Fun in the Sun

Fun in the Sun

A message from the Mayo Clinic that may save your life

Beautiful Life

Life is Great

I love this song and the message it shares 

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Beautiful Life by Mercy River

How to develop happiness muscles.

Last year when I took my children to visit with a college roommate, my roommate spoke of how much fun we had in college.  After listening to her, I expressed that my kids probably had no idea that I knew how to have fun. This was frustrating to me and I wanted fun back in my life, but it seemed  impossible at that time to  get it back.

My only explanation is that life has been hard and I've been out of practice.
Lately, that has changed.  Life is still hard, but I am handling it differently.
I no longer have so many little ones demanding my attention in which I feel the need to provide all at the same time. I still have the same amount of children, thank goodness, but they are growing up and I'm allowing me to take care of me more. My older children are realizing that this is a win win situation.
My children have caught me bursting out in laughter which they get a kick out of and love. So do I.
I have been playing with them and teaching them more.
I have been dancing more.
My happiness muscles are increasing and it's been wonderful.

Here are three things to consider when you are trying to relearn how to have fun and strengthen your happiness muscles.

1. Be healthy: physically(not just on the outside.), spiritually, and emotionally.
2. Have fun: by living in the moment.  (See video below)
3. Celebrate: Even if you can only do a very basic goal everyday, celebrate it. Eventually your capacity to do more will increase. When it does, celebrate the accomplishment of the very basic goal again and then anything that is beyond that very basic goal will be seen as going the extra mile.  Do this everyday. Celebrating is vital to developing your happiness muscles. Say, "Yeah Me!"

Learning; an ongoing event.

Learning; an ongoing event

While the kids are out from school we will be continuing the habit of reading.  

My husband and I believe that if our kids know how to read then they can learn to do anything.

I love to learn.

I continue to seek for things that I am in need of improving.

This summer I plan on becoming more familiar with punctuation marks and improving memory skills.

I also plan on staining cupboards that will take some learning on my part first.

This is my son learning to dance.  

How about you?  What are you learning?

Take Chances

Graduation Day

This day is filled with many emotions ranging from excitement to bewilderment to sadness.

I wish all my graduating friends a wonderful new beginning.  

This song is dedicated to you

Take Chances

Perpetual Education Fund-a wonderful education program

Perpetual Education Fund-a wonderful education program.

The Perpetual Education Fund is an amazing program that has helped many people in the world gain an education.  I thought you might be interested in hearing about the program and how it works.  It's amazing and established after an amazing pattern.

The Perpetual Education Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 “Today’s world is competitive, more than it’s ever been. I believe men and women need to get a type of education which will enable them to meet the exigencies [urgent needs] of life. … Men and women need to be prepared for a vastly broader scope than we’ve ever had before. ... [The Perpetual Education Fund] is a fund that will go far into the future.”Thomas S. Monson, in news conference, February 4, 2008; see Church News, Feb. 9, 2008

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To send or not to send? That was my question.

To send or not to send? 

 I wasn't sure if I should send my son to kindergarten or not. This is an explanation from my son on why I didn't send him to school.

  

This is an explanation from me on how I came to the conclusion on whether or not to send my son to kindergarten.