So as the year draws to an end I thought about things and one of them was the
fact that wayne and I have not blogged faithfully at all. Seems life has taken
us on many different paths and we aren't done yet. This blog may not make sense
but it doesn't matter. It is a start right? lol So, first off Roslayn is
growing like a weed
She will be 8 months old in just 5 days and she is pulling herself up, about to
get her first tooth on the bottom, says mama, dada and bebe. She loves to kiss
the bebe she sees in the mirror and loves to jump in the johnny jumper and
Grandmas house. She is a blessing in our family and she can't melt anyones
heart and make you smile through tears.
The girls are now 5! I can't believe they have grown up so fast right before my
eyes. Life will pass you by if you don't participate in it. The girls are very
interested in Princesses and horses of course. KayLynn is shooting skyward in
height! I think she is aiming to be taller than daddy ;) Karyn is such a wise
little person. She is so smart and just decides to show off when she wants to
unlike her sister. We finally got her into speech therapy and so far so good.
We are working on the long S sounds with her. She knows it and makes it a point
to let us know when she is done trying to pronounce something correctly. At
least she is trying. The girls are good helpers with Rosalyn when they want to
be. Unless of course she is crying then they just want mommy to make her be
quiet lol.
We have certainly been trying to keep up with life roller coaster as it keeps
trying to leave us in the dust. Right now I have made it my goal to finish the
Book of Mormon before the new year but unless I read 300 pages tomorrow it
isn't going to happen. So I am giving myself another week. I think that is
reasonable. It has been quite uplifting and really nice to HAVE a goal. It is
more of a challenge. I love reading but when it comes to the Book of Mormon I
tend to get lost in it and just give up. But this time I am aiming to finish
and I am going to do it :)
Wayne has one more semester left! I am so excited for June to get here. Not
only is Wayne going to graduate, but he has a job waiting for him. Which means
us moving which isn't so exciting in itself but hopefully we will be there for
awhile. It also means a house which is something we have been longing for since
we married. We have made so many goals it is kind of nice to check a couple of
them and mark them done on the list. I am so proud of my husband. It hasn't
been easy coming into an already made family and going to school full time,
working part time, being freshly married AND staying faithful and righteous and
doing all that Heavenly Father asks us to do. Something that we have
discovered both as a couple and individually is that every time we put Heavenly
Father first and pray, read our scriptures, hold FHE and do our callings,
things just seem to fall into place. But the more we murmur and skip prayer and
FHE and make excuses when it comes to reading, the less things go our way.
Since I have been reading in the scriptures this last week I have come across
numerous people that did the very same thing. And they almost always realized
what was happening and had mighty change in heart. I have been looking for this
mighty change in heart and I think I have it. The spirit has been with me
lately and I love it. I speak softer to my children even if they are throwing
money around the room or screaming they hate me at the top of their lungs. I
tell my husband I love him more often and I have faith that this cancer my
mother has will be something that will help her to learn and grow stronger in
the Gospel. My mother was told the day before Christmas that she most
definitely has cancer in her lung. The docs want to test her lung capacity and
see if she can handle a partial lung remover. The only thing about that is that
she has smoked cigarettes basically her entire life. She never has quit. I have
been calling her pretty much every day trying to convince her to come out here
with us and so far she has been dragging her heels. She knows that she can do
much better her with is and that if she does indeed need surgery that we can
take care of her. Plus she can be around her grandchildren. My wish is that
she does get to come out with us and that she will follow our example and that
the Spirit will testify to her of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I
have had dreams of my mother being baptized. I know it will happen. I have
faith. I think that is all for now. I may also be posting pics of butterflies
mom got me for Christmas. They are caterpillars now but I am going to take pics
of them every other day to see what their progress is like. I wish I could be a
butterfly sometimes :)
Until next time