Jamison

A Little Ray Of Sunshine!

A New Fence Goes Up

 Beautiful!!

Well here is a picture of the new fence that was put up in back yard by our new neighbors.  I am for sure a happy camper!!  been wanting that old fence gone for along time now.  Dad just a few days ago said "Dottie Come Here" so I hurried into the sunroom wondering what the heck, and YAY!  there was the new fence going up. NICE NICE SURPRISE!  The house had been empty unknown to us and I had just said the week before, "need to talk to the neighbors dad and see who owns that fence."  It really did need to come down.   Now the only thing is, we just met our new neighbors and had nice time chatting with them and now will miss that cause fence is too high and can't even see them. They also have a dog and Kathy[new neighbor] said she walks her dog around my block so that might help. ha. 

Sweet Note by My Grandaughter

Kristen and I have spent lots of time together over the years. I started keeping care of her when she was just a baby in arms. We have video's of her and the girls growing up together.  Now days she spends the night on occasion and we talk about her life and spend our days going shopping, hitting a few thrift stores, out to eat at McD's.  As the years have passed we have always lived close to each other and she has spent many a night here at our house playing with Maggie , baking cookies , watching movies together, having pillow talk, just having fun time together.  She will always be a big part of our lives. 

Thank you Kristen , we love you very much.  grams

FAMILY FIRST

My grandaughter said to me the other night  FAMILY SHOULD COME FIRST!  while talking about why her family should spend more time together.  I thought  Wow, out of the mouth of babes.

  
The church actually came out with this video titled just that "Family First."
And then i thought of the quote that my daughter Angie told me she remembered one day that came to her out of the blue which was quoted in the church years ago by a prophet of God/ Harold B. Lee.
 " The most important work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own home." 

Living the standards actually  make good mortar for those building blocks in raising a family. May we all try to achieve a higher standard of living for our families and those that will follow in our footsteps by following the Savior's teachings!

This is a quote by a prophet of God !
 “Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley

Home Evening in 1983

Every Monday night we had what we called" Family Home Evening" / the kids enjoyed this growing up and for sure whenever i came up with a really good dessert afterwards. Yummy!
The church still has Family Home Evening and its still on Monday nights.  I would come up with a very short lesson [kids can't set too long] which the kids helped me with and then we would do some fun things and of course the dessert at the end.  One night I had them write down on paper some things that we could do to help each other in the family. Here was how the list went and of course some of the older ones came up with silly remarks. here what i found .
Give us an allowance and we will pay tithing on it!
Lock us in the shed!
Don't tattle tail!
Sleep alot!
 Stay outside!
Don't pay much attention to the person your mad at!
Give Val a hug and kiss!
Be good to each other!
Obey parents!

I have no idea who wrote these ,  but found these on little pieces of paper we had for  home evening as i was cleaning so decided to blog them.
Might be fun to guess who wrote what?  No names were on them. If anyone remembers lyou wrote one then let me know.

Building Self Esteem in your Child!

What i have learned about raising children:

Kids love to be disciplined [ they will feel secure and know you care]
Take interest in your child's life
Attend school mtgs. or church mt. with them.
Notice and develope their talents and back them.
Back them on the things they enjoy doing.
Get involved, drive them there, make treats , go to activity with them and games.
Build them up / tell them what a great job they did, but be honest.  If not tell them they gave it a super good try!
Let them know they are special!
Be interested in their progress!