Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Get to Class!

Good morning, students!
Jacob is entering 6th (middle school), and Jimmy will be in 3rd.  So glad they got some amazing teachers this year.  Everything aligned in my favor.  Ha ha
I was in a slump all day yesterday because I will miss the freedom of summer and being with my kids all day.  But at the same time, it's okay to get these dudes out the door and on their way to awesomeness.  I'll just miss them a lot.
 

 Yesterday, Jacob sat down for lunch and said, "I think I have the 13th Article of Faith memorized."  So he recited it perfectly and we were all amazed and thrilled.  He said that while he was mowing the neighbor's lawn, he just kept repeating it over and over again.


 Jimmy James.  What can I say about this darling boy.  He wanted to wear his sweat bands over his long-sleeved T-shirt.  I said, "Are you sure?"  He was sure!  Okay, then!

I love these boys so much.  I'm so glad they're friends.  I can't believe how fast they are growing up.  I love being their mom.  It's my favorite thing.

And I just want to add how proud I am of Jacob for earning money for a new bike this summer!  He mowed lawns and worked all summer.  Great job, Jacob.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sunflowers

When does school start?????  Ha ha ha
So this field near our home just decided out of the blue to become an explosion of sunflowers.  I was shocked to see it after our week in Whitefish.  Um, it wasn't there before our trip!!
So I hopped on my bike and rode over there with my camera dangling around my neck and took a few shots.  No big deal.
 






This final picture is a red milk can my mom bought for me in Whitefish that we filled with yarrow.  Yarrow is all over Bozeman next to creeks and rivers.  Mom slunk down and chopped off about 200 pounds of yarrow while I stood on the road and warned her of cars coming so she could hide.  Ha ha ha!  What a memory for me.  She took home half the loot.  But doesn't it look lovely?  It will be a beautiful decorative addition to my mega-bland home.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Goodbye, Whitefish!

Our last day in Whitefish.  Family picture.  Jacob's mad because he wanted to hold Scout.  Ha ha ha ha!  Too bad!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Whitefish, Montana




















Wow.  What a place.

Glacier National Park

Umm...
Okay.  Seriously, if you never take a vacation in your life and you have to pick one place to go to, go to Glacier Naional Park! 
You will not be disappointed.
Cannot emphasize enough how important it is for every human being to see this place before they die.
Take the Road to the Sun.
Be amazed at the beauty of this Earth.
It's breathtaking.
I'm almost 37 years old and cannot believe I have waited this long to see this place.
 
 













Sunday, August 11, 2013

The Field is White ...






 

My sister Amy's ward in Dallas took their youth to a wheat field to capture each one as a future missionary along the lines of the famous scripture verses found in the Doctrine & Covenants, Section 4:

Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the chidren of men.
 
Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.
 
Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;
 
For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
 
And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the gory of God, qualify him for the work.
 
Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
 
Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.  Amen.

So, yes, I wanted to do the same idea with my future missionaries in hopes that they, too, will "embark in the service of God" when the time comes.