Life

There are times in our lives when we have to take a step back and reevaluate our perspectives. Now my life is great I have a wonderful Husband who makes sure we are taken care of. I have 3 beautiful children that teach me everyday. They love talking to aunties and grandma and all my family in Idaho. I have pushed that. I want my kids to know my family. Why because family is everything to me. This is where my perspective has been off a bit. The last 2 years have been struggle after struggle after struggle. For my Idaho family and hear in Canada. I was so worried about my family and wanting my family in Idaho that I let my own family down.

This past August my husband and I sat down and decided what was important for us. What things do we need to change. First of all i obviously miss my family and being with them. Well so we started webcamming more. on Birthday and little things. I sent them pakages at Holidays. This has helped a million. Then we had to decide what to make our family better.

Our Ward was challenged to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. So we did it. We finished on Christmas Day. With 3 kids 4 and under. That is a big deal for me. The boys were reminding Wayne and I that it was scripture time. I think it is awesome and we chose to continue our reading and picked D & C this year.

The Other big thing was deciding What each of our families did that we wanted to bring into our family. What traditions and things. This is where life gets hard again. First we decided that Birthdays are Important! We are going to have the best Birthdays we can have. Special days Make sure each of the children know that there birthday is Important to us. Thanksgiving and Christmas are big celebrations for my family. We get together and play cards. Eat grandmas wonderful food. Well in Canada Thanksgiving is in October. I always said I will never cook Dinner for Canadian Thanksgiving. Its not my Holiday it is Wayne's If he wants to celebrate it is up to him. Well this year we were in Edmonton for a Family Wedding and then Thanksgiving Dinner the next day. So This year was easy. Well then American Thanksgiving rolled around and all I wanted was grandmas Turkey n noodles over mashed potatoes and Raspberry cream pie. So We will now celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving in October and American Thanksgiving in Nov. With the best of the Holiday. We watched 4 Thanksgiving day parades and ate Turkey n noodle. and Runny cream pie. Maybe next year Ill get that right.

Then Comes Christmas. A very trying year this past year. As Christmas approached We had to decide what we wanted. Dad was coming up around the 12th and mom, Pug, Gubba, AK and Candice were coming the 22-1 ish. No real set dates. What were the things I wanted to have for my Christmas??? Well the kids have to open a present on Christmas eve. Christmas morning breakfast was Aunt Vonda's pull apart. We've had that off and all since I was little. The one thing that I really remember about Christmas when I was little was Dad's Nativity. That is how I remembered it. We would sit and wait for dad to set it up and get it out and light it and I knew that I really wanted one for my Decoration Collection. Well I saw one in a catalog and told Wayne Hopeing he would get the hint through all the tears as I was telling him the story and Showing him the picture.

So What does all this rambling mean?? Memories last for eternity. We each grow up with certain things we want to continue in our lives. And we learn things we don't want to repeat. Its not bad it just life. We have to make our homes as happy as we possibly can. If you love to read the scripture your children will learn to love reading the scriptures. I think by the 3rd Parade my kids were done. But I loved watching the parades. Maybe they will love them in the future. I dont Know but my kids will know that Traditions are important to me. Can I ask for anything else? Will my kids carry them to there Families I don't know but I am going to make my home the happiest it can be.