Kins as a magical acrobat!

I also found a great picture of Marc & Brenen.

 

 

Fun, Fun, fun

Today was a very fun day. I left for SL early for business. When it was finished I went to see mom at Marchels and then after getting a little perk... new do, I got to go see LaKenzie do her very famous gymnastics. She looked so cute in her little outfit, bobbing around. She is so graceful, tall and beautiful. It is fun to see the grandkids try new things.

Miracles

I am so amazed at the miracles that have just happened in our life. To get to witness the beautiful birth of these 3 amazing young spirits was such a privilege. To think that they were just with God a little bit ago and that they remember things we have long forgotten.

Everyday seems to bring growth and problems, but as with everyone these problems are part of life. My biggest challenge with problems is to treat them like the gifts they are. "Nothing is done to me, it's all done for me" Bryon Katie Sometimes they really don't seem like gifts at all!

I have talked to many people with premie babies and they have all said that it was a roller coaster, they went from doing fabulous to scary day by day. That is when we really need to trust God and turn the whole thing over to Him, (since there really is no other way anyway)

I was thinking what a miracle it was that Summer went to the dr. when she did. It gave them 1 whole week to be on the steriods and develop their lungs... what if she wouldn't have gone that day and the labor progressed to where it couldn't be stopped.

Another miracle is all the love, support and kindnesses that have been shown to them from family and friends. How blessed we are to have each other.

The Keatster

This weekend Keat has come out for his King for a Day! He was skunking me at dominoes and I said to him... "come on Keat, be nice. I made brownies for you" He answered " Yeah, then you let the old people eat them" ( Brys mom & dad had dropped in) When I told his mom about it while laughing my head off, she said that she had dragged the book How to stop worrying and start living around to Mexico and back without reading one page of it. Keat asked her if she had finished it, and she said no, and then he said" You better hurry, you're going to have to read it about 5 times".

I have had a lot of fun doing this scrap book. Of course with my memory being what it is I am having to go back to my journals to get the facts... I ran across the entries right when I found out I was pregnant with Tim and thought you might like to hear them. I also found this picture....Note the washroom and you will see what I am talking about!

July 11 1982
Today is the Sabbath and I've had an enjoyable day. We went to church and then I went Visiting teaching. Later we had home evening. Just before we were ready to start I asked Tenesha if she wanted to go potty. She Said " Quit bugging me!" Later on we were having a fun visit with Heather. She was telling me about the second coming of Christ. She was telling us how many of the signs had already happened. And then she said" The thing that worries me is that I might not get my drivers lisence before it happens". Oh to be young and have that my greatest worry!

July 18, 1982
Well this week has been an interesting one. I found out I was pregnant with # 8. I'm thrilled of course. I always knew we'd have one more. The thing that worries me is I don't feel like I'm in control of 7, let alone add one more. My bedtime is something else, to say nothing about my sunday mornings. & kids in 10 years! But little Tenny will be 3 and 1/2 and she's really been a joy. So we definitely need to have another one!

July 20 1982
Boy am I sick, & half dead too! All I do is lay around, I'm getting snowed under and discouraged. I must be PREGNANT!

Aug 20 1982
Well I'm almost finished with my marathon sew out! I have made Heather 2 blouses, Mike 5 shirts, Nicolli 2 blouses, Marchel 5 blouses and 2 coverals. Summer 4 pants and 4 blouses, and 1 pair of pants for Tina Brown and then some odd presents to give away. I only have 1 blouse and 2 pair of pants left. It has really been quite a challenge and rewarding because I think what a terrible seamstress I used to be. I've come a long way.
Mike is working again tonight and staying over at his moms. It's very depressing & I worry because I seem to be getting along fine without him and not missing him too much. I don't think all this work is good for a marriage.
He just got back from Alaska fishing and if that didn't seem like the worst idea since little league football I don't know what is. But I couldn't talk any sense into him.

I also just got the kids school shopping finished. It cost about $350 for material, shoes, socks and things I couldn't make. That is for 5 in school, and that isn't buying coats! I hate worrying about money! (it seems I have all my life! )

Aug 31 1982

Tonite was our elders quorum party and Mike and I were in charge. We had over 58 people there. It was a great turnout. We had a barbeque at the park and then played softball. My last 2 days have been very hectic. I thought I would write a typical schedule down and maybe my children will read it and laugh at the stupid things there mom wasted time on.

5:30 Get mikes breakfast and pack his lunch. Get him off to work by 6
6:00 wake up girls and sew buttons on thier blouses and hem 2 pair of pants.
Cook breakfast for school kids and get girls off by 7:20
Get younger kids up and get them off to school by 8:00
have a bath, wash hair and dress.
Start wash, (9 batches today )
clean kitchen
Dress Tenny
Cook babies breakfasts
Shuck 10 doz ears of corn and freeze it
get kids lunch
1:00 go to first aid class that the red cross is giving at RS, take kids with me.
2:30 do more corn
cook dinner
Clean kitchen
Wrap 25 baked potatoes and make a batch of ice cream
5:30 go to social and set up
9:30 Get home and get kids to bed.
11:00 Go to bed.

Wow, that made me tired !

I have found some very fun things in my journals, I will be putting them in here. Cute things you guys said when you were young. I hope you guys are writing in journals, you won't remember this stuff if you don't.

Mom asked Cannon where the marker came from on the back of his shirt, " Oh prbly the butter boy." The butter boy, is there a boy named butter? No I named him the Butter boy, cause he is always butting."

Can you believe this picture of your dad, Tim looks exactly like him. He even stands like him in the bottom picture.

The Gleason Family History

The Gleason Family History
I thought I could put the scrapbook here, but I can't do it by copy & paste so it would be too much work. I did think though that you could all help me by blogging some of your memories for me to include.