One of the things I really want to improve on is journaling.  I have tried this in the past but without much long term success.  I decided to try and write once a week, on Sundays, and print and send what I write to my family.   I’m hoping that helps the consistency. 

To start off, an intro into my family as it is now.  I am a kindergarten teacher at Genoa Elementary.  I have 20 little kiddos this year who are very sweet.  I love my class this year.  No major discipline problems and great supportive parents.  I moved into a new classroom this year.  It is MUCH bigger than my old room.  It has a sky light and a bay of windows.  I love seeing the sunshine out the windows during the day.  My days are spent teaching and my evenings are spent being mom.  I stay very busy, but I don’t really know anything else.

Ken is also very busy.  He has his own computer company, A Higher Standard Computers.  He also has another job working for his friend’s computer company.  He works hard to build his own company while putting in hours with the other company to earn a bit more money. You know how it is, bills, bills, bills…

Kenny is 9.  He is our intellectual.  He especially excels at reading and science.  He loves to study space.  He has an incredible imagination.  He uses his imagination to create games and write books.  I love to read his stories.  They are insightful, funny, and have great pictures.  He is talented in drawing, much better than I am.  He is always full of energy and living life to the fullest.

Nathan is 6.  He is our gentle soul.  He has a great love for any living thing.  I just know he is going to be a vet someday.  He is quiet and thoughtful.  He has a charm that makes others fall for him quickly.  He is enjoying first grade and learning how to read.  He is a good math student.

James is 2.  He has a curiosity and zest for living.  This little guy keeps us all on our toes.  He is a quick learner.  He has a gift for mechanical and special reasoning.  An example…he watched daddy change the drill bit once and now he can do it.  He also knows how to use a drill.  He can be a handful, but his charming, toothy grin makes it all worth it.  He loves his family and is the most happy when we are all at home together.

So, that’s my family now…in 2012.       

   

At church, the special musical number was an organ rendition of “How Great Thou Art.”   It was beautiful.  I felt a flood of memories from Grandma’s funeral.  I’m so grateful I was able to go.  I loved seeing my cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandpa.  I loved hearing all the wonderful stories of Grandma and the amazing woman she as.  I felt honored to be a part of such an amazing and strong family.  It strengthened my testimony in the eternal family and the plan of the Father in Heaven.