tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90301571904411339292024-03-04T21:10:23.927-08:00Welcome to the Perley Gate!D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-14228158592448846482013-10-16T13:35:00.000-07:002013-10-16T13:35:10.458-07:00A Day at the ole Perley patch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I found this letter to my brother today and thought I'd save it on my blog.<br />
We've moved and no longer have this life and this is a nice reminder of what we used to do. <br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>Here is what we do each day.<br /><br />******In the Morning********(usually between 6:30am and7:30 am or on your way to work is fine)<br />water and feed the horses<br />In the garage are feed bags for the horses. (I open the middle garage bay door and go in and out</i></span></div>
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>through there.)<br />Into a 5 gallon bucket place a full scoop from each bag of feed Then get one scoop of any of the</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i> bags keep it int he scoop and take it along<br />dump the big bucket into a black rubber feed bucket for the horses and then dump the scoop into </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>another bucket for the goats<br />If you take a minute to pat the horse her name is Shenandoah and her colt is Lafayette's Pride (i call </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>him little pride and L calls him Oreo)<br />Try to love them for us<br />(thats my favorite part I feel connected to heaven talking to God's creatures)<br /><br />fill the bunnies water bottles and feed them<br />The bunny food is also in the garage I fill 2 scoops and carry it out the barn. In each of the bunny </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>cages are bowls (or a metal bread pan in the cages with lots of bunnies) <br />fill those up (They only get fed once a day)<br /><br />Open the chicken coop (we might have you just leave it shut....) </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>Here is the deal with the chickens </i></span></div>
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>they have recently fallen prey to some fox or something. Each night this week their number has </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>fallen when we go to shut the coop door for the evening. It sadly seems since last night that we only </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>have one chicken left. So we had 8 chickens and now we only have one. (if he is there in the coop </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>Thursday night hurray if not I think that the predator has won)<br /><br />Water is a big deal for the horses. I fill the large green bucket and a black tub to the top<br /><br />******Watering****<br />We have purchased trees recently and planted some of them along our drive and in our lawn. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>Every morning we water them with the 5 gallon bucket by the front hose spigot.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>Then we water the ones not planted that are along the north and along the south side of the garage.<br /> </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>(L calls this watering his daily exercises because of lifting weight and walking back and forth)<br /><br />We have a garden (and it is really a mess of weeds that needs pulling and I can't even tell if plants </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>have come up) but we water it.<br />In the back the hose is really long and goes out to the horse corral.<br />So we walk to the first connection and unscrew it and hook it up to the sprinkler.<br />I wish we had a timer for it but I usually water for an hour.<br /><br />That is our morning routine and it takes about 45 minutes to do it.<br /><br />*****in the Evening****** (you could do this around 7pm or if you wanted to do it on your way </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>home from work that is fine)<br />In the evening we refill all the water and feed the horses<br />Shut the coop for the chickens<br />and that is it for the evening.<br /><br />Thank you so-oo much<br /><br />We appreciate your willingness to help out. <br />We will be gone Thursday night through Tuesday </i></span><br />
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A great part of summer at the Homestead isn't just the camping it is the family history</div>
and the stories of great great Grandma Thomas homesteading through the winter without<br />
her husband (who was working down in the valley) and modern<br />
conveniences in loads of snow, so they could acquire this land through the homestead act.<br />
We love it here!<br />
The kids love swinging on the gate and feeding horses. I loved watching humming birds,<br />
seeing all the beauty of nature, taking pictures of my family, watching my hubby build a<br />
campfire (they lifted the fire ban just in time for us) toasting marsh mallows, and eating<br />
corn from the coals of the campfire, walking with my husband and seeing the stars.<br />
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Down by the Conejos River. I sat on a lovely old fallen tree and watched the girls </div>
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trying to skip rocks listening to how Grandpa Lou would come and fish all summer as a boy here.</div>
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Checking out the boundaries and the marker for the mountain property. </div>
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It's hard to see but it says 1937.</div>
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Awe my little E fell asleep on her Auntie's shoulder on our little walk.</div>
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My little girl was such a ham at the parade. here she is kickin' back to watch floats.</div>
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The cabins there have a meadow that was filled with wild flowers this year. </div>
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of my lovely children surrounded by loveliness! </div>
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I love the old cabins and the weathered logs.
They have a beauty that I couldn't resist</div>
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trying to get into my pictures. So my son obliged me.</div>
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here we have my best/back-side lovingly photographed by my daughter.</div>
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When I told her to delete it she protested "but mom you look so-ooo Good!"</div>
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Okay maybe she knows something I don't....</div>
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(here she got me with my hears nearly closed) </div>
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I also got to enjoy the first taste of preteen personality "weirdness".</div>
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Hope you enjoyed my photo journal here. </div>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-6477417109949629962012-06-29T12:11:00.000-07:002012-08-06T12:11:36.277-07:00Happy birthday baby girl!My baby is one now! I can hardly believe how fast time goes by.
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<br />D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-69297250650397259162012-04-15T22:07:00.000-07:002012-05-13T22:09:07.882-07:00LJ's and sister time!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c8kBSQ2XyLc/T7CRBgQ-BRI/AAAAAAAAGGg/TMakfTt9foE/s1600/IMG_8150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c8kBSQ2XyLc/T7CRBgQ-BRI/AAAAAAAAGGg/TMakfTt9foE/s640/IMG_8150.jpg" width="480" /></a>
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My little sister had a baby this March! For our Spring break we went and visited.</div>
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I got to see my new niece. She is so tiny. I had forgotten because babies grow so fast.</div>
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My baby 9 months is standing up and while we were there even took her first steps.</div>
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My sisters baby is a tiny 7 pounds. A little peanut. You really do forget.</div>
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I love getting together! Mom set up a game on the chalk board table.
All the cousins had fun playing.
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<br />D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-20238051196362018272012-04-13T20:51:00.000-07:002012-05-13T21:47:36.163-07:00Spring Break!Drove out to see my sisters! Let my M take pictures on the way...<span id="goog_1533224873"></span><span id="goog_1533224874"></span><br />
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below Check out the mountain in Brigham City<br />
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It was neat to see snow covered mountains. Lately Colorado has been with out much snow.
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She even decorated her shelf there!
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I love that she took great pride in doing this too!</div>
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<br />D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-42895520255396105592012-03-29T22:21:00.000-07:002012-05-13T22:21:47.941-07:00spotlight MSometimes my girls want to be like their mommy and wear my things or put on make up.
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This sweet girl is 10 years old.</div>
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Loves reading books with mom. </div>
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Loves to crochet and knit with mom. </div>
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Loves to put on moms lipgloss. </div>
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Here she is with my hat on and strand of pearls. </div>
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Isn't she just so lovely.</div>
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I see such beautiful things ahead of her!</div>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-63574307125989397832012-03-15T20:42:00.000-07:002012-05-13T20:50:28.129-07:00PlayingSuch a nice spring day, we all played outside.
My girl is crwling around here!
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The girls played icecream drive up window! </div>
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<br />D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-37497617778599412082011-11-12T19:00:00.000-08:002011-11-12T19:00:09.538-08:00E 3months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cHXMHg1YVUM/Tr8yl8JTDrI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/UX49ttpVg5M/s1600/ellanore+3mths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cHXMHg1YVUM/Tr8yl8JTDrI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/UX49ttpVg5M/s640/ellanore+3mths.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-81920186530844103292011-10-05T13:57:00.000-07:002011-10-05T13:57:02.891-07:00Happy TogetherOne evening as I was helping put a horse back in her corral with my husband<br />
I was filled with such completeness. It wasn't the task we were doing it was<br />
that we were doing it together! As we walked back to the house in the moonlight<br />
it felt carefree and romantic to walk hand in hand in such a natural way.<br />
There was no crazy teenage energy bolts or akwardness, just sweet companionship<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't get me wrong it is not all roses and discouragement has plagued us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fact remains that we want to be together and with God</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">nothing is impossible!</div>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-45444700488244734612011-09-10T18:28:00.000-07:002011-09-10T18:28:02.793-07:00Family my Ultimate Goal!<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Something Sweet just for me</span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">!</span><br />
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cookie any more, it has evolved to a joyful feeling that feels more like<br />
sweetness of something added or bestowed. A blessing and I feel so glad <br />
I'm privileged. I am <i>privileged</i> to share a relationship with my husband<br />
and a relationship with each of my <span style="font-size: large;">5 children</span> (<span style="font-size: x-small;">and if I am lucky more</span>).<br />
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Think about it, even an idea when shared is better. <br />
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So where else would the adversary strike us in our relationships!<br />
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<div style="color: #134f5c;"><b>"He works to drive a wedge of disharmony between a father and a </b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><b>mother. He entices children to be disobedient to their parents. He </b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><b>makes family home evening and family prayer inconvenient. He </b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><b>suggests family scripture study is impractical. That’s all it takes, </b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><b>because <span style="font-size: large;">Satan knows that the surest and most </span></b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">effective way <span style="color: #45818e;">to disrupt </span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">the Lord’s work</span> is to </b></span></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">diminish the effectiveness of the family</span> and </b></span></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>the sanctity of the home</b></span><b>.” </b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><b>(M. Russell Ballard, The Sacred Responsibilities of Parenthood, March 2006)</b></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"></div><br />
When we decided to have our family continue to grow it seemed like<br />
overnight everone was super grouchy and rude to one another. One day<br />
was especially bad and I expressed aloud why is this happening?!<br />
I knew that evil forces were at work to attack my home and divide our<br />
relationships with one another and perhaps even prevent the bringing of<br />
a new angel to our home.<br />
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I have been pondering lately. God wants us to create families and<br />
raise children up unto the Lord. Anything that takes us away from that<br />
ultimate goal of family, is not of God. As our Father he loves us and wants<br />
us to feel that same love. That love begins at Home.<br />
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Envy, anger, rudeness, even being tired can cause unhappy times.<br />
Tiredness has been getting me very snappish lately and I know it<br />
has caused a loss of spirit and harmony for us. When we are all<br />
together sharing our time and our kindness it brings Happiness.<br />
I want to feel united as a family. <br />
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We are a team working together to<br />
return to our heavenly home and be with our Heavenly Father.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">GO TEAM <span style="font-size: x-large;">GO!!</span></span>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-54979120894386769322011-07-17T10:42:00.000-07:002011-07-17T10:42:02.383-07:00Meeting our new Angel Baby E!Welcome to our family Baby E!<br />
Born June 29th<br />
6 lbs. 13 oz. 19 inches long<br />
We love every bit of you!<br />
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My hubby saw it on line and we thought it would so much fun for our kids!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(wasn't going to post any of me but then thought that wasn't fair)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At about 34 weeks</span></div>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-18139172655496808832011-06-09T09:04:00.000-07:002011-06-12T19:15:59.796-07:00Haircuts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XzQJ7LW_jis/TfDuoa1UjfI/AAAAAAAAF1k/r_vB9DjQJHs/s1600/SUMMER+HAIRCUTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XzQJ7LW_jis/TfDuoa1UjfI/AAAAAAAAF1k/r_vB9DjQJHs/s640/SUMMER+HAIRCUTS.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gathered up my kiddies for haircuts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some just got trims but others wanted big changes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hair cuts are fun aren't they!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the left are the before shots and the right are the after shots. </div>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-58997449077641619632011-06-09T09:01:00.000-07:002011-06-09T09:01:46.125-07:00Matchy Matchy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KL7QxjEdyWk/TfDt3N6QVoI/AAAAAAAAF1Y/Nz5f7dxItwo/s1600/IMG_4598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KL7QxjEdyWk/TfDt3N6QVoI/AAAAAAAAF1Y/Nz5f7dxItwo/s640/IMG_4598.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">L showing her new doll wearing matching dresses.</div>Made those dresses with a pattern I came up with.<br />
Lots of fun making up patterns.<br />
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You can check out her <a href="http://dlynyesterday.blogspot.com/2011/05/prairie-girls-party.html">mama's blog post of it here</a>.<br />
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bakery with sparkly pink cupcakes. She is so determined to do I won't be surprised<br />
when she does it as a grown up.<br />
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So which picture should I select to send on to the virtual Year book?D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-59025949421460989832010-12-17T09:23:00.000-08:002010-12-17T09:23:06.249-08:00Hot Chocolate dance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwQImuiimblRy2-4vGZxceWE1FKtDsAnlrs8KWo1OFKUKnh_4WlbfPEgYQGXUF_9Uauvr-5LhvQzMeNRrV_qQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>The older girls did a jazz dance routine for the church Christmas Party.<br />
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</div>Well I was curled up in an afghan reading a book on the couch the other day.<br />
When in walks my 18 month old boy. He smiled really big around his pacifier<br />
and looked at me. I looked at him and smiled over my book. Then I watched<br />
him climb up on the opposite couch, pull another afghan with all his might to<br />
cover him. He got just a corner of it up on the couch to go over his lap. Then<br />
he picked up a big book and holding it upside down lay back against the<br />
cushions to "read" just like me.<br />
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Wow did I ever get the hugest bolt of LOVE shoot me right then!<br />
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He wants to be like me!D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-78867990534970270022010-09-10T19:27:00.000-07:002010-09-10T19:27:34.873-07:00My CAREER!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You've seen those magazines that talk about following</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> your dreams or bliss into a fabulous Career.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is my bliss?</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I of course want to have that!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What then should be my career? <br />
I think I pondered that allot as a young adult, in my early 20s.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Following your bliss sounds sorta lame like this kind of "Pied Piper"</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sorta came along and swept you off and you followed. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well I think that is where I was wrong! I'm not gonna ever have a magic tune or </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">potion that makes all my work bliss. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I finally figured it out! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the realization part..... I create my bliss!!!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In everyday moments as I do the most meaningful work I can.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That work is the full time Career of Mothering.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course we all have little things we especially love in life.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My sister told me that fresh new school supplies are really blissful for her .</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also love the possibilities of a new length of beautiful fabric.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I have been looking to make some of my everyday moments have those same</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">feeling attached to them. One I can already tell you is this....</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wrapping my baby in a towel after a bath and smelling his clean hair.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That is BLISS!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been also trying to have a prayer in my heart always so I can make </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">meaningful connections with my children. Sure I have been teaching them </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and spending time with them, but I want some moments in there that pack</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a more powerful punch. You know the kinds that help build their sweet</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">little souls up and give them spiritual growth, that really capture pure love.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> does count on it"</b></span> ~Elder Oaks Ensign Nov. 2007<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just like other jobs give you on the job training. So does this one!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also recently (August) went to Education Week at BYU-Idaho, sorta </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a "business trip" for my fabulous Career in Mothering!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I got all sorts of good ideas and thoughts on how to move forward in </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">my field of labor. </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was so rejuvenated to really put more thought and attention into my</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mothering C</span>areer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been trying to catch ideas from my personal study for FHE lessons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and I am having daily scripture verse quoting (repeat after me... "Behold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">how good and how pleasant it is for the [family] to dwell together in unity"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Psalms 133:1) and amazingly my kids are starting to memorize verses!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's been working. I have noticed moments that as I do what I do I feel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the satisfaction of doing the work I am suppose to do.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>"...O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>before God at the last day.</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> Remember faith, virture, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>kindness, godliness, charity, humility, dilligence.</b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> Ask and ye shall recieve; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."</b></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Doctrine and Covenants 4:2. 6-7</span></b></i></span></span>D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030157190441133929.post-27700181055790561912010-08-22T19:12:00.000-07:002010-08-22T19:12:01.059-07:00Happy Home lessonI made this coloring page to help in my Sunbeam class<br />
We talked about how we can help make our home a happy one.<br />
By working together and helping.<br />
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Remember <b><span style="font-size: large;">"when we're helping we're happy"</span></b><br />
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I used this for a Family night lesson too.<br />
I talked about all the responsibilities of each family member.<br />
Mom-make dinner, wash clothes ....<br />
Dad-work for our lively hood, garden in the yard....<br />
kid-go potty, pick up toys, eat their dinner...<br />
(what ever their various responsibilities are) <br />
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Then I ask what would happen if we didn't do those things?<br />
What if Mom didn't make dinner?<br />
.......no dinner<br />
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Dad didn't mow our grass?<br />
....tall grass & weeds <br />
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or the dishes where never done?<br />
..........big mess, no spoons for breakfast<br />
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or the laundry never washed?<br />
.......nothing to wear we start to smell<br />
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The responsibilities we have are important to make a happy home<br />
When we all work together we can have a happy house.<br />
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I also like to point out that we do these things out of Duty and Love.<br />
If we didn't care why do it? But we do care and so we do these things<br />
even if they aren't fun for us at the time.<br />
But in the end when we stand back and see the happy home<br />
with clean spaces and yummy dinners we feel good about our work.<br />
When we work we are really showing <span style="font-size: large;"><b>LOVE</b></span>!D-lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091997177078455360noreply@blogger.com0