I know I haven't been the best about writing right now. I guess I should have made a resolution to blog more regularly. Somehow I think I would have broken that one!
I wrote a letter to my brother tonight and realized that much of what I told him is what I wanted blog about. I know it is not the usual HILARIOUS writing you are accustomed to getting here. I do have some projects I've been wanting to show off so I'll try to get right on that....
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Dear Elder Rick,
Things are going well here.
The kids are all healthy. A has taken to calling herself “Mokey the Bear” after Smokey the Bear. Grandpa Pyatt taught the kids a little song
about Smokey the Bear while he was here over Thanksgiving. While mom and dad were here after Christmas,
A was singing, “Mokey the Bear! Mokey the Bear! Mokey the Bear!” Since then, she has taken to calling herself
Mokey. It is hilarious and sweet. She has also really started singing. A few of her favorite songs are “Church (I Belong
to the Church of Jesus Christ), Sunbeam and LaLa (Elmo’s World song)”. I’ve thought about you as a little boy lately
too because A has recently discovered Barney. She loves Barney! I remember Barney came out when you were
little like her and you used to love Barney too. There’s a lot of music in it and I think that’s
part of what attracts A.
K is doing well.
She is still loving preschool.
She is actually learning quite a bit too! We got a Wii for Christmas and she has taken
to it quite well. Her favorite games are
boxing and dancing. She’s not too shabby
at boxing. It is something to watch her
punching a guy out on the TV. She’s brave
too. I took her in for a doctor’s
appointment right before Christmas. She
needed 4 shots but didn’t necessarily have to have them that day. It would be convenient because we were there
but she just had to have them before she starts Kindergarten. I talked things over with her and gave her
the choice. She decided to just do
it. So I held her on my lap and she
bravely took her 4 shots with nothing more than a whimper until the last
one. It was MMR (measles, mumps and
rubella) and that one is a sore one.
Even then she only cried a bit. I
was so proud of her! She was scared and
didn’t really want to do it but did because it had to be done. That’s very grown up of her.
D is also doing well.
He has a project coming up in school called ‘Be an Expert’ where he
picks a topic to be an expert about. He has
narrowed it down to three topics: “How to make a thermometer”, “how to drive a
train”, and “Electrical Circuits”.
Tomorrow we will do some preliminary research on each of those topics to
determine which one has enough information and interests him the most to do a
report and 5 minute presentation. I love
that he is doing this in first grade but also kind of hate writing reports. This is worse though because I am not writing
the report. I am trying to let him write
the report without putting too much of myself in it! We went to a “Great to be 8” fireside for him
this year. It is a bit difficult to
believe that he will be 8 this year. I
kind of cringe inwardly at the thought of Cub Scouts but I smile outwardly
because it is a good program. : )
Roy just got a new calling.
He is the new Elder’s Quorum president now. It is a big job that will require a lot of
time and effort but I know he is up to the challenge. I’m grateful the Lord trusts both of us with
this responsibility.
You asked about goals in one of your last emails. I didn’t forget because I wanted to tell you
about my goals. I don’t know if you are
familiar with Emily Freeman. She is an
LDS author that I have heard speak a couple of times at Time Out for Women with
mom. She has a website and
challenge/journey to read the entire standard works in a year. I decided to take the journey so I’ve been
reading 7 pages a day. So far I’ve read
Moses, Abraham and part of Genesis. It
is good for me to have a goal to read for.
I like to read my scriptures but doing it consistently has always been a
struggle for me. I’m an on again/off
again reader. When I have a set goal of
what I want to read I do better. Plus,
it will be easier to get through some of the more difficult parts of the Old Testament
by committing to read 7 pages a day. At
least that’s what I’m hoping for.
My other resolution is to go to bed at 10:30 regularly. I am a night person. I’d rather stay up late to do something
rather than get up early. This was okay
in college but now I’m almost 30 and have kids.
It is harder to get up and work and be the kind of mother I want to
be. So I’m imposing a bedtime on
myself. I’ve already broken it several
times. However, just like other parts of
life, I am not letting my follies bring me down. I’m just recommitting myself to do better.
I should have a bunch
of more goals but I figure if I set too many resolutions then I’m just setting
myself up to fail at them all. It is
better to work on a few at a time. Roy
and I did have a chat this weekend and rededicated ourselves to working out and
being healthier. I’ve set a pretty rigorous
exercise schedule for myself. We’ll see
how it goes this week. I’m trying to
change my mindset from “I’m going to lose X pounds” to “I’m going do this for a
week. Then I’ll do it next week. I can do it for a month.” Yeah know, just taking things a week at a
time.
Well, that pretty much brings you up to speed on things
here. We love you.
The kids love you and are so proud of you. K was looking at “pictures of Chile” on
the mission blog tonight. They all like
to talk about you and your mission. Keep
working hard and praying harder.
Love,
Sheena
