Tender Mercies Through a Bug

Once again through His grace the Lord has shown me how much he loves me and how really truly aware of me He is. I have been suffering from allergies the last couple of weeks which then turned into a cold. This morning I was a little grouchy due to head congestion and the excitement of sewing all day was causing me to be a little more hurried to get the kids off to school. Being the moody child that he is and probably sensing my agitation, at the last minute Andrew decided he couldn't possibly go to school due to a hurting head. Well as all mothers have the same rule, the only reason to stay home from school is if you have a fever or are throwing up. Well since none of these applied, he was going to school. I was finally able to get the boys in the car and as I was backing up I looked up to the celing and pleaded with the Lord to give me strength. Dealing with a moody 6 year old can be very tiring day in and day out. As I started to put the car back in drive I noticed a fairly large green bug on the hood of the car. I put on the break and told the boys to get unbuckled and look at the cool bug on the car. Since Andrew is totally enthralled with bugs this turned things all around. He was smiling and thought it was so cool. We headed off to school and the bug stayed with us. The whole way to school the bug continued to hold on. When we arrived to school the boys jumped out and analized the bug very carefully. It kind of looked like a leaf. It just hung out crawling around on the top of the car. Andrew was afraid it would crawl into the grill and cause trouble with the car so I flicked at the bug and off it flew to experience more adventures. With quite a few less tears Andrew was able to make it to school and survive the whole day. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for sending that bug so Andrew could get to school and I could stay somewhat more sane. I am so very thankful for the many, many tender mercies the Lord send my way. May we all be mindful of the many blessings sent our way every day.

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

This is our neighbor's cat. I'm not sure if it is a male or female or what it's name is, but as you can see one of our family members has adopted it as his own.


Andrew and "his" cat. He begs me to get him a cat but I'm just fine with him hanging out with the neighbor's cat.


Here they are again


Last Monday we had FHE at mom and dad's. After it was over dad gave in to the begging of the grandson's and took them all out for a ride in the 'ol '46 Chevy. As you can see they had lots of fun.


Grandpa and Caleb in the cab.


Our neighbor Kaleel with the neighborhood cat. They both are so cute I had to take a picture. Kaleel is 5 and he and Andrew usually play well together.


Here is crazy Nicholas goofing around.


Here I am with my friends Heather and Barbara. Yes I actually have friends. Yipee! Hooray! We serve in the Primary Presidency together. We are all single and go on an outing every month. Here we are in Park City at the shoppe "Christmas on Main". We ate dinner at a pizza and pasta place, bought chocolate at "The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory" then to the Christmas shoppe. We had a great time and are looking forward to our next outing. Stay tuned...

Airplanes & The Itch Tree

Today, being Labor Day, we decided to have some fun and relaxation. After being lazy for several hours messing around and playing video games, we headed over to the park to fly some airplanes. I found these at a craft store for a buck. So you know the saying, "You get what you pay for." Anyway even though they weren't the best of flyer's, the boys had fun and the planes have actually held up quite well.

Here is Andrew showing off his cool plane.

Here is Nicholas with his plane. If you didn't notice before, their planes match their clothes. That was totally coincidence, but cool nonetheless.

Here is Andrew getting ready for a really good launch.

Nicholas trying to get the hang of this rubber band thing.

Wow, what a landing. I hope there were some survivers.

Perfection!!

There is actually a bird on this tree that we followed around for a while trying to get a good pic. We just couldn't quite get close enough. If you click on the picture it may enlarge so you can actually see the bird.

This is the "Itch Tree" over by the elementary school where the boys attend.

These are the "Itch Bombs" that grow on the "Itch Tree"

When you throw the "Itch Bombs" on the ground and stomp on them, the "Itch Powder" comes out. If you get the "Itch Powder" on your skin, you will ITCH.

After all of the "Itch Powder" has come off of the "Itch Bomb" all you have left is the "Itch Seed"