are easily offended
*You become secretive and evasive
*You avoid people and are critical of family and Church
*You resent the success of others
*You don't want to go to Church
*You find commandments bothersome
*You feel you can't control emotions (hate, jealousy, anger, lust)
*You hardly ever think of the Savior
*You get discouraged easily
I choose the Lord's side, I don't want to aid the adversary in his plan.
Who are you becoming? The clock is ticking, if you aren't on the road to the person you want to be, NOW is the time to make the change and get on that road. The time is now!
From the Ensign, August 1978
When you ARE feeling the spirit:
*You feel happy, calm, and clear-minded
*You feel generous
*You wouldn't mind everybody seeing what you're doing
*Nobody can offend you
*You are eager to be with people and want to make them happy
*You are glad when others succeed
*You are glad to attend your meetings and participate in Church
*You feel like praying
*You wish you could keep all the Lord's commandments
*You feel in control of yourself
*You think about the Savior often; you want to know Him better
*You feel confident and are glad to be alive
When you are NOT feeling the spirit:
*You feel unhappy, depressed, frustrated
*You feel resentful of demands made on you, you are selfish
*You are easily offended
*You become secretive and evasive
*You avoid people and are critical of family and Church
*You resent the success of others
*You don't want to go to Church
*You find commandments bothersome
*You feel you can't control emotions (hate, jealousy, anger, lust)
*You hardly ever think of the Savior
*You get discouraged easily
I choose the Lord's side, I don't want to aid the adversary in his plan.
Who are you becoming? The clock is ticking, if you aren't on the road to the person you want to be, NOW is the time to make the change and get on that road. The time is now!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Valiant 9
I got a new calling last Sunday. I'm the new teacher of the Valiant 9 class in the senior primary. At first I was a little disappointed because I really didn't want to be in primary. I've never felt like much of a "kid friendly" type person, except of course with my own kids or those of my family or close friends.
However once I let it sink in a little and pulled up the first lesson I actually found myself getting excited to teach this past Sunday. I have had a heightened interest lately in the scriptures and found myself more interested than before in Sunday school lessons etc. Well, that is exactly what these lessons are, they are studying the Old Testament this year. Very different than the fluffy lessons that the junior primary gets taught about love one another or telling the truth etc. Not that those aren't good lessons that they need to learn, but I believe that Heavenly Father really had my needs and my current interests in mind when I was given this call.
The kids are good kids and they were so excited with all the new things I shared with them on Sunday. I made each of them their own journal with their names on them and passed them out at the beginning of class. I told them they could jot notes or thoughts down during the lesson and that I would also give them a few minutes at the end of class to write what they had learned about that day. I'll give them their books at the end of the year and they can keep them as a scripture journal. They were all so excited and actually wrote in them, even the boys! I also set up a chart for them to memorize a monthly scripture, bring their scriptures to class and teach the lesson as an FHE to their family. When they do these things they can collectively as a class earn enough points to meet the goal. When they do I'll bring each of them their own plate of cookies to their home which they thought was super cool.
I love sugardoodle.com and was able to find some really neat things on there that I let them glue into their books that had to do with our lesson, I also was able to find a powerpoint presentation that someone had done on the lesson which they really enjoyed, it included pictures as well as a few primary songs. I'll be using those each week too, a big hit and made teaching much easier.
Never thought I'd say it but I'm really grateful for my calling in primary and I'm really enjoying it!
However once I let it sink in a little and pulled up the first lesson I actually found myself getting excited to teach this past Sunday. I have had a heightened interest lately in the scriptures and found myself more interested than before in Sunday school lessons etc. Well, that is exactly what these lessons are, they are studying the Old Testament this year. Very different than the fluffy lessons that the junior primary gets taught about love one another or telling the truth etc. Not that those aren't good lessons that they need to learn, but I believe that Heavenly Father really had my needs and my current interests in mind when I was given this call.
The kids are good kids and they were so excited with all the new things I shared with them on Sunday. I made each of them their own journal with their names on them and passed them out at the beginning of class. I told them they could jot notes or thoughts down during the lesson and that I would also give them a few minutes at the end of class to write what they had learned about that day. I'll give them their books at the end of the year and they can keep them as a scripture journal. They were all so excited and actually wrote in them, even the boys! I also set up a chart for them to memorize a monthly scripture, bring their scriptures to class and teach the lesson as an FHE to their family. When they do these things they can collectively as a class earn enough points to meet the goal. When they do I'll bring each of them their own plate of cookies to their home which they thought was super cool.
I love sugardoodle.com and was able to find some really neat things on there that I let them glue into their books that had to do with our lesson, I also was able to find a powerpoint presentation that someone had done on the lesson which they really enjoyed, it included pictures as well as a few primary songs. I'll be using those each week too, a big hit and made teaching much easier.
Never thought I'd say it but I'm really grateful for my calling in primary and I'm really enjoying it!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Rebekah - by Orson Scott Card
I am so loving these books and learning more about these characters! I read this one in a few days and am now waiting for the fedex driver to bring Sarah to my door...
Rebekah (Laban's sister) story is a great one!
Rebekah (Laban's sister) story is a great one!
Rachel & Leah - by Orson Scott Card
Thoroughly enjoyed this book! Loved learning more about Rachel, Leah, Jacob, Laban and so many others. I read through this book so quickly, it gave me new insight on these characters. I went out and go Rebekah the following day.
Armor - by Kim B. Clark
Currently reading this book and really enjoying it!
It's a great resource for our fight in this rough world we live in. Both for ourselves as well as the children that we are raising.
Ideas I've been pondering so far...
**The scriptures "teach us & help us beyond our CURRENT understanding - because they are the word of the Lord they can speak to us in new ways that are JUST WHAT WE NEED for the challenges that FACE US NOW.
**Ideas that help - 1)Finding strength in the Lord 2)Spiritual armor (putting on the whole armor of God) 3)Standing for truth and righteousness.
**Just "getting by" is NOT what the Lord has in mind for us. We have been called to "build" the kingdom.
**We are actively engaged in a spiritual battle!
**To become Latter-day Saints - we must develop the qualities of meekness, humility, charity & patience - we can do this through the power of the Atonement
It's a great resource for our fight in this rough world we live in. Both for ourselves as well as the children that we are raising.
Ideas I've been pondering so far...
**The scriptures "teach us & help us beyond our CURRENT understanding - because they are the word of the Lord they can speak to us in new ways that are JUST WHAT WE NEED for the challenges that FACE US NOW.
**Ideas that help - 1)Finding strength in the Lord 2)Spiritual armor (putting on the whole armor of God) 3)Standing for truth and righteousness.
**Just "getting by" is NOT what the Lord has in mind for us. We have been called to "build" the kingdom.
**We are actively engaged in a spiritual battle!
**To become Latter-day Saints - we must develop the qualities of meekness, humility, charity & patience - we can do this through the power of the Atonement
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Scripture Class
I love going to scripture class! The lessons from Nancy Crouch are ALWAYS amazing, she is most definitely guided by the spirit and has a talent for bringing up ideas that cause me to ponder on the most important things in this temporary life that I'm trying to do my best with. It's great to relate and know you're not alone as the insights and experiences from the women in the class are being shared. I also Love that it happens to be on Wednesday, just when I need that extra push to ground myself in the things that are the most important. I always walk away feeling renewed and knowing that I can do anything.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Scripture Class Highlights
Quotes from today...
We are always faced with choices. It is OUR choice HOW we react.
ACT, don't REACT
Changing your attitude can change everything!
Have the idea in your mind that you "get" to do things, not that you "have" to do things
Know the will of the Lord, then DO IT! Are our desires in line with what the Lord wants?
Is IT in you?
Righteousness is power. - Elder Neal A. Maxwell
One of the sisters also shared a comment that really made an impression on me. Her husband had recently been with co-workers that learned that he was LDS. Normally the next statement is "oh so you don't drink alcohol". That wasn't the case with this man, his comment was "oh the LDS women are some of the most beautiful I've seen". She reflected on that statement with her husband asking if he thought it was because they live a clean life in regards to the word of wisdom and chastity etc. He replied no that the glow and countenance of LDS women shines and shows true beauty because of their knowledge of who they are! We are all Daughters of a Heavenly Father who loves us!
We are always faced with choices. It is OUR choice HOW we react.
ACT, don't REACT
Changing your attitude can change everything!
Have the idea in your mind that you "get" to do things, not that you "have" to do things
Know the will of the Lord, then DO IT! Are our desires in line with what the Lord wants?
Is IT in you?
Righteousness is power. - Elder Neal A. Maxwell
One of the sisters also shared a comment that really made an impression on me. Her husband had recently been with co-workers that learned that he was LDS. Normally the next statement is "oh so you don't drink alcohol". That wasn't the case with this man, his comment was "oh the LDS women are some of the most beautiful I've seen". She reflected on that statement with her husband asking if he thought it was because they live a clean life in regards to the word of wisdom and chastity etc. He replied no that the glow and countenance of LDS women shines and shows true beauty because of their knowledge of who they are! We are all Daughters of a Heavenly Father who loves us!
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