Sunday Musings

"Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” (Matt 6:8) In Sunday School we read this scripture and discussed why we need to pray if Heavenly Father knows what we need before we ask. I have been thinking about this today. I'm guilty of this sometimes. I know that Heavenly Father loves me and knows what is best for me, and so I sometimes just wait for him to bless me with what I need and then I get frustrated when those blessings don't come. Sometimes they do, but if it happened all the time it would leave out an important step, I think. In the next chapter of Matthew are the verses, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Matt 7:7-8) Asking for what we need, through prayer and fasting, is an important step in coming closer to our Heavenly Father and Christ and in developing faith. Our Heavenly Father knows our needs and wants to bless us with what is best for us, but sometimes I think it is up to us to truly seek for it. And it's important to remember that our plan is not always the same as our Heavenly Father's plan. Anyway, that’s just what I’ve been thinking about today. I need to take a more active role in asking for blessings that my family and I need, rather than just waiting for them to fall from heaven.

Make up Your Mind, Mother Nature!

Kevin, Matt and I drove to Mesquite for a soccer tournament last weekend. Friday, the weather was gorgeous -sunny and 60 degrees -perfect soccer weather and swimming weather (see the out of order pictures below). Unfortunately the Outlaws played one of the best teams in the state and lost the first game.

The second game was Friday night under the lights. Chilly to watch, but nice weather for the players, and a gorgeous full moon over us all. This game they won, in a shut out.

Having a HUGE dinner after the game. They earned it!

Relaxing in the hot tub between games on Friday. Matt was the only brave one to spend much time in the real pool. It was the first day it was open all year and it was just beginning to heat up. That's why his lips are blue. :)

Saturday we woke up to rain. The boys played in wind and rain and I didn't take any pictures. They lost again after their excellent goalie got injured in a yellow card play. Bummer. We left for home right after the game because I knew that the storm was heading north and I wanted to get home before the weather got too bad. We were in off and on snow all the way home. It was white-knuckle driving most of the time, but we arrived home safely Saturday night.

Our view Monday morning

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had cinnamon roll hearts and pink french vanilla hot chocolate for breakfast on Valentine's Day. One went over better than the other. I guess hot chocolate is supposed to be, you know, chocolate. :)

Funny that all three of my boys showed up to breakfast in red shirts on Valentine's day. I'm certain it wasn't intentional on Kevin and Scott's part, but Matt did it on purpose, I think.
Such festive children.

Our annual huge cookies. Try not to look at the wobbly lines. I actually went to lunch with Camille the Friday before Valentine's Day, so I delivered hers then. Wouldn't want her to feel left out. But I didn't think to get a picture of her taking a bite! I know she would have loved to have that posted.

Sweet Valentine's Math

1 photo of a cute kid in an awkward pose...

+ a little photoshopping...

+ an exacto knife and a tootsie pop...

x 22 =

1 3rd grader who can sleep tonight because he's finally ready for Valentine's Day!
(Now if we can finish getting those times tables passed off we can lower his stress level another notch. Next up - 6's)

I'm Supposed to be Organizing my Closets...

Instead I took this old phone photo and played around with it for a while...

Computers are such time wasters... but so much fun! Now I really, really need to go get something useful done.