Blessed Day

I love that Joe serves in the primary and has been coming to church with us consistently. I have always loved to sing the hymns with him in church. I was so pleased to see him receive the Melchizedek priesthood today. I feel suddenly, he grew up and is a man now. I guess I can let him go off to college and live his life and I am so proud of him and all that he has is. He has been making great strides lately and it warms my heart. Brian mentioned me as an example to him in the priesthood and I felt so happy to hear that and so glad for my striving to do the Lord's will.

 

The Good in Playing Music

Time away doing something he loves and we've had a productive week, what a good deal. Joseph loved band camp. He didn't even play video games. He went Monday thru Friday 8:30 am to 11:30 pm. He was in an intermediate band class, had fun activities, snacks, and learned a lot as assistant to the counselors. He a lot learned a little percussion on top of playing his prime instrument, the trumpet. After camp each day we would do a help organizing the house activity. We had a lot of fun working together. Joseph got a new desk and it was a great find since it look almost exactly like Emmy's desk which he had been hoping to have.

 Spencer went with me one day to get him a new mattress for his bed. He sat in the front seat on the way home and was pretty pleased with the mommy son time. Pedicure and haircut, lunch out. Those were some of the busy activities. I'm a little excited to get back into the quiet time of having Spencer in summer school.  Emmy is teaching guitar to my friend Laurie's daughter. Now Celia wants to learn the guitar. It will be nice to have so many musicians in the house. Emmy has her first piano recital on Monday evening. I'm hoping it will be a nice, happy and memorable summer.

Holiday Weekend

We had a lovely Thanksgiving. Rah Rah made some wonderful baked goods and side dishes, the turkey was moist( I guess buying it from grocery outlet was a good idea) and the pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce were some of the favored tastes. We relaxed a lot after the work of preparing for the day. Spence took a nap on Thanksgiving and the day, it was nice. I went to Kohl's at 4am for black Friday shopping. There was barely anyone there. Apparently, I had missed the rush since midnight, which I was happy about.

Now, I am in full fledge Christmas mode. We put up our tree today and other decorations. I couldn't find our tree ornaments for quite some time. We had Emmy go up on the rafters in the garage to look for them and we went through all the storage bins to no avail. Then, I remembered we probably moved them to the shed, the only problem was all the Christmas gifts I bought on black Friday were in the shed, so I wrapped them.

Yep, I am feeling more ready for Christmas than ever and its November, hehe. Our first Christmas party is this Saturday and the weather outside is starting to show signs of winter. I am grateful to have found all our decorations. I forget how much nostalgia we feel about the traditions we have and decorations we expect each year. I am ready for a rest after all this cleaning, organizing, and decorating, then I will be ready to spread the Christmas spirit around all through December.:)

Purple Paintin'

Emmy has been asking me to paint her room for about a year. She wanted a dark purple room, but I insisted it would make her room look smaller and finally we compromised on a light color on top and a dark eggplant color to act as a low border in the room.

With Joseph's new room being built and the reorganizing of the garage, the painting project was put off. I finished on Friday and the girls were very pleased. We moved the bunk bed to a different spot in the room. It feels open and nice and smells like a new home. I love the new paint smell in a room.

Now we have three kids rooms that are painted and organized. Now the job is to keep it that way. Emmy is a great girl and we want her to be happy. I'm so glad she loves her room now.~

Free Friday

I am loving the free Fridays. I have no meetings or tutoring sessions on Fridays. This morning Celia and I organized our things (mainly my closet)and made a bag to give away. She was very willing to give away her shoes that didn't fit her anymore to other children that may need it. Joseph had a half day since he just got back from an overnight field trip to pioneer camp. We went to DI and had a great time checking out the thirft store like we do. I found a table that matches my decor and style. Joseph was a strong boy helping me bring it in the house. We missed him, everyone who came over was asking about him. He decided he was glad he didn't live in the pioneer times, but his favorite part was making candles out of beeswax and buying souvenirs! Here is our table with Joseph's rabbit pelt from pioneer camp used beneath the flowers as a centerpiece.