My Story (Time Out for Women blog)

So about a month ago I saw a post on the Time Out for Women facebook page asking for stories on Seeking the Good their theme for this years TOFW. I thought I have a story I can share. So at about 4:00 in the morning I wrote up my story and quickly sent it in. I knew that if I took time to think about it I would talk myself out of it and not send it in. I didn't even proof read it (other than spell check). So about 2 days before Angela was flying out and going with me to TOFW, I got an email saying I won. To be honest I didn't know I was in a contest. I just thought I would tell my story. They told me to go to will call and they would give me my information there. They showed Angela and I to the front row where my name was on two seats. We sat next to the Presenters on both days. We also got to eat lunch with them as well. Mercy River was fun and down to earth. They also had me stand and interduced me as the winner and that my story would be on TOFW's website. So here is My Story and the link
http://www.tofw.com/story/691-the-perfect-match-donating-more-than-my-time

My Crazy Amazing Weekend

Time Out for Women
About a month or so ago I had this idea. I knew I was going to be going to Time Out For Women in St. Louis. But I thought maybe I could convince my best friend Angela to fly up from Texas and come with me. I thought this would be a long shot because she is the mother of 7 little ones. But I thought 'what the heck' I'll ask. She said I'll see what I can do. Well long story short she flew up this past weekend and went with me. I have missed her soooo much. It's been about 2 1/2 years since we actually saw each other.
Here are some picts of our great weekend:

We also got to have lunch with all the Presenters of Time Out For Women:
This is Mercy River
(A Christian Singing Group)

We also came up to St. Louis with about 15 other women from my ward (Church Group). We stayed up until 3:00am talking, giggling, crying, you know what girls do when they get together. They are all amazing women and I am so very grateful to know them and call them my friends.

It's Been to Long....I'm Back

I know it's been way to long since I blogged. I could blame it on being a mom of 5 kids or married to a Military man that makes me a single mom more than I would like to be. Or maybe it's my church responisbilities (which I love being in Young Womens by the way). But honestly it's none of those things that have kept me from the computer as much as PINTEREST. I have been so busy trying new things.....sewing/recipes/painting and sanding. I seriously dream of PROJECTS to do. I love Pinterest! They're so many smart brillant people out there that have made my life so much easier.
I will show you a couple of pictures of things I've been up to like;
Before
Coffee Table

After

Scotti 8 Months Old

 

So since I last blogged about Scotti she is crawling EVERYWhere. Man this girl is fast. One minute she's right there and next I'm searching frantically to find her. I love her smile. She has also started to play hide and seek with me (but with her blanket or toy). She will cover her face and then I say, "Where's Scotti, Where's Scotti?" She starts to laugh and peeks out at me and I say, "There she is!!!!" And she laughs even harder. i love this kid.

Raising Scotland

Scotti is 7 months now. She is growing so fast and so big. I love being her mom. Her beautiful eyes express so much more than her lack of speaking ever could.
She doesn't crawl (yet) but mostly because she rolls to everything she wants. It's the funniest thing to watch. She is starting to pick up food (and pretty much anything else) and put it in her
mouth. But it's funniest to see her try and eat her toes. Her brothers and sister adore her.....maybe a little to much at times (I have to stop Parker from loving her
tooooooo much!!!)

2 Months Old

A New Start

I know the new year brings on a lot of hope for the future. But after awhile that HOPE gets beatin down. President Monson (of The Church of Jesus Chist of Latter-Day Saints) said, "At the advent of a new year, I challenge Latter-day Saints everywhere to undertake a personal, diligent, significant quest for what I call the abundant life—a life filled with an abundance of success, goodness, and blessings. Just as we learned the ABCs in school, I offer my own ABCs to help us all gain the abundant life.


Have a Postive ATTITUDE
BELIEVE in Yourself
Face Challenges with COURAGE




Read "Living the Abuntant Life" here http://lds.org/liahona/2012/01/living-the-abundant-life?lang=eng

My favorite quote from this article is "You can achieve what you believe you can." I'm so grateful for a Prophet that gives me hope and encourages me to keep going. Especially in a time when it feels like there is so much doubt. Please believe in yourself and keep trying. This NEW YEAR is going to be GREAT!!!!!!

I'm a Slacker!!!!

To be honest with you I've been a slacker for a reason. I've been trying to figure out my blog page/layout/background. It's taken me a long time. But the bottom line is I FINALLY figured out the problem. Back in June when Scotti was born I put a picture up and it was to big. It messed up my whole layout. Things were not where they were supposed to be. I've erased (helpful hint don't do that until you figure out the problem) and deleted things I should NOT have erased. So now I think I'm back on track. I'm just not thrilled with my background picture.....so you just might see some different background pictures for awhile. So this past month has been a lot of fun. Christmas time always is. We stayed here in MO because Billy's job makes it a little hard to leave. The peace and calmlness we were looking for this Christmas came and we loved it. I switched some things up when it came to the presents and how we approach the Christmas Season. I got the idea from a good friend from church (Thanks Sister Lykins). She gives out just 4 (yes I said 4) gifts per child. 1-They Want 2-They Need 3-They Wear 4-They Read. This made shopping easier because I had a purpose. I have to be honest I was a little worried our kids might freak out when they only had 1 toy to open. So Christmas morning when we woke up a little late and ate our Christmas Crunch super fast because church was at 9:00am I honestly panicked. My first thought was 'Look you've ruined Christmas!!!' But at church we had a family give their talks and it changed my panicked heart into peace. The father of the family spoke on the importance of tithing. He had me in tears and I don't cry easily. He spoke of his struggle to go to church but that through it all he never struggled with the importance of tithing. It was AWESOME!!!! I love Our Heavenly Father and how he teaches me through others. So going home and openning the presents was a breeze and the kids were awesome and loved there presents. Especially Broc who was very excited about his socks and unders that he said, "Oh THANKS MOM I really needed some new ones of these. My other ones were getting wholy." Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!