forever!

we had a very good but also a very long saturday yesterday-with kelsi's volleyball tournament lasting all day and then chores to run in idaho falls...we left before 8 am and arrived home shortly before 8 pm. i was tired-i still needed to feed the animals, clean the house for Sunday and we still needed dinner because i was out of money for take-out! the kids were so patient and i was thankful for that. i opened the fridge to see what to make to eat and there was food in there i hadn't put in there, so i started looking around the house and i spied one of kent's overnight bags for work in our bedroom. i was so excited...i literally got butterflies! i told the kids i think daddy is home, we ran all over the house but there was no sign of him in the house and his car was gone then we realized his massage table was gone and that was where he was at. it was such a nice surprise, even though it meant they were out of work in the field...i really wanted to see him. i slept wonderfully, i love when he's home-i feel so safe. he left to work this morning-such a trooper. then the kids and i went to church-it was ward conference: i came in a little late to sunday school and sat by myself (which usually wouldn't bother me) but i guess i was feeling a little lonely today. then we sang the song "each life that touches ours for good" in relief society and we came to the line..."when such a friend from us departs, we hold forever in our hearts"...i missed my friend that left this morning, but i am so happy that kent and i have forever to be together-i am so blessed to have him in my life!

JACI LOVES KENT FOREVER!

february in review

calendar quotes:
"becoming holy" by Sister Wendy Watson Nelson
...i believe that what was enough last year won't be enough for this year. i believe that if we are really going to do what we came her to do, and that the Lord is counting on us to do, that we need to seek in every way we can to be more holy, to invite more holiness into our lives so that we can, as the forces around us are increasing in intensity, have an equal and opposite reaction to those forces!

"there are too many of us who put question marks instead of periods after what the Lord says. just trust in the Lord...we shouldn't try to spend time explaining what the Lord didn't see fit to explain. -Harold B. Lee
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i can't believe february is over, i was having a meeting the other day and someone said let's have our next meeting on march 18th, i said that's kind of far away and they looked at me funny and said it's only in two weeks-yikes! brooke started out our month with a fun cheerleading clinic...she absolutely loved it-and so did her mom. i was telling someone how much she was enjoying cheerleading and she piped up "but i still love gymnastics more!" it's so much fun to see what my kids get excited about.
we were also able to go for a weekend to burley for my grandmas 83rd birthday and see lots of my family-which is always fantastic!
my kids were so happy to be able to swim, this picture just crack me up-you might wonder what is getting all the attention of so many...a baby-my sister christy's little boy, tyden...he was everyone's favorite! we just all couldn't get enough of him.
kelsi had finished her ski school the day before we went to burley but she had been asking if she could go again, so we called on the prices...$50 for a half day! kent and i talked and decided that she could go for getting straight A's- so she called one of her friends and i took her up after school at 2:30...they stayed until after 9:00-it was so fun to watch her, she's quite good and so stinkin' cute, huh!
i did tell her that i didn't know if she could go to public schools anymore after sitting in a ski lodge with 4 other high schools-and listening to their language. :(
we had some way beautiful days this month-cold but lots of sunshine...we took advantage of one and went ice skating, once is plenty for us.
i also went cross country skiing for the first time-i was horrible of course, i even crash on small hills but it was such a nice day and i love spending time outside.
kaden has been wanting to see percy jackson for a long time and since he got straight A's too- i told him i would take him after i finished the books, i have to admit i was not impressed with the movie at all but the books are okay...i have a few issues with them, they definately are a "kid read" but kaden loved them and i love to talk to him about them...
kaden asked who my favorite god was and i told him Hestia, goddess of hearth and home. she's only a minor goddess but i love what role she plays in the last book...she tells percy "not all powers are spectacular. sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding-----i keep the peace. i yield when necessary." i loved that- i told kaden it reminded me of the scripture: "blessed are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God" -3 Nephi 12:9

stranger

i had came upstairs from our storage room and i told the kids "there's a strange boy in kelsi's bathroom!" and everyone says "no way" i said "come and see" everyone came with me, even brooke who was a little hesitant...she's not a fan of strange boys. i said "see..."
brooke rolled her eyes at me and said "mom that is not a strange boy-that's justin bieber and kelsi loves him!" i don't think i like finding strange boys in my bathrooms! :)

silly koy

koy is such a silly boy especially when he gets around his friends...he loves to make people laugh and i think that is such a good quality but he also has a hard time knowing when the appropriate times to be silly are-like not in church!
last week the neighbor boy-justin (above in the picture) came over and asked if he could play and koy told him "no, i'm grounded" and justin asked "why are you grounded?" and koy responded "i was bad-like my mom!"

this made me laugh we had a family home evening lesson on reverence (again!) and we talked about putting off the "natural man" and yielding to the enticings of the Holy Spirit...so i told koy that i was like him that even as a grown up (and i should know better) i have a hard time being reverent -i told him a few of the many times when i was not reverent : in college i got the giggles in our dorm prayer and i made my roommate cry because i was so silly, and i told him that in relief society i have been shushed before, and in my aerobics class i've been asked to quit talking...i said when i get around my friends i get silly too when it's not appropriate and forget to be reverent and respectful. putting off the "natural man" is hard, so i hope he got more than he was just bad like his mom!