Valentine's Day is Everyday...

Clint and I had a discussion this morning about Valentine's Day.

 It's tomorrow and there always seems to come with it a little pressure as to what kind of gift to give each other.

Is there any gift on earth that can actually show just how much love we have for one another?

I think not.

Clint's feelings about Valentine's Day are from his heart...

He feels that every day should be Valentine's Day.

 Every day we should show each other just how much we love each other..

.every day we should do kind things for each other...every day we should give selflessly and unconditionally...

and that is exactly what he does.

As I watched this Mormon message the other day, I was reminded of my sweet husband.

His ultimate gift of love comes to me in so many ways, but I love the many ways that it is manifest through the way he loves our children, provides everything each day, and never thinks twice about where he wants to be or where his loyalties lie.

They are with me. They are with our children.

They are with our family.

Clint, I love you more than words can say. But thank you for being you...being honest, true, tender, genuine...fun, happy, always optimistic! ...Hard working, compassionate, considerate..."horsey," tickle monster, wrestling partner, and kissing monster :) We all love it...especially me.



The Living Christ ~ Card #5



It's been a month and I am a third of the way there!

It's getting a little harder to remember everything that comes before the next card that I start working on...but with a little faith, effort, prayer, and determination,

I WILL be able to memorize this important document! I just keep thinking...

"You can do it if you put your mind to it!"

(Of course I sing it to myself in a song! ;)

Good work! Keep it up! :)

The funny things Kambriella says...:)

As hard as I try to remember all of the funny things that my children do and say,

 I seem to always forget.

Time has a way of doing that you know,  so I want to record some of the random silly things that Kambriella has said to me lately...

 

 

Whenever it is time to eat, Kambriella says to me in her sweet little voice,

"Oh ya... there's a party in my tummy!"

(There is usually a little dance or jig that accompanies that line...;)

 

 

When she was eating breakfast the other day, she got a piece of cereal stuck in her tooth and said,

"Oh no, there's something stuck in my brain! Oh wait... I got it out!"

 

 

The other day Kambriella asked me what kind of juice we were drinking and I told her it was Cranberry Raspberry juice. Later on that day she asked me,

"Mom, can you please get me some of that yummy Crapperberry Juice?" :)

 

 

Just today we were sitting in the kitchen coloring together and Kambriella stared at me and said,

"Uh...Mom? Are you thinking what I'm thinking? ...... WE...ARE...SISTERS!!!"

I smiled and said, Yes we are Kambriella! AND best friends! (I think she was feelin' the love! ;)

 

 

Last night as we were all sitting at the dinner table together, Kambriella asked Clint,

"Hey Dad, ya wanna wrestle?"

Clint smiled and said, Sure! Then Kambriella leaned over to me with a mischievous look in her eyes and whispered in my ear..."I think I'm gonna win!" :)

 

 

I wish I could remember everything she says to me that makes me smile and laugh so much...

But one thing is for sure, having little ones in the home makes "Home" a little closer to heaven!

I'm so happy and grateful that I have been blessed to be a Mom!!! :)

The Living Christ... card #4

I have been working on trying to memorize

The Living Christ document and am currently on Card #4.

It's been a little harder than I thought it would be so I hope I can reach my goal of completing it by Easter! If not, it will still be something wonderful to do...I am just taking my time with each one so that I am sure not to forget any of the previous cards that I have memorized...

My brain is full but so is my heart! :) Love it! :)

"The Living Christ" ...Card 2 and 3

I have been trying for a while now to add some more posts to my blog since the New Year began and have found that blogger is having some technical difficulty...

I have not been able to upload any of my pictures.

 

 I hope they can fix the problem and I can once again add beautiful pictures to the stories of our lives. I am SUCH a visual person...I love the beautiful things that I see and how seeing a picture can spark so many emotions AND bring back so many memories!

 

I have pictures of all of the cards with the sections of "The Living Christ" to memorize...but since I can't upload the pictures I want to type the words so that I (and anyone who is trying to memorize it:) can still follow along and stay on track. :)

 

CARD 2

He was the Great Jehovah

of the Old Testament, the

Messiah of the New.

Under the direction of His

Father, He was the creator

of the earth. "All things

were made by him; and

 without him was not any thing

 made that was made" (John 1:3).

 

Card 3

Though sinless, He was

 baptized to fulfill all

 righteousness.

 He "went about doing good"

(Acts 10:38), yet was

despised for it.

(Thought I would put these on since the computer is finally working again!)

 

 

 

 

The Gift of Time! ...It's been 7 years now!

 

Every year for Christmas...Mr. C himself brings our family

 the most wonderful and anticipated gift of all...

The Gift of Time!

 

Every day for the few weeks before Christmas, one of the little ones would say...

"Mom, do you think Santa is going to bring us the Gift of Time this year?"

 

I would simply reply,

 "I sure hope so...it's our favorite gift! Besides, he promised us in one of his letters that he would bring it every year...it's a tradition!" :)

So, on December 21st at 6:00 a.m., a stampede of little feet came running into our bedroom ~ flipped on the light and yelled,

 

"IT CAME!!! The Gift of Time came!!!!"

 

As Clint and I scurried out of bed and threw on our robes, we hurried behind everyone down to the kitchen to find that Santa had set us a beautiful table with Golden envelopes numbered from 1 to 7...

and a letter explaining that we needed to sit down together at the breakfast table and open the envelopes along with a few gifts to reveal what the Gift of Time would entail this year!

We all sat down together and opened the letters...they were so pretty! Sparkly candy canes on the edges...it was all we could do to sit down and read the letters as fast as we could! Dallin especially seemed to be doing an "excitement jig" in his seat... it was so fun to watch them! :)

 

Letter #1 told us that Mrs. Clause had made us some of her yummy gourmet doughnuts

 (amazingly a lot like Beyond Glaze), and that we were to enjoy them with some hot cocoa while we sat and opened our letters...so that was what we did! ( I wish I would have had time to take a picture of them...they were so beautiful! Candy cane, grasshopper, Oreo cookies and cream, pumpkin chocolate chip, and egg nog too! Boy were they YUMMY!!! That Mrs. Clause knows how to bake! ;)

 

Letter #2 told us that as soon as the kids got home from school we would need to dress in our snow gear and head to Gorgoza Park!

This is such a fun sledding hill right up Parley's canyon...and the best part is that you don't even have to walk back up the hill after you tube down!!! All you have to do is hop on the conveyor belt that pulls you back up the mountain ...and then you just slide right on down again!!!

It was SOOOOOO much fun!!! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter # 3 held a gift card to dinner and a letter that said we could take the card to any restaurant we wanted because Santa had already paid for it! Dinner was on him! Yippee! :)

 

Letter #4 Held an inflatable beach ball and swimming pool toys and the address to the Embassy Suites hotel in downtown Salt Lake where Santa had reserved 2 suites for us to stay in for the night!!! After our tummies were full, we drove downtown where... sure enough!!! We had 2 rooms awaiting us with warm fresh cookies too ;)

 

We immediately checked in and got our swimming suits on and took our pool toys down where we sat in the hot tub and swam for a bit. Everyone had a fun time but we all had played so hard that by the time we all fell into our beds, we were dreaming of fairies and sugarplums before we knew it!!!

 

When we woke up we had a wonderful breakfast in the hotel, and rode in the glass elevator to the very top where we could look down and see the view...spectacular!!! :)

 

Letter #5 told us that we were going to the Clark Planetarium where we would get to watch 2 Christmas shows! Santa gave us tickets to the shows and each of the kids also received their own gift card to the Planetarium Gift shop. We watched the movie "The Light Before Christmas," shopped for souvenirs in the Gift Shop, and then watched the laser light show, "Let it Snow." It was a lot of fun exploring all of the exhibits and we even found out when we got there that we each needed to have our picture taken because Santa had actually gotten our entire family an annual pass! Now we can come and enjoy this neat place all year long!

 

 

 

 

 

Letter #6 had another yummy gift card for dinner...this time it was to Rumbi Island!

 One of our favorite places! :)

We were so ready for some yummy food after all the activities and especially after the spinning and twirling in the laser light show! This momma was a little queasy!!!

After a drink of Sprite and a cool salad I was good to go on to our last

 letter of the Gift of Time...

#7... The Letter held glow light necklaces and candy cane ring pops that we were to wear to Temple Square where we were to go and see the beautiful lights and find the Baby Jesus...the Real reason we have Christmas, Families, Time, Eternity, Love, and all of the many other blessings in our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We rode the Trax to Temple Square from the Gateway and arrived there one of the first families and just in time to hear the first nativity story of the night.

Immediately after, all of the lights turned on and we were able to enjoy the evening touring the visitor's center and taking in all of the beauty and wonder of the Temple and the lights. As we rode home together we all talked about how blessed we are as a family and how lucky we are to have each other, to have the Gospel of Jesus Christ,and for this sweet celebration of Christmas

 and for the Gift of Time!

"The Living Christ"

 

Christmas has been wonderful...another spectacular year full of family, memories, and traditions.

...And now that Christmas day has come and gone, I want to share a gift that will be one that I will never forget.

 

The Living Christ.

 

My sweet neighbor brought over an envelope full of 15 4x6 cards that she had printed up for her gift to us for Christmas. All 15 cards make up the entire document "The Living Christ."

With the gift came a challenge to memorize each card, just one per week, and then by the end, you will have the entire Living Christ document memorized.

 

This task could seem a little challenging, but one that I absolutely want to do!

I have decided to take on the challenge and would like to invite any of my family and friends to join in...follow along and each week I will add the next card to be memorized.

 

I feel like this is such a wonderful thing to do...not only is it something that will strengthen my testimony of the Living Christ, but it will help me to remember His life and all of His precious gifts every single day.

 

I have memorized this first card and can already feel the effects of this blessing in my life. My mind repeats the words throughout the day and my thoughts are kind and turned to the Savior. I know that this will be something that will bless my life and hopefully that of my family and friends too.

 

I love you all and am so thankful for the gifts of friendship, family, and love in my life.

 I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas celebration...now let's carry the celebration  throughout the rest of the year...and every single day for that matter!

Life is good and we are so blessed.

 

My goal is to have this document memorized by Easter and then hopefully be able to share it with my testimony to my family. Won't you join me and accept the challenge too? I promise you that if you do, your life will be blessed, and you will have a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ.

Merry Christmas dear friends and family!

I love you!