Joy Today

I have to say right off the bat I know what my joy is- MY HUSBAND IS HOME! and we have a normal Saturday for the first time in a very long while. I think I will have joy ALL day long.

Oh Boy, Give me Joy

So Thursday was one of those days it was a lot harder to find the Joy that usual. I love my boys although yesterday I didn't want to do the boy thing. You know have them hang on my legs(literally) all day long asking me to do this and that. saying a thousand time- mommy look, Mommy watch- mommy-mommy-mommy ahhhhhhhhhh

Anyway, I locked myself in the bathroom and fell to my knees and prayed that the Lord would take me away for just a day. Ok, so that was unreasonable- still- HELP. I let myself breath and then felt that I needed to just submit to the reality. I am a mother of two boys. (who are needy, I had no idea boys were so needy)So I went downstairs and proceeded to make a fort, which was funny because the whole time jaron was like- mom, i didnt know you could build such good forts, your cool mom. Ok that was joy,

Then I took them to the pet store to look at all the animals, that bought some time

then we went to the park and I let them run around. Jackson was in heaven and this picture of him in the swing doesn't even capture his joy as he was swinging. THAT was my joy. 

So although it was a toughy- I found it. And then went to bed as early as I could to just end this day.:)

Joy Challenge

Today my joy was hearing from BraeLynn's teacher today. She informed me that BraeLynn has excelled in her reading considerably. We have had some, minor, issues with getting the hang of reading and about three months ago I told BraeLynn of the promises that President Kimball of the Church made about reading the Book of Mormon every day. I told her that if she read from the Book of Mormon every day she would be able to read better. She totally had the desire and has been reading from it just about every time we read as a family. When I told her about what her teacher said today she reminded ME of the promise. That was a joyful moment.

Joy Challenge

Ok, So here's a good one for ya. Write a love note to your hubby and MAIL it to his office. I don't do it but maybe twice a year to keep it real and all! But it's time for another one so, join in on the fun!

If you can't mail it then another idea is to stick in the visor and when he pulls it down, walla!

So, Let me know how it turns out! Sparing the details of course :)

Joy Challenge #2

Today, being that it's Saturday, take some time for yourself. Find something that only you can do that you can have joy in. A bath, locking yourself in a room and watching a good movie, Getting yourself a candy bar! (that's mine today:) ) 

What ever it is, let me know what you did today, for yourself!

Joy Challenge

This year in our ward Relief Society our presidency has come up with the theme "Joy In The Journey" We are encouraged to find Joy every day in our life's journey. MiraLyn (RS President) has been asking everyone to send their "joy of the day" to her. It's such a great thing to have in our heads during the day! 

So I thought it would be great to have a JoY Challenge every day. And I would LOVE to have every one who takes the challenge report their "joy".

So, for challenge #1

sometime today while your kids are around just drop to your hands and knees and start crawling around. See  how they react! Let me know what that did.

I had the boys at my feet and feeling  that"get away" feeling. I dropped to my knees and started crawling around having them chase me, they immediately went from wining to laughing and we had a great time. Changed my mood :)

In My Head....

So today I want to grab hold of every woman and just tell her how amazing she is and special and needed she is. I feel the power of the advisary and his followers closing in on us daughters of God and we have to stear clear. We can't let him bring us down. There are too many things we have to do! We don't have time to listen to him, there are children to be loved and hugged. We don't have time listen to him, there are homes to make a place of refuge. We don't have time to listen to him, there are too many people to serve. We don't have time to listen to him, we have a date with our husband. We don't have time to listen to him, we are women and are just too busy making the world a better place!

Helping Mom

This morning Jaron was so willing to help me make my bed. When we were done he said "now what do we clean mom?" So, I had him help me vacuumed. "Now what Mom?" So we went downstairs to empty the dishwasher. Within an hour we had the windows washed, bathroom cleaned, dished done, whole house vacuumed and toys picked up. He was so cute with his "glub" on, and as he said, it's to protect us. 

He also added that "We have to swing around and dance while we clean Mom." So we did, and had a blast. 

I just love these days where I feel like I am actually making a difference in the life's of my children. It makes all the not so good feelings go away!

Out of Control?

Now he has added a slide-Seriously ladies- Help!

Just Plain Nutty

I was taking Mira to the airport and the whole way there I was on the phone just yapping away. Well, as I pulled into the garage I had hung up the phone and looked in the rear view mirror and didn't see Jaron. I thought he had fallen asleep and was lying down but as I turned around I still didn't see him. I started to panic thinking surly I didn't forget him. Did he fall out of the car and I was to into the phone call that I didn't notice? Seriously where is he! I threw the car into park and bolted to the back seat of the van, no Jaron. I leaned over the back seat and to my astonishment saw this:

What the heck? I asked him why he did that and he replied so matter of fact, " because it's fun mom"

Dad's So Cool

So Aaron thinks that until we finish the basement we should just let the kids have a hay day down there. So he built them a "tree" fort. They have a blast in it. What a great Daddy

Catch Up Time

I sooo have to catch up! It's been a Crazy couple of months. I really didn't think any of which was blog worthy. I have some pictures here of the ice/snow storm we had that put us out of power again for four days, The ice was so thick on the trees the next couple days after the ice glistened in the sunlight and EVERYTHING sparkled, it was the beautiful thing I had ever seen. Pictures don't do it justice at all.

We again had the opportunity in the midst of disaster to take note in how prepared we were. It felt so good to not have to fear. Jackson is fine as long as he has his blankie, his mommie, and his thumb. We did lots of coloring Yoga in the mornings to keep us warm and the blood flowing! I love having a generator! Hudling together by the fire

I have been super busy holding the fort down while Aaron has had to put in more hours than usual. And those of you that know him know that that the "usual" is already a typical 13 hour day. Like I said I had figured it not blog worthy, but at the same time I have really learned a lot these last 6 months. I have had my testimony strengthened and Aaron and I couldnt be any closer through this. I was talking to my sister about it and we said how funny it is we are so happy and have peace and hope during these times of trial. It's the blessings of the gospel for sure!