Swimming Lessons!

Caitlin enjoying playing in the water with her class!

   

Dalton playing games with his class!

We put Dalton and Caitlin in swimming lesson's to prepare them to go to Lake Powell.  They learned a lot and had tons of fun.  I've never seen two kids happier to be in the water.

Pioneer Day Parade!

Caitlin got her first chance to ride in a parade.  I don't know if she'll ever do it again.  I think she probably will, but she was so hot and tired by the end, if she remembers that feeling next year she probably won't do it again.  She did have a lot of fun, but instead of enjoying the festivities she just wanted to go home and get into a cool house, some yummy food and a cold drink.

Halloween this year!!

 

Dalton decided he wanted to be an army guy. Caitlin is our little ice princess. Skylar and Brennan did not get their pictures taken, too much going on! Parties and such are a big deal to teenagers. Oh well, a lot of fun.

Caitlin loves her dress so much that she wants to wear it to church.  I haven't let her yet.  On the second dress that she wanted I am not putting the puffy stuff at the waist.  She loves it but I think it's a little frumpy. Her friends are all jealous and want me to make them dresses now.  It's cute.

LDS.org - Ensign Article - A Vision of Visiting Teaching

LDS.org - Ensign Article - A Vision of Visiting Teaching

What an incredible boost to our visiting teaching!! Our world may change, but does our mission?

Your Diet vs. what the world thinks!

I've got anemia for the first time in my life and I'm low in potassium. I listened to friends and popular television stars about what I needed to change in my diet to get my blood pressure under control and found to my amusement that the diet changes I made didn't improve or change my blood pressure at all. All I succeeded in doing was going anemic and getting lower potassium and mixed up my whole body.

I am currently on a blood pressure medication which is helping a lot and my doctor wants me to add a bunch of the things I took out of my diet back in and be patient as I am training for a 5k in September. Anyway, I've learned a very valuable lesson from this, things that works for one person may not work for another. My friends are always criticizing my food choices, I get 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. I had one of my friends tell me an apple a day would solve everything, actually an orange a day for me makes me feel better and according to my blood test results exactly what my doctor ordered,(just that I needed to eat more fruits and vegetables high in potassium) go figure. I always try to eat legumes and other sources high in iron but I have a problem with my stomach bugging me with most of them. So red meat is one of the best ways for me to get my iron, and I'm going back to my baked potato's, moderately of course.

There are so many foods that bug my stomach that I just have to be careful of them. I've been able to pin point more of them now that I'm older, as a kid my parents just thought i had a flu bug or something, but now I know better.

I had to go off of the whole grains because they were really bugging my gut and I'm learning that some of the substitutes are a much better solution than white flour and wheat as a matter of fact I found out that my children enjoy some of the gluten free foods better than the food with gluten in them.

The old adage, all things in moderation comes to mind. Too much of a good thing can be bad for you, it's true.

Young Women's Camp

Wow!! It's been a roller coaster ride for the last 2 months. We made it through Young Women's camp. What a long road to get there though. It was a ton of work and thank goodness I go camping quit a bit and had a good idea of how much food to feed people. We ended up having a little more than necessary.

We had a variety of weather; rain, snow, hail and then sun. We even had the coldest day on June 17th recorded in 115 years isn't that funny. I told the girls to expect anything because I was going to camp with them. I forgot my camera so I didn't get pictures at camp.

Our first night it rained and actually rained one of our tents out only because the girl brought her tent but had no rain fly, thanks to the promptings I had before we left we had extra tents. We moved the girls into what was suppose to be the leaders tent for the night and the leaders slept in their cars. Not the greatest nights sleep I've ever had camping.

The second day we switched out tents and the second seemed to do better although I thought my dear husband had put the extra tarps in and found out after camp that he told me where they were and just assumed I had gotten them in. Anyway, thanks to one of the stake people we got another tarp to cover our cooking area. I suggested that next year the person in charge have 2 tarps per tent and two for cooking and sitting areas. Down pour was worse the second day. I didn't hear the girls complain that their stuff got wet, so I believe that it wasn't too bad. I still had one tent we could have put up if the need arose.

The third day was a great day we woke up to sunshine, snow on the ground, and ice on most of our stuff and clear skies, and it remained that way all day and all night it was wonderful. It remained clear after we left camp. I'm still recovering from all the late night and early mornings along with all the unexpected things going on at our house this weeks.

I'm home and dry and thankful for the roof over my head and the access we have to all the needs in life. Thankful for a Heavenly Father that loves us. Thankful to the Savior for giving his life that we might again live with Heavenly Father and our loved ones who have passed on before us. I'm grateful to my wonderful husband for all of his help, love, and understanding, I could not have done this without him. There are so many things to be grateful for, there is no way to express all my gratitude.

We did go on a 6 mile hike before camp and I have pictures to share. Now with all these responsibilities filled we hope to go on a few camp outs and trips as a family.

Our Thursday Soccer Game!

It was cool to watch my team play yesterday. They are actually learning. I've been working with them in stopping the ball and turning it around. I have one particular player that is trying really hard. He actually stopped the ball yesterday and turned it around. So what I am teaching them is sinking in. It's just taking time.

It was really cold so I'm surprised they did so well. They are learning how to pass the ball and work together as a team it's pretty awesome. I'm very happy that it is actually starting to look like they're learning to play the game. I have no idea what the score was only that they did their best and had as much fun as they could in the freezing cold weather.