We can rise above our challenges

Where to put the shoes, purses and other items . . .

We have started working on the Master Bedroom Closet.

We began to gut it out and I began to save the boards for my vinyl projects.

I thought why purchase wood when I have fifty year old season wood.

This is going to be a great summer.

Change is good and fun.

;.0

XOXO

He has Risen, He has Risen, tell it to all the world!

Today I received a text.

First what is a text, a message sent onto your cell phone, a written message from a friend.

The message wished me a Happy Easter.

I responded with my testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ. Today we had a wonderful Sacrament meeting, the members that were asked to bear their testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ.

I was reminded of the love our Savior has for each of us, his unconditional love, his sacrifice, so that we each can come to understand the plan we are all given here on earth.

We have choices to make, we can go and ask for help to keep us on the right path or we can say nay, I don't need anyone's help I can do it all myself.

If we choose to do it ourselves, then we will have a longer road. If we choose to ask for help and give service to others then our road will seem smoother and it will be peaceful even with trials that if we will listen he will help us everyday.

I read an old post today of a young baby of ten days old called home. Why would he be called home at only ten days. When you ask why sometimes you miss the reason of why he was here. He was here to bring joy to all who knew him. Yet when he was called home many asked why. Why not call him home, he had served his mission on earth. Why did he leave this family, he had given them joy and Heavenly Father knew they would be great parents to the other children he was going to send. The love his parents showed to everyone that knew them and others that learned of their loss, has touched many people they don't even know. That was the plan for their son to be called home. So they could be witnesses and testify that our Heavenly Father hears our prayers that he is there for us at all times.

We were very blessed this month, we had a beautiful baby girl born to our family. She is healthy and is loved by us all. She is the newest member of our family sent from heaven.

We also had a new life just beginning to grow and started to be excited to have another addition to our family in the fall. That ended and the wait for the passing seemed to take much longer. Yet, we had the chance to put the power of prayer to the test. Not to see if the prayers would be answered but to see if we had the faith in our Heavenly Father to answer them.

So I testify today that I know that with faith and with prayer he does know our hearts, but he knows us more if we are on our knees and if we are asking with a sincere heart. He has brought peace to my heart and he has strengthened my faith in prayer. It is so important to pray daily. To remind us that we are not on this journey by ourselves. We are on this journey with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ together with us.

May we always strive each day to testify of our Savior Jesus Christ, that we will remember our prayers for guidance and thanksgiving from our Heavenly Father.

xoxo

Lucky Number Seven has arrived

Well, our "Lucky number Seven" is here!!!

On the 5 April 2011 at 5:55 a.m. a beautiful baby girl was born to Shaleah and Scott.

They named her Scarlett Ava.

She is 19.5 inches long, weighs 7.1 and has dark hair, dark eyelashes, with very long finger and is lovely and has very peaceful spirit.

She is just a gift from Heaven to her family.

love you,

xoxo

The Eye's of March

Well, we began this month with lots of loss with family and friends.

On the 4th we lost Uncle-Grandpa Bud at the age of 84. We both flew to Salt Lake City, Utah for a very short but full two days. We went to the 1st Cemetary in Salt Lake City, Utah and found many family members tombstones. We spent nearly 4 hours there, really!

Then we went to the Hilton Head Hotel, in Draper, Utah. We stayed with cousins. What a wonderful visit and fun time we had in the Austin, Texas room ;.)

We attended the funeral for Grandpa Bud and saw many family members. That is the best part of attending funerals all of the family and friends you can be with.

In returning I learned that Granma Benevides was very ill and passed away at the age of 84. They had a private funeral and will celebrate her life in May.

Next we celebrated our 37th year in marriage and loved our time together.

We returned to learn that two of our friends passed away. Brother Jon Dimter of liver cancer and Bishop Phillip Lammi of a brain bleed. The fourth in one month.

The girls and I attended Bishop Lammi's funeral. Where we connected with many friends from Fremont that had moved away. Also to see 12 of the 14 children of the Lammi's. Two of their children had passed on LeeAnn at the age of six and Neil at the age of 40 due to brain cancer.

It is very hard to have our loved ones move forward onto the next life with our Heavenly Father. It is a wonderful testimony to us of life continuing on for eternity.

Happy beginning of 38th Anniversary with My SweetHeart ;.)

Where has the time gone for the past 37 years???

Yes, we really should put the real years up that would be, 47 years!!!

Of course we meet at a very young age ;.)

Little did he realize that I was told that we would be married one day.

He thought he married me for my "Red Car" ;.)

Really someone with much more knowledge knew that was the just the bait ;.)

So we went to the Los Angeles Temple and were married for Time and All Eternity.

Love You for Eternity,

xoxo

Happy 1st of March

Well, in 6 days it will be the anniversary of Gramma Psuik returning home to Heavenly Father and just two days later her eternal companion joined her.

They had a double funeral. What a beautiful blessing for the family and a great loss to each of us.

Gramma Psuik and Grandpa Psuik were able to give Collin a big hug and smooch before he came to his mom and dad the day after their funeral.

Collin will turn nine, where have these years gone???

We will celebrate our thirty-seventh year together as eternal companions on this earth. Where is the time going.

We have been very blessed these past years together.

Love for each other through mountains and valleys.

Four delightful children that still bring us smiles.

Three more children that bring us joy and happiness.

Six more grandchildren and soon to be seven, who bring us more smiles and fun times.

That is what this journey is really all about, Family.

love you,

xoxo

Happy Valentine's Day

Beareth alL things

hOpeth all things

belieVeth all things

Endureth all things

Changed my poem ;.)

Laugh and the World laughs with you,

Weep and you weep alone,

But the sad old earth must borrow its mirth

But has trouble enough of its own.

Be glad and your friends are many

Be sad and you loose them all

But one by one we must all travel on

Through the narrow isles of pain.

I learned this in eight grade, there is more. I need to surf the net and find the rest of the poem.

;.)

Challenge: Memorize ;.)

A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL

For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children's mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours:

For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother's milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
We were never meant to survive.

And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid

So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive

- Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn

A New Site ;.)

Check out this cute new site call "All Dahled Up"

She has the cutest ideas with wood, burlap, vinyl it is wonderful.

Tell her I sent you ;.)

xoxo

Yea, it is Lover's month ;.)

A special time to just be romantic and fun loving ;.)

Happy Heart

xoxo

I did it!!!

Okay, it is completed.

With a one month extension,

Two days,

Twelve hours,

Lots of reading,

Underlining,

Re-reading,

Frustration,

Finally 96%

YEA!!!

Working on Primary Sharing Time.

Well, what does this whole program entail.

You have million of ideas from so many sisters in the gospel because they are so talented.

It all comes down to preparing and wondering if the children will feel all the excitement you have felt preparing the program.

This year our theme is "I Know the Scriptures Are Ture". So how do you teach this to the children.

Well, when you have 3 year olds to 7 year olds in one group and 8 year olds to 11 year olds in another group, you have choices. Either teach them all the same way or make it more fun and teach them for their age group.

So tomorrow we will teach the younger group all the exciting things in the scriptures. You know like with the large quad of scriptures and you can point out that you could listen to the scriptures from a CD. Next you could find the maps in the back of the quad. You could find the Articles of Faith behind Joseph Smith History. If you wanted to look up a word about Our Savior Jesus Christ, you can turn to the Topical Guide. You can read the scriptures from the picture form books.

Finally have them memorize a scripture along the way as they visit with different teachers who will share this information with them.

Now for the older children, we can look up scriptures and learn that they are part of a recipe to make cookies. This way they can take the recipe home and share it with their families for Family Home Evening.

So see we are the extended part of the Family. This way they can have fun ideas that they can also share with their friends at school.

2011 Dejunking

Dejunking is something that has been a challenge for me in the past.

This time around it is challenging but at the same time encouraging and the success is a wonderful feeling, of less and enjoyment of more space ;.)

I have learned that you need to bag it, remove it from the home and have someone else drop it off so you will not have the desire to look into the bag and take something out and bring it home again.

So this is what I have done, I have bagged the items have had my husband place the bags into the car and deliver them to the destination for others.

It has worked very well. I have also shared this challenge with a friend of mine that loves to organize, with a capital O. She says that it makes her fingers itch when she hears of others needing to get "Organized".

SO with her enthusiasm I'm going forward with a box a day and seeing lots of items gone ;.)

My goal is to be accomplished with this large task and working on crafts by June with space to spare.

Keep encouraging me on my goal.

;.)