A week with no TV

Well, last Saturday I was able to go to the General Relief Society Broadcast, it was amazing! I loved being there with some of the women I love best! My sister Sunny said it was her favorite thing every year because she knows that all the women she loves in all the places she's ever been get to be at the same place she is via our amazing technology. . . I loved that thought, that all the women I love and care about all over Utah, Montana, Canada, North Carolina, Minnesota, Tennessee and Bulgaria are watching and learning together! It was nice thinking about them and sort of feeling a little closer together knowing we were sharing a moment! Anyway this blog subject stems from the things I learned. I've been feeling lately an urgency to do better. . . I have a calling at church that stresses me out to the core, a baby that is the most wonderful ever but, completely new to me and I'm learning through trial and error how to be a mom, I'm working again and I'm trying to find ways to not give up the only time I see my husband (the weekends) to work, not to mention again but did you get that I never get to see my husband. . . I just feel very inadequate in so many areas! I've had a lately feeling that I need to do better. Well the broadcast was just the push I needed to recommit myself and know that there is more I can and will do! I loved all the talks and the way the Lord through his servants told us that He loves us, knows us, and understands all our trials! The part I loved the most was at the very beginning when our wonderful President Sister Julie B. Beck stood and said you are doing great, but there is more to be done, it's time to move forward! Be determined to do better. I thought yes, yes I will be better, I can do this. She taught about what Relief Society is for, to organize us as women, teach us, and aspire to prepare us for the blessings of eternal life. She talked about seeking, receiving, and acting on personal revelation, and though I still feel a little overwhelmed and uninspired at the thought of trying to find new and better ways to do the work I've been asked to do, I know that after the trials of our faith come the blessings so, I'll continue to try.
Ok, enough with the sermon. . . the whole point of that was this. I came home and talked to Mark about the things that had been said and the feelings I've been having, and he told me that he felt the same way. We talked about things we could do better and ways we could improve we have lots of ideas but one of them was no TV when he gets home from work. We want to spend time together, and there is no shortage of things at home we could be getting done, so we made a list of things we'd rather do than watch TV and we've been doing one or two of those things every night! I'll be documenting our week without TV for all to see :)

We went for a picnic after church at Cove Lake State Park, I would recommend it to anyone who wants a great place for family time! It's beautiful and has lots of things to see, and beautiful places to walk!


We also worked on what we're calling our family wall!! I can't wait to have it all finished, it's still a work in progress but it's coming along nicely! Before the wall was almost bare we added all the frames and shelf!
So you can see we're still waiting for the picture that goes in the big frame, and we're also adding some more big frames to the side of the other ones. . .the idea is to have pictures of all our relatives, grandparents, great, and great great, so when our kids get old enough at dinner time they can pick one picture and we'll talk about that person. We'll tell any stories we have or any stories we've been told. . . and it'll be great to remind them of all their aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents who don't live close! I had the idea for a family wall for a long time but the story idea I got from a book I've been reading I just love it!
So that was Sunday and Monday, Tuesday I spent cleaning then putting up our fall decorations, and mark got our ipod/nike training things up and running, sorry no pictures of those! I'll post tomorrow if I have time on what we did tonight!