All Together Now: March 2009

"I'm not giving you these experiences for yourself. Write them down."

Before I would write, I would ponder this question: "Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?" As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done. Elder Henry B. Eyring

March 3, 2009

HELP!!

OK....family....it's MY turn to give the talk on Sunday! Jamie paid his dues....and then the Bishopric came after ME!!! My topic is, "Judge Not"....it's a little bit longer title than that, but that's the main idea. WHAT ideas do you have for me?? Any great talks, quotes, emails, etc. that you want to send MY way would be much appreciated! I actually think this is the perfect topic for me right now...because of recent events in my life....that I will share SOON! Let's just say, I was pretty inspired to do a few things that I was NOT wanting to do...thus I feel better about speaking on this topic. Anyway.....please let me know what you think! Love you ALL!!

March 1, 2009

Ski day!

We were finally able to take the kids skiing this year. We had an awesome time and the kids were GREAT!! Blake was so fearless. Fast as he could go. He did figure out how to turn the corner on the coach hill. He also was fascinated by the ski lift. He didn't want to hold on and wanted to ride by himself. (I don't think so!!) He would lean over and ask Jerek, "Dad can you fall off? What happens when you fall off? Does it hurt?" as he scoots closer to the edge with Jerek holding on. Needless to say, I couldn't handle riding on the ski lift with him. I just wanted to hold him so tight and he didn't like it. So he stuck with dad. Emmalee finally has picked up skiing. She can turn and go down all by herself. This is just on the coach hill but next year, I think she'll be graduating to the big hill. It was so fun. Here's our pictures of the day!