A Perfectly Delicious Day of Fun in the Sun!

Our day started out with a Boyscout car wash! Corey held this sign, danced and screamed at cars for nearly three hours straight. (Brother Fazzini is very smart. He told Corey that he was the best looking kid in the troop and he was likely to get the most cars in for the fundraiser. Corey fell hook line and sinker!)

Caleb and Koti..... Oh my! These two danced and pleaded for money all day! They made $65.00 from people who just decided to donate money, without even having their cars washed!

So we made it home after 4 hours of car washing and when we walked in the house, I let out a sigh. There are boxes and garbage bags and painting supplies EVERYWHERE. The boys asked to go to the pool and without even thinking.... I SAID OH YEAH!!!!! Now it is a well known fact that I am NOT the outdoorsy type... However I am finding that I find the Florida Sun quite Delicious these days. I am going to bask in it all I can. Caleb and Koti played leap frog right into the pool!

Corey worked hard this morning... Here he is relaxing.

PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Conference always leaves me feeling so blessed and so..... dumb. How have I spent any of my life JUST NOT GETTING IT? It all seems so simple, don't you think? If we do what is right, we will be blessed. Hmmmm. Sounds easy enough.

IF ONLY THAT WERE TRUE. :) Speaking only about my own life... It can be hard. I can of course make it much harder than it was ever meant to be. I think of my PAST. What is there to be said really? What a dumb girl I was. SO.. if given the chance do I take it all back? At first, one might think "Ummm YES!" However, if I think about this for longer than half a second, I see four little faces and my heart breaks. Of course you don't take it back. Is there an option to simply delete certain things? No.. No there is not.

PRESENTly, I just have to deal with these things. Somethings, Most things... affect more than just myself.. again, things I have to deal with. I am not sure why it is so hard to ask for help. Over and Over we have been promised that we are never far from comfort.

" I will not leave you comfortless: I WILL come to you."

-John 14:18

Neil L. Anderson, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said on Sunday: "The Lord will shape the back to fit the burden placed upon it." So.... FUTURE: I will deal. I will spend as little time as possible feeling sorry for myself and angry for the choices I have made. I WILL do my best to continue working on being happy and satisfied to just be happy. :) Certain things from my past may never leave me but I know that there is hope for a HAPPY FUTURE. Aren't we so amazingly loved and blessed to have the opportunity to work through our sin, no matter how big or small?

I know that who I once was has molded the person that I am today. This person will continue to mold the face I will see in the mirror in the days to come and well..... I just hope that I am not a hunchback from all that molding. :)

I am so thankful for the Prophet and those who serve at his side. How blessed we all are to receive such divine inspiration. Regardless of our time and place in life.... We are so loved by Heavenly Father and his precious son, Jesus Christ. If we follow the commandments and hold true to the covenants that we make......

LIFE... IS GOOD!

CONFERENCE... is GOOD!

I... AM GOOD!

( Well, I am working on it anyway!)

Something New

So, I decided tonight that we needed a bit of a change. This may be attributed to the fact that Cliff does not have much of a voice and I dont know what to do with myself when we do not talk for hours at a time in the evening.. There is a chance that my eyes were growing tired of the other background. Am I the only one that strained to read on the other one, depite how fabulous the color scheme was? Either way, I felt that these colors were more than appropriate for spring. Hope you enjoy. I miss you all.