The things we learn at church

While sparing you the messy details, we'll just leave it at, I'm going through something right now that is testing me to the point that I've never been tested before and I'm having a hard time keeping my head above water so as not to drown.

So during Relief Society today I caught a smidge of an analogy and I'll probably butcher it, but here goes:

Basically the comparison was to things that get dirty and how instead of sitting there and trying to pick up every tiny little piece of dirt to make it clean again, it's easier to just wash the dirt away with water and to keep doing that until it was clean again.

And the analogy is that when our life gets dirty like this, it's pointless to sit there and try to pull out all the tiny little things that are making it a mess, but if we instead flush our life out with something pure and clean (this being God of course) that it becomes much easier to clean the mess.

So instead of making myself crazy with trying to fix all the little tiny things that I can't seem to fix, EVER, the same things I've been trying to fix and clean up for years and that have been dragging me down for just as long, it's time to start flushing my life with things are good and then maybe I can finally clean it all up.

My talented children

Jorden just made cheerleader for Marcos De Niza High School for next year.

We are SO excited and proud of her! She worked insanely hard these past couple of months to get ready for these tryouts.

Hooray Jorden!

Picture perfect

Caelan's birthday, Easter, and random

Message from the middle-aged make-out queen

I got fabric this week to make sundresses for the girls, I'm super excited. Plus I got ribbon to make matching bows for them all.

Ainsley's a fantastic reader. I've been really frustrated with her school and her not being challenged enough to learn so I bought her some early readers and two weeks later she can read, um, hello! Why wasn't she learning that at school?! At least it's the school that's a dud and not my kid though right?

Still debating on which school to put her in for next year. I'm 100% confident that the curriculum is better at the charter but I've been spoiled by the structure and closeness of the public school so I need to figure out what's better for her.

Caelan really wants to go to school and Ainsley was 3 when she started preschool so I think I might find her something a few days a week. If any of my Rancho friends know of a preschool right here that would be awesome.

Pictures coming soon.

Let me tell you a story

This story has four characters, two couples.

A man and woman decide to go the movies on this fine Tuesday night. They park the car and were talking for a minute before they headed in to the movies. Out of nowhere they hear a bang on the side of their car. Startled, they turn around to see what it was...gross! Two geeky looking middle aged people are totally making out on the side of their car! (this would be couple #2)

I'll give you one guess as to which character I played in this story.

Let me tell you about rain

When you live in Arizona, rain is probably one of the most beautiful things...EVER.

When you go four months without it and for one day it rains, it's heaven.

Today was beautiful.

And tomorrow will be even better, no rain, but celebrating Easter will make it good even without the rain.

Jorden and I stayed up last night making hairbows, it was very fun plus we ended up with lots of cute hair things. It's a good thing I don't have a boy, he would be very confused by the pink ruffles and flowers in his hair.

Stay tuned for Easter pictures.

Why, thank you Caelan!

Caelan says to me yesterday in the bathroom "Mommy, your bum is huge."

Isn't she sweet.