A week in review!

A picture of my four monkeys...I don't have enough of these! Probably 'cause I can't get them all to sit in one place long enough!
There were too many kindergartners this year so they added a new class a couple of weeks after school started. Grace was chosen to go to the new class and we are very proud of her for being so easy-going and adaptable to the new situation. Mrs. Dean (her new teacher) and Mrs. Calloway (T.A.) seem like great teachers and we look forward to this year of learning.
We remembered September 11th by taking a cake to our local firehouse and thanking the fire fighters who risk their lives to keep us safe. They thanked us by letting the kids play on the fire trucks. They loved it.Thanks to all our public safety officers. We appreciate all that you do.

And finally our little warrior that keeps us safe...who could mess with a face like that!And that's what we've been up to.

A lucky number?

1 happy couple
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1 special place+

4 babies+

8 moves in 4 states (with a couple of temporary moves along the way!)+

A host of other adventures

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9 happy years...with FOREVER to go!

Wow, what a ride! Can't wait to see where it takes us next!
Happy Anniversary to my one and only!
(9 years on 9/9/9)

One of my favorite things...

I love when this little boy's face lights up when I walk in to pick him up after a nap or when I get home from wherever I went. It's the look of pure joy letting me know that I am his favorite person in the whole world. It is a piece of heaven, I can't get enough!Don't you just wanna eat him up???

School BBQ

Another project

This project was somewhat all consuming for the past 2 weeks, but it is finally done and I love it. This was my family room:Can we say uninspiring, boring...ugly! I was having issues with this wall because it is so big and I didn't know how to dress it up. This obviously was not the way to go. So I emailed a picture to my big sis and mom to get a few ideas. They were able to point me in the right direction and I ran with it. Here are the results: I love the way it turned out. I even designed and built the plant stand all by self! I wanted an old crate and could not find one anywhere, so I just made one. It turned out better than I expected, so I'm tooting my own horn a little! Here's a close up of it. I cut all the boards by hand (I don't have a power saw, but now I know what to ask Santa for!) and hammered all the nails without the help of a compressor. I chose boards that were a little beat up, then I found a stain that gave it more of a weathered look. It turned out perfectly imperfect!
Now that this room is done, I hope it will help me be more motivated to keep it clean!!

And here is the perfect window treatment:Who doesn't love a monkey in a window???

Sunday thought: The power of Testimony

Feel the power of these testimonies:
(Click on each name)

Job

Peter

Nephi

Abinadi

Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon

Bruce R. McConkie

Happy Sunday!

Change is a-coming!

The air is shifting somewhat for me. I am feeling the need to change and be better. The Spirit is breaking through my stubbornness and helping me see ways to accomplish this. I have had many impressions lately that I have forgotten because I did not record them...my laziness wins all too often. Because I love to blog, I have decided to post some of the thoughts that I receive. Since this is a journal of sorts for me, I think it will help me be more motivated to record and act upon these impressions. I also love to receive comments and feedback (hint, hint!) To commemorate this new start, I decided to change the name of my blog. Poppy's Seeds will be a documentary of the seeds of thought that (hopefully) come to fruition and also the growing of all my little family seeds (Jesse, Grace, Dylan, James and Danny!)

I hope you will join me on this journey.