I have joined a site called 29-Day Gifts. The idea is a 29-day cycle of giving gifts. After 29 days you start a new cycle of giving. The gifts can be big or small. As small as sharing a smile or opening a door that you might not have thought of doing before. Today is day 1 of my 29 day cycle.
My gift today is that of the gift of love, hope and the gift of one life! I found this link and want to share it! It is a a young man from war-torn Iraq. He survived out of the ashes and had some reconstructive surgery and he and his brother were adopted by an angel woman. She turned their life around and gave them the one thing that they needed. The unconditional love of a mother!
Here is a link to my profile on the 29-Day Challenge:
http://www.29gifts.org/profile/hadlockd
...and here is a link to the video I mention above!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXSLjgsl6MI
Friday, September 9, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Entitled Society.....
Do you feel like our children are being raised in an entitled society, like never before. Everyone seems to want something for nothing. Why work for it if you can get it for free! I also think that children expect their parents to answer “Yes!,” to everything!
I can’t tell you how many times and how many different ways that both Ken and I have told Avery “No!,” to something. Not just one thing, but several things. It’s like he think if he continues to ask, we will change our minds. He ask me, he asks Ken, he asks me again and Ken again. His two big things right now are, “Can I buy a __________________ and I want to take a Ninja Sparring Class. Ken signed him up for Tikwando, against my better judgement. They signed up for a year contract. The year is not up and Avery is looking for every excuse to end the contract so that he can sign up with a different establishment that teaches more fighting and less technique and self control. I have learned over the past 10 years or so that he has a hard time making up his mind and then even a harder time sticking with something. This is a concept that he needs to master and learn now! Not something that we can just let slide. He needs to know that when he agrees to do something, that he needs to stick with it and do it!
I was listening to the Eyer’s this morning on a program. They have written a new book about children and entitlement. Even though this is my 5th of five children, I may need to get the book and read it for ideas on how to teach this child that he is not entitled to anything! Everything we get in this life is a gift! Nothing is as necessity but family and the love we share with one another and our belief in God and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nothing on this earth will go with us when we leave this life! All we take with us is the knowledge that we have received while here. When we put emphasis on the THINGS that we want, the THINGS we think we need and should have, we miss out on the bigger picture! We miss out on time with our families learning and growing together!
Work for what you want, work for what you need. No one is entitled just because he thinks he has earned it or thinks he deserves something, because everyone else has it. Well kido, we are not everyone!
Now maybe I can go to sleep!
I can’t tell you how many times and how many different ways that both Ken and I have told Avery “No!,” to something. Not just one thing, but several things. It’s like he think if he continues to ask, we will change our minds. He ask me, he asks Ken, he asks me again and Ken again. His two big things right now are, “Can I buy a __________________ and I want to take a Ninja Sparring Class. Ken signed him up for Tikwando, against my better judgement. They signed up for a year contract. The year is not up and Avery is looking for every excuse to end the contract so that he can sign up with a different establishment that teaches more fighting and less technique and self control. I have learned over the past 10 years or so that he has a hard time making up his mind and then even a harder time sticking with something. This is a concept that he needs to master and learn now! Not something that we can just let slide. He needs to know that when he agrees to do something, that he needs to stick with it and do it!
I was listening to the Eyer’s this morning on a program. They have written a new book about children and entitlement. Even though this is my 5th of five children, I may need to get the book and read it for ideas on how to teach this child that he is not entitled to anything! Everything we get in this life is a gift! Nothing is as necessity but family and the love we share with one another and our belief in God and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nothing on this earth will go with us when we leave this life! All we take with us is the knowledge that we have received while here. When we put emphasis on the THINGS that we want, the THINGS we think we need and should have, we miss out on the bigger picture! We miss out on time with our families learning and growing together!
Work for what you want, work for what you need. No one is entitled just because he thinks he has earned it or thinks he deserves something, because everyone else has it. Well kido, we are not everyone!
Now maybe I can go to sleep!
Friday, August 26, 2011
Busy times.......
Spencer is doing well in Florida. He made it through transfers without being moved. He is adjusting to the spanish and the heat and humidity! He says he gets soaking wet through all of his clothes. He also said he is enjoying rice and beans more. lol
Avery turned 16 years old last Monday. I can’t believe our baby is 16! He wont get his license for a while because he doesn’t have enough driving hours. He has spent a ton of time this summer long boarding and not a lot of time driving. He also started High School. His birthday was also the first day of school. “Happy Birthday, go to school!” We celebrated Sunday with the family here for dinner. He will be set apart as a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood on Sunday!
Sarah started her first teaching job. She was hired just a few days before school started. She worked hard and fast to get her classroom ready and is a 1st year, 1st grade teacher. Her classroom is cute! It was fun to watch her as she was nesting into her room. She is at a great school! We are excited for her! Josh has been busy working all summer and is started school back up in the fall. He has two years to go in his Engineering Degree. Sarah is in the Stake Young Womens as their Secretary and Josh is in the Ward Young Mens. They are busy and loving life! Hard to believe they have been married for 7 months.
Jack and McKell are making a move to Salt Lake. They have moved several times already but hopefully this will be a move where they can stay for a while, set their roots, etc. The home they have been living in was just temporary and they lived there for six months but are ready to move out on their own and set up a place of their own that they can call home. This month they celebrated their one year anniversary. Life is good and they are happy and cute together!
Amanda has had some exciting things going on in her life lately. She met and fell in love with one of her best friends, brother, Mike. They have had a fun couple of months getting to know each other. Unfortunately, he decided some time ago that since he had nothing exciting going on in his life, that he would go to China to teach English. He left on Wednesday to China. He will be gone for a year teaching English at a University. She has been really sad. What do they say, that “absence makes the heart grow fonder!” They will be able to speak via Skype and phone and mail. It will be a good opportunity to figure out if they want to be together. She is also making a job change and finishing up on her Master’s Degree, so she has lots to think about and to keep her busy.
Ken started up the new year at school. He is also involved in a play that will be starting up in September and will run September 3rd - September 30th. He is playing the captain in “Anything Goes.” It is playing at the Centerpointe Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 W., Centerville, 84014, (801) 298-1302. Come watch him if you can, he would love it! They have two casts, a M-W-F cast and a T-Th-Sat cast. I am not sure which one he is in.
Avery turned 16 years old last Monday. I can’t believe our baby is 16! He wont get his license for a while because he doesn’t have enough driving hours. He has spent a ton of time this summer long boarding and not a lot of time driving. He also started High School. His birthday was also the first day of school. “Happy Birthday, go to school!” We celebrated Sunday with the family here for dinner. He will be set apart as a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood on Sunday!
Sarah started her first teaching job. She was hired just a few days before school started. She worked hard and fast to get her classroom ready and is a 1st year, 1st grade teacher. Her classroom is cute! It was fun to watch her as she was nesting into her room. She is at a great school! We are excited for her! Josh has been busy working all summer and is started school back up in the fall. He has two years to go in his Engineering Degree. Sarah is in the Stake Young Womens as their Secretary and Josh is in the Ward Young Mens. They are busy and loving life! Hard to believe they have been married for 7 months.
Jack and McKell are making a move to Salt Lake. They have moved several times already but hopefully this will be a move where they can stay for a while, set their roots, etc. The home they have been living in was just temporary and they lived there for six months but are ready to move out on their own and set up a place of their own that they can call home. This month they celebrated their one year anniversary. Life is good and they are happy and cute together!
Amanda has had some exciting things going on in her life lately. She met and fell in love with one of her best friends, brother, Mike. They have had a fun couple of months getting to know each other. Unfortunately, he decided some time ago that since he had nothing exciting going on in his life, that he would go to China to teach English. He left on Wednesday to China. He will be gone for a year teaching English at a University. She has been really sad. What do they say, that “absence makes the heart grow fonder!” They will be able to speak via Skype and phone and mail. It will be a good opportunity to figure out if they want to be together. She is also making a job change and finishing up on her Master’s Degree, so she has lots to think about and to keep her busy.
Ken started up the new year at school. He is also involved in a play that will be starting up in September and will run September 3rd - September 30th. He is playing the captain in “Anything Goes.” It is playing at the Centerpointe Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 W., Centerville, 84014, (801) 298-1302. Come watch him if you can, he would love it! They have two casts, a M-W-F cast and a T-Th-Sat cast. I am not sure which one he is in.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Finding joy!
Our Stake is planning a day of service in July which has got me thinking about meaningful service. As I was growing up, I had the best example of meaningful service, living right in my home. If I wanted to learn how to serve others, I had to look no further than my own mom!
As we serve others, we are serving the Lord!
Find a way to serve someone today!!!
Link: Joy Through Service
As we serve others, we are serving the Lord!
Find a way to serve someone today!!!
Link: Joy Through Service
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Beautiful pictures and music...
This video has beautiful music and pictures of the insides and outside of some of the LDS Temples.
Link: Power Of Heaven
Link: Power Of Heaven
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Hadlock Family May 2011
As you may or may not know, getting this big a crew together and happy for pictures was quite a feat! We wanted to get a family picture taken with the two new spouses and before Spencer left for his mission. Spencer has been in the MTC for 3 weeks today! Almost half way through. He asks for prayers for him and his companion!
The day was like one of the few Saturdays this Spring that we could have gotten away with family pictures. When I told the photographer that I wanted outdoor pictures on Temple Square, he wasn’t too hopeful. He said it was probably too early for outdoor pictures but I think they turned out great! The other family picture I had made is too big to scan but the tulips are in perfect bloom and beautiful!!!
It was quite a cold day but you wouldn’t know it looking at the photos. Avery wanted his hair long for the picture. Yesterday he looked at it and said, “I need to grow my hair out long, like in the picture!” lol I was greatful the day he let me cut it but it is all part of our family history. McKell and Josh are great additions to the family! We love them both. One stands out more than the other. McKell fits in with the girls well!
We are in the middle of the family birthdays. Today is mine. Nate’s 25th birthday was May 21st, Spencer’s 19th birthday was April 5th and Ken’s birthday was March 31st. Still to go, Sarah will turn 22 in July, Amanda will turn 27 in August and Avery will turn 16 years old in August!!! Wow.
In September, Ken and I will celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary! Wow! Also in August will be my 30th year Highschool Reunion. I have been working for the last 1 1/2 to find names and addresses for former classmates.
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