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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Gardening workshop

Brother Wilcox led a workshop on April 16, explaining steps in growing a garden, and different ways to water, including drip irrigation. We had a good turnout, and enjoyed dill pickles for refreshments!

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Testimony can change lives

Testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives.

As we stand together the Lord will help us find many more of His sheep who will know His voice as we unitedly share our testimonies with them.

Members and missionaries in our day can have the experience of converting others by living our lives as best we can and being prepared “to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9).

Trust in the Lord, and never underestimate the impact your testimony can have upon the lives of others as you bear it with the power of the Spirit.

Doubt and fear are tools of Satan. The time has come for all of us to overcome any fear and boldly take every opportunity to share our testimonies of the gospel.
M. Russell Ballad

Those Gr-r-r-reat Grandchildren Stories

And behold there was light!
(thanks, Tammy)
Today Brendan asked me, "Mom, when was I born?" And I replied, "At 1:04 p.m." Then Brendan said rather annoyed with me, "No MOM, WHEN was I BORN?" And I said, "You were born at about this time of day, at 1:04 p.m., right now it is 1:07 p.m." Then flabbergasted with me he said, "NO MOM, WHEN WAS I BORN!?!"

Irritated now with his same question that I've already answered twice and irritated with his irritated tone with me, I answered with the obvious. "You were born October 14th, 2002!"

A moment passed and then he said as if a bright light had turned on above his head and with the sincerity only a little child possesses, "OCTOBER 14TH! You mean I was born on my birthday!?!!!!! Wow, I was born on my birthday.......OH, I get it now, the day you are born IS your birthday!!!!"

He had discovered something really shockingly incredible. It left me laughing for quite a while.

Hope this story makes you laugh and keeps you smiling. :-)

Wisdom from Laurie:
I thought you'd get a kick out of this. Laurie did a math assignment and
this is what it said:
Forty-five students bought a lunch on Monday. Eighteen students bought a
lunch on Tuesday. Thirty students bought a lunch on Wednesday. How many
lunches were bought over the 3 days? Explain how you got your answer.
Her answer was this: 93 I used a paper and a pencil.
Tooooo funny. I explained to her that it wants her to show the numbers
being added up. Not that she used a paper and a pencil.
****

From Nathan:
The week before Thanksgiving, Laurie and Brendan each lost a tooth. Brendan lost his first and had Laurie help him write a note to place under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. In the note he asked for 6 bags of fairy dust so he could fly. Needless to say, I had to make a quick trip to Walmart that night for a bottle of gold glitter. Brendan found 6 small bags of "fairy dust under his pillow along with a note that said that the fairy dust will only work in fairy land.
A few days later when Laurie lost her tooth, she asked in her note for a bag of fairy dust along with a map to get to fairy land. The Tooth Fairy left her a container of fairy dust, 8 quarters, and a poem that pretty much said she couldn't have a map because if humans came to fairy land, the fairies would loose all their power. The poem said that she could get there by throwing a pinch full of fairy dust in the air, closing her eyes, turning around and then should use her imagination.
Brendan and Laurie were excited to see if these instructions worked; they overlooked the part of using imagination though. When I woke up on Thanksgiving morning and went into the front room, I noticed a bunch of gold glitter in the carpet and both kids sitting innocently on the couch. I asked them about the mess and they said they were using the fairy dust to try and get to fairy land; however ,the dust didn't work because they were still here.
Thursday they emptied the garbages in the house, and while in the basement, they noticed some gold glitter/fairy dust in the trash can. They both came running up stairs asking all sorts of questions such as why was the Tooth Fairy in the basement and why did the Tooth Fairy throw away some fairy dust. We did our best to deflect and redirect their questions. Apparently not good enough for Laurie though because she remains a little skeptical.
Also, Tammy took the kids to Walmart during the day on Thursday and had to go to the Arts and Crafts isle to pick up a few things. While in the isle, Brendan spotted a bottle of gold glitter and excitedly proclaimed, "Mom, I found some fairy dust; look at the fairy dust.... Tammy also tried to change the topic while finishing shopping. She was just as effective as mom was trying to get Andrew to sing a primary song while he was focused on trying to remember the name for rhubarb.

Stolen from Bev and Quent's Blog:
Our vocabulary is expanding!
Since I've had kids, I've felt my vocabulary deteriorating. I find myself explaining things with a bunch of little words when I know there's one word that could describe what I'm trying to say. So, I've decided to just use the "bigger" words with my kids and possibly expand all of our vocabulary. I'm excited to say that my 4 year old Sage has taught me a new word: amn't. My kids were arguing back and forth. Quincy, "Yes you are!" Sage, "No, I amn't!" Now this is funny that while I'm typing this, the spell checker says it isn't a word. It suggests to replace it with ain't. I didn't think ain't was a word? Well, I don't know why amn't wouldn't work, it should work, it makes sense, doesn't it? I amn't going to stop using it. I love building my vocabulary.

Mattea's cute saying--
from Amy & Andrew's blog

M-ATTITUDE!!!
*I'm busy ask me later
*When I get married I am going to marry Daddy
*Let's Make Sand Angels
*Mom I don't want to talk about it Now, let's talk about it later
*Mom you DRIVE ME CRAZY
*Mom turn Jaxon Off
*I'm A Grown up Child
*I need a little break
*Don't eat the grass...Why what could Happen
*HUMONGUS... I want an HUMONGUS DRINK

April 30, 2008
Sam the Man

Anthony called last night with another "Sam" story. As you may know, they have been working hard to get this busy little guy to talk more. Even though he knows his letters, and numbers, he doesn't have a lot to say -- he just does!

He came up to his mom yesterday, saying, "I want wa-wa." She told him, "Say water."
He responds, "I want wa-wa."
So Ashley, says again, "You can say 'water'.
Again he says, "wa-wa."
Getting frustrated, she responds, "Oh, come on now. You know how to say, water. Now say it."
So Sammy thinks a minute and says, "I want W-A-T-E-R."

So there you have it. If you can't beat them, out smart them!!

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