tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981535414102000012024-03-19T04:41:54.970-06:00Kristy TypesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-21033511268294494082014-10-18T11:25:00.002-06:002014-10-18T11:25:24.607-06:00Happy birthday Buddy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy 1st Birthday Isaac!</div>
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I love this kid and I can't believe he is one already. He's rapidly changing from a baby to a little boy. I miss my baby, but I love this fun little dude as well.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-52285685182918466352014-09-05T19:31:00.000-06:002014-09-05T19:31:07.689-06:00So, these kids are getting a whole lot bigger all the time. I figured I'd post a few pictures to keep things at least slightly current.<div>
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Work has been overwhelmingly busy lately. It makes me sad to think that work is taking over my life and making it hard to enjoy my family. Hopefully things calm down soon and I can spend more time with these cute kids! Abby is in 5th grade this year, Sophie is in 2nd grade, Alice just started Kindergarten, and Isaac does his best to make messes around my office while I work. I am totally blessed, I just need to be able to stop, breathe, and appreciate it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-61692111804372322612014-04-15T10:39:00.001-06:002014-04-15T10:39:52.339-06:00Isaac is 6 months!My little buddy just keeps growing and growing! He had his 6 month checkup yesterday and he weighed in at 21 lbs 12 oz and 27 inches long.<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-88850113391637648352014-02-03T12:50:00.002-07:002014-02-03T12:50:49.732-07:00These kids just keep getting older!Birthday season is almost over around here. We just need to get Alice's party out of the way and I'm pretty much in the clear until Isaac turns one in October. (Unless Tom decides he needs a party next month.) Sophie's party was sadly small, Abby's party was horribly big, hopefully Alice's will be just right. Are my girls the three bears???<br />
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Isaac was blessed at church at the beginning of the month. We had a rare opportunity to take a picture together as a family. Here we are!!</div>
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So, I had a baby. He's pretty great and he keeps me busy and tired. I also moved into a new home - not so fun with a new baby. Oh well!<br />
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I like the idea of my baby having a 10/10 birthday, so I was scheduled for my c-section on that day. It also made it so I was unavailable to do a particularly nasty project at work the following weekend. Oh darn! I had to miss it.<br />
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Everything went pretty normal, as far as c-sections go. I went in early in the morning and they asked me stupid questions they should already know the answers to as part of getting me admitted. I got my IV, Tom was presented with a ridiculously small one piece surgery watching outfit. He ended up just wearing a couple of funny yellow gown things - one for the front and one for the back - instead. I walked into the surgery room and sat on a fun little table. They gave me a spinal block, which hurts like the dickens for a few seconds, then I started to go numb. I lay back down on the table and waited for my lower body to go numb. It's interesting listening to the doctors and nurses chat like surgery is no big deal for them. I suppose it is fairly routine since it is their jobs. It's just funny.<br />
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They prepped me, rubbed iodine all over me, and pulled the little sheet up so I wouldn't see what was going on and throw up. (Probably a good idea.) They pulled Tom into the room and started cutting away, and before you know it, they pulled Isaac out. He was still a boy, so that was good. I gave away all of our baby girl stuff. He was SUPER grimy, lots of vernix on this baby. He came in at 8 lbs 2 oz and 21 inches, our longest and heaviest baby so far. He had a little bit of light brown hair. I got to see him a little and touch his face a little bit before they whisked him off to the nursery for all that fun baby checking stuff.<br />
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They proceeded to stitch me up, which I couldn't feel at all this time. SO much better to not be able to feel yourself being sewn back together. It was pretty awful last time. After a while, I was done and wheeled back to my room. Numb legs are so weird. I really felt like I should be able to move them, but no amount of concentration helped. My legs were useless. Even my toes were useless. It's a good thing I didn't want to go anywhere.<br />
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I had a catheter, since I couldn't do much walking to get to the bathroom. On the first day, the nurses helped me get out of bed and walk to the bathroom where they emptied out my catheter. Foreshadowing alert!! Anyway, I drank lots of water and happily assumed I wouldn't need to worry about using the restroom. That night, I kept feeling like I needed to go the bathroom - which is weird since I had a catheter in. I assumed it was just weird pressure from the surgery and tried to ignore it. Early in the morning, the nurse checked my catheter and said it looked like it was draining just fine. I kept feeling more and more like I had to pee SO badly that I was going to burst. Eventually I felt like I was going to die, so I hobbled over to the bathroom despite the catheter. ( I brought my IV pole and catheter bag with me like we did the day before.) The catheter bag immediately started filling up as I got out of bed and started walking. It filled up completely as I made my way to the restroom. The tube was tweaked weird and not draining and my poor bladder was being stretched to hold the contents of an entire cath bag. I swear I almost died. I emptied the bag out into the toilet and merrily made my way bag to the bed. That was pretty traumatic. Even if it sounds lame.<br />
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So, I'm pregnant and scheduled to have this little guy on October 10th. It should be exciting! I'm not sure how ready I am now to go from having three independent kids to adding on a fourth extremely dependent one. We are super excited, it just feels like stepping out into the unknown again. (Except it isn't really all that unknown.) This will be a good time to teach the older girls about caring for a baby, which will be pretty helpful for them when they have their own little ones.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-68691851409166172322012-11-19T15:18:00.001-07:002012-11-19T15:18:20.353-07:00Kid PrayersSometimes the kids say funny things in their prayers. Usually the phrasing is just a little off . . .<br />
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Sophie has been praying lately:<br />
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I love kids!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-12169200688007670022012-10-23T10:19:00.003-06:002012-10-23T10:19:36.245-06:00Ice cream poopI didn't take a picture. Boo. The other day we went to Jason's Deli for dinner. (Kids eat free on Saturdays with each adult meal.) Anyway, they have a soft serve ice cream machine where you can make your own ice cream cones. I'm pretty sure this is the highlight of the meal for the kids. We had the kids bring their cones in the car since they weren't done and we were ready to leave. Two of them still had them by the time we got home. I remember Sophie running in the door and yelling, "I have to go to the bathroom!" <div>
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Cut to the next morning, I went in to use the bathroom and noticed brown sludge on the toilet. I thought it was the traditional sludge that can oftentimes be found on the toilet seat whenever anyone but me uses it. (I NEVER make a mess. Right?) I cleaned it up and noticed there were some other drips leading down the toilet and finally saw an ice cream code sitting on top of the toilet. I guess Sophie put it down when she went to the bathroom the night before and forgot about it. I'm glad she did, cause that's gross. Toilet cone. Ew. I guess I need to talk to the kids about food in the bathroom.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-50505648286039246892012-09-27T22:46:00.001-06:002012-09-27T22:46:48.618-06:00Water poloI'm hoping to get some good water polo pictures to post from Abby's class she's been taking. We'll see, it's hard to capture something good in the water. The first week of the class there was a local reporter writing up a story about it.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-90551345532429622592012-06-09T12:37:00.000-06:002012-08-30T14:21:35.412-06:00Track TeamI signed Abby up for track this last Spring. I was surprised she wanted to do it - she's never been much of a runner. She seems to want to sign up for anything that's available. After a practice or two, Abby asked the coaches if Sophie could practice too. She's too young by a couple of years, but they let her participate. I was even more surprised that Sophie would want to run, she won't walk down the block without complaining about being tired. Here are a few pictures. I don't think the girls got any faster this year, but they got some exercise and a little taste of running, to see if they want to do it in the future.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-24950688637401454902012-06-02T12:12:00.000-06:002012-08-30T12:12:29.593-06:00School's Out!Abby and Sophie really enjoyed school this year. What a blessing! I didn't have to beg them to go or wade through any fake illnesses. I guess we can say goodbye to 2nd grade and Pre-school and hello to Summer!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-40272497872668613602012-06-01T12:03:00.000-06:002012-08-30T12:03:52.964-06:00Family VacationWe went to Disneyland in May for a family vacation. I didn't blog about it. I haven't blogged about anything lately. Here you go:<div>
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We also had a day at the beach. Alice played in the sand, Tom, Abby, and Sophie played in the waves, and I got sunburned:</div>
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Abby and Sophie took dance classes at the rec center this year. Abby was in hip hop and Sophie took pre-ballet. They really enjoyed themselves, and got some exercise - which is the whole point of me signing them up. Abby got to be in class with her cousins Hayley and Paige, so going to dance class was that much more exciting for her. I got to hang out with Laura and exercise while they danced. It worked out pretty well.</div>
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We had a few random, late season snow storms this year. I don't really like snow, so the girls don't get a lot of opportunities to play in it. Too much snow in the house, too many clothes to find/put on for a short period of time. Too cold. Too wet. Hmph. Snow.<br />
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Alice attempting a snow angel of her own</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-3942307905637034992012-03-17T16:47:00.000-06:002012-05-31T16:47:59.327-06:00My first 5k<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Abby and I <strike>ran</strike> participated in her school's "Luck of the Irish 5K" this year. It was my first, and I was surprised at how well Abby did. She tends to be a complainer when it comes to physical exertion, so I was worried I'd have to drag her the whole way. Abby was awesome and we finished in under an hour. Such speed demons! It was fun and a good bonding experience for the two of us.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-12903220098286034782012-02-13T12:18:00.000-07:002012-02-13T12:18:43.194-07:00Abby's Baptism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Abby was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints on Saturday, February 4th at 10:30 AM. It was a great day and we had lots of wonderful family members there to share the day with us. I'm so proud of the young lady that Abby has become. She really tries her best to make good choices and to be a good example to her little sisters. Abby is so earnest and really wants to understand things and teach other people about them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm afraid I wasn't very good about taking pictures at the baptism - hopefully I can get some pictures from some of the other family members with cameras. We couldn't figure out a very good place to do a luncheon afterwards (our house just isn't big enough and our church building was booked) so we kind of pooped out on that end. We invited Abby's grandparents' to lunch at had a nice meal together at Ruby River. They even gave Abby a gigantic mud pie ice cream dessert for celebration. Abby enjoyed the day and wrote ALL about it in her journal. Way to go Abby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My baby is three now! I love this kid. I think I've been able to really enjoy her more since I have a few mom years under my belt now. It's easier to relish the little things when you have a bigger perspective on life as these kids' mom. I probably wanted my other kids to grow up faster and be more self-sufficient since I had another baby to care for at this point. But I'm perfectly fine with Alice staying my "baby" for a while. Nevertheless, she still was determined to get a little older and become an all important three year old. She surprises me all the time with the things she picks up from her sisters. She wants to play with big girls toys and sing weird made up songs like them. Alice is so tolerant of the hundreds of kisses she has to endure from me every day. I'm so glad she's mine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie helped decorate for Alice's party - she made this crepe paper version of our little Alice for the window.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice got lots of fun things for her birthday - but Sophie seems to be taking possession of whatever suits her fancy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice is really good at blowing - but not so good at directional blowing. It took her a while to get all of her candles out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice and her little cousins (along with big cousin helpers) had fun playing Bingo during the party.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-23616789281555070822012-02-10T10:41:00.000-07:002012-02-10T10:41:32.278-07:00My Abby is 8 years old!Abby had her 8th birthday a few weeks ago. It's hard to believe she's that old! Abby really has been such a blessing to have in our family. She is so responsible, thoughtful, and kind-hearted. I expect so much out of her and she is so grown up for a little girl. She wakes up to her alarm every morning and gets in the shower and gets dressed. If I'm not around, she gets herself breakfast before she needs to get on the bus. Abby likes to think things out and reason why people feel the way they do. Abby is an amazing child and I'm lucky to have been sent her spirit to help me grow and learn to be a good mom. I hope I don't put too much pressure on her to grow up too fast. It's hard to think of her as just an 8 year old when she is the size of an 11 year old. She already wants to be such a teenager! <br />
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Abby has bugged me for years to get her ears pierced, and I finally gave in to her pleas. I drove her to the mall to get her cute little ears pierced. She was very brave and it turned out to be a fairly painless process. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie got to join Abby for the traditional birthday breakfast in bed. It's a pretty fun way to start out the day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abby invited a gazillion girls to her birthday party, so we ended up having to do it at our church building. She thought it was great!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abby's current obsession - stuffed animals with really big eyes. She has lots of them now!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the girls with their blankets and pillows setting up for our movie party! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abby at the Jensens' for more cake</td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-85547804856384687862012-01-18T14:04:00.000-07:002012-01-18T14:04:25.279-07:00Sophie Doo turns 5Sophie turned five years old last month and I neglected to report on it. (Among others things I have been neglecting!) Sophie such a funny little girl - she is always making faces to let me know how pleased or, more often, displeased she is with something I am doing or saying. She always tries to sit on my lap during Primary, but not any other time. Sophie is moody and emotional and loving and kind. Sophie tells me often, lately, that she loves me even when she's mad at me. She is my sneaky child still and tries to find a way to do what she wants no matter what!<div><br />
</div><div>I'm going to steal an idea from my sister and do a little Q&A with Sophie:</div><div><br />
</div><div>What is your favorite color? <i>pink</i></div><div>What is your favorite food? <i>raviolis</i></div><div>What is your favorite song? <i>Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam</i></div><div>What is your favorite thing to do? <i>Play Barbies</i></div><div>Who is your best friend? <i>Meghan (the neighbor girl)</i></div><div>What is something you don't like? <i>worms and spiders</i></div><div>What is your favorite movie? <i>Princess movies</i></div><div>What is your favorite show? <i>She-Ra</i></div><div>What do you want to be when you grow up? <i>A ballet teacher</i></div><div><i><br />
</i></div><div>It's funny what answers kids will come up with when they are put on the spot!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Sophie had about three birthday parties this year and she loved it. It was so fun to watch her close her eyes to make wishes before blowing out her birthday candles. She's just such a funny kid!</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids were super excited when Dad FINALLY came home and Sophie could open her presents!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abby and I made this pinata, but I didn't really think the whole hanging part through very well. We had to wrap a rope around it to secure it after our first kid took a swing at it. (And re-wrap it after every kid)</td></tr>
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</i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-15047527717523544542012-01-13T14:56:00.000-07:002012-01-13T14:56:46.228-07:00Christmas"Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . ." Tom introduced me to that Christmas Carol and the Muppets' version is our most listened to Christmas song. Alice decided to sing it during the prayer at church the other week. I wish putting my hand over her mouth actually made her get quieter. It just seems to rile her up more!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJibWkIVwgd0CayxXgPW4_T1XZvOPqf2_nYGNHuvzvwj-XEBQoZw8Inl8xgkaUxuat31JxTdNKGyIWop9jvA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a taste of some of our Nativity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFZW7MBuCpC2VAaflTYCd0iAjp_lgCmGs_MgHfGfU3OBaAMxtU-mBLGogIJ1RhOzyjWZ9zRRDFNWNQvHNaYg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ethan shared some Christmas tuba love with us</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The kids were awesome and did really well sitting through church rather than tearing through their presents in the morning. They got some fun stuff and made big messes and played all day with their new acquisitions. I hope everyone else had a great Christmas too!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-42037879177440154222011-12-17T20:22:00.000-07:002011-12-17T20:22:06.682-07:00Primary RevisitedI'm just going to post really quickly. I'm feeling better about Primary now - probably because I haven't had to do Sharing Time this month!! I think I have been holding myself to a bit of an unrealistic standard. It helps that the other Sharing Times I've seen haven't been super spectacular either. I'll keep trying to do fun things that keep the kids attention, but maybe I won't be so disappointed when a few kids look bored. Thanks for the encouragement everyone!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98153541410200001.post-7127941274977293562011-11-14T15:59:00.000-07:002011-11-14T15:59:01.281-07:00PrimaryI was in the Young Women's organization for 4 years (pretty much the whole time we've been in this ward.) Now, I'm in Primary! I was called as the 1st Counselor a bit over a month ago. This is proving to be pretty foreign water for me. The only time I really feel like I know what I'm doing is when I go in to help in the nursery. Our president has been gone for the last couple of Sundays and the 2nd Counselor has been home with a sick kid - so it's just me and the Secretary winging it each week. Hopefully I'll feel better with the President back, but it sure seems to be taking us a while to figure out what we're doing. The hard part for me has been teaching Sharing Time. I know, it's only 15 minutes. I just want to be good at it - but I'm not there yet. Coming up with creative and fun ways to teach the children isn't as easy as it seems like it should be.<br />
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We combined junior and senior Primary (at least for now) to streamline things a bit. I like having the 3rd hour to help out where I'm needed, or to meet with the other presidency members to plan things out. But I'm sure I could reach the children a little more if they were split. But then it might just be more stressful for me to plan two different lessons and have to do it twice during church. I wish I had been able to observe some sharing times from the previous presidency to use that as a gauge of how I'm doing.<br />
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Abby and Sophie haven't complained that it's been more boring than usual - so that could be a good sign. Or maybe they're sparing my feelings. Sometimes they are nice that way. :)<br />
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Anyway, I needed to vent a little. I guess I've been on autopilot in Young Women's since it's been my calling for the last 7 out of 10 years or something. I probably need this challenge so I can grow in different ways than I have before. I just hope the growing pains aren't too bad and the primary kids don't suffer them with me!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18347882000668516551noreply@blogger.com3