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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Field Day for Laina

Slay the dragon! Race to the top! Slide down first! Alaina was proud to tell me that her friend fell just after this photo was taken but Laina kept going so she "won" and got down the slide first. Should I be worried that my sweet little girl is excited because someone fell so she could win?

At least she was happy to cheer on her friends in this event . . .

Garrett had field day too, but another dad from Laina's class took these photos. I don't have any of Garrett unfortunately.

His favorite event was knocking people off the balance beam with a padded pole! Ai, yi, yi! I guess that's what a medival themed field day is all about. They had a blast!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Kathryn's Busy Month

Kathryn really enjoyed the month of May

She is part of the rec's Track Team and they ran a distance challenge on the 16th. The distance challenge is a timed one hour run around the track on two separate days, one near the beginning of the season and one at the end. Parent volunteers keep track of how many laps they do and they get to see how much they can improve from the beginning of the program to the end. Kat ran 4 miles this time. (Her best last year was 5 miles, she was taking it easy this time around. She hopes to beat last year's distance at the end of the season.)

She also sang 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' with two friends at her school's chorus concert,

Won first place in her grade on the local Elk Lodge's Drug Awarness poster contest,

AND celebrated her 11th birthday while we were camping over Memorial Day Weekend. Way to go Kat, we love you!

Healthy Snack for Scouts

Garrett was very proud of his healthy snack for cub scouts. He is very talented (and a little scary) with a knife. Everyone ate it - no leftovers.

May 11, 2009

Quote of hope from Teachings of George A. Smith

If mankind will love one another, the hatred and the unkindness that have existed so much in the world will pass away. In these days of uncertainty when men are running to and fro seeking for some new plan by which peace may be
brought into the world, know this: that the only way to peace for this world is the pathway of the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord. There is no other. …

To possess a knowledge of the truth is worth all the wealth of the world, to know that we are on the safe highway when we are in the pathway of duty as defined by our Heavenly Father, and to know that we can continue there if we will, regardless of the influences and inducements that may be offered by those who have not been appointed to be our leaders, is a blessing that is priceless.

We live in a day when the scripture is being fulfilled among the nations wherein the Lord said through one of his prophets, that in the latter-day, “… the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.” (Isaiah 29:14.) With all the wisdom of the world, no group thus far has been able to point the way for peace with the certainty that it is the way.

We … are fortunate to know that there is a way for peace that alone will produce results, and that way is to keep the commandments of God as revealed to the children of men anciently and in our day. If that way were followed, all the problems that are so serious in the world could be solved, and peace would come to this unhappy earth.

Though the world may be filled with distress, and the heavens gather blackness, and the vivid lightnings flash, and the earth quake from center to circumference, if we know that God lives, and our lives are righteous, we will be happy, there will be peace unspeakable... by going about doing good, we may have peace and happiness and prosperity.

Quote to Ponder

"The real Christmas comes to him who has taken Christ into his life as a moving, dynamic, vitalizing force. The real spirit of Christmas lies in the life and mission of the Master. 'It is a desire to sacrifice for others, to render service, and to possess a feeling of universal brotherhood. It consists of a willingness to forget what you have done for others, and to remember only what others have done for you; to ignore what the world owes you, and think only of ... your chance to do good and aid your fellowmen ... to see that your fellowmen are just as good as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts - to close your book of grievances against the universe, and look about you for a place to sow a few seeds of happiness and go your way unobserved.' " ~ Howard W. Hunter, 1972