Random Thoughts

Just some random thoughts. Nothing cohesive--just things I want to remember.

***I'm nine weeks past Gavin's birth and I've lost 29 lbs. Seven more to go. Yahoo! I did eat 12 Oreos today--oops! But they tasted soooo good. So I don't feel that bad.

***Matt and I have gotten hooked on the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance". I have the DVR record it and then he and I watch it the following day while I nurse. Matt just loves it. Anything physical he loves. He even has favorite contestants. We both think Robert is hilarious (for those that watch).

***Both Adam and Matt are in the middle of the 'summer blahs'. Of course they don't want to go back to school but they're definitely feeling bored. During the summer I give them 'TV tickets' that they can use for TV, the Wii, computer. I use them in order to limit their "screen time" so they don't end up being couch potatoes all summer. However, I'm getting a bit lax. It's just been so hot outside and they're getting tired of their toys. So, even though they say they don't want school to begin, I think they'll be glad to have something different to do.

***We had the missionaries over for dinner last night. We hadn't fed them for 3-4 months. Granted, I had a good reason, but I was beginning to feel a bit guilty because we have 10 missionaries here and only one ward and one branch to feed them. Adam and Matt always have fun when the elders come over. Even before I became a mother, and especially a mother to three boys, I felt a really strong desire to influence my children (boys or girls) to serve missions. My focus has always been geared toward first getting them to go on their missions, and then we'll focus on getting married in the temple. Simply because if they serve a worthy mission, they are much more likely to be married in the temple. I know in the past few years, the church has tightened up the requirements/standards in order to go on a mission. That makes me think that all of the young missionaries we have here in Garden City must have been good kids and kept the commandments. I'm grateful for their examples to my boys. And hope my three sons will do the same.