My Testimony

Lately I have been feeling a little sad, because some of my siblings are inacctive in our church. I am not meaning this as preaching but I feel as though I should just simply bear MY Testimony. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have been taught right from wrong. Even though I made some BIG mistakes when I was younger, I still believed in the church and knew I needed to make it right. It was hard, and painful, and even embarrassing... but I did it. I know now that I grew from that experience. I love my Savior, I have partaken of his atonement. I know the power it has to change lives. I also know how powerful it is, and even if you've made mistakes you can be forgiven. All you have to do is pray and in some cases confess to the bishop. I love my family, my husband, my children and my brothers and sisters. I am so thankful I get to be with them for all of eternity. I KNOW with out a doubt that The Book of Mormon is true. I have prayed about it, I could tell you the very moment I gained a testimony. It was my freshman year of high school I started reading it so I could go to a pizza party and ended reading so I could know for myself. This testimony is what got me through high school having only a few friends and eating lunch alone most of the time. I wouldn't sacrifice my standards for friends, or boys. I made a commitment to myself that I wouldn't date outside of our faith and I never did. I know we are members of the true church. I know what prayers feel like when they aren't sincere and I know what they are like when they come from a heart that is ready to listen. There is a difference, I can't explain it fully but I can tell you I have felt it. The gospel has saved me, more than one time, in more than one way. I have suffered from depression, I have had suicidal thoughts, and the gospel saved me. I am happier than I have ever been and it is because I have friends that have my same beliefs, I'm not saying you can't be friends with people who do not attend our church, how else would we share the gospel? I'm saying it's much easier to live the way I was taught when I surround myself with people who have my same standards and respect me for keeping them instead of constantly challenging or mocking them. I say these things in the name of our loving Savior Jesus Christ.

my second semester

OH MAN!!!! It's finally over! wahoo I survived another one! I start again in the
20th but until then I'm gonna relax, and clean my house. I know those two things usually don't go together but I'm more stressed when my house is a mess than when it's clean. needless to say I've been looking forward to giving it a good scrubbing! I made it out this semester with 4 A's and 1 B!!!!!! next semester I'm going for the 4.0! I'm so happy and proud of myself! It has been rough, but balancing school and kids is easier than I thought, though I must admit they do watch more than 2 hours of tv. oh well I read to them before bed, that counts right? And next semester it will be warm so we are going to be outside, and I'll be doing HW on my laptop in my driveway! Anyway just wanted to brag a little!

my day today

*Woke up @ 6am
*took shower and got ready for school
*got Daniel up
*walked to class
*sat thru parenting class
*started walking home but got picked up by a cute guy in a minivan(beau)
*took him to class
*took his kids home
*convinced them to get dressed
*got them each a gogurt
*went to walmart
*bought stuff I didn't need but wanted
*went home
* made mac n cheese
*ate leftovers
*scrubbed bathroom
*recovered Emma's table
*realized it was an early out and Daniel wasn't home yet
* called the school
*went to school with Emma and Nate
*couldn't find Daniel
*teacher called his friends
* found Daniel
* went and got Daniel
*went home
After beau got back from class I went and got refill prescription
* made appt. for Emma and Nathan to get shots for preschool
*went to walmart again to fill prescription
*bought more stuff I didn't need and food for scout activity tomorrow
*went home
*made dinner
*ate dinner
*Vacuumed house
*cleaned up kitchen(I Washed every dish!)
*put kids to bed
*Did some crafts
*posted to blog
*went to bed

Boxes before and after

While I was at the D.I. looking for books I found these boxes.


They were hideous right? here the are after.




and the inside...



I painted them, modged podged some cute paper inside and glued sea shells over the knobs. It took a long time but they turned out way cute!

Modged Podged Books

I saw a blog where they modge podged books for decorating purposes, and I thought I love it! So I looked for books to cover. I couldn't find any I would feel ok about altering. So I went to the D.I. I was going to buy books that I didn't care to read but I didn't want to waste my money. so I tried to find ones that sounded interesting, but knew I wouldn't be able to cover them, because I'm a book lover. so I found a few in korean. I will never be able to read them, and they were old and look better now!

Emma's Table

Before....
So Emily got Emma a Tinkerbell table for her birthday, well a few day's ago Nathan and Emma decided it needed nail polish so they poked holes in the top and poured some in. I was gonna throw it away but I just couldn't part with it now I'm so glad I decided to re cover it and add tulle.
After...

I'm Running Away!!!!!

Today it finially happened. Emma refused to pick up the fruit snacks that her and Nate threw all over the living room, so I sent her to her room. I didn't even raise my voice. A few min. later she came out and walked to the front door holding a giant pencil with a pink striped tiger wrapped around it with a velvet scarf so it created a ball on the end of the pencil. she had boots on but no coat. I asked her what she was doing and she replied "I'm running away!" I told her she should get a coat on because it's snowing. And then I questioned her about food. She said she didn't have any, I pointed out that food costs money did she have any money? "no canI borrow some of yours?" she replied. I tried really hard not to laugh out loud. I picked her up and carried her to her room to talk about why she was leaving and where she would go. she said I was mean, because I wouldn't let her help, and she wanted to go to the desert. I then told her the desert was far away, so she asked me if I could drive her there. I told her no. So she settled for her friends house. I still said no she couldn't go live with Rebecca. She burst into tears earlier in the conversation but had calmed down when we talked about this. She has decided that she doesn't want to leave anymore.She felt warm so I took her temp. she's getting a fever it's a low grade hasn't even hit 101 yet but that might explain the sudden feelings of wanting to run away? I hope so.