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Fun in the Sun!

Bananas!

Yay! I have a new job! I'm now taking care of twin 10 yr. old girls during the day while Abby is at camp. It's working out perfectly, and I'm having so much fun! They are all adorable. It almost makes me wish I could have triplet girls! ... Almost. :)
Here is a fun project we did for fun one day. The girls were amazing!



We've also gone swimming, toured the Bakken museum of electricity and magnetism, made jewelry (of course) and other fun craft projects like cup place-mats, boxes, cards, etc. We've also been doing a bit of balcony gardening and indoor sprouting. Yay for summer!

With Grateful Heart

I realized today that I haven't written anything for awhile, neither on my blog nor in my Journal. Tsk Tsk. I thought it was because I have nothing new to report, nothing interesting to say. Well, I've decided that even if that is true, there is something I need to say. How grateful I am for all of my blessings. I am a member of an amazing family with loving parents, 6 siblings, 5 great "new siblings" 14 and a 1/2 nieces and nephews, and loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I have wonderful friends that love me even when I don't deserve it, and support me. I have a beautiful home to live in, with people who are kind and treat me like family, and a ward family that has welcomed me with open arms. I live in a beautiful area with nature surrounding me and everything I need within biking distance. I have opportunities to learn, grow, and improve myself every day, and a loving Father in Heaven who uplifts me in every worthy endeavor. I have faith in my purpose here on Earth and the things in store for my future and Eternity, which brings me so much peace, joy, happiness, direction, and guidance. I know of my worth in the eyes of my Maker and my potential to become like Him. I need to:

1. Spend more time thinking about what I have, not what I might be missing.
2. Work on becoming who I want to be, not having what I want to have.
3. Ask what I can give, not what I can get.
4. Just Live. Here. Now. Soak it in.
5. Stop waiting for something to make me happy and just be happy.
6. Start learning for the sake of learning, not earning.
7. Just do it!

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Summer has begun!

I feel like summer has officially begun, even though it seems Spring barely made a showing. But I guess that's what happens when you have a water-balloon fight and grill Brats out on the deck. :)

Abby liked the silly ones with "babies" on them.
This one had a particularly big baby.
So cuddly. :)

We each had one of each color. We decided to play catch instead of fighting. Violence is never the answer. I wasn't very good at catching, so I broke the most, and had the most break on me. Oh well, I probably needed the shower.
Here are some older pictures of Abby teaching her friends Mattie and Anna how to make earrings.

Spring! Glorious Spring!

This is my "Ode to Spring". I took all of the pictures before the one of Temple Square in Utah, but I included all the rest because I thought they were so pretty, and wanted it to be longer so I could listen to Vivaldi's "Spring" a little longer.