This last week Abby made a fort out of the blue while I was feeding Griffin in the other room and it was totally unprompted. Suddenly, I hear her say that she's making a temple! So cute!!
I took Ashlyn to KMart to get some running shoes because she's in a running club at school and they have a merry go round outside of it, the kids loved it.
I got some new shelves finally put up, they look pretty cute!
Haley's been practicing her salsa dancing because she's been invited to a friends quincinera coming up...
Jacob made this with his snap circuits...
Jacob had a stake Blue and Gold Carnival at the Stake center today and they had lots of fun things to do...
Last night Rick and I were able to go to a special fireside for parents of youth 12-18 and there were 58 stakes invited. It was broadcast from a stake center in queen creek and Elder Ballard was there as well as Elder Rasband, Elder Robbins and Elder Costa. It was fun to see their personalities come out in this intimate setting. Elder Ballard teased Elder Rasband that since he's the senior elder that he gets to sit back and relax and let Elder Rasband conduct the meeting. Then in return Elder Rasband teased Elder Costa because he's the newest general authority saying that he gets to answer the hardest questions. Elder Rasband reminded me a lot of Dad!! Elder Ballard said something really sweet that made him tear up, he said that as he was raising his 7 kids he was always thinking, ok we just need to raise these kids, get them educated and send them on their way and then we can relax. But he soon came to realize that you are always a father, you're always a father to your grand kids and the responsibility never goes away. He was very candid with us and it was great to see that side of him. He said to hang in there, things get better, they do grow up over time. He said the #1 advice for raising great kids is to read the scriptures, say your prayers, say family prayers, hold FHE, have family council and to hold our love for our Heavenly Father foremost. He said that we're all going to die, that we need to keep the end goal in sight. We need to remember where we want to end up when we die.
Elder Rasband spoke about social media, he said that it's a tool that the Church is using for good. They have youth accounts in Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat to fill youths social media with good positive media.
Elder Robbins spoke about using the scriptures as a parenting manual, he said to use FAMILY search to figure out who we are. He said that revelation comes early in the morning, go to bed early and arise early. He said to praise your children, be a good reflection of your childrens self worth.
Elder Costa has a daughter serving in the Oakland Mission! He advised us to hold personal interviews with our children, urged us to use our phones more intentionally (only use them when we have an intention in mind)
I have been really sick this weekend with a bad cold and I wasn't sure if I should go to this fireside, I was feeling really achy and yucky. I felt that I really needed to go and so I made up my mind that I would go no matter how I was feeling. I got dressed to go and throughout the whole meeting I felt completely fine! It was a miracle!! As soon as I walked out I started feeling sick again, I know that I needed to be at that meeting and that the Lord helped me to be their and to be present! Haley and the youth are being taught by the same leaders tonight and I'm so excited to hear what they are taught when she comes home. I'm so grateful that we have these leaders that reach out to us and give us such great advice! It was so funny because Elder Ballard closed the meeting by saying that many people complain that the general authorities are old and don't know what's going on in the world and he said, that though they are old they DO know what's going on. They have families, friends and are among the people everyday. They're very knowledgeable about the issues that our youth are dealing with everyday. I'm so thankful for the gospel!
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