I got this email from Fawn Harris and it is so darn funny that I had to share!! Doesnt it seem like we All seem to have other priorities... especially when it comes to Visiting Teaching?? Ok maybe its just me then....
So here's the challenge. Do your visiting teaching at the beginning of the month...me included and when your all rockstars and get it done, post on here so we can shout horray!!! Ok Erica lets get those calls made or fear another month of the wrath of Sis Strebe!! J/K ;) I love that woman!!!
Come on girls!! Lets spread the love!!
ZION VISITING TEACHING SERVICE ' We Care Because You Don't Have Time To'
* Visiting teaching getting you down?
* Can't get that annoying Relief Society President off your back?
* Visiting teaching interfering with your valuable television and craft time?
WE CAN HELP!
At Zion's Visiting Teaching Service, we'll do your visiting teaching for you.
For a small monthly fee, we will send one of our representatives to the homes of your sisters.
* For $10.00 per sister, we will provide a visit. * For $15.00 per sister, we will provide a spiritual message. * For $20.00 per sister, we will remember birthdays and anniversaries. $20 isn't too much to pay for Peace of Mind. So give us a call at:
1-800-462-2879 - That's 1-800-IM-2-BUSY
Because of high volume an extra $15.00 will be added to all services required on the last day of the month.
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*** Meetings: We will send a representative to the appropriate meeting to take notes for you and report back.***
Ward Council Meeting $30
Ward Council Meeting w/ written report $50
Presidency Meetings $20
PEC $25
Sacrament Meeting $20
Sunday School $20
Priesthood $20
3-hour Sunday Block (best value) $50
PLEASE NOTE: Surcharge of 10% for stake meetings
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*** Talks and Lessons***
Did a bishopric member call and assign you a talk? Tired of wasting Saturday night preparing a lesson? Well, free up your time and just read one of our professionally prepared talks and lessons. No need to spend countless hours poring through books, writing and praying. We'll do it for you!
Basic Talk (any subject assigned) $20
Scripture Talk (basic + 5 scriptures) $30
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All talks are guaranteed to last 15 minutes. Add $1 for each additional minute
Basic Lesson (40 minutes) $25
Deluxe (Basic + visual aides) $35
Super Deluxe (Deluxe + Handouts) $45
· Due to high expectations, centerpieces and floral arrangements, Relief Society lessons are slightly higher. Call for quote.
· Due to lower expectations, priesthood lessons receive a 10% discount.
Call us at 1-822-752-2537. That's 1-822-Slacker .
Introducing our Bundle Buys and Frequent Shopper Plan
Bundle any 3 services and receive a 20% discount. Receive one free Basic talk or lesson with any 10 purchases.
There you have it! We take all the work off of your shoulders and put ours to the wheel just for you.
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Introducing our new:
***Casserole Service ***
If you just can't possibly throw together food for various Ward occasions,
WE CAN!
Our basic services include:
a.. Funeral Potatoes
b.. Green Bean/Mushroom Soup with Crunchy Onions
c.. Green Jell-O with Carrots
d.. Spinach Dip in a Bread Bowl
e.. CheezWiz/Tater Tot Surprise
For only $15 (plus deposit) each delivered to your house with Corningware marked with your name! They'll never know you didn't make 'em!
Remember our number: 1-822-S-L-A-C-K-E-R
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Senior photo Shoot
This was the most adorable girl!!! She's graduating a year early and was a blast to photograph. Here's some of the pictures.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
YIKES
What do you get when you mix these guys with one of Maddie's favorite baby dolls?
One sad sad torn up baby doll.
We were getting ready to take kyle to school this morning when Maddie starts shreaking, "the dog's have my baby!" So Kyle runs outside and brings in this.... the poor things' hands had been chewed completly off and her leg was literally hanging by a thread.
Poor Maddie. She asked me, "Will Bailey buy me a new one mommy?" (In between her sobs)I told her "no honey, dogs don't have money and they don't understand that they're not supposed to touch your baby...but I'm sure she knows that your sad." I felt so bad for her!!
One sad sad torn up baby doll.
We were getting ready to take kyle to school this morning when Maddie starts shreaking, "the dog's have my baby!" So Kyle runs outside and brings in this.... the poor things' hands had been chewed completly off and her leg was literally hanging by a thread.
Poor Maddie. She asked me, "Will Bailey buy me a new one mommy?" (In between her sobs)I told her "no honey, dogs don't have money and they don't understand that they're not supposed to touch your baby...but I'm sure she knows that your sad." I felt so bad for her!!
The Many Faces of a Maddie
So back in January I had the pleasure of meeting Deneigh for lunch at Applebees. The only catch was that I had ALL of the kids with me. So towards the end of "chaos" Maddie started to suck on a Lime that was on the table. She had her hideously pink sunglasses without the lenses on and was so very animated. So I had to snap these pic's of her being ...her! :)The last picture is her all dressed up and no place to go..LOL Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Moved....
Whew! Can I just say that I hate moving?! I'm so very glad that its over! I'm also so gosh darn blessed for all the help we recieved at the cleaning fiesta (photo's to come) and the move on Saturday. Heather, Erica, Amber and all the strong studs who helped move our junk. To Twylla who adopted my kids for the week..fed me and my family a ton of times AND shampooed the carpets. To Erica for painting until 1 am!!!!! I'm STILL tired! LOL Thanks for all the emotional support as well ladies, I couldnt have done it without ya! Your all the bomb! Love ya!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Superatric Glue Tapper!! Din din din dihhhh!
This quarter for Kim's cottage fair at school they did "Invention Convention" where they had to "invent" a product, design it, explain how it works and make a commercial to sell their product. Kimberly invented the "Superatric Glue Tapper" She wrote the script for the commercial and made a huge cue card!!! She cracks me up that girl. Oh and pay special attention to Lydia in her acting debut...especially at the end. LOLOLOLOLOL!!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Life
Bear with me because this was a therapy session for me. :)
This is a Paint brush. Yes a used,wood handle, with bristles... paint brush. As I was digging through the box of paint supplies I came across this, my most favorite paint brush. I was thinking, "Man I really need to scrub the left over paint off of this handle." All of a sudden a flood of memories came to me. Here on this splattered and over used brush held sooo many memories. Memories of the excitement of picking out colors. Memories of my anticipation of my first real paint job. Memories of staying up ridiculously late laughing our butts off trying to get a room finished. Memories of a home.
As some of you know we are losing our home. The home we worked so hard to get. The home we decorated. The home where some of our super best girls nights took place. The home where Maddie first crawled and took her first steps.
So what is a home? Is it just "materials?" Wood, nails and drywall?
"There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits."
-Robert Southey
"Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule."
-Frederick W. Robertson
I wish that I could be okay with this. I swear I've turned into a blubbering mess of emotions these past weeks. Why can't I let go? So back to the paint brush. I was able to see a little bit of each and every color that we had painted in our home.
-Green of the powder room. The one that I painted TWICE a totally different color because I didn't like the first color. Bathrooms are a pain in the booty to paint BTW. We had to remove the tank of the toilet so I could paint back there. Try scooping the remainder of the water from the tank so we could remove it!!
-Pink Pink that I pained Maddie's room with. The room that I painted my first mural in. The mural that Twylla helped me shade as we giggled about her sister Autumn's upcoming wedding.
- Dark Brown of the accent wall in the family room. The wall the Robert refused to help me paint because he was soooo sick in tired of painting.
- Red of my kitchen. The first paint job. The one that everyone freaked out about when I said that I was painting it that color. Then oddly enough the color that everyone out here seems to have. LOL I had it first.....tee hee!!!
-Blue of Kyle's car room. The one we skipped church over to finish. YEP I did. The road that I made a template out of poster board and traced around the entire room. The road that the blasted little yellow lines took forever to paint. My first time at painting clouds which I think turned out pretty cute.
- Off white of the crown molding that we put up ourselves.
- Light Green of my craft room/office and Erica helping me to get it done.
I saw so may things in the handle of that single paint brush ruined with paint.. Good memories. Its meant so much to me. I've been so embarrassed and have really struggled, cried and stressed about this and decided that I need to get on my knees and ask for help. Why is it that it's so darn easy to forget to do such a simple thing? I have to tell you that when I finally got down on my knees (with a little reminder from some awesome people) I have a new sense of peace that I had never felt before. The feeling of comfort is unmistakable. We will be okay. We have each other which is what make a home a home.
"Where thou art - that - is Home. "
-Emily Dickinson
I have been doing a scripture reading challenge with Amy and its been such a great reminder of our blessings from Heavenly Father. I challenged her to read one of my favorite scriptures which is Proverbs 3 : 5-6
5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart ; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
These words are 100% true. I know that if we listen and rely on our Heavenly Father, that we will be okay. I think sometimes Heavenly Father reminds us of these things in little ordinary ways especially when we need it the most.
So new paint will be added to this paint brush and new memories will be made. I'm clearly a sentimental sap for somehow getting upset over a paint brush splattered with color. It's been so much more to me and I know this entry is REALLY long and I'm sure nobody has even made it to this point so I could probably start talking about some random thing like watching grass grow or that I love my new dusting wipes.... so I'll stop now. :P
So we decided on a home in Magma Ranch. I'm sad that I will be farther away from some of the people who mean the most to me but we're still in the ward which is AWESOME. So if you are interested in a girls night cleaning FIESTA!!! Let me know. Move date in Saturday the 9th...so get your grubbies on and lets do this!!!
That is all....whew
This is a Paint brush. Yes a used,wood handle, with bristles... paint brush. As I was digging through the box of paint supplies I came across this, my most favorite paint brush. I was thinking, "Man I really need to scrub the left over paint off of this handle." All of a sudden a flood of memories came to me. Here on this splattered and over used brush held sooo many memories. Memories of the excitement of picking out colors. Memories of my anticipation of my first real paint job. Memories of staying up ridiculously late laughing our butts off trying to get a room finished. Memories of a home.
As some of you know we are losing our home. The home we worked so hard to get. The home we decorated. The home where some of our super best girls nights took place. The home where Maddie first crawled and took her first steps.
So what is a home? Is it just "materials?" Wood, nails and drywall?
"There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits."
-Robert Southey
"Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule."
-Frederick W. Robertson
I wish that I could be okay with this. I swear I've turned into a blubbering mess of emotions these past weeks. Why can't I let go? So back to the paint brush. I was able to see a little bit of each and every color that we had painted in our home.
-Green of the powder room. The one that I painted TWICE a totally different color because I didn't like the first color. Bathrooms are a pain in the booty to paint BTW. We had to remove the tank of the toilet so I could paint back there. Try scooping the remainder of the water from the tank so we could remove it!!
-Pink Pink that I pained Maddie's room with. The room that I painted my first mural in. The mural that Twylla helped me shade as we giggled about her sister Autumn's upcoming wedding.
- Dark Brown of the accent wall in the family room. The wall the Robert refused to help me paint because he was soooo sick in tired of painting.
- Red of my kitchen. The first paint job. The one that everyone freaked out about when I said that I was painting it that color. Then oddly enough the color that everyone out here seems to have. LOL I had it first.....tee hee!!!
-Blue of Kyle's car room. The one we skipped church over to finish. YEP I did. The road that I made a template out of poster board and traced around the entire room. The road that the blasted little yellow lines took forever to paint. My first time at painting clouds which I think turned out pretty cute.
- Off white of the crown molding that we put up ourselves.
- Light Green of my craft room/office and Erica helping me to get it done.
I saw so may things in the handle of that single paint brush ruined with paint.. Good memories. Its meant so much to me. I've been so embarrassed and have really struggled, cried and stressed about this and decided that I need to get on my knees and ask for help. Why is it that it's so darn easy to forget to do such a simple thing? I have to tell you that when I finally got down on my knees (with a little reminder from some awesome people) I have a new sense of peace that I had never felt before. The feeling of comfort is unmistakable. We will be okay. We have each other which is what make a home a home.
"Where thou art - that - is Home. "
-Emily Dickinson
I have been doing a scripture reading challenge with Amy and its been such a great reminder of our blessings from Heavenly Father. I challenged her to read one of my favorite scriptures which is Proverbs 3 : 5-6
5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart ; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
These words are 100% true. I know that if we listen and rely on our Heavenly Father, that we will be okay. I think sometimes Heavenly Father reminds us of these things in little ordinary ways especially when we need it the most.
So new paint will be added to this paint brush and new memories will be made. I'm clearly a sentimental sap for somehow getting upset over a paint brush splattered with color. It's been so much more to me and I know this entry is REALLY long and I'm sure nobody has even made it to this point so I could probably start talking about some random thing like watching grass grow or that I love my new dusting wipes.... so I'll stop now. :P
So we decided on a home in Magma Ranch. I'm sad that I will be farther away from some of the people who mean the most to me but we're still in the ward which is AWESOME. So if you are interested in a girls night cleaning FIESTA!!! Let me know. Move date in Saturday the 9th...so get your grubbies on and lets do this!!!
That is all....whew
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