"When I'm a man"

Tonight on our way home from Logan we stopped at Mike and Terri's house. Jack wasn't feeling good so grandma was holding and snuggling him. Riley was sitting next to them and caught this SWEET thing he said.

Jack: "Ya and when I'm a man I will hold you grandma. But you won't be a baby."

At this point Grandma Terri had tears in her eyes and I was on my way as well. It was very, very sweet. I love that Jack LOVES his grandma and Grandpa so much. I know that they would do just about anything for that little guy and one day I think he may just hold Grandma Terri because I think he would do just about anything for her. I think their relationship will be one that he will always treasure.

I WANT ONE!!!

A friend of mine asked if I would help her out and watch a Rainbow Vacuum Presentation for her and of course I said I would. Before she came I made it very clear that I was just helping her out and I didn't want ANY vacuum. I just got a new Dyson and was pretty happy with it. So she came over and gave the presentation and guess what, I WANT ONE!!!!! I am quite POSITIVE that it is the best vacuum that there is out there. I'm very cheep and so it Riley BUT we can still get one if we can schedule just 10 appointments. I know this sounds SO HOKEY but I promise that after 5 years of doing door to door sales myself I know that this is a GOOD THING. So here is me asking you a FAVORE, would any of you be willing to listen to the presentation? PLEASE!!!!! I personally HATE it when people ask me to do these kind of things so I know how annoying this is but this one was kinda fun, it's different. I really enjoyed the short presentation and I think you would to. I know there has to be at least ten of you out there that would be willing to listen;) THANKS YOU GUYS!!!!! This guy goes all the way out to Logan too so that's not a problem.

My Experience

Yesterday I had an experience that I want to remember. It's one that I have learned a lot from and maybe some of you can learn from my mistakes.

I was at Costco eating some lunch with my kids. We were in line buying our food when a lady and her son came and stood in the line next to ours. I looked at her and then her son and then quickly looked away. When I looked at her son I saw that he had massive growths on his head, one on each side. They were so big that he had a hard time keeping his head held up. I was standing there totally frozen, not making eye contact and wishing that I wasn't in line at that moment. This situation surprised me because I am usually good at just being myself and showing the genuine love that I have for people.

I grabed my food and went and sat down. As I sat there I felt an amount of guilt that I have never really felt before. Here I had 2 perfectly healthy babies and hers had health issues that I can only imagine were incredily overwhelming. As I sat there things only got worst. People would stop at our table and say how beautiful the twins were but would pass her and not say a word. I know that they were just reacting the same as I had but I was wishing that someone could be bigger and better than I and go out of their comfort zone. I was feeling so much pain for her, I wan't them to all stop talking to me and go talk to her and tell her how beautiful her little boy was but nobody did.

Then 2 very sweet old men came up to us and started asking the usual questions; were they twins, how old were they, what their names were. I knew they were only being nice but I wanted them to just go away. Then this old man, (he was like 85 years old) pulled out his wallet and I was thinking "this is weird, maybe he is going to give Jack a dollar and tell him to save his money or something." The next thing I know he pulls out a twenty and hands it to Jack and says "Can you give to your mom and tell her thank you for being such a nice women and a good mom?" At this point I was crying, for a few reasons. 1st because that was so incredibly sweet but mostly because I was feeling so guilty. I wanted to turn around and hand it over to this mom and tell her that everything that man had said was really meant for her.

The old man left and then the mom left as well.

As I drove home I thought of all the things that I could have said or done. I could have just treated her like a fellow mother, I could have just SMILED. But I did nothing, I was the handicapped one. I cried, I cried because I was ashamed of myself, I cried because I felt guilt that my babies were so health, and I cried because I was GLAD that my babies were healthy. I prayed that Heavenly Father would forgive me for my weaknesses and that he would bless that sweet mother with patience for all the handicapped people like myself that there were out there.

I know that God gives each of us our trials because that's what we need. I know that God must really love and trust that mother to have given her such a PERFECT soul. This knowledge is what helped me realize that no matter what I do Heavenly Father loves his children more than any of us could and he would make up for where I am completely lacking.

I'm not one to feel guilty for very long so I'm over it. I figure that the best thing I can do is learn from my mistakes and and do better next time. I'm grateful for this experience and maybe some of you can learn from it as well:)

Little Old Man

Yesterday I surprised Riley at his work. We took the little mutts around his office and showed them of, it was so cute. I sure do Love Treasure Dental and everyone that works there! Anyhoo we went to lunch at Burger King, (what is with Burger King and guys, I swear only men were there.) We were about done and the cutest, sweetest, little old man came up to us and said, "I usually don't speak up but I have been watching you guys this whole time and you have such a beautiful family. I can tell that your just good. Take good care of your family." We said thank you, he smiled and hobbled of to his car. The first thing I thought was, "He obviously doesn't see us when I am totally loosing it." But that sweet old man really made my day. There are so many times when I second guess myself as a mother but I NEVER second guess our family. As a whole I feel like I couldn't be more blessed.

I drove home thanking Heavenly Father for my family and for giving me each and ever soul. Riley is my rock and strength, he couldn't be more perfect for me and who I am. There is no question that God knows each and every one of us and what we need. I truly believe that good choices leads you to greatness and I think I found that in Riley and my sweet little ones.

Thank you little old man for making my day and saying something so nice and wonderful. I will do a better job at saying the things that I am thinking and making others days, saying positive good things never hurt anyone.

JK

All day I have been working on going private and when i'm in the middle of it I find out that you can only have 100 readers and I have more than that who would like to follow. So I guess I'm not going private. If any of you know if I'm just doing it wrong please let me know, I can be a special spirit when it comes to computers.

Introducing "SUPER ME CAPES"

Goggles not included;)

I made Jack this "Super Me Cape" and he LOVED it. I thought that his cousins that were around his same age would also love them so I made each of them one for Christmas. My little nieces love it just as much as the little boys have:) Jack LOVES his so much that he wears it to the library, grocery store, Costco, just about everywhere. Everywhere we go people ask me where I got it. I have decided to sell this QUICK and EASY pattern to the "Super Me Cape." Because you are all my friends I was hoping that I could get some FEEDBACK from you. Is this something that you would make yourself or would you rather just buy it already made? Let me know what you think, THANKS")!!!!!

Inviting Myself!!!

As you all know I am going private and I am going to do it on Monday. BUT I was thinking that it's only fair that everyone that I invite to my blog needs to invite me to theirs, don't ya think? So theres me inviting myself:) Thanks!! My email is lindsey_thatcher@hotmail.com:)