Yep...the best visit this season!!! Can't get enough of the yummy fall smells, the pumpkins and all of the animals and children!!! Watching my own children, nieces and nephews, friends and other children and people at the pumpkin farm reminds me of all that is good in life: all that is beautiful and virtuous. All that is lasting. This time we were there until dark, and the sunset was BEAUTIFUL, ROMANTIC. Some faint storm clouds adding to the beauty, with the anticipation of rain wild in my heart.
This time, we went to celebrate D's BDay and had a small party with family and MD. Because it was a BDay celebration, we got to do some things we do not usually do when we go: instead of choosing one activity, we did two: the train ride and the big slides. We also got to eat the yummy food: Don had pizza, I had a corn dog, D had nachos and M had a hot dog. I also got to visit the gift shop this time: I had been keeping myself away from there on our other visits, just waiting for this trip. Fortunately, I did not find anything I really wanted to purchase: last year they had some really adorable art work that I wanted to purchase for our home but I had not saved up any money at the time. This year, I went with the amount I had saved, but kept in mind a book I wanted to purchase at the Christian book store, which I purchased today. The title is CAPTIVATING, and I feel so strongly that it is for me right now.
Here is a quote from the book: "Sometime between the dreams of your youth and yesterday, something precious has been lost. And that treasure is your heart, your priceless feminine heart. God has set within you a femininity that is powerful and tender, fierce and alluring. No doubt it has been misunderstood. Surely it has been assaulted. But it is there, your true heart, and it is worth recovering. You ARE captivating."
WOW
Love to all, Katie
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Beautiful Day
On Saturday, GB and I got to go for a trail ride on horseback around a BEAUTIFUL lake in the hills. It has been years since I was on a trail ride, and it was so relaxing!! Horses are truly in my heart, and though I cannot take them "everywhere" with me like I can my dogs, they are very meaningful to me and bless me with healing. The horse I rode, Scout, was wonderful and funny. While we were eating lunch on the side of the trail, the horses kept hearing noises like pinecones falling and would turn to look, while making funny facial expressions: Scout was super funny because his one blue eye makes him all the more personable. When we were almost done eating, G's horse scooted to the side of the path and we were trying to figure out what he was doing when he started peeing. We both laughed so hard because he literally moved to the side of the path instead of going right in the middle. He has good manners!!
Being on a horse and talking with a wonderful friend is such a peaceful way to spend and afternoon. I reccommend it to all of you, even if you have to rent a horse.
Thank you GB!!!
Love you all, K
Being on a horse and talking with a wonderful friend is such a peaceful way to spend and afternoon. I reccommend it to all of you, even if you have to rent a horse.
Thank you GB!!!
Love you all, K
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Pumpkin Farm Visit #2
Our visit to the Pumpkin Farm on Wednesday with Scouts was really nice! I felt grateful that day for other Mothers who helped eventhough it wasn't their "job." Trying to drive a group of boys in a car with 5 seats is impossible, especially with 3 of my seats already full.
We took a different route at the Pumpkin Farm, gooing to see the animals first, then going on the hay ride to look at all of the giant pumpkins way out in the field. The weather was perfect: fall like but without rain. We did a couple of more things before leaving, including choosing a little pumpkin each: there were little white ones and small orange ones, then some funny tri colored ones that looked more like squashes than pumpkins. I liked the tri colored, but for the boys, standard orange prevailed. One of our boys, CO, who is the most grateful boy in our pack was polite as always and was sure to thank me for the trip and for driving him. Our youngest Bear was happy to be there with the other boys. Then we have the peas in a pod who can sing Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas with perfection: and pretty much every time I see them, I ask them to sing it. JH and NB and D are the other three buddies, running wherever they go and usually the most observant of all the boys. I treasure my time and teaching with all of these amazing children.
Our next planned trip to the pumpkin farm will be to celebrate D's Birthday: I am really excited. But who knows, there could be a surprise unplanned trip anytime before or after that!!
With love to all on this Sabbath day, I'm off to WATCH Music and the Spoken Word, Love, K
We took a different route at the Pumpkin Farm, gooing to see the animals first, then going on the hay ride to look at all of the giant pumpkins way out in the field. The weather was perfect: fall like but without rain. We did a couple of more things before leaving, including choosing a little pumpkin each: there were little white ones and small orange ones, then some funny tri colored ones that looked more like squashes than pumpkins. I liked the tri colored, but for the boys, standard orange prevailed. One of our boys, CO, who is the most grateful boy in our pack was polite as always and was sure to thank me for the trip and for driving him. Our youngest Bear was happy to be there with the other boys. Then we have the peas in a pod who can sing Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas with perfection: and pretty much every time I see them, I ask them to sing it. JH and NB and D are the other three buddies, running wherever they go and usually the most observant of all the boys. I treasure my time and teaching with all of these amazing children.
Our next planned trip to the pumpkin farm will be to celebrate D's Birthday: I am really excited. But who knows, there could be a surprise unplanned trip anytime before or after that!!
With love to all on this Sabbath day, I'm off to WATCH Music and the Spoken Word, Love, K
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Pumpkin Farm Visit #1
WOOOHOOO!!!
Yesterday was our first visit to the pumpkin farm this season!! And I can hardly wait for our next trip tomorrow, which is sure to be full of it's own discoveries and newness!! Yesterday, we got to go with GB and her boys as well as D's best friend. It was so fun hearing the boys talk in the car on the way there about the things that boys talk about. Yep, they did talk about Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and Pokemon, but thankfully not about any of the archenemy girls at school!!!
Sure enough, the weather was gorgeous; first we looked at all of the animals: the mama pig with her adorable, all different colored, babies. Then we petted and fed the sweet goats that never seem to get enough food... yeah right! And then we were coming out of the goat pen when I turned around and saw a long time friend, DJ, who I have not seen in years. He and his family recently moved closer, which I did not know, so seeing them totally took me by welcome surprise: seeing friends of the heart is always a blessing. Oh, that reminds me of something that GB, my little girl who I get to care for on Wednesday and Friday said the other day. We were driving in the car with KB, the youngest son of my other friend, GB, when the little GB said what I heard as, "he is the friend in my car." I asked her to repeat it, and what she actually said was, "he is the FRIEND OF MY HEART." She says the most adorable things!!!
After the animals, we had some yummy chocolate cookies and the best apple pumpkin muffins: I am sooo making a batch of those...oh, wait, MOM L...what about that yummy carrot cake made into muffins?!!! Then the boys all went climbing and exploring then we all went on the hay ride, and us two Moms received some complaints for "going all the way out there and not getting a pumpkin!" We told the boys we were along for the ride, striving to instill in them the value of enjoying the moment instead of needing to get something all of the time. Being content instead of choosing to be bored or ungrateful.
I did manage to avoid the gift shop, on purpose, but other than that, we took our usual route around the pumpkin farm. I think tomorrow, I will "turn over a new leaf" (haha) and take another route, starting with the hay ride first. That sounds like a really great idea!
Oh, I read a new book today by Richard Paul Evans titled PROMISE ME. So good: if you like a chick flick (that sounds so slang: what is a better term?), read this book, it is a "chick book."
Love you all, Katie
Yesterday was our first visit to the pumpkin farm this season!! And I can hardly wait for our next trip tomorrow, which is sure to be full of it's own discoveries and newness!! Yesterday, we got to go with GB and her boys as well as D's best friend. It was so fun hearing the boys talk in the car on the way there about the things that boys talk about. Yep, they did talk about Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and Pokemon, but thankfully not about any of the archenemy girls at school!!!
Sure enough, the weather was gorgeous; first we looked at all of the animals: the mama pig with her adorable, all different colored, babies. Then we petted and fed the sweet goats that never seem to get enough food... yeah right! And then we were coming out of the goat pen when I turned around and saw a long time friend, DJ, who I have not seen in years. He and his family recently moved closer, which I did not know, so seeing them totally took me by welcome surprise: seeing friends of the heart is always a blessing. Oh, that reminds me of something that GB, my little girl who I get to care for on Wednesday and Friday said the other day. We were driving in the car with KB, the youngest son of my other friend, GB, when the little GB said what I heard as, "he is the friend in my car." I asked her to repeat it, and what she actually said was, "he is the FRIEND OF MY HEART." She says the most adorable things!!!
After the animals, we had some yummy chocolate cookies and the best apple pumpkin muffins: I am sooo making a batch of those...oh, wait, MOM L...what about that yummy carrot cake made into muffins?!!! Then the boys all went climbing and exploring then we all went on the hay ride, and us two Moms received some complaints for "going all the way out there and not getting a pumpkin!" We told the boys we were along for the ride, striving to instill in them the value of enjoying the moment instead of needing to get something all of the time. Being content instead of choosing to be bored or ungrateful.
I did manage to avoid the gift shop, on purpose, but other than that, we took our usual route around the pumpkin farm. I think tomorrow, I will "turn over a new leaf" (haha) and take another route, starting with the hay ride first. That sounds like a really great idea!
Oh, I read a new book today by Richard Paul Evans titled PROMISE ME. So good: if you like a chick flick (that sounds so slang: what is a better term?), read this book, it is a "chick book."
Love you all, Katie
Sunday, October 3, 2010
General Conference #2
Hey Michelle: I'm writing TWICE in the same day and getting a head start on my goal of posting more than 8 times in a month!!
Guess what? While we were watching conference at home for the first time EVER (besides yesterday) it rained a little bit: that made the day even better!!! I went outside and let it fall on my head, now that yummy rain smell is everywhere outside and floating through every open window in our home. Conference was wonderful, and I am looking forward to the next session, though I am always sad when it is the last session because then we have to wait six months for another conference. I am grateful for the Ensign which publishes the talks in November, and now with amazing technology, we can watch the talks whenever we want!!! Yet there is nothing like hearing them for the first time!! And guess what else I learned? Every Sunday before church, I listen to Music And the Spoken Word which is broadcast by radio live from SLC. But today I discovered that it is also online, so now I can even see it. And best of all, it shows beautiful pictures while the choir is singing: of nature, specifically meadows, waterfalls and amazing creeks and rivers. I felt such peace and renewal, and I am grateful for Heavenly Father providing such beauty and for people making it available to us via the internet!
This is a beautiful incredible day!!!
With gratitude on this spectacular day, Katie
Guess what? While we were watching conference at home for the first time EVER (besides yesterday) it rained a little bit: that made the day even better!!! I went outside and let it fall on my head, now that yummy rain smell is everywhere outside and floating through every open window in our home. Conference was wonderful, and I am looking forward to the next session, though I am always sad when it is the last session because then we have to wait six months for another conference. I am grateful for the Ensign which publishes the talks in November, and now with amazing technology, we can watch the talks whenever we want!!! Yet there is nothing like hearing them for the first time!! And guess what else I learned? Every Sunday before church, I listen to Music And the Spoken Word which is broadcast by radio live from SLC. But today I discovered that it is also online, so now I can even see it. And best of all, it shows beautiful pictures while the choir is singing: of nature, specifically meadows, waterfalls and amazing creeks and rivers. I felt such peace and renewal, and I am grateful for Heavenly Father providing such beauty and for people making it available to us via the internet!
This is a beautiful incredible day!!!
We also have a new addition to our extended family: she was born on Monday morning and is the new daughter of my youngest sister and brother in law!! EAG is BEAUTIFUL; there is so much about a little baby girl to bless the world that is amazing to me. They are so feminine and already filled with the potential to be a wife and a mother. Other things that will come in her life are unknown, but these two things; being a wife and a mother are inherently a part of her. So that means that when I was born, those things were inherently a part of me too: they have been all I have ever really wanted. I feel immense gratitude for having the opportunity to fulfill these divine callings right now in my life: for the plan that our Heavenly Father has created for me. Though there has been sadness, heartache and loss in my three decades, there has been by far, much more joy, love and giving than I could ever describe: I have been blessed with far more than what is necessary to feel joy.
With gratitude on this spectacular day, Katie
General Conference!
Yea!!!! Today is General Conference!!! If anybody wants to watch it today, you can do so on www.lds.org or you may review talks from yesterday also from that website. I LOVE CONFERENCE!!!
I have been working on a goal this week, does anybody want to join me? It is this: love those closest to you with all your heart. "With all your heart" means forgetting annoyances, letting go of hurt, not keeping track of whose turn it is to take out the garbage or do the dishes. "With all your heart" means giving a back massage even if your back hurts and you may not get a massage, it means washing somebody's car even when your own needs washing, loving even when it is hard. This is a very incredible experience. If anybody wants more, read The Love Dare and watch Fireproof...soooo wonderful!!
Anyway ,I hope somebody enjoys General Conference for the first time today or tomorrow or sometime this week!!
With love, with all my heart, Katie
I have been working on a goal this week, does anybody want to join me? It is this: love those closest to you with all your heart. "With all your heart" means forgetting annoyances, letting go of hurt, not keeping track of whose turn it is to take out the garbage or do the dishes. "With all your heart" means giving a back massage even if your back hurts and you may not get a massage, it means washing somebody's car even when your own needs washing, loving even when it is hard. This is a very incredible experience. If anybody wants more, read The Love Dare and watch Fireproof...soooo wonderful!!
Anyway ,I hope somebody enjoys General Conference for the first time today or tomorrow or sometime this week!!
With love, with all my heart, Katie
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