Treasures

Had a great weekend! LOVED having my parents visit us.

Loved getting to spend Mother's Day w/ my mom.

The first one in a long time we were together.

Chase spoke in church yesterday.

Mom + 5 = Mothers Day 2010

Megan sang w/ the YW. Very special.  This morning when I turned on my computer...Chase had left his talk open. I couldn't resist copying and pasting it here. I cried yesterday, I cried this morning reading it again and I want the opportunity to read it over and over again, definately a treasure to hold onto, so here it is...Thank You Chase...I am so proud of the Young Man you are!
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Good morning,

My name is Chase Mayo, and I was asked to tell you about how wonderful mothers are.

My mother is the most beautiful, wonderful, amazing person I know. I should know this because she has always been in my life. She’s always taught me how to make the right decision. In the Saturday morning session of this latest General Conference in April, Elder M. Russell Ballard tells us (begin quote) “Love your mother…Respect her. Listen to her. Trust her. She has your best interests at heart. She cares about your eternal safety and happiness. So be kind to her. Be patient with her imperfections, for she has them. We all do.” (End quote). I know my mom isn’t perfect but who is. My mom tries her hardest to make sure I’m safe, sheltered, and comfortable. She makes sure I’m well fed and fully clothed. She makes sure that I am as happy as can be and when I’m not, I know she’s there for me to talk to. My dad has taught me to be a man. But my beautiful mother has taught me the ways of life. I am grateful for a mother who loves for me and cares for me as much as she does.

A few times in my life where my mom has helped me is with my homework. I ask quite often for her help in my homework and she always does and helps me understand it better. Another thing is she gets us to where we need to be. With school, sports, and other activities we are going in a lot of different directions and my mother helps us all get there when we want to be.
I know that my mother tries very hard to make us all happy and I love her very much and in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Megan's YW group sang a couple songs. One of them was "I Often Go Walking" the other was their own rendition of "I'm So Glad When Mommy Is Home"  this is what I can remember:

I'm so glad when Mommy is home, glad as I can be
Clap my hands and shoult for joy and help with laundry.
Pat her cheeks and ask for what? 10 big bucks!

I think there was another line...I"ll have to ask Megan.

Steve and the kids went way overboard and gave my mom and I matching bracelets. They are charm bracelets and mine has a charm with each of my 5 kids birthstones! It's so beautiful! Thank You!

Dallee turned 7 months old! 7 months...can't even believe it!

She's still just a tiny birdie!

Also Friday evening we went to a banquet at Megan's HS. It was An Academic Banquet. Megan got an award for 4.0 GPA. Good Job Megan!!!

Guess you can't really see her getting her certificate. It was cute, Charlee took off and followed her up there. Everyone laughed. Poor Megan always has a sibling in tow! Thanks Megan for being such a great big sister!

Sweet Charlee

Grandad and Baby D

Grandma and Charlee

Megan and Grandma

Chase and Grandma

Trace and Grandma

Fun Weekend!

5 Blessings I Am Thankful For

The past few days I've been feeling a little stressed and kind of felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. Just now as I was cleaning up lunch, I thought "I really am blessed to be able to be home with my kids" so I thought I'm going to make a journal entry on my blessings and that will make the sunshine brighter! So here's 5 of the blessings I am the most thankful for:

1. My husband: He works hard to provide us a good life. He is kind hearted and he is always thinking of other people. He drives a lot with his work and so often he comes home and says I stopped and helped this person with a flat tire, this person was stuck, etc. Other times he will come home and say "I saw this old man trying to push snow, I wanted to stop and help but I was trying to get to a meeting, I should have stopped anyways." He is always helping his clients; pushing cows, burning leaves, unloading a truck load of sheep and saving a lamb from certain death are all recent acts that I can think of off the top of my head he came home and told me about. He so often takes the opportunity to help someone else out. He makes our home fun. He will come home and have alot on his mind but he doesn't for one second let the children know. He goes out of his way to make the kids laugh (sometimes too much;) I couldn't ask for a better dad for our kids. I love you Steve!

2. Being a mother: I am so thankful for my children. Each one of them have so many wonderful qualities. Megan well she is the perfect first child (see post below:) Chase: So tenderhearted. He wants to please and works hard to. Trace my go getter. He is so bright and takes everything in so quickly. I have to stay on my toes with him, I pray that I will have the energy and the wisdom to raise this child. Charlee is my baby doll. She is such a sweet little girl. She brightens my every day and makes me smile. I really am thankful that I have the blessing to be home with my children and take them to school and be there when they come home from school. Thank you Steve for working so hard so I can do this.

3. Family and eternal ties: I am so thankful for our families. I have the best mom and dad ever and I am so blessed to have just as wonderful in laws. I am thankful for great brothers and sisters, mine as well as Steve's. I am thankful for all of our nieces and nephews. I love that even though we have always lived apart, cousins are always so excited to see and play with and love each other. I am thankful for good parents and grandparents that taught us the gospel and raised us in homes full of love.

4. The gospel of Jesus Christ: We recently lost Steve's grandmother. Grandma Lena Mayo was 98 years old and passed away on April 4, 2008. I am so thankful to know that life continues after this one and we have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ that have a marvelous plan for each one of us. I am thankful for the knowledge that we will once again see Grandma's and Grandpa's that have gotten old and moved on from this earthly life. When little Trace asks me "when will Grandpa Berry come to life again like Jesus did?", I smile inside because even at 4 yrs old, he knew that a year ago when Grandpa Berry died and he saw him lying in the casket that Grandpa Berry really wasn't there and that he will live once again like Jesus. How blessed I feel to be able to teach my children the sweet gospel of Jesus Christ.

5. Good Health: Filling this lost spot is a tough one, I have so many blessings. But I am very thankful for good health. I am so thankful for medical science and dr's that have devoted their lives to finding medicines that cure and protect us. My husband, my children and myself all are all healthy and that is a tremendous blessing.

Sorry this post is kind of personal, but writing it all down sure made me feel better. I can now focus on the good things in life and know that the little things will fall into place. Back to cleaning my house (another great blessing--having a house to clean :)