The last two weeks have gone well. Between the whole family we’ve had a dentist
appointment, school, Spencer’s flag football games, a priest/laurel bunko night
that was a big success, a court of honor, Grammy Days, Elder’s quorum visits, a
presidency meeting, ward temple night, carpool, a cup cake class, a relaxing
Labor Day, kickball FHE with neighbors, church basketball, a birthday party, a
funeral, a campout, a fun salt river
ym/yw tubing activity, Brenda’s birthday, date night, ward council this
morning, presidency meetings this afternoon, indexing, and a cookie night at
our friends house. It really hasn’t been
all crazy busy, just bursts of busyness.
Every afternoon Tilly and I get to slow down and relax and more often
than not she takes a nice nap.
Spencer’s flag football game on Thursday went well. Last week he played guard on defense and I
promised him a $1 every time he sacked the quarterback. (I’m not sure if it’s still considered a sack
if it’s not tackle football?) The first
play of the game he was anxious to earn some money and got an off sides penalty. Oops.
He played well the rest of the game though and dodged several blocks to
put good pressure on the quarterback he even got one sack earning $1. Chad made it to part of that game and got to
see his big play as he was coming in.
Things are going pretty well at home except that last week
we had WAY too much whining and we’ve talked about some consequences if things
don’t shape up. I’m fed up with it. However, I feel like my kids are very good
and I am proud of them and I am proud to be their mother.
Chad’s work is going well.
He’s tired of the stress, but does such a good job persevering through
it as he fulfills his responsibility to provide for our family. He lost another loan officer last week and
tried to hire two more L.O.’s earlier this month but things didn’t work out. He needs to hire a couple more experienced
loan officers. It’s a stressful position
though.
Spencer loves scouts, and football. Bryant loves webelos, his friends and is
improving nicely in band. He wishes he
could be done with the piano, but doesn’t complain too much about it. Karalee loves her new friends at school. One friend, Reagan,10:11 PM
drew her a picture and it said BFF on it.
Karalee saw that and said, “I never had a BFF before.” I think she was excited. Marlee is doing well at kindergarten. She will be starting her first season of
soccer soon along with Karalee and Bryant.
She will be playing on a boys’ team since my friend is coaching it. I think she’ll hold her own. She’s pretty feisty. J Tilly is so
cute. She talks all the time. She loves to watch the movie “Up” and she
loves books. When she plays by herself,
she flips through the pages and says the parts of the stories that she can
remember.
I’ve been having some twitches or spasms over the last few
months. Sometimes my arm will move
involuntarily or it will be my shoulder or my leg or my jaw. It is so random. Two weeks ago they got really bad and it
started to concern me. They happen a lot
when I try to go to sleep, which freaks me out and then I have had a hard time
sleeping. I can tell that it comes from the base of my
neck. My chiropractor said I am really
tight when I brought it up to him. I
finally looked up about it on the internet which is not a good idea for a hypochondriac
like me and I scheduled a doctor’s appointment.
The website I read said it could be several things, some of which were
scary, but tightness in the neck and imbalance of vitamins especially lack of
magnesium could also be the cause. I
decided to try to stretch really well and to start taking my vitamins more
regularly and to take my magnesium pills again.
It has helped!! They have gone
away. I ended up canceling my doctor’s appointment. If it comes back I’ll go get checked out.
We sure love our family and friends and pray for you. There are some who have some hard trials they
are dealing with. We continue to love
and pray for you. I know prayer is a
real power.
My quote for today is a phrase that my friend Kristen Wilcox
shares often with the Young Women. “Blowing out someone’s candle, doesn’t make
yours shine any brighter.” I know it
is important to be happy for people who have good things happen to them and to
try to not bring others down to make you feel better.
Love,
Mindy
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