We May Not Have It All Together...But Together We Have It All: In the Eye of the Beholder

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

In the Eye of the Beholder

Who says that dandelions are an obnoxious weed? I suppose that is in the eye of the beholder. Look at those beauties! Jarin ventured outside, then came in with his eyes all a-glow and his arm outstretched holding these lovely flowers, "For you, Mom". I love getting "flowers" from my chicklets. My older two have outgrown giving me these lovely, yellow flowers, and it won't be long until Jarin stops giving them to me too. So I will enjoy every flower I can...for as long as I can.

ADDITION: I had to add this after I had already posted the earlier part, Emilie came home from school with a whole huge bouquet of "flowers". Except they were NOT for me! Her Uncle Derrick has had pneumonia, and she brought them home from school for him. Problem is, he lives too far away to give them to him, So reluctantly, she gave them to me instead. And I thought she had outgrown the whole dandelion thing. I'm glad to know that underneath all that growing up she's been doing, that she's still my little girl!

Gardens in Cache Valley are kinda tricky. Can't plant too early, or they'll still freeze, don't wanna plant too late or the seasons not long enough to enjoy the produce. So...these nifty "walls of water" solve the dilemma. I can plant now, and they protect them from the freeze. Each plants own little green house. So this is what I've been up to this week. Not a very big garden, and we keep expanding it a little every year. Before long, it will cover my whole back yard - which isn't too big either! It's a work in progress, but it's enough work for me right now!

5 comments:

Amber Bradley said...: I just got a few of those from Jaxson the other day. He got them on his way home from preschool with Kristina and her kids and they died and he refused to let me throw them away. I guess I will find them when I am cleaning...somewhere;) But he was so proud! They are precious kids aren't they...well they are still sleeping so I can say that!; May 7, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Anderson Avenue said...: You gotta love the yellow flowers. Avree thinks that we have the most beautiful lawn because we have flowers in it!! But Dad doesn't think they are so beautiful!!; May 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Maria said...: We use the wall of waters also, but I won't show you the size of our tomato plants already. ;) We love living in a place with such nice weather. - Jordan; May 7, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Drapers said...: I would love to have a garden. Here the season is almost gone I'm told. We did try tomatoes the first year we were here, but picture the caterpillar on "A Bug's Life" those huge things were everywhere on the plants. They got to the orange ones before we even had a chance. Oh how I miss my garden. You've got to love those "beautiful" dandilions, Emma thinks they are wonderful.; May 8, 2009 at 1:23 PM
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY said...: I totally forgot to give Emi a big hug yesterday and tell her thanks for her sweet thoughts. So you can do it for me???

Speaking of handprints on glass. I have a priceless one on my china hutch right now. I'm reluctant to clean it off. It's a 5 foot 10 tall profile of a face. Apparently, skyler thought it would look cool to see his profile on the glass. It's really very detailed and interesting to look at.; May 11, 2009 at 8:48 AM

Kute Komments!

Jarin: "I've been waiting all day for Kamden to grow up...when will he grow up like me?"
4-2010

We were driving by a farm which was being fertilized. Jarin sniffs a big sniff and says, "Mmmm...that smells like my strawberry nose" (the strawberry nose was a yummy smelling gas mask from the dentist)!
Jarin: "Is is "fat man or bat man"?
Jarin "My heart is dirty and needs to be cleaned." Then I wash his face, and he says, "My heart is clean!" (He watched me put lipstick on once, and thought my top lips looked like hearts. Now he thinks that lips are hearts). Which makes me wonder what he thinks when he says, "The Holy Ghost makes our heart feel good."
Jarin asked with a great big smile that melts my heart, "Mom, are you being grumpy with me?" (yes, I was - but that started us both laughing instead!)
We were having a family home evening helping Emilie to prepare for baptism. We talked to her about making good choices and right vs. wrong. We were trying to prompt her to give an answer when Ira asked her, "What's opposite of right, (he asked it in the context of right choices), and she answered, "Left." (you should have seen the look Ira and I gave each other - it spoke volumes!)
Same family home evening... we were talking about the Holy Ghost. Jarin (being very tired and very sensitive at the moment anyways), started going balistic on us. Not only did he say he was scared of the Holy Ghost. And not only was he crying because he was scared, but he was SOBBING, and it continued for about an hour (which is when he fell asleep still crying)!! Then first thing out of his mouth when he woke up was that he was scared of the Holy Ghost! We think we are doing the right thing by teaching our children, but really - we have taumatized Jarin! I can only imagine what was going on in his little imagination. Did I mention that FHE finished earlier than planned?
Ira was feeling the baby move at a particularly active time. He said, "Is he moving furniture around in there?" (some days it sure feels like it!)
There was a baby being blessed in church Sunday, and Jarin saw the priesthood men in a circle, and loudly proclaims "Look mom, their playing ring around the rosies!"
Emilie asked me, "Since our eyes are blue, how come everything doesn't look blue to us?" I explained how we see through the black circle in our eyes. She said, "Then the blue is just for decoration?"
Jarin walks around the house constantly saying, and singing "I am a Child of God, and He has sent me here." And when anyones voices get too loud, he sings, "Love at home... Love at home..." I'm not sure he even knows the meaning of what he's singing, but it stops the contention and usually starts a few giggles.
Ira was talking about leap year, and Emilie asked, "What is leap year? Is it when we leap to school?"
Ira asked Emilie if you put plastic wrap or foil over a pan going in the oven. She said tinfoil. Ira said "Good thinking Emilie." She responded by saying, "No, I didn't think...my teacher told me." (thank goodness for teachers, so we don't have to think!)
Jarin asked me if he could have something, and I had told him no. He responded by asking again, then answering his own question as if he were me, "Of course you can sweetheart." (it's no wonder he gets whatever he wants - how cute is that?)
In church today, a half a second before the sacrament prayer was being said, (so it was very quiet in the room), Jarin observed that his dad was sitting on the stand, and calls out in his loudest voice, "That's my daddy up there!"
Brayden said, "I've learned to never mess with a pregnant person."
Today I told Jarin he was a sweetHEART, and he said, "No, I have a beautiful HEART, and mommy is beautiful too." (a comment like that, he can have whatever he wants!)
This one was said a year or so ago, but it was one of the best we've had ever - so it bears repeating! Emilie said to mom, "Someday I am going to marry my prince, just like you married your prince."
Jarin said, "We don't say 'monkey butt' do we?"
Jarin see's a bumble bee and says, "It's a bum-bum bee".
Emilie singing, "Loose, footloose, kick off my church shoes."

Hmmmmm...

I copied this from my sisters blog, but it's just too perfectly perfect to not be reminded of as often as possible!

Hmmmm....
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.'Well,' she said, 'I think I'll braid my hair today!'So she did, and she had a wonderful day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head.'H-M-M,' she said, 'I think I'll part my hair down the middle today!'So she did and she had a grand day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head.'Well,' she said, 'today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail.'So she did and she had a fun, fun day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head.'YEA!' she exclaimed, 'I don't have to fix my hair today!'Attitude is everything. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

INSPIRATION

"A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation." Joseph Smith

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone. The things you do for others remain as your legacy."

"Fix it up...wear it out... make due...or do without!" - Gordon B Hinckley

"In righteousness there is great simplicity" - William R. Bradford

"The most important thing parents can do for their children is to teach them to feel The Spirit and recognize when it is no longer with them."

Elder M. Russell Ballard: "There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children...What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."

The adversary would keep us busily engaged in a multitude of trivial things in an effort to keep us distracted from the few vital things that make all the difference."-Ardeth G. Kapp