Thankful for on Sun. 9/23/07

Ok so I am going to steal Lou's idea just for one Sunday.
By the way Kara picked the picture.

Things I am thankful for this Sunday

My Temple Date:
Yesterday Danny and I went to the temple for my birthday. I told him that was the only thing I wanted. I haven't been to the temple for a while and my recommend was not renewed till this week. Just sitting in the temple and feeling the spirit was so refreshing. Being there and just being away from the world and not have a care. It was so nice. Having time with Danny and to renew our bond was nice. Just being with him and to snuggle is the best.

Books and games:
I know this may sound silly. But reading books and playing games is so relaxing for me. I am reading Eldest the sequel to Eragon and enjoying it. It is so fun to read about the characters and to be so engulfed in the story. I love to put myself in the story as if I am watching as a ghost.
I have also been playing uno, skipbo, uno freefall, brain age, star wars II, and Superman on my nintendo ds. I stay up and work til about 11 pm and when I go to bed most of the time I am tired but can't sleep. So I play one of my games. I am then ready to sleep. I have always enjoyed playing games and love to do so when I have people to play. When I was still living at home before I got married Amy and I would play uno on most every Sunday afternoon. Some time we would trade candy to whom ever won. I would always get the bag of what we called the yucky jelly beans. They were the ones no one wanted to eat. I miss that.

Life:
I am grateful to be alive. I struggle everyday with the thought that because of my weight, I could die earlier than I wish. And to miss my children growing up. I struggle everyday with losing weight as well. Having the power to do it and to keep doing it.

Wish I was here

Ok so I wish I was here. I am not wanting to deal with my life right now. Everything is coming down on me. I feel as though I am being suffocated.


I only wish at this moment that I was a dolphin free to swim the open water. Having one of those bad days. But it feels as though it is a bad day turned into my life.
I thank Heavenly Father that I have the gospel, my children, and reading to get me happiness.

Random Information

Random Information.

1. What is your favorite past time?
ANSWER: Checking Email and Blogs, My new past time is Painting, I love and enjoy.

2. What is a goal you have that you haven't accomplished but want to?
ANSWER: Losing weight.

3. If there was a place you could go on vacation where would it be?
ANSWER: Ireland, to visit Ava. I realized this week how much I miss her.

4. If there was something you have learned and wanted to get better at it. What would it be?
ANSWER: Well Guitar first I am so rusty. Second painting, learn different styles.

Well I hope you enjoy. I had fun thinking these up. Now I want to know more about those out there reading this.

Tag: Lou, Polli, Danny, Amy, Nik and Jill hope to hear about it.

Kara is a Big Girl now!

I am so excited I wanted everyone to know. I have been working really hard with Kara the past couple of days on Potty Training. We watched a movie about it and then the next couple of days we have been having her sit on her little potty. Since she won't sit on the toilet yet. She has had a couple of accidents and she then would ask for a diaper after. So I've been having a hard time with it but tried to be strong for her. Well tonight I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty and she said yes. We went in there and her Care Bear was still sitting in it so I told her that Care Bear was done going potty and it was her turn to sit on it. She had been sitting on it for about 5 minutes. We brushed her teeth and were getting Christopher's teeth ready to brush and
YEAH! she went potty in her toilet. We had a big party and she was so excited. I helped her clean up and she was so excited that she had gone potty in her toilet.
As a Mother I was so excited to see her grow. My patience paid off. I know that there is alot ahead in helping her and I know that there will be accidents. But I will work through each one. She has taken her 1st big step. And I am ready for what ahead. YEAH!

Birthdays and School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARA!
We celebrated Kara's birthday last week. She was really excited. She would tell us that she was 2 and now she is 3 and would show us with her hand. I did get her to say HAPPY CAKE!! But she would mainly say Happy birthday to me. On her birthday we gave her a Harmonica and a Care Bear. She was really excited about the Harmonica. She played it the rest of the night and even slept with it. She has always had a great interest about musical instruments.
We then had a party for her the next night. We went to Riverside park and she wanted a mickey mouse cake and had ice cream. She had Aaron, Katrina, Emma, Leah, Sissy, Valerie, Nik and Lena there. She enjoyed the music and had lots of fun playing at the park.
Well Kara wanted to help me with this blog so the pictures are of things she wants on here.


Ok another big event happened for Kara she started Preschool today. I was able to get her into the 3yr old Preschool at our local elementary. She was very excited. When we got to the school she was excited to see other children there for school too. When I took her into her class room she was excited to be there. They were going to start story time and she was excited to sit on the paper where her name was. When I went to pick her up she did not want to leave. So I know she really enjoyed herself.
Kara wants me to write "Happy Birthday to me to me to you."