Well...It's Official...

I am now the Primary President of the Highland 1st Ward.  Crazy.

I've known for about a month now and it seems a lot longer.  I'm the kind of person that learns by doing, so it's really frustrating when I can't do something.  It's stressful to me.  As soon as it get going, the stress will totally go away, but for now it's still a little there.

For those of you who read this and are confused, let me explain.  The Primary is what we call the children's group at church.  So, I'm in charge of all the classes, the singing, the cub scout program and more.  It's a lot of work, but I love being in Primary.  I have found more joy serving there than anywhere else.  There is nothing funnier to me than a conversation with a child.  The things that they say are priceless!  So, I'm really excited to be with them every Sunday.

I've got some amazing women to work with and I'm excited to get to know them better!  It's going to be a big job, but I know that these women will be the key to managing it all. 

I feel really good today.  The Bishop gave me a blessing yesterday and I could literally feel the responsibility fall on my shoulders, but it didn't feel like a burden.  Kind of hard to explain.  I felt like I was given the gift of being able to handle it all.  That the Lord was giving me what I needed to handle this job, in addition to all that I already do. It feels pretty good.  And I'll do my best to live up to His expectations. 

Wish me luck!

When It Rains, It Pours!!

That's the theme of my life right now.  Well, actually, the theme of our household.  It's been a little stressful lately.  Scott's been so busy at work.  The have a major deadline this week and not enough people to do the work.  So, he's been working really long hours.  Poor guy.

Then there is all the stuff I'm dealing with.  Mostly with my kids.  I love being a mom, but there are times when it's really hard.  When your stomach is tied in knots and you don't sleep a whole lot.  This would be one of those times.

Porter has been struggling in school this year.  And it's been tough.  But I think we are in the process of figuring out why.  I took him to our doctor recently and he suspects, as do I, that Porter might be ADD.  Porter is a smart kid, but he can't focus for very long at all.  For example, Porter is really good at math, but if I sit him down at the table to do his math homework, I can't walk away.  He won't do it.  If I sit with him and say, "ok, Porter do number one", he'll do it.  I have to make him do each and every problem.  And reading is really a struggle because his mind just wonders in the middle of a sentence.  And he can't sit still.  It's frustrating.  So, now, we are trying to get ahold of a specialist, who will for sure be able to diagnose him and then we can go from there.  In the meantime, I get to go meet with Porter's teacher and the school principal to talk about Porter's "progress".  Yay.  I can't tell you how excited about that. 

Then, yesterday, both Porter and Hali were complaining about not feeling good.  So I kept them home from school and made an appointment with the doctor in the afternoon.  I thought maybe it would be a waste of time, because they certainly weren't acting like they were sick.  But it ends up that Hali has an ear infection and Porter has strep.  Lovely.

There is more stress going on, but I can't talk about that yet.  I'm really ready for this week to be over.  Don't be too worried about me, though.  I've passed that stressed point and am now at the laughing point.  Every time something else goes wrong, I laugh.  Like the letter I got yesterday that said we are .01 points off of getting a $200 rebate for the energy efficient washer/dryer we bought last month. Nice. 


I'm feeling like Satan is really working hard on me, right now. He so wants me to be discouraged.  And I know that when I'm down, it brings my family down.  I don't deal with stress well.  But I'm determined not to give it any more time.  I won't let it get me down.  I won't let it affect my home and my family.  Well, not anymore than it already has. :)  I've always been big on a person determines how they will react to any given situation.  And I chose to be upset and angry, but now I'm changing my mind and my attitude!  I'm a woman, I'm allowed to do that!  I will smile and mean it!

Thanks for letting me vent!

Vanity

My kids have never been shy or modest.  Maybe I praise them too much.  I don't know.  Today, when I picked up Zoey from pre-school she had this:

I couldn't believe what a great job she did writing her name so clearly!  And I told her.

Her response:

"I know.  Everybody thinks I'm amazing."