6 x 6 Saturday

6 sentences of 6 words on these past 6 days


1. Husband home from youth conference – SMoOoOoCH!

2. Children . . . I’m NOT a short-order cook!!

3. Went to the Temple with friends!

4. Discovered a FABULOUS new blog: http://www.chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/

5. Ever amazed when God answers me!

Dear LandLady

Dear Landlady:

You will never, ever know what a blessing you are to me.

Really!

I mean, who, in their right mind, rents to a family of ten? 10!

You’re the only one I know of so far.

And just so you know, every. single. night. when I look up and see a ceiling over my head, AND hear my children STILL carrying on when it has been 3 hours, 27 minutes and 19 seconds since we’ve put them to bed, AND hear the “shloosh” of the dishwasher washing every last bit of silverware we have in the house, AND then open the window to feel the cool, night breeze, I thank Heavenly Father for you!

Thank you for being His hands!

My Boys in Suits

This morning I really had something so profoundly blogworthy brewing up in my head . . . twelve hours later I’m wondering how to detox my day with a brainload of kids . . . I mean detox my brain after a day full of kids!

So now, I am just happy to report that I did accomplished everything I needed to do today – including taking my sons’ Sunday suits to the dry cleaners - which has been on my “To Do” list for FOUR weeks!

My. Boys. In. Suits.

Whoo-whee.

What a VERY handsome sight for me to see on Sundays!

However, my boys in suits when there is food around (or teeth to be brushed after getting dressed) is the very reason I needed to pay a visit to the Dry Cleaners.

I sure hope I can figure out how to teach those boys of mine the difference between a napkin and a suit sometime before they serve their missions.

I only have six years.

Wish me luck!

Tidbit Tuesday - Had A Bad Day?

"Not only has the Savior suffered, in His case entirely innocently, but so have most of the prophets and other great men and women recorded in the scriptures.  Name an Old Testament or Book of Mormon prophet, name a New Testament Apostle, name virtually any of the leaders in any dispensation, including your own, and you name someone who has had trouble.

"My point? If you are having a bad day, you've got a lot of company - very, very good company.  The best company that has ever lived!"

-Jeffery R. Holland

This Land

In this land,
On this soil,
A time before the birth of Christ,
An army of men and women and children –
Took upon themselves - gladly - the name of Christ.
Christians.
Their leader, a man named Moroni,
poured out his soul to God.
Naming all the land - both on the north and on the south -
a Chosen Land.
The Land of Liberty.
“In memory of our God,
our religion,
and freedom,
and our peace,
our wives
and our children.”
An archetype to One Nation Under God.
A Prologue to the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Happy July 4th!

6 x 6 Saturday

6 sentences of 6 words on the past 6 days

1. Summertime + Eight Kids = THAT much food!!

2. Following impressions can lead to safety.

3. What you give out DOES comes back.

4. Sons + sun = Boys with MONSTER tans!

5. This week: Thirty-two loads of laundry!!

6. It’s all about faith and repentance.

Answers to the Important Things

This evening our family went for a walk. As soon as we stepped foot outside my five year-old daughter grabbed my arm and said, “Mom, let’s talk!”

Me: All right! What do you want to talk about?

Daughter (thinking, with her finger on her mouth) : Umm, let’s talk about getting into a car crash.

Me: Okay.

Daughter: Why do some people go to sleep when they drive?

Me: I guess they go to sleep because they are tired.

Daughter: And then they go across the road and crash?! What happens when they wake up?

Me: Sometimes when wake up they find out they’re in a crash. Sometimes when they wake up they find themselves in heaven.

Daughter: In heaven? How did they get up into heaven?

Me: Well, that is what happens if they crash and die.

Daughter (gazing up into the sky): But heaven is so high up in the sky. How do they get up there? Do their spirits fly?

Me: Honey, that is a good question but I don’t know.

Daughter: How come you don’t know?

Me: Because I have never died before.

Daughter (irritated with my answer): So, what you're saying is you don’t know how they get up into heaven!

Me: No.

Daughter (exasperated and determined) Humph, since you don’t know what happens I’m going to go ask Dad about it!

Me: Dad?

Daughter: Yes, because he knows the answers to the important things!