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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