MY CHALLENGE TO THOSE WHO VISIT MY BLOG

 

TODAY JESSICA HAD HER TONSILS REMOVED.  SHE HAS BATTLED WITH STREP AND SORE THROATS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THIS LAST WEEK THE DR SAID IT WAS TIME TO TAKE THEM OUT.  ONLY 6 HOURS LATER AND SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING REMARKABLY WELL.  I AM NOT SO OPTIMISTIC FOR TOMORROW, BUT SHE MAY PROVE ME WRONG.   HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF MY BLOG  TODAY.  AS JESSICA AND I WERE LEAVING THE RECOVERY ROOM WE NOTICED ALL THESE CUTE LITTLE DRESSES PINNED TO THE WALL AND INQUIRED WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.  WE FOUND OUT THAT THESE DRESSES ARE GOING TO AFRICA.   THERE IS A DR. HERE WHO GOES TO AFRICA SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR AND TAKES MUCH NEEDED ITEMS WITH HIM  AND THESE DARLING LITTLE DRESSES ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE TAKES WITH HIM.  I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF " LITTLE DRESSES FOR AFRICA" BEFORE, BUT IT IS A ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES THESE CUTE LITTLE DRESSES AND SENDS THEM TO AFRICA.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU OUT THERE THAT CAN SEW, SOME OF YOU HAVE LOTS OF EXTRA FABRIC LYING AROUND JUST WAITING TO BE USED SOMEHOW, OR YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE A RELIEF SOCIETY GROUP OR YOUNG WOMAN WHO NEEDS A PROJECT THAT WOULD ENJOY MAKING THESE DRESSES.  THEY LOOK SO SIMPLE AND EASY.  I JUST FEEL WE ARE ALL SO BLESSED AND TALENTED THAT WE COULD, NO---SHOULD  MAKE A DRESS.  HERE IS THE BLOG SITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO FOR MORE INFORMATION AND THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE A DRESS.  http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/.  HERE IS THE PDF WITH THE PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS  http://www.nancysnotions.com/text/pdf/LittleDressesforAfrica_pattern.pdf
IT IS AWAKENINGS LIKE THESE IN MY LIFE THAT MAKE ME FORGET MY WOES, LIKE I CANT GO TO MONTANA WITH JEFF AND BEN AND MICHELLE THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE I AM BEING JESSICAS NURSE/MOM, THAT STOP ME IN MY TRACKS AND REMIND ME THAT I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR AND TO STOP MY WHINING ABOUT THE TRIVIAL THINGS.  I HAVE A HOME, FOOD A JOB AND THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE  ALL AT MY FINGERTIPS, IT IS TIME TO FORGET MYSELF AND THINK OF OTHERS!

PLEASE SEND ME A COMMENT OR SOMEHOW LET ME KNOW IF YOU MAKE A DRESS TO SEND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU--I KNOW I DONT HAVE MANY FOLLOWERS, BUT IT HOPE YOU FEW THAT CHECK IN WILL TAKE MY CHALLENGE AND MAYBE EVEN PASS IT ON.
LOVE YOU KATHY

I WISH

I JUST CHATTED WITH MICHELLE A MINUTE AGO AND SHE AND BEN WENT ON A BIKE RIDE YESTERDAY IN PARK CITY, SHE MENTIONS HOW SHE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE THERE.  I WISH I COULD LIVE THERE AND RIDE MY BIKE TOO.  IT IS MY MOST FAVORITE PLACE TO BE.
JUST A LITTLE JEALOUS.  IT HASN'T BEEN THE BEST SUMMER HERE TO RIDE, LOTS OF WIND,   THAT'S IDAHO WEATHER FOR YOU.

OUR SUMMER WORKOUT

BEFORE

THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF AN EXERCISE ROUTINE JEFF AND I  HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN "PART" OF OUR BACK YARD.  IT SEEMS LIKE A REGULAR WORK OUT THAT HAS TAKEN ALL  SUMMER, BUT WE  FINALLY HAVE GRASS.  IT IS GREAT AND I AM LOVING IT, HOWEVER,  JEFF AND I HAVE DECIDED THAT WE ARE GETTING TO OLD FOR THIS STUFF AND NEVER REALLY WANT TO PUT IN ANOTHER YARD.  THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF THIS WORK OUT IS THAT WE STILL HAVE ABOUT  1/2 THE BACK YARD, OR MORE, TO STILL PUT IN, AND OF COURSE ITS THE HARDEST PART OF THE YARD.

   

AFTER

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR WORK CREW.  WE DEFINETLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP!

SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS

THIS WEEK WE HAVE EXPERIENCE THE SUMMER AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWERS.  TODAY WAS NO EXCEPTION, THE RAIN CAME AND IT POURED BUCKETS, THERE WAS A LITTLE THUNDER AND LIGHTENING WITH IT, HOWEVER TONIGHT WE WERE FAVORED BY A BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE RAINBOW AT THE END OF THIS STORM.  BEAUTIFUL!

Our True Identity

I know our Heavenly Father loves us. There are days when we can feel discouraged about ourselves and this video  touched my heart today and I just wanted to share with all of you.

LIVING IN THE UNITAS

BEN AND MICHELLE HAVE BEEN LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UNITAS THIS SUMMER.  THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR WORKING FOR THE FOREST SERVICE IN THE UINTAS.   WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO SEE THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES  THIS SUMMER.  WE WENT UP IN JUNE ON OUR WAY TO PARK CITY BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO STAY WITH THEM FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.  THE PICTURE SHOW HOW MUCH SNOW WAS STILL ON THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.  THIS MONTH WE ALSO  HAD A LITTLE TIME AND MADE A  DETOUR BY WAY OF THE UNITAS TO GO SEE THEM AND HAVE DINNER WITH THEM ON OUR WAY TO SALT LAKE.   IT WAS A STARK DIFFERENCE IN THE WEATHER, THIS TIME WE WERE FIGHTING THE SKEETERS.  THEY ARE SO HAPPY THERE, WORKING, FISHING, HIKING AND JUST ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS.  I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD FOR THEM TO LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER.

THE CUTEST FACE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN

YOU CANT DENY THAT THIS IS THE CUTEST FACE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND A FEW  HOURS  WITH BRANDON AND DAYNA A COUPLE OF  WEEKENDS AGO UP IN OGDEN CANYON.  THIS LITTLE FACE JUST MELTS A GRANDMAS HEART.  OUR LITTLE HAILEY JO IS JUST SO DARN CUTE. 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO.  EXCELLENCE, THEN IS NOT AN ACT, BUT A HABIT.
..."TIME FOR ME TO START GETTING RID OF BAD HABITS!"

SATURDAY JOY RIDE?

Today Jeff and I went on a 4-wheel Drive ride with the local 4-wheel drive club on a trail called Tex Creek.  Unfortunately for Jeff I woke up on the grumpy side of the bed this morning and was so tired that all I wanted to do was stay in bed, but I knew that Jeff wanted to take the jeep out for a ride.  This summer is somehow getting away from us and we just haven't done the things we would like to do.  I started out having a difficult time going out because in the back of my mind all I could think about was all the things at home that I needed to do and wanted to do and I was out in the middle of what looked like nowhere.  However, as the day progressed I found myself starting to enjoy the ride, (but would'nt tell Jeff that :)  One thing I have come to learn about guys is that they like to stop and contemplate where they should go and how they should do it and these little pow-wows take time.  So I decided that I would try to take some pictures of the wildflowers on the trail, they were so pretty.  I know I need to work on my photography skills and keep thinking I should get a new camera, but in reality all I need to do is learn how to use the one I have better.  This trail ride encompassed many different scenerios, we went from thick foilage and having to cut trees off the trail, to beautiful scenery at the top of the mountian, to mud holes deep as the bottom of the bumper to dust bowl roads where you couldn't see the vehicle in front of you.  We ended up on a trail that they said was a trail, but looked to me that no one had been on it for a long time and finally a "creek" crossing that unnerved me because it looked more like a river and I was afraid we would either fall in a deep hole or get washed down the river, fortunately neither happened and we found the other side just in time to be attacked by mosquitoes.  Does this sound fun yet?  Well  in the end we finished up and got off the trail right before the rain came and yes today when I look back at it, it was fun, kinda, ha, ha.  Ok it was!

THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT THE NEST!

THIS SPRING WE FOUND A NEST WITH THREE BLUE EGGS IN A TREE IN OUR FRONT YARD AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT EVER SINCE.   WE WATCHED AS OUR MOTHER ROBIN PATIENTLY SAT ON THESE CUTE LITTLE BLUE EGGS WAITING FOR THE DAY OF THEIR ARRIVAL.  THEN WE WATCHED AS OUR LITTLE BIRDS WENT FROM FUZZY LITTLE BODIES WITH BIG BEAKS TO LITTLE BIRDS WITH  FEATHERS.  WE WATCHED AS OUR MOTHER ROBIN SPENT ONE DAY FEVEROUSLY FEEDING HER BABIES WITHOUT TAKING A BREAK. AND THEN TODAY AS WE PEEKED INTO THE NEST WE FOUND THEY HAD ALL LEFT.  WE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD FINALLY COME, BUT WAS SUPRISED HOW QUICKLY THEY WENT FROM EGGS TO FLIGHT.  TODAY, AS WE WATCHED WE NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BABY BIRDS WAS PERCHED IN A BRANCH AT THE TOP OF THE TREE AND THEN OUR MOTHER ROBIN CAME BACK TO THE TREE WITH A WORM IN HER MOUTH AND FED HER BABY RIGHT ON THE BRANCH.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH.  MY GUESS IS THAT THIS LITTLE BIRD IS THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE.  MAYBE NOT QUITE READY TO CUT THE APRON STRINGS AND NEEDS MOMMY FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
I DONT KNOW IF WE WILL EVER SEE OUR FAMILY AGAIN, BUT I DO KNOW THAT NOTHING CAN BEAT WATCHING MOTHER NATURE IN ITS PUREST FORM.