Scott

It has been almost a month sense Scott has left. We sure miss him. He is always whistling or humming around the house. He always would give me and Gary a hug and a kiss on the check before he went to bed. He is thoughtful caring person we sure miss not having him home. He added a lot of joy into our home. I feel bad that he is giving up on some of his dreams and goals.

Holy Ghost

Today I was talking on the phone to Stefany while i was washing dishes and I was listening to Bryce sing in his bedroom Heavenly Father are you really there do you hear and answer every child's prayer over and over. All of a sudden he runs out of his room just as happy can be and says I was just visited by the Holy Ghost. I said"what" he said the air conditioner was going and he felt so warm inside but he didn't have a blanket on he just felt warm. Stefany said I needed to write this down so instead I am posting it. He said the Holy Ghost came for just a sec. I got off the phone we talked about the Holy Ghost He was just so happy. Kids are great.

Prayer

My kids sure have learned a lot about prayers in the last few years. Bryce has been praying for Sister Barker in our ward she hurt her back really bad and couldn't walk. She plays the piano in primary. She has done that calling for at least 15 years. When we are praying and someone forgets to mention her name in prayer he gives you a little lecture on how we can help her by praying for her and if we don't pray for her we are not helping her. She came to Sacrament on Easter Sunday Bryce was so excited to see her there. He said see prayer works.

Tanner has also learned a lot about prayer. In Dec. Sister Neff was visiting with me about her husband Ed. He has struggled with cancer. They had found 2 spots on his lung they were worried if it was in his Colon then they would have to do chemo again. She said "I don't think he can Indore another round of chemo". She was crying I felt so bad these two people are the most neatest people in the ward. I came home and gathered the kids and we talked about Brother Neff Tanner said" he is the strongest man I know I have never seen him sick but I am going to pray so hard for him because I know he can get better". I was a little nervous about this because I was not sure of how the out come would come out.(me lacking in faith). Tanner was always praying for Brother Neff Praying for his Colon. Two weeks later after his colonoscopy Sister Neff sent me a text saying his Colon was all clean there was no cancer. I pulled the kids together to tell them about this. Tanner started to cry he said" Heavenly Father does hear and answers prayers" he said " i want to tell dad that Heavenly Father answered my prayer." He sat on the porch with his coat on and waited for his dad to come home to tell him what has just happened.

My older kids got there testimony of prayer as they prayed for there cousin Curtis. As they watched him recover from his car wreck.

We all need to have Faith as all the children do. Heavenly Father is just waiting for us to knock. Some times we may not get the answer we want but we need to trust in him to help us through the trails of life.

I guess I needed to write this for myself as a reminder of the importance of prayer. I know there are lost of days I feel like I am just a burden to him with all my problems. But I know he is there if we just let him in.

Personal Space

Bryce has decided that he is to big for hugs and kisses. So he told us he would give us high five instead. He just informed me today that he is only going to give us high five once a day. Where does this come from. He is just growing up way to fast. Every now and then he will come crawl up on our laps we cherish that moments. He must be like his dad personal space. My nephew Curtis came by to see us the other day and he gave Curtis a great big hug.

Finger nail polish

What a night Brent, Charise and kids came over for dinner. I thought it would be a great idea to paint the girls nails. One of the bottles of finger nail polish broke on the carpet. Charise googled how to get finger nail polish out of the carpet. We had to laugh at how many different ideas there was. We scrubbed away. Charise did an awesome job of scrubbing. What was I thinking of doing this project on the carpet. So we moved to the table things seemed to be going good and Jaylyn fell off her chair ( I have a counter high table). She had the finger nail brush in her hand and ended up with finger nail polish in her hair. We got that out the best we could but she still has a few little purple dots through out her hair. We had quit the evening. They loved having there toes and fingers painted they loved the little flowers i put on them. Byrce was sad to see Jayna leave. They got along great. They had a lot of fun together. I went through Lindsey clothes so I could send the ones that did not fit with Charise. As I was showing the clothes to Charise Lindsey was having a hard time letting them go. That is my favorite outfit those are my favorite shoes. I said Lindsey do they fit? She would say no. Ok we can give them away. She was cute about it.

Gary's Family

Gary's brother Brent and his family came for a visit. Brent and Charise had all the girls for the family They have 4 beautiful girls Jaylyn 6, Jayna 5, Katie 3, Karli 4 months (I think). We have not seen them for 5 years. Brent did come last year for his Grandma's funeral, but his family did not come. We had a great time getting together with them. It was so funny Katie was setting on Gary's lap she looked at him and said you have no hair. Gary said what I have no hair I had hair when I got here what happened to it? She looked and said I don't know. It was cute you had to hear it from her. Jayna has a little crush on Bryce she doesn't realize that you don't love your cousins like that. She wanted to marry him today. The kids had fun playing together we did not leave Gary's parents until after 11 p.m. my kids will be bears tomorrow. They kids enjoyed being with family. We missed the family that was not here. Gary has all of his brothers living out of state. We have never been together as a whole family. This makes me sad. when we are together we have a great time. When they come home it is all at different times. Gary's parents 50Th anniversary is going to be in Oct.. So far we have six out of seven children coming. We pray that Kevin can work out his schedule to come. That will be so awesome to have everyone together. Family is important to me. We need to build relationships here on earth with are family. I think we need to be better about visiting family out of state.

Bryce and Shoulder Pads

On St. Patricks Bryce wore a shirt that was football jersey for little boys and of course it was green. Well I told him it was time to go to school. He was hiding from me. I new I he must be up to something if he would not let me see what he was doing. I told him we had to leave so he came out of the closet and all I could do was laugh. He had made shoulder pads out of toilet paper. He was so proud of them. He was sad that he could not where them to school. He did put them on for his brothers after school.