Sunday, March 7, 2010
Ok, I'm Private
Just so that some of you know, in a previous post I had the name of my childrens' school. After a friend of mine reminded me about safety measures I deleted the name and I decided to make my blog private. I've been thinking about it for a while now, and I just decided to do it. :)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Suns - Close Up
Helping at your childrens' school really is rewarding!!! Well it is if you have the best school in the world!
My school bought tickets for my family to go to a Phoenix Sun's game last night! We actually got to go early, sit in the front row, and watch the team warm up. It was a LOT of fun!!! The kids really enjoyed it and I am so glad that I got to experience it with them. :)
My school bought tickets for my family to go to a Phoenix Sun's game last night! We actually got to go early, sit in the front row, and watch the team warm up. It was a LOT of fun!!! The kids really enjoyed it and I am so glad that I got to experience it with them. :)
My Little Biker!!
Before I continue further into this post let me start by saying that I know J really should have learned to ride a bike earlier in his life, but he just wasn't interested. Well, this week Hubby MADE him learn. The kid was a full rider in about an hour!!! He has been riding his bike all over the place. But J is J and he always has to take everything to the next level.... It wasn't even 24 hours after learning to ride his bike, and he was pulling bits of wood and rocks and anything he could get his hands on to make ramps and things for him to ride over. :) The final straw was when he insisted that he needed to use the mattress in the garage! Guess what Daddy is doing tomorrow - building a small ramp. I am tired of my son trying to make his own - he's not very safe.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Lent
I have to admit that in my ignorance I never really knew what Lent was all about. The other day Hubby explained to me how Catholics will give up one thing from their lives in the time period before Easter. This is what Wiki says about it:
"Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Conventionally, it is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.
This practice was virtually universal in Christendom until the Protestant Reformation. Some Protestant churches do not observe Lent, but most, such as Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Episcopalians, do."
Self-denial - that's the part that I'm referring to. My friend is giving up sugar for the 40 days and she's doing awesome!! But it got me thinking.... what would I give up and could I even do it? I'm sad to say that I don't think I could. I admire the practice. I can imagine such strength and closeness to the Savior by participating in Lent.
Now hold that thought and go forward a couple of weeks in my life and it brings us to yesterday. The kids have been fighting more and whining about video games more. So on the spur of the moment I decided that we were going to be a video/computer free house for a week. Blogging doesn't count. :)
This afternoon as I sit and "veg" I think back to my conversation with Hubby about Lent. And it really puts it into perspective for me about how difficult Lent would be. My thoughts continue on to the Savior and His 40 days of Fasting and Temptations. My little week of "lentishness" doesn't even compare. :( I am struggling with it and it hasn't even been 24 hours. "Natural Man" is VERY strong in me......
"Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Conventionally, it is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.
This practice was virtually universal in Christendom until the Protestant Reformation. Some Protestant churches do not observe Lent, but most, such as Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Episcopalians, do."
Self-denial - that's the part that I'm referring to. My friend is giving up sugar for the 40 days and she's doing awesome!! But it got me thinking.... what would I give up and could I even do it? I'm sad to say that I don't think I could. I admire the practice. I can imagine such strength and closeness to the Savior by participating in Lent.
Now hold that thought and go forward a couple of weeks in my life and it brings us to yesterday. The kids have been fighting more and whining about video games more. So on the spur of the moment I decided that we were going to be a video/computer free house for a week. Blogging doesn't count. :)
This afternoon as I sit and "veg" I think back to my conversation with Hubby about Lent. And it really puts it into perspective for me about how difficult Lent would be. My thoughts continue on to the Savior and His 40 days of Fasting and Temptations. My little week of "lentishness" doesn't even compare. :( I am struggling with it and it hasn't even been 24 hours. "Natural Man" is VERY strong in me......
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