SOOOO, we no longer have the internet at home. But I am coming to Justin's office every other day to check email and blog when there is something to blog about. So do not fear.
On Monday the kids and I had a fun day. I was feeling great. I went to Kmart and got the crib for the baby, now all we need is the matress and we will be set! Then, when Caroline got home, we started to weed the flower bed. That is a generous term, flower-bed. Because there are no flowers in there yet. Just weeds. And it is FULL of weeds. But I told them when we get all the weeds out we will plant flowers. So Caroline was working so hard, doing a GREAT job. Hilton was mostly just pulling the weeds and making "soup" out of them in a bucket full of water. But he also enjoyed the digging in the dirt part. THe kids were fascinated with the ants and the bugs that we saw. We talked about why Heavenly Father gives us weeds and not just flowers and good plants. It all made perfect sense to Caroline. Caroline found a ladybug with a burt leg. (I honestly have no idea how she determined that.) And she made a little house for it. She is in a musical this week and she plays a ladybug, so she feels very close to all ladybugs everywhere. By the end of the day, I was beat. I had to get in bed with contractions wracking my body and at one point I had 5 in an hour and that is the magic number where I am supposed to go to the hospital. But the kids were already in bed and I didn't want Justin to worry, so I just lied and said that I was fine. I contracted all night long, but never got up to 5 in an hour again, so I just kept my mouth shut. Yesterday was a hard day too, but today I am doing a little better. I haven't had any since 4am this morning, so I am hoping the worst is behind me for the week. I really do not like this pregnancy because I feel like all I do is complain and cause people to worry. But I am just glad it will be the last one.
Did anyone see that PBS special about Mormons the last 2 nights? I really felt like it was pretty fair and balanced, if you view from the perspective of someone who knows nothing about the church. Last night's wasn't nearly as good as Monday night's, but they were both pretty good. There were a lot of things that I wish they would have talked about that they didn't, like famous mormons. But they spent 4 hours on the subject and got in a lot of good stuff. I had never really known much about the Montain Meadows Massacre, I guess growing up in the East, I had never heard of it until I moved out West! But that was interesting to me. And it just goes to show that Mormons are human beings, with human characteristics and character flaws. People expect more out of us. We expect more from ourselves... but we are not infalible. We make mistakes. And sometimes those mistakes are huge. But we have found that if we keep our covenants and read the scriptures, pray and have FHE we can avoid serious mistakes. Some of the things said in the program put a little seed of doubt in my mind. Because they were doing it from both sides. But then I talked to Justin and he made me realize that it is okay to have doubt, because you can ask, and the doubt will be erased. It is! Everytime.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Weeding and Mormons
SOOOO, we no longer have the internet at home. But I am coming to Justin's office every other day to check email and blog when there is something to blog about. So do not fear.
On Monday the kids and I had a fun day. I was feeling great. I went to Kmart and got the crib for the baby, now all we need is the matress and we will be set! Then, when Caroline got home, we started to weed the flower bed. That is a generous term, flower-bed. Because there are no flowers in there yet. Just weeds. And it is FULL of weeds. But I told them when we get all the weeds out we will plant flowers. So Caroline was working so hard, doing a GREAT job. Hilton was mostly just pulling the weeds and making "soup" out of them in a bucket full of water. But he also enjoyed the digging in the dirt part. THe kids were fascinated with the ants and the bugs that we saw. We talked about why Heavenly Father gives us weeds and not just flowers and good plants. It all made perfect sense to Caroline. Caroline found a ladybug with a burt leg. (I honestly have no idea how she determined that.) And she made a little house for it. She is in a musical this week and she plays a ladybug, so she feels very close to all ladybugs everywhere. By the end of the day, I was beat. I had to get in bed with contractions wracking my body and at one point I had 5 in an hour and that is the magic number where I am supposed to go to the hospital. But the kids were already in bed and I didn't want Justin to worry, so I just lied and said that I was fine. I contracted all night long, but never got up to 5 in an hour again, so I just kept my mouth shut. Yesterday was a hard day too, but today I am doing a little better. I haven't had any since 4am this morning, so I am hoping the worst is behind me for the week. I really do not like this pregnancy because I feel like all I do is complain and cause people to worry. But I am just glad it will be the last one.
Did anyone see that PBS special about Mormons the last 2 nights? I really felt like it was pretty fair and balanced, if you view from the perspective of someone who knows nothing about the church. Last night's wasn't nearly as good as Monday night's, but they were both pretty good. There were a lot of things that I wish they would have talked about that they didn't, like famous mormons. But they spent 4 hours on the subject and got in a lot of good stuff. I had never really known much about the Montain Meadows Massacre, I guess growing up in the East, I had never heard of it until I moved out West! But that was interesting to me. And it just goes to show that Mormons are human beings, with human characteristics and character flaws. People expect more out of us. We expect more from ourselves... but we are not infalible. We make mistakes. And sometimes those mistakes are huge. But we have found that if we keep our covenants and read the scriptures, pray and have FHE we can avoid serious mistakes. Some of the things said in the program put a little seed of doubt in my mind. Because they were doing it from both sides. But then I talked to Justin and he made me realize that it is okay to have doubt, because you can ask, and the doubt will be erased. It is! Everytime.
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My sister Chris and I were talking about the Mormon special just a little while ago. Neither of us have watched all of it (we have it on TiVo so we'll get to it eventually.) Anyway, I have my own doubts about the church and Chris and I both have lots of questions. But while we were talking tonight we both agreed that having questions and doubts isn't bad and that the church should encourage it more. Like you said, we're all entitled to prayer and the answers that come with them, whether that confirms a truth or dispels a myth. Anyway, I liked hearing your take on things. Out here everyone was getting a little stressed out about the program and I found it to be pretty fair and reasonable. Take it easy J.L. You're stressing me out with all these contractions and stuff. Just lay down and stay there and read a book for awhile. It will make us all feel better. Love ya!
Yikes! That's a lot of contracting... I'm sure you're sick of 'taking it easy' but... take it easy, okay?!
Yup, I watched the rest of the PBS special last night. I thought it was very well-balanced and informative. With every religion there are going to be good things and bad. And there will always be questions. I wish the LDS church was more willing to have open and honest discussion rather than discouraging questions, but it doesn't so... I guess the most important question is, "Does it give you peace and comfort?" When you can answer in the affirmative to that question, then you have found the right faith/philosophy for you.
Take care!
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