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Learning to pray!!!!

So Family home evening was fun last night. I dont know how people do it. How do you teach your kids revernce and to sit when one is old enough and the other well ur just not too sure about!!!! I sit and think even if I had a husband, we would probablly be adding more kids to the family which still puts the kids at the top of the food chain!!! Wow it takes courage to have kids. It was great. So I am trying to teach my kids to pray. KayteLynn has got the whole folding your arms things down, but that last through DE... and then she is gone again. :) As for LaNea she thinks that everytime we say a prayer that means she says a prayer. So I am trying to teach her that other people say prayers also. HA!!! I dont know if she is like me just that dense or she honeslty doesnt get it!!! He is out prayer last night, and in no way am I disrespecting prayer this is what honestly happened.

MOM- "K LaNea we are going to say a prayer and it is Kates turn to pray because you said opening"

LaNea- " OK Mom"

Mom(Kayte)- Dear ____________ (You get it I dont want to put it all on here for obvious reasons)
LaNea- Dear __________

Mom(Whisper voice)- "No SHHH LaNea it is Kaytes turn u just listen

LaNea- "Oh (giggle) Sorry Mom"

Mom(Katye)- "Thank you for today"

LaNea- "Thank you for today"

Mom(A Little bit louder) - "No LaNea SHHHH Kayte is saying the prayer"

LaNea- "Oh yeah sorry mom (giggle)

Ok so long story short this went on for 5 mins. Talk about being annoyed, LOL!!! WOW!!!! But I didnt get mad because I honestly think she was trying to let Kayte say it. I have no idea. So I am thinking I either have some really really bad communication issues, or she had even worse listening skills!!!!

But on the less frustrating side of things, on sunday we couldnt find LaNea's other black shoe so I had her kneel down and pray that we find it. As soon as the prayer was said I looked up and there was her shoe. So I grabbed it and said "Look LaNea we found it." She replied with "WOW MOM I LOVE HEAVENLY FATHER HE HELPED US FIND OUR SHOE"

No words can express the joy in a lesson well learned, and now anytime she cant find anything she asks me to pray with her to help us find it.

I am not a great teacher ask all my young woman who had to listen to me teach some sundays, But with the Lords help anything is teacheable and anyone can teach it.

Well that was our monday night!!! How was yours?

Catching up!!!

It has been a long time since I have been able to write my feeling down, and so much has happened. The girls are growing so fast. It is so unfair. My heartaches that they don't have a dad who gets to share these great experience's in life with them. He is missing out on so much. But we do have together. Saturday nights the girls and I take for ourselves. No friends, just us. We put rollers in our hair watch a fun movie. Pain nails, you know the fun girl stuff. :) It is so much fun it is our time to detox from the hectic week and get ready for church on Sunday. The girls like it a lot and I have notice a tremendous change in their attitudes throughout the week when we take time out for each other. Although bed time has gotten a lot more hectic. I have the girls in the same room and now that KayteLynn is getting older she thinks that it is play time. So I usually end up separating them about an hour after bed time. They always make me laugh though, Kate has no clue she is in trouble when I walk in that room she just starts laughing and telling me to watch her new trick!!!! So silly!!!

They are my world, and I love them with all my heart. I just wish I could give them more. As for me despite the comfort of my girls, I am lonely. I long for a friend, for companionship, but there doesn't seem to be anyone out there. It is heartbreaking to me. Mostly because the only ones I seem to attract are the jerks. The ones who don't care. And the few that I have found that have this great love and admiration for the Lord and his work seem to be too busy, or not interested.

But despite my broken heart I know the Lord is teaching me something I just wish I could get it so that i can move on to the next. I am way too hard headed and think I already know it all. Although something while at church yesterday I did realize as I watched bishops wife with her new baby and other four kids on the bench. That I had better not complain about sitting a lone with my children, because just because you h ave a spouse in the Lord church does not mean he will always be there. and I never want to be a hindrance to my spouse and his calling because I cant handle doing it alone. If only my lesson were that easy to figure out though!!! Oh well!!!

I know that my trials are nothing compared to most and I feel so selfish complaining because I know so many other woman and men who feel the same way. That their trials are so much greater than mine. I know that I need to be patient and understanding. That is my goal, and I hope that anyone who does read this dose not take it as complaining, this blog is my venting blog, my emotions and feelings as they come out of my head onto this page.

Have a great day!!!
April Annie

Things I want in a relationship. Things I am willing to give in a relationship.
Loyalty all that I have written
for what I want.
Honesty
Friendship
Respect
Direct Communication
Understanding
TRUE LOVE
Always thinks of me and
What I would say or what
I would want.




I want to be loved for me. I want to know that I am #1 in that person’s life. To know that I am loved and cared for, and never have to question that. To be joyous in all there is. To be happy to wake up next to him every day. To want to make love to him, just because. I want him to be happy with me. To know that I always love him. To be eternal.

Its not a lot to ask and it is not that hard to give, but why is it so hard to find? Why does no man understand how to love a woman. It is easy, they just want to know they come first. That is all. Go out with the boys have fun. Text her pictures of what you are doing. Call her just because you love her. The boys are great and they have been there for a lot but in the eternal realm seriously who do you want to share a mansion with!!!!

I want to be loved, that is all! To know that I come first!!!
Can you give me that?

Plan in The Last Days!

Today is a day of chaos, sadness, and disbelief, But as I watch the economy today I worry about the life of my children and their children. About the things that I can and cant give them. Not even having a college education today makes it a secure world for us. We have been told so many time that these are the last days. But do we really comprehend what that means? Do we know the extent of what we need to do to be prepared?

We know we need Food Storage, we know we need 72 Hour kits ready. But we need more, we need a plan. Sit down with your families no matter how young or old they are. Discuss the issues at hand. Create a plan on what needs to be done.

What is a plan?,

It is the means in which we provide a secure and orderly way of making sure that we as a family know what to do in means of an emergency!

How do we do that?

Be Open with your children! Don't hide things from them because you think they cant Handel it or think it is not that big of a deal. Talk to them as if they are your peer. It will gain a respect on both ends, this is no playing matter and they will take you more seriously if you treat them more seriously.

Devise plans, more than one. Think of as many possible things that may happen and worst case scenario, BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING!!!! The more you discuss it and the more open you are the better your family will be prepared. If the roads are closed down and I cant get to my family where will we meet. In town and out of Town. No matter how crazy, talk about it!

Set aside monthly payment for food storage and 72 hour kits. For young families keep up with it now. It will be so much easier as your family grows to buy one new kit at a time instead of six.

Preparing is key and essential for survival those who are prepared now will be okay, Those who take this lightly and don't worry will suffer and their children with them.

My words by no means are inspired or of professional opinion but I believe them and I will stand behind them and encourage all to listen.

Take the boy scouts advice "Be Prepared"

I pray for alls safety and no matter where life takes us God will Bless us if we listen to his counsel!!!!

Best of Luck to you all
Annie!!