Closing the Blog

When I started this blog a couple years ago it was so fun to update it regularly, to follow the blogs of friends and family and to keep in touch through this medium. There was a very hard time a year ago when my life was so overwhelming that I couldn't even find time to write in my journal. During that period, this blog served as my journal. I even printed it out in book form and added it to my journal collection. However, that time is past (thankfully) and my life is again manageable. Updating this blog is one thing still hovering over me and leaving me feeling guilty for falling down on one more duty. Therefore, I have decided to quit blogging. My apologies to the few of you who keep in touch with me through it. Please feel free to keep in touch via email, facebook, text, calling or even going old school and dropping by for a visit. I would love to chat! Until then....

FHE idea

At the beginning of the year we decided to highlight one person from the scriptures with each FHE lesson. Their picture or other reminder is displayed in our home for the week and we discuss a lesson that that person's story represents. For example, this past Monday we talked about the 10 virgins and procrastination. Aiden and Alexis have both been falling down in their school work because they haven't been doing it on time. When we talked about the 10 virgins we got to discuss both spiritual preparedness and also every day preparedness/procrastination. Some others that we have done are:

Haman- learning the consequences of doing things that hurt other people
Laman and Lemuel- when we ask for God's help we need to also follow his laws.
David (we will do him again because there is so much there)- courage
Shad., Meshac, Abed. and Daniel- Word of Wisdom, keeping our bodies healthy
Balaam- obeying God, kindness to animals


So far it is going really well and the kids are excited each week to see who we are going to learn about next. It is sometimes easier to find person to highlight and to discuss his or her story than to decide, "What are we going to talk about tonight?"

Valentines Day

Nicole was giving me grief about still having Christmas on my blog so here is one that will last me another month or more:

What is your favorite Valentines Day memory? Here is mine:
When our kids were younger, Dallas took them out for a day and went hiking and found a cute tin bucket. He then took the kids to Home Depot to buy flowers for the bucket and Walmart to buy sidewalk chalk to decorate the bucket. They assembled it all and put it on the front porch so I could see it every time I walked out the door. I LOVED it!!