Today he mowed the lawn. He got his first paycheck last week and wants to buy a Ninja Uniform. With most of his check and money from mowing the lawn, he picked out just the one he wanted. We got it from Karate Depot.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Ninja...
Avery has been interested in everything Ninja lately. Last night we went by my sisters house. She had an extra kicking bag. We brought it home and it is now hanging in the storage room. We should all have a kicking bag, right?
Friday, September 16, 2011
Day 8 of 29-Days of Giving
Today I substituted in a Special Education class. The class has around 12 kids with special needs. I don’t know of many other instances when I feel as close to God as when working with children who have special needs. A woman once when talking about her Grandson with Angel’s Syndrome. She said he was more of a devil than an angel. I know that children with special needs are heaven bound, not question in my mind. Here is a wonderful inspirational story!http://youtu.be/ciYk-UwqFKA
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Day 6 of 29 days
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=17258130
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of my church, service to others is really just a part of every day life. So, as I sit and contemplate service rendered, a lot of the service I do, is stuff that is just part of my normal routine.
As my service action yesterday one of the things I did was to go visiting teaching. Visiting teaching is done once a month in our church, or more often as our sisters need us. We go as a pair of women that are matched together. Every so often our districts change so that we get the opportunity to serve with and serve other members, so that we get new opportunities. My companion and I visit three sisters.
We usually visit with them for 30-60 min. each month. Yesterday morning we were able to visit with all three in one morning. That is sometimes hard to do, to schedule around five womens schedules but we were able to do it. When we visit, we access their needs, share a short lesson on the gospel, share a testimony and end with a prayer. It is a highlight of my month. It is an opportunity to share our love of the gospel together.
We also come together at the drop of a hat it there is a need in our ward such as: a death, birth, sickness, etc. You can expect that women in the ward would drop everything to help in any desperate situations. We take in dinners, help with small children, help clean a house, provide our time to sit with you by your hospital bed, bring in groceries to your home, drive other children to lessons, etc. I have done all of these things and more but it is just something that I grew up watching my mother do, so they are just something I have always known I need to do. Both my mom and dad who are still alive were my greatest examples of service.
I still have early memories of my dad and brothers grabbing shovels early in the morning to shovel every front walk on our side and the opposite side of the street on our block, which was around 50 homes. It is just something they would do. When my mom would make cookies, we always knew 1/2 would be going to another family! I am grateful for the great examples of service that lived in my own home!!!
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of my church, service to others is really just a part of every day life. So, as I sit and contemplate service rendered, a lot of the service I do, is stuff that is just part of my normal routine.
As my service action yesterday one of the things I did was to go visiting teaching. Visiting teaching is done once a month in our church, or more often as our sisters need us. We go as a pair of women that are matched together. Every so often our districts change so that we get the opportunity to serve with and serve other members, so that we get new opportunities. My companion and I visit three sisters.
We usually visit with them for 30-60 min. each month. Yesterday morning we were able to visit with all three in one morning. That is sometimes hard to do, to schedule around five womens schedules but we were able to do it. When we visit, we access their needs, share a short lesson on the gospel, share a testimony and end with a prayer. It is a highlight of my month. It is an opportunity to share our love of the gospel together.
We also come together at the drop of a hat it there is a need in our ward such as: a death, birth, sickness, etc. You can expect that women in the ward would drop everything to help in any desperate situations. We take in dinners, help with small children, help clean a house, provide our time to sit with you by your hospital bed, bring in groceries to your home, drive other children to lessons, etc. I have done all of these things and more but it is just something that I grew up watching my mother do, so they are just something I have always known I need to do. Both my mom and dad who are still alive were my greatest examples of service.
I still have early memories of my dad and brothers grabbing shovels early in the morning to shovel every front walk on our side and the opposite side of the street on our block, which was around 50 homes. It is just something they would do. When my mom would make cookies, we always knew 1/2 would be going to another family! I am grateful for the great examples of service that lived in my own home!!!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Day 4 of 29 days of Giving....
My gift today is that of hope for another day! After watching all the images from September 11th 2001 it might be easy to get discouraged and down. But today is a new day! A day filled with love and hope for a better tomorrow, and the day after that and the day after that!
We live in a time where there is so much evil upon the earth! A time of wars and rumors of wars. A time of earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunami’s, hunger and thirst. We also live on the earth at a time that the fullness of the Gospel exists on the earth. We have a Savior who lived and died for us! There will be a day where he will once again come to earth and all will be made right.
I know my Savior lives and loves me. I know that I am a daughter of God! I am thankful and grateful for that knowledge and the knowledge that a Prophet of God lives on this earth today. I am thankful for President Thomas S. Monson. I know that Joseph Smith saw what he said that he saw. I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God. I know that he saw an angel and brought forth the Book of Mormon, the only true book of scripture.
We live in a time where there is so much evil upon the earth! A time of wars and rumors of wars. A time of earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunami’s, hunger and thirst. We also live on the earth at a time that the fullness of the Gospel exists on the earth. We have a Savior who lived and died for us! There will be a day where he will once again come to earth and all will be made right.
I know my Savior lives and loves me. I know that I am a daughter of God! I am thankful and grateful for that knowledge and the knowledge that a Prophet of God lives on this earth today. I am thankful for President Thomas S. Monson. I know that Joseph Smith saw what he said that he saw. I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God. I know that he saw an angel and brought forth the Book of Mormon, the only true book of scripture.
Friday, September 9, 2011
29-Day Gift Giving Challenge
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
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
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.
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