Camp

I am back, thank goodness! I did not take any pictures of camp so I will have to get some from Rachel. Girls camp was horrible. I should stop right there, but I am not going to. Every year I went to camp, I loved it. I absolutely loved it. Last year was great. We had a blast. This year, we had attitude, lying, stealing and empty threats. We had five great girls, two that struggled, and three that should have been sent home. If it were up to me, they would have gone home day 1. Unfortunately, they stayed and there was a HUGE lack of spirit in our camp. For those of you that know me well, you know that I do not have a problem baring my testimony. You know that there is very few times that I lack things to say. The last night up at camp we have testimony night. The girls were told that they would bare their testimonies, even if it was a testimony of being thankful for family and friends. I was the last. I stood up and said, "They say that the best is saved for last. Unfortunately this is not the case. We could have ended with any of the testimonies that have been born, because to be honest, I have no idea what to say to you girls right now. " I bore a very short, cold testimony. I told them that I knew that attitude has everything to do with the way camp turned out. I apologized to the girls that I had a horrible attitude about the way things had turned out. I know that some of you are thinking that it "couldn't have been that bad." It was. It was that bad. We had inappropriate conversations. I heard things that I would have died saying at 14. The girls that were there to feel the spirit broke down and almost went home. They were miserable! I am so sorry for the way that things turned out. I felt such persecution today at church when some of the moms glared, stared and, as Troy called it, gave me the stink eye. I have yet to break down and cry. I have tried my hardest to hold it all together. I have to meet with the Bishop at 3 this after noon and I am afraid I will break. I have struggled with my self since Tuesday. I have been absolutely miserable. Even at church today there were talks given that normally would have had me sobbing. I did not feel a thing. I feel empty inside. To top it all off, I subbed in Primary today because after asking 5 people to cover and being rejected, there was no one left to ask. Troy and I had only four in there, but it felt like the whole classroom was full. It was a monstrous mess. Thank goodness for beautiful weather and gummy butterflies! This is my last year as camp director and I knew that going into it. I have been to camp three times in the last four years. I am okay that my time as camp director is over for the time being. I am not okay with the way things were ended and I am not okay with the challenges the next camp director has to face. This was a learning experience for all of those who were willing to learn. I hope that the girls do not just remember the bad, but I hope they remember the little bit of good. We had a great hike. We hiked up to Saddlepack lake. It was beautiful and the swing was great. We had one night of singing and fun. The marshmallows were huge and fun to roast. There were some great devotionals given. The slide and teeter totters were super fun and the weather, all but one day, was great. The food was delicious and the couple of close times we had will be cherished. If they can take that into their hearts, camp will have been worth the countless hours spent on it. If they learned nothing, it was all in vain and I am sorry for those girls. It hurts my heart that these beautiful young daughters of our Heavenly Father do not realize their potential. They have no idea who or what they can become. That is truly sad.

Happy Anniversary, Troy!

Troy and I have been married for ten years today. He is my world. We have been through a lot together but we have pulled through. Because it is number ten, here are the reasons, or ten of them, that I love him.

1. He is a wonderful dad to our two boys. He loves them so much.

2. He is a great provider. He will not hear of me going back to work.

3. He supports me in all I do. He is not discouraging.

4. He says nice things to others. He does not talk ill of anyone!

5. He laughs.

6. He lets me warm my cold feet on him when I get into bed.

7. He does things himself to prove it to himself that he can...even when it doesn't turn out, he tries until it does.

8. He lets me take naps. He doesn't get naps very often, but he can tell when I need one and he lets me!

9. He likes to be outdoors. We hike as a family and visit new places.

10. Even though he might not attend church as often as I think he should, or as often as I wished he would, he honors the priesthood that he has. He does not do anything that compromises his beliefs or the ability to have the priesthood. He is a good and honest man and I am proud of him.

Happy anniversary, Troy! I love you so much and I am looking forward to spending the next ten years with you! You are my whole life and I love you!

Two days...

I have two, yes, two days until stake young women's camp...did you wonder why I fell of the face of the earth?

Optimism

The last post was very optimistic...today we had three poopy accidents and one pee accident. Before noon. Lovely.

This after noon he has done great, however. After I allowed him to have underwear on again (there was a short period of time when I made him wear a diaper). We even had a sitter tonight and he did great for her, too.

Oh, and Knight and Day is a great movie for all of those wondering if they should see it. Very funny. A lot of violence, no blood, but a lot of funny script. Jaimen and Kara liked it, too!

Three days and only two accidents!

So, yesterday Tevan walked up to me and said, "I poopy, Mom." Great. Those unders are now in the garbage. I can remember my mom swishing out my youngest brother's CLOTH diapers and I decided the memory is too vivid to do that with Tev's unders. He had done and, after the poopy accident, has done really well. Last night we had t-ball and Troy took Tev to the "corner" to pee. he couldn't, so we assumed he didn't have to. Our good friends, Kara and Jaimen, came to Daeson's game and after we went to eat at KFC. As we were trying to decide what to order, we looked over at Tevan standing in a puddle of pee and he had a scared/embarrassed look on his face. Luckily I packed the diaper bag with extra stuff, so I could take care of it. The boy at KFC wasn't too thrilled to clean up pee. I offered, but he insisted. He has been great today, we even had a shopping trip. I am so proud of him. He is doing great. Daeson is rather upset that Tev sleeps in unders and he has to sleep in a pull-up, but they have completely different body types. It will get better! Tevan told me he was peeing in the potty because he wants to go to preschool...lets hope September gets here soon enough to have a habit by then!!!

Isn't that AMAZING?

Yesterday Tevan announced that he wanted to wear underwear. So, I thought "Why not?". He did really well and slept all through the night without peeing, which he has woken (?) up every morning with a dry diaper for months now. This morning he did not want to sit on the potty the first thing, but we made him anyway. Then, a bout a half hour later, he sat on the potty again proclaiming that he didn't have to pee. After a second, he started peeing. He was watching and looked up and said, "Is that amazing!? It is magic!" So there you go, the miracle of peeing in the potty is amazing and magic! Good job Tevie...what a BIG boy!!!!!!

Help wanted...

If anyone knows someone living in our area that needs a job, we have a commission based job opening ASAP. Just post me a comment!! Hours are good and pay can be really great. We cannot offer insurance and they will be responsible for paying their own taxes. Let us know if you know anyone!

July 3rd!

Happy Fourth (third) of July!! This year I ran the boys to Troy's sis, Heidi, so they could see the parade and have fun. I picked up my bountiful basket and helped Troy work. We then gathered at the Grover's for a super fun picnic. The kids always have a blast playing with their cousins. We played bad mitten as usual, but it was mighty chilly! These cupcakes were super fun, but very time consuming. I need to figure out how to make my frosting more soft, it was kinda crunchy!

July 4th, 2010

This fourth of July, after church, we called Gram Tom and had her come up for a quick visit to Jackson Hole, WY. It was a beautiful drive and we really enjoyed the scenery. It was a very fast visit, we ate at Bon Appe Thai and got the kids ready for bed and came on home.