Thursday, January 28, 2010

Remember, remember!

Consider the questions that Henry B. Eyring counseled us to ask ourselves on a daily basis:

1) HAVE I SEEN THE HAND OF GOD REACHING OUT TO TOUCH ME OR MY CHILDREN OR MY FAMLY TODAY?

2) DID GOD SEND A MESSAGE THAT WAS JUST FOR ME?

3) WHAT CAN I DO TO PRESERVE THAT MEMORY FOE THE DAY THAT I, AND THOSE I LOVE, WILL NEED TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US AND HOW MUCH WE NEED HIM?


Imagine the effect it would have in your life if you were to consistently ask yourself these three great questions.

1) What would you begin to notice?

2) What would you begin to remember?

(taken from Wendy Watson Nelson new book)


Oh, remember, remember my sons (and my daughters).....

Monday, January 25, 2010

Sugar?

No sugar! Hmpf! I am not doing as well as I should. But defintiely better than during the holidays. Sorry Lara, I need your strength. Noooooo, I'll be better! LOL!!

Tomorrow.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

No Sugar!

Okay so I have three kids committing to going off sugar and so I have decided to do this too! After reading Lara's blog and talking to Nate and Jon, I am with you all the way!! BUT, will you help hold me accountable please???? I will pay you 50.00 if I eat some, this list includes candy, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, things of that nature. Not the hidden sugars like in marinara, okay? How about it Lara???? How about it Jon????? Nate??????
The challenge starts January 8th for me. I'm in!!

Friday, January 1, 2010

Here comes the New Year!

I love it when Christmas comes and we celebrate and then when it's over!! Because here comes the New Year! It feels so fresh, so clean to me!

Last Sunday one of the Stake Persidency spoke at sacrament meeting and shared his story. Oh, he loved New Year's. He loved to just lay around in his pajamas and watch football all day long and eat and sleep. But as alot of us, one day he married . He married a beautiful Japanese girl, who the first year they were married announced on New Year's Eve they were going to get rid of the dust of the past year and look forward to the new year by cleaning!! Cleaning out every room, nook, cranny, office space, drawer, etc etc. This was their tradition!

They would get rid of the stuff that was not useful, that was cluttering up their space, that was old and they would clean, deeply. That it just didn't apply to the material things, but the things of the heart too. To get rid of the things that held them back emotionally, spiritually and mentally.

To look forward to a perfect brightness of hope!!

I loved this, I want to do this. The funny thing was, that both Mike and I on the 26th had begun that process already and it was like an assurance we were doing the right thing from the Spirit. Today we did a great deal more and hopefully before school starts on Wednesday, we will complete what we set out to do.

Now, with the things cleaned up and moved out, we can now focus on our thoughtful goals for the year. We have decided to focus on:

FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY!!!!

More on this later!