Missed a week! Two Sundays ago, Crista told me she felt inspired to tell me to read Grandpa Cook’s history, specifically the ancestor section. In Brandon Sanderson’s new book, Wind and Truth (not sure I’m a fan of everything in there, but it has some redeeming qualities), there are “Spren” which are spiritual ties to …
My migraine-free-streak had to start over today. I said a quick prayer of gratitude because it has been a long week. Some migraines were worse than others, but today was the first day I woke up without one since Saturday of last week. I’m hoping it was just because I was sick and not because …
I should write my blog before church. Between being “on” and energetic for the Primary kids and then a baptism following the two hours of church and trying to keep my feral children somewhat behaved, I get home pretty wiped and anything I thought about sharing on the blog is long gone. I did write …
As you know, the past three months have been a bit of a struggle for me and my family even though we have amazing friends, family, and heavenly support. Can you imagine what troops over there are feeling that don’t have the same? Max has taken on a service project for his BETA club. We …
When we got the news that Andy was going to be deployed, I was devastated. It was instantly a heavy weight that fell on my shoulders. I’d probably already through several stages of the grief process before he even left. Of course, it didn’t help that the dates and location and logistics of it all …
Three months down. Six to go. Oof this is feeling long. Here’s a recap of the week: We had some fun and worked hard this weekend. I got some yard work done and made a dent in my shoe shelf I’m making. I’ll show you the shelf when it’s done. I spent a lot of …
With the passing of our prophet last weekend, there was a lot of speculation about what would happen this weekend. While we didn’t sustain a new prophet, we did sustain the twelve as prophets, seers, and revelators. The speculation was unnecessary as the church has a great system set in place for moments like these. …
What a week… Monday, we started off strong fighting traffic to get to Bev’s last burn appointment (traffic is rare here, but there was an accident). After waiting forty-five minutes, I asked someone if they’d forgotten us (which they probably had). They pulled us back fifteen minutes later. We waited another hour to see their …
We had the primary program this Sunday. We usually do it in October/November, but with the busyness of the holidays and Andy being MIA, I didn’t really want to have that extra stress during an already stressful time… so I just moved it during a different busy- sports season. It wasn’t too bad. We had …
For the sake of honesty and transparency, I’ll tell you, this week was hard. I’ve had harder things happen since Andy’s been gone, so I’m not sure if it was because the exhaustion of it all finally caught up to me, or hormones are out of whack, or the length of time he’s been gone …
