Enrichment

Tonight was our wards enrichment night. I had been debating about going since tonight was also Clay's first flag football game. But I decide that enrichment only happens a few times a year and clay has football all month long and missing one game wasn't going to hurt. Boy am I am glad that I went.

Jared Osmond Spoke and sang about Forgiveness, Self-Esteem Through the Gospel. He also talked about Child Abuse and depression.

I don't know if you know the statics on child abuse about 1 out of every 2 kids have some sort of child abuse in their lives.

Things we can do to prevent it from happening.

1. Talking to your children. Letting them know that you are there for them.

2. Did you know that alot af sexual abuse happens at sleepovers. He suggested that you eliminate any type of sleepovers, with friends and cousins.

He talked a lot on depression. He said like the commandment love thy neighbor as thy self. The thing we forget is that we have to love ourselves first. That we are our worst enemy, and we remember ourselves at our worst. We need to be careful on how we judge ourselves and others. We are children of God and we need to love ourselves. And to find out who we are? He said a couple of things that can help you when you are depressed is to. Know who you are. Not to judge or belittle us our anyone around us.

He had a acronym of "SPF" which is Speak well & spirit, Be Physicical and family and focus.

S: Speak well of your self and to take care of your spirit. Instead of when you look in the mirror and you think your ugly or your to fat, think I'm beautiful and other positive thoughts. We need to be our own bestfriend. For taking care of your spirit go to the temple read your scriptures anything that will help to strengthen out spirit.

P: Be Physical. When your sitting and not doing anything, it keeps you in the same mind frame. But if you get up and do something physical it well help take it off your mind.

F: Family and Focus. Your family can remind you that you are loved. I can't remember what the focus was. Sorry..

The reason we fear is because we are afraid to lose something. But because we have the gospel we should have nothing to fear. Pres. Hinkley said something to that affect.

I think I really need this tonight. Being one of those 1 out of 2 kids who have some sort of abuse, having low self-esteem and having depression on occasion helped me to know that I'm now alone, and that my heavenly father loves me. That there are other things I haven't thought of or done. I hope that someday I will not have to struggle as much with these. That I can remember that I'm a beautiful, smart, loving, kind, wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. I thank my heavenly father for putting someone in my life to help me with the things I struggle with. I'm so thankful.

Our new truck

So the last couple of weeks Randy has been looking on KSL for trucks. Just wondering what was out there. He found one he like and I called the next day for him since he was at work, well they had sold it. So he was like no biggie, I well just keep looking, I'm in know rush to get one. So yesterday he got on to KSL again and was looking there were like ten pages of trucks list in on day, so he went through them and came across one, He couldn't believe the price so he called and asked if the still had it, and they did. I called one of my neighbors asked if we could drop Tyler off and if she could get Tyler off to school. (Her little girl is in Tyler's class). The truck was in Salt Lake and we wanted to be back for the boys when the got home for school. When we got to the dealership we looked at the truck and it was really nice inside and out, so we took it for a test drive, and really liked it. Well the last thing we wanted to know was what the car fax said about it. Find out that it was a car that you could rent from like enterprise, they took really good care of it and only sold it because the warnenty had expired. The car fax was good so randy decide that we couldn't pass it up. The dealership had it listed for 9,999 and had a sale sign in it for 7,999 and on-line it was listed for 5,999. And there was nothing wrong with it. They just don't like having cars longer than a month on there lot. We couldn't believe it, it had low miles and was a 2000 Ford F250 what a great deal. You all are thinking why by a truck with gas prices this high. Well I'll tell you why it was cheap and we said once payed our car off and we had no more debt we would by a truck, well that time is now. So now we can work on all of those home improvement projects we have wanted to do but didn't have a way to haul things. And maybe we can get a trailer and a 4-wheeler and have fun with our family and friends who those things.

Yeah it came

So today I finally got my new phone and the cable I order for my camera, so now I can add the pics, so go down to the last couple of enties and view the pics.

My new neice. Rosalie Eve Olsen. She was born September 2 at 8:13 weighing in at 6lbs. 8oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. Its taken a while to get pics of her.

Rosalie a one day old



Three weeks old

Great neighbors

Well a couple of weeks ago I had a neighbor asked if her family could come over that Monday and help us weed our yard. I told her she didn't have too, but if they wanted they could.(there would be no complaints from me) Its a lot of work. So that Monday came around and they didn't come. So I thought she was just being nice. Well tonight I sent Randy out to pick a couple of things up for dinner and he came in saying we had people weeding. He thought we should go out and help. So I got up off my lazy bum and went out to see who it was, (because we have had a couple of different neighbors ask if they could help). Well it was Jon and Kim Mott and 2 of their daughters and their other daughter had to work so they ask a couple of the youth from the ward. By the time we saw them they had almost all of the flower bed weeded. So we helped finish. I can't believe that they would actually came and weed it for us. It has been such an overwhelming project that I was just easier to leave it. So now the biggest flower bed is weeded and now we just have the little ones left. I think the worst thing about having your own house is the yard work. It always seams so overwhelming. So thank Mott's for the great kindness and hard work you have given to us. We well always be so very thankful. I did take pics and will add them as so as the cord I order comes in the mail.

What a week

So this week has been pretty crazy. Clay and Tyler had their last week of soccer, they both had a great season, and were one of the best players on both of their teams.



The school they had the book fair and SEPS and they are both doing very well in there classes. Tyler's teacher just loves him to death and is glad that he know how to read already. Clays teacher says he is doing well but sometimes has a hard time staying on task and walking around and bothering others, he says he needs to do less of that. I hope he can do better.

On Thursday night I have choir practice, with the women's choir her in town, it has been so much fun meeting new people and working on the Christmas music for the Christmas concert.

Now Clay starts flag football. So he had his first practice and starts playing in October.

Saturday I went to Women's Conference with my mom and sister Amanda, to her stakes dinner. It was strange to be in the same chapel that I went to primary in. We saw alot of old ward members there, and it was nice to catch up with them. We also ran into Connie Busath who has moved into that stake, she was in the ward were we lived by K-mart. She sat with us and it was nice to have a chance to visit with her since it had been awhile since we last time we saw her. Women's Conference was good I think. I had a migraine and had a hard time paying attention to what was being said. I will look forward to read the in the ensign and remember.



Today was our primary program and it went well. I teach the sunbeams. They had all the primary kids sit on the stand the whole meeting, and had the sunbeam teachers sit on the sunbeam chairs. Sitting their for an hour just killed me. My sciatic never was flaring up, don't think I well ever do that again.

After we had dinner I was watching a movie and the boys were out side playing and they came running in saying there was fire down the street, so I run out the door to see what was on fire, hopin it wasn't a neighbors house. Luckily it was just one of their cars. So we watched from a distant until the fire department came and put it out then went down. Found out that know one had been driving it, since after church. We she had come home some else's car was in there driveway and so she parked it in the street farthest away from her house and the neighbors. I think if she would of parked in the driveway her house would have caught on fire. I'm glad that they weren't hurt. I can't believe all the fire that we have seen this summer. Two car fire's and one forest fire, how crazy it has been. My neighbor took pics, so as soon as she e-mails them I will post. So much for having a quite and relaxing Sunday.

Cell phones and Work

Today is one of those days when you hate both, because it is totally frustrating.

Today is the day I can get a new cell phone and I have been looking, did some research on line then went to the store. The day we went to the store I was rushed for time so by the time they got to me I had two minutes to ask my question, but when we left the store I felt I had more than were answered. So I have be doing more research and today went on line looked at them all again, called the company and the gentlemen was know help at all, he said he couldn't be biased. So while I was on-line a window popped up to talk to someone live. so I talked to her she wasn't much help. So I thought I would try the store again, but the store here in town is little and the guys there weren't much help either. So I don't know what Im' going to do.

So I thought I would go to work. I Love my job. I started to open the totes and theres all these Halloween books. So I open this box thinking that the books go on the display I have to put together. I looked at it and remember it was one I had trouble putting together a couple of months ago and Has to have Randy came and help me put it together. So I thought I can do this. Well I started putting it together and couldn't remember how it went. Randy wasn't around this time to help. So I called my boss and she was in Roosevelt and couldn't help me today. She said if I couldn't do it she would come and put it together tomorrow, but i didn't want her to have to do my work. So I was asking everyone at the store if the new how to put these together, know one knew, but they would try and help me. So three of us worked together and finally figured it out. Did you know that they have engineering grads. design them. That's why it takes three regular minds to but it together. It has been such a frustrating day. But I'm glad at least one thing was solved. Hopfully the rest of the day and week are smooth.

Love this time of year!

I Love this time of year!!

I Love the temperature change.

I Love the leaves change colors and how the mountain looks on fire.

I Love all the fruit and vegetables coming on.

I Love the football games (BYU) mostly.

I Love the kids are in school.

I Love how it means that there are three great holidays.

I Love everything about this time of year.

Today I spent most of the day making Raspberry Peach Jam. You should see you pretty they look I can't wait to taste them and see how the turned out. If my cord to my camera wasn't lost I would add a pic, maybe later. I'm Thankful for the fruit that my grandpa gives me, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have much of a food storage. So thanks gramps for all the hard work you put into your garden and then sharing and giving me the hard work of putting the to use. Its nice to go to the cold storage and get want we need without going to the grocery store. I love you.