Mothers Who Know

"Mothers who know" do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world’s goods in order to spend more time with their children—more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all. Their goal is to prepare a rising generation of children who will take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the entire world. Their goal is to prepare future fathers and mothers who will be builders of the Lord’s kingdom for the next 50 years. That is influence; that is power." ~Julie Beck

Sunday, November 1, 2009

November 1st???

Wow, what a month October was... When you teach school Halloween has extra meaning. We had a fun day with parades, puzzles and lots of treats. Then I came home to a full house of kids and friends. They went to the carnival at their school for a little while and then we went to the ward party. Ryan wore his 50 pounds of chainmail. Needless to say his shoulders were a little sore. I actually wore my madrigal dress that my mom made for me 21 years ago. Of course with the back insert because I'm a lot bigger than I was 21 years ago. For school I wore my poodle skirt, and letterman jacket that my mom made 20 years ago also. It was a good thing that I had a great mom that would sew. Now I just use her costumes for me and my kids. Kathryn did my hair. I looked like Tracy Turnblough. It was very big. These pictures were taken afer 12 hours of school:))

Abby and my nephews came with us that night. Then on Saturday the gang went trick or treating. I stayed home and handed out candy. I had lots of my nursery kids come to see me. I also watched 'Clue' it is an old family favorite. "I am your singing telegram...bang!"
Now to get ready for Thanksgiving, Rick's wedding and Clear Creek. It will be a crazy month.

2 comments:

Abby said...

Yes, it was a blast! Thanks so much for inviting me! Your girls are quite the little dancers! I was having a hard time keeping up with their moves!

Michelle W. Nate said...

Congrats on your gift certificate win. I just saw it on the Utah Mom blog. NICE!