Family By Divine Design:: Three for Thursdays

12 April 2012

Three for Thursdays

Three things that I am grateful for from the year 2011:

Baby Enoch. He's just starting to get into things that he shouldn't right now, but he's so darn cute! Can't get very upset with him. He keeps giving me this cheeky grin when I tell him no. Trouble maker, much? haha
Had my very first and hopefully not only trip to Hawaii near the beginning of the year, and my lovely parents picked up the tab for most of it for me and most of my siblings. How nice is that?
Ran my first 5K. Started on a crazy journey to prepare for both a triathlon and a marathon. It's wonderful to feel fit and strong again!

Three things “I’d rather not”:

Have to pay for insurance. Because, it almost never fails that after putting all that money into it your insurance won't pay as much for needed coverage as it should. And it's darn irritating.
Deal with meltdowns from kids older than three. But that's exactly what happened yesterday morning. At least it doesn't often happen that Dietrich completely loses his cool. Ugh.
Mop any of my floors today. I have a system to keep my house decently clean, though - if I don't keep with it, things get overwhelming in a hurry!

Three Easter plans, traditions, or memories:

I grew up with an Easter egg hunt similar to what I've seen on Pinterest lately. 12 eggs filled with a symbols and a scriptures about the Savior's atonement, crucifixion, and resurrection. And I love it.
My kids don't hunt for any eggs that are filled with candy. They hunt for these 12 eggs plus some dyed eggs that have letters on them revealing the location of the family Easter basket. It cuts down on the amount of candy and gifts for the holiday. Good for healthy bodies and pocketbooks. :)
Last year the kids' Friend magazine had an 8-day Easter countdown in it. I had it laminated so I could continue to re-use it. It has scriptures and summaries of the last week of Jesus' life. I just really want to make sure that the significance of the holiday is not lost in the Easter Bunny myth.

Three sneaky things I do:

Eat various junk foods on the sly - meaning I don't let my kids see me and I don't share. Is that mean?
After the kids are asleep I almost always have some kind of dessert. The kids usually only have dessert 2-3 times a week. Maybe when they eat a variety of foods better (yes, including vegetables) I'll let them have dessert more often. hahaha
I occasionally make toys disappear from my house. What the kids don't notice won't hurt them. :D

Three things that I missed the boat on:

Since reading the massively popular book series that is "Twilight" I have avoided massively popular books (ie. Hunger Games). I didn't hate them, I read them all; I didn't think they were high-quality or above reproach in the nature of the material. So I'm basically sticking with classics now. That said, even some classics aren't really worth reading.
I also recently concluded that I just don't understand all the rage about retro. It's just not my thing.
Don't be fooled by my knitting and crocheting - I'm not really a crafter. Most handmade things that I have created I have hated! Because they're not perfect. I don't want to display my lack of crafty perfection in my house. :)

Three pictures: Speaking of Easter . . .

Relaxing after the hard work. ;)

Sweet baby.

Examining their spoils.

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David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."