Post #12: The Power of our Thoughts
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
"She Teaches Fearlessly" Continued
I've done two posts on sheteachesfearlessly.com in the last few days. Signups for new posts will happen soon and I'm going to try to sign up for fewer (so I can have some semblance of balance in my life). But we'll see :) It's so fun to write and I'm so passionate about these topics!
Post #10: I Can't Do It. . .Alone
This one was hard for me to write--tears streamed down my face as I typed. Those were hard times, times that continue to affect me. It was even harder to post--it's hard to tell the world about how much I've struggled as a mom. But my goal is more important than my need to save face, I want to help other moms know that they're not the only one struggling and that there is help. Heavenly Father and others are with us, helping us in the vineyard of life.
Post #10: I Can't Do It. . .Alone
This one was hard for me to write--tears streamed down my face as I typed. Those were hard times, times that continue to affect me. It was even harder to post--it's hard to tell the world about how much I've struggled as a mom. But my goal is more important than my need to save face, I want to help other moms know that they're not the only one struggling and that there is help. Heavenly Father and others are with us, helping us in the vineyard of life.
Post #9: Blessings of "Ponderizing"
This is a post that lists some areas that ponderizing has helped me in my life.
Friday, March 25, 2016
Most Recent STF Posts
Here are the last four posts I've done on sheteachesfearlessly.com. Check the site on April 1st for my next post!
Post #8: You are Called of God
Description: The source of our callings.
Post #7: I Chose Fear
Description: The scariest five minutes of my life, and what I learned from it.
Post #6: My Plea for Perfection
Description: Perfection comes little by little.
Description: Making the scriptures of greater worth in our lives.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Blogging Elsewhere!
These days I've been pretty sparse on "Our Favorite Happy Thoughts" partly because I have been writing on a different website and cultivating the shiny new talent of graphic design! Sheteachesfearlessly.com is an amazing website filled with beautiful heartfelt accounts written by women. Every day there are posts which are intended to prepare you for the lesson taught that week in Sunday school (for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Each day the writer puts into words how they have applied that scripture to themselves. That's not the only thing us ladies write about though! There are all sorts of topics from food to marriage to health! It's quite new, but it's growing and it's wonderful! It is an opportunity to combine some of my favorite happy thoughts--writing, teaching, and baring my testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ! The "She Teaches Fearlessly" tab will be dedicated to glimpses of my recent posts! I would love to hear your thoughts on my posts--especially in the comments on the posts themselves. Writers just love to know their work is being read and appreciated :)
Description: For those of us who are prone to "bad mommy moments"
Post #3: Four Goals for a Happy Marriage
Description: The title pretty much says it all!
Description: For those of us who are prone to "bad mommy moments"
Post #3: Four Goals for a Happy Marriage
Description: The title pretty much says it all!
Post #2: My Soul Delighteth in The Scriptures
Description: My journey to learning how to love the scriptures
Description: A story of a woman from my mission who taught me what it means to be grateful for trials.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Leila-isms #7
In honor of Leila's monthly unbirthday, here are some more fun Leila-isms!
If you'll remember, I interviewed Leila for the last Leila-isms. So I've still got some stuff left over from Christmas time--
1) On Christmas Day: OH! It's Christmas! It's Jesus' birthday! Let's sing happy birthday to him!! (and we did!)
2) In her prayer: Thank you that baby Jesus was born
3) In another prayer: Please bless that kids will be nice to moms and dads and that kids won't yell at their moms and dads (you can guess what kind of behavior we talked about that day!)
4) After Heidi bit her:
Mom, Dad, I'm gonna die, 'cause Heidi bit me and there's a hole in me!
5) Dad, what does punching mean? . . .Can you show me on mom what punching is? (note: she knows what punching is. . .and no--he didn't show her!)
6) Leila: What can I have to eat
Daddy: Well. . .you can have. . .a pine cone. . .or some rocks!
Leila: Of course I can't have that Dad! Those don't have any PROTEIN!
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| We went to the Aquarium a couple weeks ago. Leila was a goof as usual :) |
1) On Christmas Day: OH! It's Christmas! It's Jesus' birthday! Let's sing happy birthday to him!! (and we did!)
2) In her prayer: Thank you that baby Jesus was born
3) In another prayer: Please bless that kids will be nice to moms and dads and that kids won't yell at their moms and dads (you can guess what kind of behavior we talked about that day!)
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| I know. . .I posted this one on Facebook, but it's just so darned cute! Shaving cream noses! |
4) After Heidi bit her:
Mom, Dad, I'm gonna die, 'cause Heidi bit me and there's a hole in me!
5) Dad, what does punching mean? . . .Can you show me on mom what punching is? (note: she knows what punching is. . .and no--he didn't show her!)
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| Lately we've started a ritual--"special time". First we do a little gospel lesson, then we do an activity like a science experiment or craft. This was making rain clouds :) PS--this is what the shaving cream was actually for! |
Daddy: Well. . .you can have. . .a pine cone. . .or some rocks!
Leila: Of course I can't have that Dad! Those don't have any PROTEIN!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Interviewing Leila (Leila-isms #6)
So, I've been a major slacker in the blogging department lately--I only did 5/12 days of "The 12 Days of Christmas", I didn't do Heidi-isms for when she turned 15 months, and I haven't blogged about Christmas in Canada. So it looks like I get a big fat "F" in that facet of life. However, this round of Leila-isms just might be fun enough to make up for a little bit of that. And while I won't be catching up for the 7 days of Christmas I missed, I am still planning on blogging about Christmas in Canada.
Leila loves the limelight. . .is there any wonder why that phrase flows off of your tongue like they are just meant for each other? As a preschooler, I was interviewed and recorded on cassette. Listening to that tape years later, I thought my answers were so funny! So when Pinterest showed me some interview questions to ask children, I just couldn't resist! Well. . .I guess I resisted for awhile, I thought it would be fun to do in the New Year and for her HALF BIRTHDAY! (Which is today :)
So here is the interview--something I plan on doing every year. I totally recommend this. It's a great way to record history and I'm sure Leila will think she's hilarious later on.
Leila Parker Age 3 1/2
Note: my comments are inside *asterisks*
What is your Favorite:
More Questions:
If you could change your name what would you change it to: Gaylee *yes, that's totally random*
Are you going to get married? Ya!
To whom? Duncan.
How many kids are you going to have? The ones that the Brunn's have. *There are 5*
What will their names be? Autumn, Billy is the baby, Arli is the boy (there's only one in my family), Aleesa *that's Sister Bruun's name*, and Log-a
Who is your best friend: Emma Brunn *side note: Emma is 12--a whopping 8 1/2 years older than Leila. She has never played with her and has only sat quietly next to her at church a few times!*
Who are your friends? I really like all of them in the Brunn's. *She does! She's even said in her prayers a few times "thank you for the Brunn's" or "please bless the Brunn's"!
What do you like to do with your friends? Painting Daddys that are so cool and painting babies and girls and I like to put their clothes on after they're painted. I really like to paint.
What will your job be when you grow up? I'll be working on the computer a lot and I'll be living in Victoria *in BC Canada*
What do you like to do with Mom? I really like to hug you and kiss you.
What do you like to do with Dad? The same thing that I love to do with you.
What do you love most about yourself?
What is something Daddy says: Take care of people
What is something Mommy says: I don't know
What makes you happy? Heidi hugging me.
What makes you sad? Heidi pulling my hair.
How does Mommy make you laugh? When I sleep a lot and you be loud and it makes me laugh.
What was Mommy like as a child? You looked like a boy.
How old is Mommy? I don't know.
How tall is Mommy? (arm way up in the air)
What is Mommy's favorite thing to do? Help me and Heidi.
What does Mommy do when you’re not around? Clean up the toys when it's messy, read the holy scriptures, after I go to sleep you go to sleep.
What is Mommy really good at? cleaning up toys.
What is Mommy not very good at? You're good at everything!
What does Mommy do for a job? you do this: (gives me the thumbs up)
What is Mommy's favorite food? tacos
What makes you proud of Mommy? When I say "Mommy! Mommy! You ate your food! Mom, I love you so much!"
What do we enjoy doing together? Getting things out of the couch. *yes, that's random too*
How are we the same? We both have white skin.
How are we different? We don't have the same shirt.
How do you know I love you? Because I really love you! Because you hug me all the time and kiss me! What does Mommy like most about dad? hugging him.
Where is Mommy's favorite place to go? All the places.
What's your favorite thing about our family? About my mom and dad I really love them and I love that they take care of me and I love to hug Heidi and I love that she hugs me and she's really cute.
The Questions were taken/adapted slightly from: http://joyinmykitchen.com/do-you-need-a-fresh-perspective-mom/ http://simplykierste.com/2015/01/annual-interview-questions-for-kids.html
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| Hey, Mom! Take a picture of me saying : "Happy Halloween! Merry Christmas!" |
Leila loves the limelight. . .is there any wonder why that phrase flows off of your tongue like they are just meant for each other? As a preschooler, I was interviewed and recorded on cassette. Listening to that tape years later, I thought my answers were so funny! So when Pinterest showed me some interview questions to ask children, I just couldn't resist! Well. . .I guess I resisted for awhile, I thought it would be fun to do in the New Year and for her HALF BIRTHDAY! (Which is today :)
So here is the interview--something I plan on doing every year. I totally recommend this. It's a great way to record history and I'm sure Leila will think she's hilarious later on.
Leila Parker Age 3 1/2
Note: my comments are inside *asterisks*
What is your Favorite:
More Questions:
If you could change your name what would you change it to: Gaylee *yes, that's totally random*
Are you going to get married? Ya!
To whom? Duncan.
How many kids are you going to have? The ones that the Brunn's have. *There are 5*
What will their names be? Autumn, Billy is the baby, Arli is the boy (there's only one in my family), Aleesa *that's Sister Bruun's name*, and Log-a
Who is your best friend: Emma Brunn *side note: Emma is 12--a whopping 8 1/2 years older than Leila. She has never played with her and has only sat quietly next to her at church a few times!*
Who are your friends? I really like all of them in the Brunn's. *She does! She's even said in her prayers a few times "thank you for the Brunn's" or "please bless the Brunn's"!
What do you like to do with your friends? Painting Daddys that are so cool and painting babies and girls and I like to put their clothes on after they're painted. I really like to paint.
What will your job be when you grow up? I'll be working on the computer a lot and I'll be living in Victoria *in BC Canada*
What do you like to do with Mom? I really like to hug you and kiss you.
What do you like to do with Dad? The same thing that I love to do with you.
What do you love most about yourself?
What is something Daddy says: Take care of people
What is something Mommy says: I don't know
What makes you happy? Heidi hugging me.
What makes you sad? Heidi pulling my hair.
How does Mommy make you laugh? When I sleep a lot and you be loud and it makes me laugh.
What was Mommy like as a child? You looked like a boy.
How old is Mommy? I don't know.
How tall is Mommy? (arm way up in the air)
What is Mommy's favorite thing to do? Help me and Heidi.
What does Mommy do when you’re not around? Clean up the toys when it's messy, read the holy scriptures, after I go to sleep you go to sleep.
What is Mommy really good at? cleaning up toys.
What is Mommy not very good at? You're good at everything!
What does Mommy do for a job? you do this: (gives me the thumbs up)
What is Mommy's favorite food? tacos
What makes you proud of Mommy? When I say "Mommy! Mommy! You ate your food! Mom, I love you so much!"
What do we enjoy doing together? Getting things out of the couch. *yes, that's random too*
How are we the same? We both have white skin.
How are we different? We don't have the same shirt.
How do you know I love you? Because I really love you! Because you hug me all the time and kiss me! What does Mommy like most about dad? hugging him.
Where is Mommy's favorite place to go? All the places.
What's your favorite thing about our family? About my mom and dad I really love them and I love that they take care of me and I love to hug Heidi and I love that she hugs me and she's really cute.
The Questions were taken/adapted slightly from: http://joyinmykitchen.com/do-you-need-a-fresh-perspective-mom/ http://simplykierste.com/2015/01/annual-interview-questions-for-kids.html
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