Visiting Teaching

I have really grown to Love Visiting Teaching. I really appreciate my visiting teachers and I am sad that one will be leaving me this summer. I decided this month to do something special for my sisters that I teach. I wish I could say it was my idea but it wasn't. I found a website that I love called small and simple things. That is where I got the idea for the cone. I had already made the roses and was looking for a way to utilize them. This seemed to work great.

Future Missionary

I have been looking for a button up shirt for Jack to wear on Sundays and cannot find one that is his size. I was complaining to my mom about this and she found these onsies at her work. They are so stinking cute. The tie is embroidered right on the shirt. He looks like a baby missionary. Just got to get him a name tag.

Sickness defeated.

After a full week of being sick, a visit to the doctors, completely losing my voice, a few boxes of tissues, an entire bottle of Robitussin, and a very concerned two year old, I am finally on my way out of this junk that decided to take up residence in my body. What started out to be allergies turned into a very nasty virus. Thank goodness for priesthood blessings. I was so worried that if I was as sick as I was what would it do to the baby. John's blessing was wonderful and gave me peace of mind. Baby is healthy and I need to concentrate on getting better. Thanks again to Jim for coming over and helping to administer so late at night. I have always been a firm believer that priesthood blessings work. I received a fathers blessing every year when school started and my dad never hesitated to call our home teachers when we were in need of a healing blessing. I am so glad that John is a worthy priesthood holder and I am glad that we have family and friends who are worthy and willing to help aid him when there is a blessing to be given.

Spiritual Renewal

I had the opportunity to go and actually do baptisms for the dead yesterday with our youth. I had not planned on doing baptisms but we ran out of girls and they needed one more sister to finish off the batch of names. It has been close to ten years since I have done baptisms and it was so awesome to be a part of it.
Before we could start a brother and sister were there to do one baptism and one confirmation. They were husband and wife and they were doing the work for his mother. The spirit was so strong, you just new that his mom was there. Even now as I am writing I am having a hard time controlling my emotions. It has been a while since we have been to the temple and now I can't wait to go back.

So, I walked into my kitchen yesterday and this is what I saw. Mariska had taken one of the pillows off the couch and set it very neatly on the floor. She then went on to empty the cupboard of all my canned items. She placed them all neatly on the ground around the pillow and then sat down on the pillow and continued to play with the cans. The other thing she has started to do, that I think is absolutely hilarious, she takes those same cans and puts them in the stroller she has for her baby doll and "gives them a ride" through out the house. I swear we shouldn't even bother buying the kid toys, because as long as I have canned goods and Tupperware she is a happy camper. I haven't been able to get a picture of her with the stroller but I will post it when I do.
Yesterday at church John and Mariska gave the nursery leaders a scare. Other parents had come to get their children and somehow Mariska saw John and sneaked out without the leaders seeing her go to him. I went to get Mariska and poor Sis. Peacock had to tell me she had no idea where Mariska was and how sorry she was. I figured she went with John because I would probably hear her screaming if she was with anyone else. I found John and sure enough she was with him. I told him he needed to make sure the nursery leaders know when he takes her. It was a funny and yet scary experience.
Things are crazy busy here. I am so glad this week is the last week of school. I am looking so forward to sitting down and reading a book that I want to read. Until next time!