My Journal

 It was nice to have a day home with my parents while they were here. We went to Clark Garden's. I was amazed at how big the gardens were, so many beautiful places. It made for a great exercise on such a beautiful day in a beautiful place. We then had our lessons in the afternoon and the kids all had Young Men's and Primary activity days. We did a little April fools joke by putting Winnie the Pooh all over the bathroom and said, "there is pooh on the floor, the mirrors, the counter ect.. Miracle of the day was that timing was perfect and that we were able to see so many natural beauties. Also my mom figured out more with her heart that she needs to drink apple juice when it races. Another joy today was Roslyn had her baptismal interview. It was good to be there with her and see how young but how sweet she is.

 School went really well today. I do enjoy teaching at our school. I can feel the spirit when people say the prayer. When we got home my mom had made dinner and organized things around the house so that was nice. It was a good and beautiful day. Roslyn got a fever at night but we snuggled and watched an episode of this zoo show together and then she went to bed.

 Today was a typical Monday except the kids didn't need to write their poem or do their math because I told them we could have this week off since we did school throughout spring break. It was nice to be able to have a little more time to visit with my Mom and Dad who are here.  A few people were gone from orchestra and choir but overall it was a good practice. 

 We had a very relaxing morning with Come Follow Me done by Benson and then we went to church where we had the Easter program. The primary sung Gethsemane and the other sung by two sister was beautiful Because He Lives. It was a short and simple program. They put candles around the chapel and handed everyone a tea light to hold while we sang. This Little Light of Mine. It was different. The music was beautiful and powerful. It made me stop to think about musical numbers and how it helps me grow threw them. My mom had a hard time with the Sacrament meeting.  Later in the afternoon I took my parents to the school to give them a tour. It was a beautiful day today.

 The temple will be closed all of April and into May so Michael and I decided to squeeze in another temple trip so we left at 5:30 am and did initiatory. We got home around 9am so I had almost an hour at home before I went over to the church at 10 to practice a song for tomorrow's sacrament meeting. Then the younger four and Michael and I went to Evan and Benson's first basketball practice and game. Roslyn, Maebryn and I went and got lunch at Rosa's Cafe...even though Maebryn didn't want any. After we got lunch we went to pick up Mom and Dad from the airport. We then went back to basketball with Evan and Benson. It sounded like Evan's game went well and we got to see Benson. They played well. Today was Roslyn's birthday celebration. In the morning while we were at the temple she had French Toast and then opened a couple of presents when we were home for a minute. Rosa's was her lunch and then when we got home we had pizza and chocolate cake. It was a beautif...

 Evan's birthday celebration. Michael made scones last night for him so I just had to warm them up in the morning. We ate scones and had Evan open a couple of presents then Alden, Calvin and I went to Friday school while the rest of the kids stayed home. Friday school went well. My second period is still really full but I have more of a plan and I just plan on it being that way and move forward with it. After school I went and got Olive Garden for lunch for Michael's work and got some food for our family with it as well which we plan on having for Evan's dinner.  After birthday lunch at Michael's work I came home and had time to snuggle my little Maebryn as she has been really sick with quite a fever. Michael worked on Evan's cheesecake. We watched a zoo show on BYU tv for Roslyn's game time...Evan was upstairs playing game time but he came down to watch the show with us and really enjoyed it.  We then had Evan's birthday celebration. He was excited about al...

 Maebryn threw up a number of times in the night so I left seminary early to get home to check on her and to get Calvin all set to stay home with her while I went to school. I had a meeting during my first block to go over my teaching with one of the teachers that was set to observe. I always worry about these types of meetings as I have had both good and bad mentors but she was great! She was so positive...one of the best things a mentor can do in my opinion...most of us know what we are doing wrong we just need to know that we are doing something right and what those things are. Also I loved her suggestions.  They all had to do with adding more of God and service into my teaching...even though she said I am doing more of that then many but I just loved that she knows what really is best. We all need to add more of God into all that we do. Today we were gearing up for Evan's birthday celebration tomorrow. (Evan and Roslyn decided to celebrate their birthdays early as their ac...