There is something so precious about listening to my little ones pour their hearts out to Heavenly Father in prayer. Tonight Quincy took her turn to pray and some of her requests were just so sweet. Like, "please bless all my classmates to be good tomorrow so we can get a glitter strip" AND "please bless mommy that she won't fall asleep while driving" (that has never happened) AND "bless the mommies everywhere to be nice to their children and give them what they need" (we read 1 Nephi 17 tonight for scripture study. In these chapters, Nephi is rebuking his brothers for being so hard hearted inspite of all the miracles they have witnessed. Nephi bears testimony that the Lord will give him strength to accomplish anything that has been commanded of him, including building a ship. I likened that unto my life and explained to the kids that mommies have been counseled, by living day prophets, to stay at home and care for their children, whenever possible. I bore my testimony that the Lord always provides a way for us to live His commandments and counsel. We talked about the blessings of having me always at home and that even though we don't get everything we want we have everything we need) She finished up her prayer with, " Heavenly Father bless Jesus-we love Him very much and we know that He is happy when we are being nice". Sweet Sweet Quincy!

For a good cause

Dear Mr. Giant Frog-
Thank you for entertaining my children for 2 hours tonight. I am sorry you lost your life in the process. They didn't know that you wouldn't eat chocolate chip cookies or enjoy being dunked head first into a bowl of water. They tried to gather you up some delicious rolly polly's and make you a comfy bed of grass. They couldn't understand why you wouldn't sit still and watch "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Or why you wouldn't jump on the trampoline with them. They are just children and are still learning. I will do my best to make sure none of your relatives experience the same fate. But I make no promises!

Almost

Today I was reading Trey a book on the Prophet. I asked him who our prophet was today and he said, " President Monster". Well he IS only 3.

What does that make you, the mother?

I worked at a trade show yesterday for a company called, CitySmart. There were 5 of us total at the booth and I was the only female. The owner (30) his two younger brother's (mid 20's) and a brother's friend (20 ish). The owner is married but the other three boys are single and capitalizing on any and all opportunities to flirt with girls that came by the booth. One particular girl (22) loitered around the booth longer than necessary. Upon discovering that three of the boys were brothers she inquired to me......"so what does that make you? their mother"? OH PLEASE! WHATEVER. after reeling from that comment for a few minutes I realized to that 22 year old there was no difference between 35 and 45. To her it just meant OLD! Of course logically I am not old enough to be the mother of a 30 year old, nor do i look old enough to be a mother of a 26 year old. To that 22 year old- 26 is probably OLD. The lesson learned: I will not judge plastic surgery recipients as harshly in the future. I may find myself in an office one day- desperately trying to recapture my youthful appearance.

May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day- WOW I can't believe it's been almost a month since I have posted. Crazy how time flies. Today after church the young men handed out candy bars to all the mother's with a little saying. Quincy asked me if she could have one. I told her no they were just for the mother's. She didn't give up. She then asked one of the boys. He told her no, as well. I found her walking out to the car in tears. I tried explaining to her that the candy was only for mother's not primary children. She looked up at me and said with all seriousness......But I will be a mother someday! How could I not share my candy with her?