Disclaimer: I want to preface this post with I am LDS. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and this is my personal interpretation of the Word of Wisdom. As a practicing 50 year old Mormon, I grew up learning about the commandments in the Word of Wisdom. Originally given …
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Mastery of the One Thing
Is it better to be pretty good at a lot of things, or truly master one thing? Does it depend on whether you are a butterfly or a hammer? As a butterfly, you can fly from one interest to the next. As a hammer, you get deeply passionate about one thing. It seems like we …
Dirty Dash
Saturday we took our kids to participate in an event called, The Dirty Dash– an obstacle course through the mud! Erica complained a bit. I had to bribe her with the promise of pizza when it was over, and then she was great! Check out my new blog over at Health Beet Plus!! We found …
Roskelley’s Contribution for Shirt
We’re excited about our matching “reunion” shirts!! I had several things up for discussion in the comments in case you haven’t started on this yet. #1)The Kids could come up with a design, and we (really Trevor) can find clip art to match the “design”. That is how we got Sea Werle’s. Erica, drew it, …
December 2012
Erica turned 12 today! We took the kids and her cousin Natalie to Olive Garden. TJ’s soccer team won their indoor game today, 7-1. TJ scored 3 of the goals.
Keeping Track
I only slept 4 hours last night thinking about this blog. Normally, I’m an 8 + hour sleeper. Not last night. I kept thinking I need to keep a record for myself. I feel the need to document the things that keep me physically and mentally healthy. I feel the need to write, and in …
Arches and Halloween
We spent Thursday in Arche’s National Park! We had a fabulous tour of The Fiery Furnace, guided by a park ranger. We also did our own hike up to Delicate Arch. This year for Halloween we had an inmate, a baby, and a Star Wars Clone.
Wrapping up our week with Fumiko and Anna
I don’t even know if I can remember everything we did! It was such a whirlwind of a week! But it needs to be recorded so next time we have Japanese students with us, we’ll have ideas of things we can do with them! We started Monday picking them up from the airport, and then …
Need gift ideas for Erica for Christmas
Here is what I found yesterday:
Lake Tahoe
We just got back from 4 days at Lake Tahoe! What a gorgeous city! We stayed at Kings Beach on the North side of the lake. We had a cabin with 4 bedrooms, several decks, a loft, on a golf course (perfect for night games), and walking distance from the beach. Day 1: BEACH Day …