- 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.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
July 29, 2012
So much has happened over the last few weeks! We've been on vacation for the whole month! It was spectacular!
At the beginning of July we left to go to Utah for Grandma Donna's 80th birthday. We all rented a big house to share in Salt Lake. Then we got together with everyone else at Tanya's house for the birthday part. We were supposed to go to a fun campground up American Fork Canyon, but there were fires there, so we all went to Tanya's and she rented an inflatable water slide. We also went to a Rodeo, but only stayed for a little while because we got rained out. And we went to temple square and walked around and went in the church history museum. We got there Tuesday and then Bob and I left the kids with my mom and Kristal on Friday and we drove back to Las Vegas to catch our flight to Tampa that night. Everyone else stayed in Utah and then my mom drove them home on Sunday and stayed with them for the week while we were gone.
We flew all night Friday night and got to Tampa Saturday morning. Bob's aunt and uncle, Judy and Darrell, picked us up from the airport and took us back to their house. We sat around and chatted with them and we went to Cheddars to eat, it was one of our favorite restaurants in Columbus. We love their monte cristo sandwiches. Sunday morning we went to sacrament meeting and then had lunch with Judy and Darrell and then they drove us to the pier to get on the cruise ship.
We had a great room with a window. We had great weather everywhere we went. We heard that the week before there had been a lot of rain, but we hardly had any. Monday we were at sea all day. It was nice to just relax and explore the ship. Bob went to the gym everyday, but I only went twice. I was more excited to read. It's been a long time since I read a book for fun and I read seven this month. We ate so much good food. Our motto for the week was "let's go, we've got things to eat!"
Tuesday we stopped at Cozumel. We got off the boat and walked to town. It was a 30-40 minute walk just to get there and it was HOT. But we walked right next to the ocean so that was nice. Then we did some shopping for the kids and went to their big grocery store. It was fun to see everything. Then we dropped our things off at the ship and took a taxi to a beach we were told was where the locals went to snorkel. And it was great. It wasn't crowded and it was such good snorkeling.
Wednesday we went to Belize. We rode the tour bus for two hours to the Xunantunich Mayan ruins. It's almost at the border with Guatemala. The tour guide told us all about the country while we drove. It was great to see a lot of the country like that. Then we got to the ruins and they were amazing. The only downer was that I'd worked it up in my mind that this was going to be a great Book of Mormon experience and it was great to see how the jungles looked and felt, but then our tour guide started showing us the ruins and talking about the gross rituals they did there and I realized that those big buildings and things were mostly from the Lamanites. We climbed to the top of the big ruin. It was so tall and kind of scary to be up so high without any guard rails or anything, but the views were great.
Thursday we went to Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras. We went on a big zipline and then they took us to a pretty beach. It didn't have good snorkeling though and there were lots of ants on the beach. And Bob was grumpy that day. It wasn't our best day, but it was still fun.
Friday we went to Grand Cayman. We loved it there! We rode a boat a few miles off the coast to a sand bar where we could hold sting rays. Then they took us to a coral reef to snorkel. That was amazing snorkeling. And Bob found a whole conch shell that we got to bring home. The island was so nice. Bob mentioned there are GIS jobs there pretty often. We think it would be awesome to take a furlough from his job for 6-12 months and go live there. Probably not going to happen, but it's fun to think about.
Saturday we were at sea all day and Sunday we spent at airports with layovers and rain delays until we finally got home at 3:30 in the morning.
My mom did a great job with the kids. They had lots of fun and it was so great to know the kids were doing great with my mom. I think if we'd left the kids with anyone else I'd have worried and missed them more, but it was nice to be able to have a great vacation and be confident the kids were doing great too.
We were home for 4 days and then we left that Friday for Lake Tahoe. We had another great trip there. I love Amanda and Wendy. I'm so thankful for their friendship. They've influenced my life so much. They've been my best friends for 16 years now. They're such a blessing. We went on lots of hikes and played lots of Settlers of Cataan.. The kids rode their bikes on a fun new bmx track, the boys especially loved that. We had two great days at the beach with lots of jet-skiing, kayaking and playing in the sand. We left on Thursday and stopped at Carson City again on our way home.
Today I was called as the Second Counselor in the YW. I'm really excited. Here's what I remember from my blessing when I was set apart.
At the beginning of July we left to go to Utah for Grandma Donna's 80th birthday. We all rented a big house to share in Salt Lake. Then we got together with everyone else at Tanya's house for the birthday part. We were supposed to go to a fun campground up American Fork Canyon, but there were fires there, so we all went to Tanya's and she rented an inflatable water slide. We also went to a Rodeo, but only stayed for a little while because we got rained out. And we went to temple square and walked around and went in the church history museum. We got there Tuesday and then Bob and I left the kids with my mom and Kristal on Friday and we drove back to Las Vegas to catch our flight to Tampa that night. Everyone else stayed in Utah and then my mom drove them home on Sunday and stayed with them for the week while we were gone.
We flew all night Friday night and got to Tampa Saturday morning. Bob's aunt and uncle, Judy and Darrell, picked us up from the airport and took us back to their house. We sat around and chatted with them and we went to Cheddars to eat, it was one of our favorite restaurants in Columbus. We love their monte cristo sandwiches. Sunday morning we went to sacrament meeting and then had lunch with Judy and Darrell and then they drove us to the pier to get on the cruise ship.
We had a great room with a window. We had great weather everywhere we went. We heard that the week before there had been a lot of rain, but we hardly had any. Monday we were at sea all day. It was nice to just relax and explore the ship. Bob went to the gym everyday, but I only went twice. I was more excited to read. It's been a long time since I read a book for fun and I read seven this month. We ate so much good food. Our motto for the week was "let's go, we've got things to eat!"
Tuesday we stopped at Cozumel. We got off the boat and walked to town. It was a 30-40 minute walk just to get there and it was HOT. But we walked right next to the ocean so that was nice. Then we did some shopping for the kids and went to their big grocery store. It was fun to see everything. Then we dropped our things off at the ship and took a taxi to a beach we were told was where the locals went to snorkel. And it was great. It wasn't crowded and it was such good snorkeling.
Wednesday we went to Belize. We rode the tour bus for two hours to the Xunantunich Mayan ruins. It's almost at the border with Guatemala. The tour guide told us all about the country while we drove. It was great to see a lot of the country like that. Then we got to the ruins and they were amazing. The only downer was that I'd worked it up in my mind that this was going to be a great Book of Mormon experience and it was great to see how the jungles looked and felt, but then our tour guide started showing us the ruins and talking about the gross rituals they did there and I realized that those big buildings and things were mostly from the Lamanites. We climbed to the top of the big ruin. It was so tall and kind of scary to be up so high without any guard rails or anything, but the views were great.
Thursday we went to Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras. We went on a big zipline and then they took us to a pretty beach. It didn't have good snorkeling though and there were lots of ants on the beach. And Bob was grumpy that day. It wasn't our best day, but it was still fun.
Friday we went to Grand Cayman. We loved it there! We rode a boat a few miles off the coast to a sand bar where we could hold sting rays. Then they took us to a coral reef to snorkel. That was amazing snorkeling. And Bob found a whole conch shell that we got to bring home. The island was so nice. Bob mentioned there are GIS jobs there pretty often. We think it would be awesome to take a furlough from his job for 6-12 months and go live there. Probably not going to happen, but it's fun to think about.
Saturday we were at sea all day and Sunday we spent at airports with layovers and rain delays until we finally got home at 3:30 in the morning.
My mom did a great job with the kids. They had lots of fun and it was so great to know the kids were doing great with my mom. I think if we'd left the kids with anyone else I'd have worried and missed them more, but it was nice to be able to have a great vacation and be confident the kids were doing great too.
We were home for 4 days and then we left that Friday for Lake Tahoe. We had another great trip there. I love Amanda and Wendy. I'm so thankful for their friendship. They've influenced my life so much. They've been my best friends for 16 years now. They're such a blessing. We went on lots of hikes and played lots of Settlers of Cataan.. The kids rode their bikes on a fun new bmx track, the boys especially loved that. We had two great days at the beach with lots of jet-skiing, kayaking and playing in the sand. We left on Thursday and stopped at Carson City again on our way home.
Today I was called as the Second Counselor in the YW. I'm really excited. Here's what I remember from my blessing when I was set apart.
- I should seek inspiration and inspiration will come
- I should think about the girls often and will get direction for how to help them
- I should study and learn how a presidency works and I'll be able to speak my mind with them
- I'll be able to organize my time to fit young women's into my life
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