February 5, 2017
It has been a nice week.
Monday I watched my friend Sunny’s daughter. She slept for three and a half hours during
the morning and then I took her went shopping at Costco with Tilly and me after
lunch. She was pretty easy to
watch.
Tuesday morning I went to visit Puring for her
birthday. She seems happy. Tuesday and Wednesday nights I helped with
our ward’s pinewood derby weigh ins. Sadly
I had to miss Spencer’s basketball game in Coolidge.
Wednesday after school Marlee had her 3rd art
lesson. I hired Miranda Moulton, a
laurel in our ward, to teach Marlee art lessons since Marlee does not want to
play soccer or any other sports. She
LOVES her lessons and has been working hard to do her chores everyday so she
could have them. Miranda is a great
teacher and comes with good projects for Marlee to learn and work on.
Thursday morning I had Cub Scout round table. I’ll be honest. It was boring. I do not love round table, but my former
stake president promised us while referring specifically to round table that if
we are where we are supposed to be, when we are supposed to be there, we will
receive revelation that we may be seeking in other areas of our life. So I go to round table when I have a scout
calling. Thursday night Bryant had his
first football game. His team lost, but
not by much. They have improved a great
deal since their scrimmage two weeks ago.
Sadly, Bryant didn’t get to play at all.
He might not get much playing time this year since it is a 7th
and 8th grade team and there are four 8th graders who are
bigger than him who also play tight end.
I told him to keep hustling in practice and show the coaches what he can
do.
Friday morning Chad, Tilly and I went to flag ceremony at
the girls’ school since Marlee was named student of the month for her
class. I’m so proud of her and I’m happy
she received the award. She is such a
sweet girl. Friday night Spencer had a
basketball game at ALA. I told him if he
got 10 rebounds during the game I would take him to get a Blizzard at Dairy
Queen. He got 8 rebounds, which is a big
improvement for him. He has three games
this coming week before his season is over to see if he can get 10 rebounds in
a game and earn a Blizzard.
Yesterday my sister-in-law Jen and I went to a free painting
class at the Queen Creek Library. We
were taught how to paint flowers. It was
really fun. I couldn’t believe how great
a class it was and it was completely free, including all the supplies. There were so many spots left open too. I hope I can go again sometime. Thank you for going with me Jen! I have developed a lot for painting and
art. Someday I hope to take
lessons. I guess I could have Miranda
teach me too, but I don’t want to take over Marlee’s lessons.
Yesterday evening was our ward pinewood Derby. Chad was asked to make a slow car to ensure
that all the boys would win a race. He
named it Fast Money. It is pretty cool. It was the slowest car at the races, so he
did what he set out to do! The bishop was
also there with his slow car and he and Chad got to race their cars with the boys
and talk trash and stuff. It was fun for
them and the boys. I enjoyed the evening
a lot. I made little candy race car
awards for the boys. They were fun to
make.
Today I got a new calling, I still have my cub scout calling
and won’t be released from it, but now I am also the Sunday school teacher for
the 12 year olds!! I’m so excited about
it. I get to teach Bryant. There are 16 kids in our class. They are a very good class. Now that my calling is official, I had each
of the kids fill out a “favorite things” questionnaire that I made up for my YW
so I could get to know what their favorite treats, snacks, foods, hobbies, etc.
are. That way I get to know them better
and I can take them their favorite treats on their birthdays and/or when they
may be struggling or something like that.
A Sunday school teacher may be the greatest calling in the church. You get to work with the youth, but you don’t
have to plan mutual so you’re not so busy.
It is pretty cool that Chad got to give me my new church
calling. He also got to set me apart
today. Chad asked me if I would accept the calling on
Tuesday or Wednesday morning after he was all dressed up and in a suit ready to
go to work. He walked in the kitchen and
said, “Oh by the way will you accept a calling to teach the 12 year old Sunday
school class” before he headed out to work.
He knew I would accept because I told him a few times I would love to
teach that class if the bishopric didn’t have someone else they thought should
teach it. The bishop told me today that
Chad let them know that I wanted to teach the class, but that wasn’t why I got
the calling. He said they felt like I
was the person the Lord wanted to teach that class. It is always very reassuring to know the Lord
is behind you in your calling.
My quotes for today are from lesson three in President
Hinckley Relief Society/Priesthood manual.
“There is also in our
society a sad tendency among many of us to belittle ourselves. Other persons
may appear to us to be sure of themselves, but the fact is that most of us have
some feelings of inferiority. The important thing is not to talk to yourself about
it. … The important thing is to make the best of all that we have.”
I love that he counsels us not to talk to ourselves about
how we feel inferior to others. We need
to silence our negative self-talk and do the best of what we can do.
Love,
Mindy
