Celebrating Something Everyday!: In the Couch!

Friday, April 16, 2010

In the Couch!

These items were found in the couch:

2 hair clips
2 barrettes
toy cat
toy man
a candle
fishing pole stick
blush brush
toy dog
purple necklace
yellow bowl
umbrella holder
five dollar bill (sadly, just play money)

(My sister in law posted what was in her couch and I thought it was pretty funny :)

Here is my smiley happy baby Anne Elsie Jane. She enjoys taking tastes of what people are eating. And I guess she'd learn to roll over if Mom ever put her on her belly :)

Spring celebration on Saturday was fun. We dyed eggs and then found them and candy later on. Our neighbors kindly let us use some of their yard.
Easter was wonderful listening to our Church leaders. (I spent half the day sick, Joe took care of the two older girls so well) Overall it was a great day and I just love my family so much. God has blessed us with so much. I am thankful for the fact of Christ's Resurrection. Happy Easter!!!

Here is Joe practicing Anne's song. He's almost got it all worked out and memorized!! It sounds great!

Xela is progressing in reading and is patient with her mom. Charlotte is always finding things to laugh at. Anne is wonderful. Joe gave a presentation about adhesive anchors. And I am happy!

Peace out!!!

4 comments:

Josie and Wayne said...: I remember cleaning out a hand-me-down couch and among other things we found a wedding announcement from the early 90's.; April 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Unknown said...: still don't know what adhesive anchors are but hope you are feeling better- I think conference gets better every year! Fun couch post- maybe I''ll try that except I'd have to make it up- things can't fall down in mine. :o) Made me laugh though. (Hey how bout under my car seats?); April 17, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Jessie said...: Aw. So sweet.

So...does Joe work for 3M? We often check their job listings.; April 17, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Sarah said...: I don't know, that's some pretty good stuff you found in your couch. It would have been awesome to have found a REAL five dollar bill though. I often find spare change left over after a load of laundry and I pretend its my laundry paycheck.; April 18, 2010 at 6:57 PM

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Thomas S. Monson

Professor Harold Hill, in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, cautioned, “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays.”

There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we must do that which is of greatest importance. Let us not procrastinate those things which matter most.

I remember reading the account of a man who, just after the passing of his wife, opened her dresser drawer and found there an item of clothing she had purchased when they visited the eastern part of the United States nine years earlier. She had not worn it but was saving it for a special occasion. Now, of course, that occasion would never come.

In relating the experience to a friend, the husband of the deceased wife said, “Don’t save something only for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion.”

That friend later said those words changed her life. They helped her cease putting off the things most important to her. Said she: “Now I spend more time with my family. I use crystal glasses every day. I’ll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket if I feel like it. The words ‘someday’ and ‘one day’ are fading from my vocabulary. Now I take the time to call my relatives and closest friends. I’ve called old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I tell my family members how much I love them. I try not to delay or postpone anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives. And each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute is special.”

-Thomas S. Monson, April 2008, Ensign Magazine