This Is The Year

Today was our Stake Conference. What a wonderful, spirit-filled meeting. It was probably one of the best meetings I have attended in my life. Ever. The testimonies were pure and touching. The messages were powerful and inspiring. You know the spirit is there and is strong when even 4 young children are able to sit reverently and attentively through the entire 2 hour meeting. We were privileged to have a General Authority visit our stake. It was such a treat to hear from Elder W. Craig Zwick and his lovely wife. I definitely left the meeting with a renewed commitment to living the life my Savior wants me to live. Something was said in one of the talks that reminded me of one of my favorite songs. I haven't listened to this song forever, but on returning home had the desire to hear its message again. I couldn't find my c.d., but found this neat video on Youtube that someone put together using the song and clips from some videos that have been made by The Church of Jesus Christ ...

Today my awesome friend Amanda , and my equally awesome friend Shortmama are hosting little linky-fests at their blogs. I wanted to participate in both but have not been able to put a post together for either one, due to the fact that I am making lots of phone calls and answering lots of emails dealing with stuff at the school, and I also have Ashie for a while. That's what I wanted to inform you all about. You may know that my dear friend Tanielle 's dad had heart surgery yesterday. Today he is having some serious complications, so please keep them in your prayers. Just wanted you all to know. If you want to join in with Shortmama's From Muffin Top to Skinny Jeans , go here . For Amanda's awesome Decorating Dilemma's Party , go here .

Hello friends! Did everybody have a good weekend? We had a pretty nice Saturday at the park...I'll post some pictures tomorrow. Last night Pixie was complaining that her eye was hurting. There wasn't any noticeable swelling or redness. I told her the best thing to do was get some sleep. She is the WORST at staying in bed, and always has excuses to get out of bed and talk to me. So when she kept coming out to tell me her eye was really hurting, I wasn't very sympathetic, or patient. Imagine how guilty I felt this morning when I saw this: She's pretty stuffed up too. Hubby thinks that it's allergies, I'm leaning more towards virus or eye infection. What do you think? Poor girl. I kept her home from school, in case it is a virus. I win Mother of the Year for sure on this one. Just call me Jerk Face for short. In other news, I decided it might be fun to occasionally pass along any consumer wisdom I might gain in my daily life experience (because you know I lead suc...

Better late than never, right? I promised MiMi I wouldn't miss the party today...because I have great material! Get ready for a LONG post with a series of curse word moments! Remember I told you our family recently went to Idaho for my cousin J's wedding? Well, let me tell you a little about the journey... So the plan was to leave on Thursday as soon as we could. I had to be at the school for a couple of meetings in the morning, but was planning on being done before noon. I ended up not being out of the school until almost 2. I had been trying to be completely ready so we could just go as soon as I was done. I had my little checklist and had been doing laundry, and gathering up what each person would need for our short little weekend. I wasn't sure if there would be an iron in the hotel we stayed in on Thursday night, and we had to be to the temple by 8:30 Friday morning. So I was making sure Hubby's and Bookworm's shirts were ironed, as well as my skirt and the ...

Hey there y'all! Haha, I'm trying to be all "country". I don't really live in the "city", more like suburbia. But I'm a country girl at heart. I'm excited to tell you all about our little weekend in Idaho, and the fun my city kids had in the country! But first I have an exciting announcement! Remember HERE when I told you about Due West ? If you don't, seriously...you need to click and go check them out. Okay, I know you totally did not click and go check them out. Lazy. Whatever. Due West is an up and coming country music group. I went to high school with Tim, their lead vocalist. If you like country music, I promise you will LOVE Due West. If you don't like country, I bet you'll still like them. Seriously, click here to check them out. Or just go read my post . I told you that they were getting ready to release an album, and that I would keep you posted. Well did you notice the fun little countdown clock at the top of my blog? Ye...

Well, it's been a couple of days and I haven't gotten to tell you about my Idaho weekend, and believe me - there's LOTS to tell! But you'll just have to be patient, because today we're partying! Even with all my distractions, I've been excited about Dishing It with Amanda ever since she first mentioned she wanted to have this fun little party. The assignment for the first party is simple, she just wants us to share a little about ourselves and our blogs. I have been blogging for a little over a year. I started in January of 2009. I had never really thought about blogging, and didn't really even know what a blog was exactly. But I happened to find a cute tutorial and it credited a blog and I clicked on the link. I then clicked on a couple of the links in THAT blog, and soon found myself bouncing around this whole other world. I now know that what I was doing was "blog-hopping"! I had recently started a business with a good friend of mine, and thoug...

I'm not sure where to begin, but thought I owed you guys SOME sort of explanation for my ever increasing slackerness (my word), when it comes to blogging. Because I know my absence is what has consumed your thoughts, day and night. What? You didn't even notice I was gone? Fine. Whatever. As many of you know, I serve on the Board of Trustees for my children's Charter School. Not only am I a board member,but I am also a founder. This means that I helped create the school, get it approved by the state, and put in lots and lots of my time (for free) to get the school up and running. It has truly been a labor of love that has been a big part of our whole family's lives for the past 6 years. We are currently in our 4th year of operation. We have an amazing school. But in the young life of our school, we have endured our fair share of growing pains. This past month has been especially tumultuous. We recently went through a transition in leadership that was sudden, and unexpec...