The other day I told the kids all about College and how great it is and how much they will love it when they go. I told them that they will be in charge of themselves and that they will be able to make their own decisions. i.e.: what to eat for breakfast, what classes they want to take, what time they want to go to bed and that they can be whatever they want to be.
This is what they got out of that conversation....I heard them talking to each other yesterday....
TREVOR: College is going to be SO awesome!! Did you know we get to eat chocolate for breakfast?!
CORBIN: Chocolate for breakfast??
TREVOR: Yes! And we get to stay up ALL NIGHT LONG and play and then we get to sleep at school!!
CORBIN: We do??
TREVOR: Yeah, and we can do whatever we want without anyone else telling us what to do! It's going to be awesome.
So glad our conversation made an impression.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The power of service
So, I have a really cool story. I wrote a post earlier about how my friend Emily collected blankets and other warm items to send to Afghanistan. Her family friend is still in Afghanistan and still ready and willing to receive items to give to the families in need there.
So, my friend Kellie got involved and started collecting items and sending them to Afghanistan herself. I offered to help and after Kellie gathered even more items that were donated, we went to the post office. We loaded 10 boxes (3 large and 7 medium and small boxes) into the post office one-by-one. As we did so, Kellie and I talked about what was donated and how many items there were. She collected over 500 items (blankets, mittens, hats, sweaters, jackets, socks).
A woman in line overheard us talking and stopped to ask us what we were doing. Kellie told her the whole story and by the end of it the woman asked if she could donate some money towards postage and said something to the effect that "God helps in mysterious ways".
This woman, a random stranger, wrote out a check right then and after she left we noticed that it was for $100.
I hope that I always take the time to stop and listen and then TAKE ACTION just like this woman did. She could have just walked away. She could have just said, "oh that's great" and walked right out of there. But she didn't. Her kind offer covered half of the postage that was necessary to send these items and brought tears to our eyes.
These are real pictures taken by my friends family friend (Dave Reid) living in Afghanistan after they received some of the items we shipped.
This is Dave Reid. He used to be my friend Emily's Bishop when she was younger and is now living in Afghanistan. He and his wife are collecting and distributing the blankets to those who need them.
So, my friend Kellie got involved and started collecting items and sending them to Afghanistan herself. I offered to help and after Kellie gathered even more items that were donated, we went to the post office. We loaded 10 boxes (3 large and 7 medium and small boxes) into the post office one-by-one. As we did so, Kellie and I talked about what was donated and how many items there were. She collected over 500 items (blankets, mittens, hats, sweaters, jackets, socks).
A woman in line overheard us talking and stopped to ask us what we were doing. Kellie told her the whole story and by the end of it the woman asked if she could donate some money towards postage and said something to the effect that "God helps in mysterious ways".
This woman, a random stranger, wrote out a check right then and after she left we noticed that it was for $100.
I hope that I always take the time to stop and listen and then TAKE ACTION just like this woman did. She could have just walked away. She could have just said, "oh that's great" and walked right out of there. But she didn't. Her kind offer covered half of the postage that was necessary to send these items and brought tears to our eyes.
These are real pictures taken by my friends family friend (Dave Reid) living in Afghanistan after they received some of the items we shipped.
This is Dave Reid. He used to be my friend Emily's Bishop when she was younger and is now living in Afghanistan. He and his wife are collecting and distributing the blankets to those who need them.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Found this on our computer...
When I got home from my girls night tonight I found this taped to our computer...
It says, "Don't do it mom, your brain will explode! Same for you dad! Don't even think about it." Complete with diagram of head exploding.
Trevor wrote it and left it for us to find. I seriously love that kid. So funny and we both laughed so hard. Especially about this part...
It says, "Don't do it mom, your brain will explode! Same for you dad! Don't even think about it." Complete with diagram of head exploding.
Trevor wrote it and left it for us to find. I seriously love that kid. So funny and we both laughed so hard. Especially about this part...
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Life-sized CandyLand game
Lisa and Matt planned last weeks Scout activity. Dave and I both went and brought all of the kids. It was a life-sized Candy Land game at the Library. It was cute and the kids had fun. Shannon, a friend in our ward, works at the library and was there to help with the game.
Shannon, showing the kids how to play...
Shannon, showing the kids how to play...
Church items I love from Deseret Book
Now, I am not being sponsored by Deseret Book (although they should sponsor me after this awesome post), I do love some of the items I have purchased there for my kids. I don't know if you can find these items somewhere else...maybe amazon? But these are tried and true in our family. My kids love the following books, music and games.
Book of Mormon Stories (classic stories with scripture and pictures. love.)
The Enchanted Tunnels (this is a series)
Book: How Does the Holy Ghost make me Feel? (great for teaching young kids about baptism and the Holy Ghost...there is a separate baptism book you can buy)
Scripture stickers (this makes it so fun for kids to read their scriptures)
Scripture Scouts (the kids will sing along to the funny songs and like to listen to the scripture story being told)
Hidden Treasures of the Book of Mormon (we've had this book since Trevor was little...we bring it to church and it's a Where's Waldo, Book of Mormon style)
Popcorn popping: Kids favorite dance mix (ok, I have yet to buy this...but I want to... I bet my two younger kids would LOVE it!)
Who's your Hero (the kids LOVE this series. The pictures are a little comical, but the kids really get into these books. Trevor loves to read them to the younger two)
Book of Mormon Battles (I bought this game from Deseret but can't find it on their site now. It's fun and the kids love to play it. They learn Book of Mormon characters while playing the game)
Book of Mormon Stories (classic stories with scripture and pictures. love.)
The Enchanted Tunnels (this is a series)
Book: How Does the Holy Ghost make me Feel? (great for teaching young kids about baptism and the Holy Ghost...there is a separate baptism book you can buy)
Scripture stickers (this makes it so fun for kids to read their scriptures)
Scripture Scouts (the kids will sing along to the funny songs and like to listen to the scripture story being told)
Hidden Treasures of the Book of Mormon (we've had this book since Trevor was little...we bring it to church and it's a Where's Waldo, Book of Mormon style)
Popcorn popping: Kids favorite dance mix (ok, I have yet to buy this...but I want to... I bet my two younger kids would LOVE it!)
Who's your Hero (the kids LOVE this series. The pictures are a little comical, but the kids really get into these books. Trevor loves to read them to the younger two)
Book of Mormon Battles (I bought this game from Deseret but can't find it on their site now. It's fun and the kids love to play it. They learn Book of Mormon characters while playing the game)
Friday, February 17, 2012
With my own allowance
I overheard my boys talking to each other and they were telling each other how cool they were for buying their toys with their "own money". We give our kids an allowance and are teaching them to save rather than spend. When they have saved, they like to use some of the money to buy their own toys. I love that this makes them feel responsible and cool. I hope they learn good money habits now, while they are young.
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