Adventures in Babysitting

My last day babysitting was Wednesday. I was supposed to leave in the afternoon but their aunt ended up needing more time so I stayed. Those kids were a handful but soooo fun! I can't wait to have my own kids, even with as crazy as everything was haha I am in no way detoured in wanting a big family just like it. 

We did some fun stuff. On Monday and Tuesday I took the two youngest boys to the library. That was way fun. My mom used to take me when I was little and I always enjoyed it. We read the spooky old tree twice! I ran lunches, field trip money and other forgotten things to the school for the kids. Another thing I did with the 2 younger boys was sing. My Grandma and my mom used to sing songs to keep our minds distracted while they did all kinds of things (like make lunch or clean etc). While making juice one day the boys were getting wiggly so I took the primary song "singing a song is fun to do" and changed it to "making our juice is fun to do" haha. It worked like a charm! the boys loved it and it caught their attention long enough for me to finish the juice and lunch.

I'd have to say one of the best things that happened was on Wednesday. It was becoming dinner time and I had just finished cleaning up the kitchen again. So I decided to take the boys (all 6 of them) out to eat. Haha that was crazy! I had boys spilling water cups and making messes with in minutes of sitting down. Initially I was planning on taking them to a fast food place, but upon further thought the idea of everyone running amuck to get their own drinks, condiments, etc was just too much. So a sit down restaurant it was. Our poor waitress did such a good job though! Every time she came back around the boys were asking for some thing. I especially liked the fights over the free scones phrases like "hey he got two" and "I didn't get one!', I'm like "boys they are free you can eat them until you explode, trust me everyone will get one it's going to be OK". I still hope we tipped her ok she did a good job.

By far the best moment had to be right before we got ready to leave. The second to youngest boy (his name is Paul and he is 4) got eating too fast and his older brother had to take him to the bathroom to spit out his food so he wouldn't choke. On the way back Paul saw a hostess taking a chair to the banquet room, and decided to yell "JUMP!". At that moment he jumped onto the chair the girl was carrying and hung there. HAHAHA wow it was sooo funny the poor hostess was laughing but you could also tell that she was very much surprised be her new passenger. And of course all the other boys were giggling like crazy. It was a good meal. Dinner AND a show, for no extra cost.

October Conference

Wow all I can say is wow. Between this conference and April's I have cultivated such a wonderful testimony of it. When Jeffery Holland talked about the Book of Mormon my eyes were watering up the entire time. That testament couldn't have come at a better time. I've been working on my own personal testimony of the Book of Mormon. For as many trials I feel like I have over come this year I still can't believe how quickly and exactly God answers prayers, most especially my own. I've read the scriptures but I never really read them for my own personal testimony. I started reading back in August and my understanding has increased 100 fold.

Here are some of my favorite scriptures I have found while reading recently.

Mosiah 23:21

Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he triet their patience and their faith.

Alma 7:23

And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times.

Alma 39:14

Seek not after riches nor the vail things of this world; for behold you cannot carry them with you.

~I've been under lining patience, endure to the end, and other similar statements as I read. I've been trying my best to learn to be more patient and long suffering in my life it is probably one of my biggest difficulties.

Another thing that stood out to me was from The Family: A Proclamation to the World. "We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God." That phrase hit me so hard. Not just from my own personal experiences with other people's agency but people from my mom's family as well. It reminded me of another scripture in Alma 39:8 But Behold, ye cannot hid your crimes from God; and except ye repent they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day. I think some times we forget that we need to always be openly apologetic about our sins.

Anyways I'm so thankful for the gospel and once again conference was great I know they speak with authority and the spirit.

Happy Meals

This will most likely be my last blog for the month. I'm going to be working for a lady in my ward for about a week watching her kids. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to post again but I just thought I would write one last time. I've been so busy working this month. I've been cutting hair as well. I love that! It's like being able to talk to someone and then get paid. Not only that but everytime I turn around someone wants me to do their hair. It's such a blessing and it's a great way to save money! I love always having cash in my pocket and in my bank account. At this rate I'll be paying for school in cash.

Today when I worked for the lady in my ward, she had me take her two youngest boys and their little friend to go get happy meals while she ran errands. The main reason was to get her youngest used to me haha and to have him associate me with having fun. That way when she leaves hopefully he will be ok with me watching him. It was a fun time I squeezed 3 car seats into my car (had to push a little bit to close the door but it worked). The boys all got hot wheels cars and played in the playland.

They were so cute and so well behaved. I love how the boy on the right has as many french fries in his little mouth as he could fit haha I was waiting to have him choke bleh that's just what I needed. When it was time to go I got some cookies and told them they could have them on the way home. The older boy could reach the window in my car and now I have cookie on the widown and handle haha and right when we got to the house he threw his car out the window lol wow good times. The other thing I'm pretty happy about right now is that my driving record no longer has a single ticket on it! Hurray I'm 3 years out, and I haven't been pulled over in over a year. I'm sure my parents appreiciate that as well. I guess that's all till October :)

Progress and Pride & Prejudice

I've got about a third of my Christmas throw done. Hurray! I ironed and cut up all the pieces last week, so that I could sew this week. It will be an awesome blanket but this is the first time I have had something besides just blocks to cut out and sew so the seems are just a leeeetle off. Haha oh well I'll get better I'm sure. It will have edging on the sides and I think I want to add another row to the bottom to make sure that it will cover toes with room to spare :) extra cozy. This Sunday and last I watched Pride and Prejudice while I worked. Can I just say WOW I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that show! I have always been a hopeless romantic. I hadn't even seen it till August of this year. I was hanging out with some friends and one of the guys refrenced it and I was like "huh?".

I had heard about it seen parts (more like seconds) of the Mormon version but had never really seen it. I knew nothing about the storyline or anthing else. He then continued to tell me "You're not a 'real girl until you've seen Pride and Prejudice". So about a week later I went over to his house and watched it with his brother and him. Haha and in their words they made a "real women" out of me. Good good times. Between the language like "violent affections" and the suspense of all the couples I just die. If only things were that fun in real life. One of the best and worse parts is how Mr. Darcy and Ms. Bennett never kiss till the absolute end of the movie. It's so refreshing unlike current movies that are filled with full on everything from start to finish.

Not only that but it's so fun to talk about with other girls haha just one more chick flick to anlyze. Just as a side note to one of my friends I spoke to about this recently I paid extra attention to Mr. Darcy this last time and I'm going to agree with you he is FINE. I'm not a super fan of Colin Firth but in this movie I am! I'm usually more of a blue eyed blondish guy fan, but his brown eyes and hair are just fine the way they are.

Football

Brandon is playing football this year! I can't believe how tall he is. I'm still taller then the boy but only by 2 inches (if that). He's playing for Eagle Rock, the family all went to watch his game on Saturday morning at the Skyline field. He is new to the sport so the coaches don't usually play him until their first string is completely winded (irritating but I guess everyone has to do their time) but he does a great job at holding his opponents. He plays defensive line, and his team is completely undefeated so far this year. Me and the Family sitting in the lovely September sun. It was so BEAUTIFUL on Saturday perfect day for game watching.

Grandma Chris came to the game with Grandpa Jerry. Love this lady!

This is just Jordan and I making faces while we wait at half time. I can't lie the boys still drive me nuts sometimes but they are sooooo cool! Then later that evening while I fixed Grandma's hair I listened to the BYU game and they lost against Florida it was sad.