{10 on Tuesday.}

 life. one day at a time. one step at a time. Things don't happen all at once they happen one step at a time.....good or bad.

 1. I will miss summer views like these i love my early mornings and late night sunsets/rises makes me thankful for a new day...for the peace of a quiet morning and for the mare fact that the sun came up again and how powerful yet peaceful it is....

love my country.town.view.harvest time.

2. i'm tired. ready for routine. schedules.

 6 days to a new school year.... pre /2 /4/ 6.... insane...what does it hold?

3. the world is spiraling out of control big things are happening all around us...stories like this and this ...are we even aware outside our own little bubbles???

4. I'm excited for new seasons of Parenthood, Revelation and Biggest Loser to start up again...

5. Ward party tomorrow as the new bishopric decided the wives would plan this one .....here's to hoping all goes good! Had our Ranch one last week these little munchkins were a big help and had fun:) 

and sometimes look like they love each other;)

6. Almost done our swim lessons the kids are doing great and its been fun seeing people after all the summer vacations...& lots of biking fun:)

7. Eye appointments football and piano and carpooling all set up for the new school year....Haircuts school supplies and clothes shopping almost done this little miss got a cute haircut:)

8. i kind of feel lost without primary and so much of my time spent there for 2 and half years...hard to get out of president mode and into something else....and wondering what this year holds....

9. a little me thinks...

or big you decide:)

"Life brings unexpected twists and turns. When we stay faithful and strong in our beliefs, we are equipped to handle whatever comes our way, but sometimes we are blindsided with unexplainable tragedy, illness, injury the death of a loved one. 

These events can be pivotal moments that define our lives and our faith.  

It is during times like these that we draw upon strength from our testimonies and our faith in the Savior to help us through."

and

"We cannot control what life brings us, but we can control how those trials and challenges affect us. 

It is at these crossroads of difficulty when we make decisions that chart our course of the future. Do we embrace the changes in our lives with faith in the Lord knowing HE will guide us? 
Or do we shut out the love and support from family, friends and trusted church leaders and try to make it on our own?

I love these quotes because they are so true I've seen trials destroy people and I've seen people learn grow and share with others what they have learned. I've seen people dying from brain cancer, breast cancer and bone cancer sometimes all within the the same person and I've seen these same people positive to the end enough to make me with little trials shake my head and realize how very blessed the majority of us are,  
someone is always worse off then we think we are.
Life is Hard no one ever said it would be easy
only that it would be worth it.
Because I have on the other hand seen them destroy people change them and leave what they should be cherishing the most...
 

I believe it with all my heart its how we take what we are given and make and take from it the positive to change our lives. Instead of letting it poison us and fester and destroy the relationships and love we have.

Because when it comes down to it its why we are here to be tested.

Life isn't easy but it can be easier depending on our attitudes and reactions.

What's yours?

"Happiness does not depend on what you have, or who you are it solely depends on what you think." 

 -budda:)

I feel so thankful for the man I married, the example he is to me the hard worker he is..... for the amazing four children we've been blessed with through adoption, the home i live in, the testimony, & the faith I have and my extended family...... nothing means more to me and for that and so many other blessings.... I thank my Heavenly Father for every morning and night....

i hope we can do everything we can to teach our children to be much stronger, much more valiant, honest, hardworking, & and to be faith filled adults...... then the faltering society and the loss of respect, & faith in the future generation that surrounds us..... So i need to ......

10.  "Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and focus on what could go right."

ONE STEP AT A TIME. ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Have a great week... 

for some of us the last week of summer as we know it:)

{Summer Happenings Vacay Part 2 etc:)

Summer is winding down its been busy, crazy and exhausting:)

Yet peaceful, fun and full of memories here twice:)

So some of our Summer Happenings this past few weeks:)

A date with this good busy Man

 No wind.... Rare & Beautiful

 Spectacular Run Sunrises...I love early morning calmness 

I'll miss this in the cold months my treadmill isn't quite so pretty

 Heritage Day fun ...and Grandmas unbirthday party:)

 Real Camera Pics:) I know big eh;)

Campsite and a cutie who LOVES camping! He was SO excited!

 Our Lake Birthday girl !! She's my frog catchin boy flirtin sassy 9 year old now... can not believe she is that old Already!! She got another lake birthday so shopping day with mom and the aunts and famous daves and ice cream for dessert:) Lucky girl! & Lucky us to share our lives with this happy girl:)

 Kneeboard Man Catchin the fire:)

 Mr D relaxing with his favorite things 

{Believe me he needs it and deserves it:)

Fun times. memories. family. sun. water and lots of laughs..

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Coming up:

-Swim lessons

-3 parties to prepare for .....ward, work and town

-getting ready for school:) :) :)

I got released as the primary president last week and now have a new calling as the YW secretary.....I learned a lot in my calling and a part of me will miss the kids and the growth part of it...I'm excited to be back in YW and hope for lots of learning and growth there too:)

Just ordered these to change lunches up around here

 

From here

Lots of ideas here

 

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Me Thinks

hold what you treasure most in life close because you never know when its gone or going to be taken from you. 

Make memories. Pick your battles.

Think does it really matter? or what matters most?

Listen to them.

Help them learn respect, accountability, responsibility, honestly

help them find their passion, drive  and what they are good at...

Build them up. Hug them. Hold them close.

give them consequences, life lessons and learn from them, move on.... 

Be the parent.

Be an example.

Hold them close.

and get rid of the junk in your life. move on. inspire. learn. grow.

get a strong testimony...your going to need it.

there's no halfway...

Teach them.

Pray for them. Pray with them.

Know what they are doing and where they are.

No time for stupid mistakes...selfishness..... on our parts....

 “Give your child a compliment and a hug; say, ‘I love you’ more; 

always express your thanks. 

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. 

Friends move away, children grow up, loved ones pass on. 

It’s so easy to take others for granted, until that day when they’re gone from our lives and we are left with feelings of ‘what if’ and ‘if only. 

Let us relish life as we live it, 

find joy in the journey 

and share our love with friends and family." -TSM

Life is to short.

 

Have a beautiful week.. Make it count.

{Vacation Part 1/ 10 4 2sday}

1. Early Morning Perfection. Calm Peaceful heavenly lake of GLASS.

Campface.

Crawfish Hunting day and night

creek searching.

water toys and cliff jumping. Making Memories...all week...

Watching their awesome sister get ready to ski {she learned before all of them} a little competition going on there now that K learned to wake board this year, she learned to ski last year ....she is a water girl!! So proud of her and him well okay all of my water babies:)

dirty camp smiles just the way they like it:)

M forgot his shoes at the cliffs so a smart dad and brother constructed some shoes out of duct tape they were the coolest thing ever;) they worked till the next day when we could go back and get his shoes:)

Breakfast Smiles

2. and how about my own first video ever on here if it works:)
excuse my annoying laugh at the end:)

3. Milkshake sharing on the way home something about this picture I really really love..

4. Back to school in 4 weeks here. I ♥ teachers. They are amazing I can't keep my kids busy enough...and a certain 7 year old forgot all his manners and reasoning...he kind of thinks he can do whatever he wants when he wants so lots of consequences going on around here...always learning..... 

5. Love this packet of printables for back to school found here.

 Everything from lists to tags to lunch notes so cute....

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6. How about these for a back to school overkill party;) love this site

 

7. love this quote. So very true. a little me thinks:)

 "Children shouldn't have to sacrifice so that you can have the life you want. You make sacrifices so your children can have the life they deserve."

 ....and I'm referring to those who step out of life, responsibility and commitment for completely selfish reasons....so so sad! The poor future messed up generation...... all because parents don't want to be parents anymore! I'm talking about the weekly family wreckers that are leaving their families cause they think they are to hot for their husbands/wives now, to good to have tie downs their kids and to wholesome for life, or get messed up in horrible horrible things...  
I guess its the wheat and tares analogy for these days eh! 
 All that could be prevented if we just did what was right.....
 starting in our homes, in our relationships..
Satan wants nothing more than to destroy families and he's doing a pretty good job of it..
leave the worldly trash out ...... true happiness is reaching outside yourselves.......

8. SO my phone won't work since I got back from the states well the phone works just not the wifi so annoying..... so first world inconvenient  in contrast to the worlds problems its nothing..{so been on the phone with apple for 3 hours they wiped my phone clean restored it lost all my music most of my apps etc etc so annoying  and it still didn't work!!!  End result I have to get a new phone:(

9. Ever feel like this some days as a mother {especially in the summer ha ha?}

  
10. D and I got out on a date Saturday night first one in awhile we went to "Man of steel" I seriously loved it!! loved the irony!! The music!! All of it!! So fun to just be us the two of us:) and to have a good babysitter;) who's old enough...and responsible enough...makes life so much easier..


Make it a fabulous Day:)