I taught Marsi's Primary class today. I didn't know I was teaching until Saturday night. I also teach an adult Sunday school class so it gets a bit busy when I do both.
Well, we were talking about the fact that even little children their age could be missionaries by openly talking about Jesus Christ. You get 5 little girls (where 3 of them are oldest children) and a boy together all aged 4 and 5 and it gets a bit crazy. When I gave them missionary tags, they were SUPER excited! Like over the moon excited.
It made me even happier when right before bath, Marsi still had the tag on. I also got a picture from one of the other moms showing me how excited her daughter was to be able to be a missionary and have a tag and everything.
That took me 5 minutes to find and print out, another 20 putting them together, and it was totally worth it. It cost hardly anything to brighten these kid's day. It is truly the little things that go above and beyond in a lesson that make these kids love the church and learning the gospel.
3/13/16
3/12/16
Fitting in
It has never been my strong suit. Like, I usually am playing a whole different card game. Oh well. As an adult, I really couldn't care less what people thought of me. Yeah, it would be nice if I had some friends and actually got out every once in a while without having a panic attack. But, I am content in the life that I have.
BUT...
My kids. I want them to NEVER have the childhood drama I had around the subject of "friends". I want them to learn a lot of things I learned growing up. But I want them to actually want to come back and visit us if we continue to live in CO after they are out of the house.
If my parents still lived in Weston, I would visit; begrudgingly. I would cringe and get knots in my stomach if I had to go to the grocery store praying I wouldn't see anyone that I knew from my childhood. I thank my Heavenly Father quite often that my parents move halfway across the country.
So, there is this dichotomy. My kids are young. I can't just send them down the street to a friend's house. I have to be there. I have to interact. I have to be somewhat of a friend of the parent there too. That is the hard part. Gaining and maintaining friends isn't something that comes naturally to me.
I overthink things a lot. Especially with my children. Mostly I do that because I want them to be friendly to all and to be liked. Being a parent isn't easy at all. Seriously, how could anyone not like these cuties? ;)
BUT...
My kids. I want them to NEVER have the childhood drama I had around the subject of "friends". I want them to learn a lot of things I learned growing up. But I want them to actually want to come back and visit us if we continue to live in CO after they are out of the house.
If my parents still lived in Weston, I would visit; begrudgingly. I would cringe and get knots in my stomach if I had to go to the grocery store praying I wouldn't see anyone that I knew from my childhood. I thank my Heavenly Father quite often that my parents move halfway across the country.
So, there is this dichotomy. My kids are young. I can't just send them down the street to a friend's house. I have to be there. I have to interact. I have to be somewhat of a friend of the parent there too. That is the hard part. Gaining and maintaining friends isn't something that comes naturally to me.
I overthink things a lot. Especially with my children. Mostly I do that because I want them to be friendly to all and to be liked. Being a parent isn't easy at all. Seriously, how could anyone not like these cuties? ;)
3/10/16
Hair Donation
Marsi first donated her hair on her 3rd birthday. Her hair grows like mine which means about 2 years between donations. This donation will be different. We will be doing it "in memory" of a special cancer fighter that is barely younger than her. On the 3rd, this sweet girl was given about 6 months left and mom and dad made the decision to not make her go through horrendous surgeries and to just make the time she has left on this Earth as joyous as possible. I went to school with Mom. We were never friends, but at a school as small as mine, you knew everyone.
So, I made the promise that when we hear of this little girl's passing, Marsi will donate her hair. That means that if it is tomorrow, we go on Saturday and give her a pixie cut. Or if it is in several months, her hair might be long enough to not have a pixie cut.
I get to keep my daughter when they will lose theirs. The least we can do is give of my favorite physical part of Marsi to make a beautiful red haired wig (along with several other donors of course) for another child.
This will be our first donation to Wigs for Kids. I found a salon to do it for just the price of the tip. I hope and pray that it will be quite a while before we make the donation. It would mean that special family gets that much more precious time before saying goodbye for now.
I am grateful for my testimony of Heaven.
So, I made the promise that when we hear of this little girl's passing, Marsi will donate her hair. That means that if it is tomorrow, we go on Saturday and give her a pixie cut. Or if it is in several months, her hair might be long enough to not have a pixie cut.
I get to keep my daughter when they will lose theirs. The least we can do is give of my favorite physical part of Marsi to make a beautiful red haired wig (along with several other donors of course) for another child.
This will be our first donation to Wigs for Kids. I found a salon to do it for just the price of the tip. I hope and pray that it will be quite a while before we make the donation. It would mean that special family gets that much more precious time before saying goodbye for now.
I am grateful for my testimony of Heaven.
2/27/16
3 years
3 years ago we moved to Colorado. In the middle of the move, I found out I was pregnant. I was due October 14...the day set aside to remember babies who have died in womb. Valentines day, I lost that baby. I have been thinking about her for the last few weeks. I wouldn't have Dorian if I had her. It is phyiscally impossible as I got pregnant in July. I didn't have her with me long. But, I know she is the guardian angel to her siblings. I hope the bleeding hearts survived the winter, but if they didn't, I will get more. They will survive if I have any say. I hate that pregnancy loss is so intimately connected to our family. But, It has made us stronger.
2/21/16
A hard to answer question.
There is one question that I really don't like answering. It is probably because, I really don't know the answer.
It is one of the first questions people ask you to get to know you when you move in..."Where are you from?"
Well...I don't have a hometown. I really don't. I was born in Arizona and moved around to Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and back to Idaho before I graduated high school. I attended university in Idaho and Utah. My parents up and moved to Missouri right after Marsi was born which made any reason to go back to Idaho null. I won't go to any reunions. There is no reason to go back to any of the places that I have lived once my inlaws move to Colorado.
So, Where am I from? I usually say "born in Arizona graduated in Idaho but don't go back to those places ever". I am from Colorado. I live here. I love it here. I hope that my children can say that it is their hometown.
It is one of the first questions people ask you to get to know you when you move in..."Where are you from?"
Well...I don't have a hometown. I really don't. I was born in Arizona and moved around to Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and back to Idaho before I graduated high school. I attended university in Idaho and Utah. My parents up and moved to Missouri right after Marsi was born which made any reason to go back to Idaho null. I won't go to any reunions. There is no reason to go back to any of the places that I have lived once my inlaws move to Colorado.
So, Where am I from? I usually say "born in Arizona graduated in Idaho but don't go back to those places ever". I am from Colorado. I live here. I love it here. I hope that my children can say that it is their hometown.
2/6/16
Injuries
Dorian is a crazy child. This week he decided to run with a fork and stab himself near the eye. We had to take a trip to urgent care as the fork wasn't actually clean and he was crying blood for a while. He is all but healed now and there was no infection thank goodness. I bet his wonderful guardian angels get really tired taking care of him.
Snow storm and home school
Marsi LOVES to dance. She is growing up so fast.
Dorian looks sweeter and sweeter every day even though the 2 year old antics are creeping into his personality.
We had a massive snow storm this week that had Endrit come home early on the 1st and he couldn't drive to work on the 2nd. It is pretty, but not fun to drive in. The snow plows finally made 1 pass on our neighborhood road on the 4th.
I paid for a home school resource today. Marsi is SOOOOO happy with all of the activities that she is able to do. Color by number is her favorite!
Dorian, for the first time in his life, fell asleep by himself on the floor for his nap. It was pretty cool, but at the same time gave me flashbacks to Marsi doing that because of her heart when I just thought it was cute...but, I know that his heart is perfect, it just reminded me of her.
Dorian looks sweeter and sweeter every day even though the 2 year old antics are creeping into his personality.
We had a massive snow storm this week that had Endrit come home early on the 1st and he couldn't drive to work on the 2nd. It is pretty, but not fun to drive in. The snow plows finally made 1 pass on our neighborhood road on the 4th.
I paid for a home school resource today. Marsi is SOOOOO happy with all of the activities that she is able to do. Color by number is her favorite!
Dorian, for the first time in his life, fell asleep by himself on the floor for his nap. It was pretty cool, but at the same time gave me flashbacks to Marsi doing that because of her heart when I just thought it was cute...but, I know that his heart is perfect, it just reminded me of her.
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