- Friday lunch dates
- Seth preschool and preschool prep time
- Be present and involved when kids are doing homework and before school
- Scriptures during Ruby's nap 20-30 minutes
- Exercise 4 days a week
- 7-8 hours sleep every night = early bedtime
- Do at least one hour planned activity with Seth and Ruby while big kids at school
- work 1-1.5 hours a day
- stay in budget = plan shopping trips, be frugal
- be involved with teachers = email, call, help in class when possible
- limit my computer time to work and 30 minutes in the morning
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
8/26/12
I need to organize my time for the school year. Here are some things I want and need to do. Then I'll prioritize and see what will fit.
8/13/12
Danny-
He has so many bad moods - I need to make sure and not let him push my buttons. I need to stay unemotional when I talk to him. He needs structure and lots of positive attention when he is being good. He needs to know I love him.
He has so many bad moods - I need to make sure and not let him push my buttons. I need to stay unemotional when I talk to him. He needs structure and lots of positive attention when he is being good. He needs to know I love him.
8/6/12
Danny & Rachel -
Quarterly at least I need to have a big talk alone with each of them. Like when I had "the talk" with them - it opened communication for a month or 2 after. It will also give me opportunities to talk to them about issues, sex, drugs, puberty, friends - whatever big things I feel they need to hear.
Quarterly at least I need to have a big talk alone with each of them. Like when I had "the talk" with them - it opened communication for a month or 2 after. It will also give me opportunities to talk to them about issues, sex, drugs, puberty, friends - whatever big things I feel they need to hear.
8/5/12
Brainstorm for questions to study:
Danny
Danny
- Love him into obedience
- what school will be best for him
- skills he needs, talents to develop
- I need to be more loving toward her
- get her to open up to me more
- help her strengthen talents - art, piano, tennis, kindess
- Build self-esteem
- help him avoid negative thoughts
- help him be a better friend
- give him more attention - play with him
- teach him preschool
- discipline more consistently
- more play time
- consistent discipline
- start playdates this year
- build relationships with each
- pray for guidance every time I see them
- Things I can do to make him happy
- things we can work on as a team
Sunday, August 26, 2012
August 26, 2012
I feel like we've had so much bad luck lately. Last weekend I was doing some regular updates on my drupal United Way sites and one of the sites crashed. And then all the backups were corrupt. So I worked all weekend to repair it. I finally got it mostly working Monday around noon. We were supposed to leave that morning to go stay in St. George with the Deans. But we had to leave late. Then we finally got there around dinner time. At bedtime Ruby started really crying and saying her ear hurt. With no other symptoms but a slightly runny nose. But all the kids had had a cold the week before. It was so not like her so I took her to the ER. She had an ear infection. We got her medicine and came home. When I got home around midnight, I found out Seth had been crying the whole time I was gone about his ears. So I turned around and went back to the ER. He had an infection in both ears. Once they had the medicine they got better really fast. Then we went up to Draper to visit Wendy and get our dog. We stayed there a day and came back. It's been much harder than I thought to adjust to a dog. I really don't like it and the mess and the extra work. But the kids love him already. So we'll see. And then today our water heater broke and leaked through the wall and all over the bathroom. Of course it was on a Sunday. I just want to go back to regular life and not have all this crazy stuff happen. A normal amount of crazy is ok, but this is way more that usual.
Last week we went to the Luxor for the reward for the kids doing their summer jobs. We had a great time. The kids and I checked in and walked around the hotel. Then Bob brought pizza for dinner and we went swimming. The kids all had a great time in a the big pools. Then we went back and watched the Lorax in the room. The next morning we went swimming again and then we went to the Pawn shop from the tv show Pawn Stars. The kids watch it a bunch on netflix. They all thought it was awesome to be where their show takes place.
School starts tomorrow. We met their teachers on Friday. They all seemed good. The kids are all excited and a little nervous for tomorrow. It'll be nice for all of us to get back to a regular schedule.
We had a great summer. I feel like we probably went on too many trips because we really weren't home much at all in July and August. But we did a lot of really fun things.
Today Bob gave the kids blessings for going back to school. We had a testimony meeting first and then the blessings. It was really nice. Bob gave me a blessing too. This is what I can remember:
Last week we went to the Luxor for the reward for the kids doing their summer jobs. We had a great time. The kids and I checked in and walked around the hotel. Then Bob brought pizza for dinner and we went swimming. The kids all had a great time in a the big pools. Then we went back and watched the Lorax in the room. The next morning we went swimming again and then we went to the Pawn shop from the tv show Pawn Stars. The kids watch it a bunch on netflix. They all thought it was awesome to be where their show takes place.
School starts tomorrow. We met their teachers on Friday. They all seemed good. The kids are all excited and a little nervous for tomorrow. It'll be nice for all of us to get back to a regular schedule.
We had a great summer. I feel like we probably went on too many trips because we really weren't home much at all in July and August. But we did a lot of really fun things.
Today Bob gave the kids blessings for going back to school. We had a testimony meeting first and then the blessings. It was really nice. Bob gave me a blessing too. This is what I can remember:
- I will be able to structure my time
- I will make time to get the rest and exercise I need
- I'll see the benefit of my efforts in my kids' lives, the girls in YW and the women around me as I serve
- Health blessings
- I'll be able to set schedules and patterns from what may seem like chaos
- I'll be able to accomplish what I need to in time.
- I'll be effective with my time.
- The Lord will take my effort and double it.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
August 5, 2012
It was kind of nice to have a normal week. I went to the gym 3 times. It's good to go back after not exercising for most of July. We swam alot and saw the Deans every day. I'm so thankful for their family and what good friends they are for everyone in our family.
Aaron joined the swim team. I'm so proud of him. He picked up the strokes really easily when he learned as swimming lessons. And I've been thinking it would be really good for him to have a sport that is just his and he doesn't have to compete with anyone in our family. So he went and tried out for the coach and he made it! I had to swim 50 meters in every stroke. That is a lot for a little swimmer. That night he was tired just from the tryout and was a little unsure about joining the team, but by the next morning he was ready to do it and he started practice that day and loved it. He has practice Monday through Thursday from 4-5 pm. It's going to be a lot of work for me to to get him there. Usually a sport with that much practice wouldn't make the cut for us, but I think it'll be so worth it for him to have his own thing to excel at. Hopefully he'll keep a positive attitude and keep at it. The swim team goes year round, but your can join for just a month at a time. So I'm hoping for him to do it through October and then he can do basketball in the winter.
We've been enjoying watching the olympics every night with the kids.
We got a dog. We were planning on doing it more in the fall, but Wendy brought her dog to Tahoe and the kids loved him and he was a really good dog. So Wendy offered to help me find a dog. And she already found a great one. He's a three-year old rat terrier. We'll get him in two weeks probably. We're going to Ryan's this weekend so probably the next weekend we'll go up and get the dog or maybe Linda can bring him down. Hopefully it goes well. The kids are so excited. I'm still a little unsure about how much work it'll be.
Aaron joined the swim team. I'm so proud of him. He picked up the strokes really easily when he learned as swimming lessons. And I've been thinking it would be really good for him to have a sport that is just his and he doesn't have to compete with anyone in our family. So he went and tried out for the coach and he made it! I had to swim 50 meters in every stroke. That is a lot for a little swimmer. That night he was tired just from the tryout and was a little unsure about joining the team, but by the next morning he was ready to do it and he started practice that day and loved it. He has practice Monday through Thursday from 4-5 pm. It's going to be a lot of work for me to to get him there. Usually a sport with that much practice wouldn't make the cut for us, but I think it'll be so worth it for him to have his own thing to excel at. Hopefully he'll keep a positive attitude and keep at it. The swim team goes year round, but your can join for just a month at a time. So I'm hoping for him to do it through October and then he can do basketball in the winter.
We've been enjoying watching the olympics every night with the kids.
We got a dog. We were planning on doing it more in the fall, but Wendy brought her dog to Tahoe and the kids loved him and he was a really good dog. So Wendy offered to help me find a dog. And she already found a great one. He's a three-year old rat terrier. We'll get him in two weeks probably. We're going to Ryan's this weekend so probably the next weekend we'll go up and get the dog or maybe Linda can bring him down. Hopefully it goes well. The kids are so excited. I'm still a little unsure about how much work it'll be.
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