Freckles

I heard this song a few weeks ago, and it made me cry. I have always hated my freckles, but loved them on other people. A friend burned the song "Freckles" for me to listen to after complaining about my freckles. I LOVED IT!!!!! It is a song that I hope my daughters will take to heart. To often we hate the things that we can do nothing about. I'm trying to grow up, and not care about ANY of my imperfections. As I taught the Young Women last Sunday, Heavenly Father doesn't make junk!
I posted the words to this song because I can't ever understand the words on a song until I hear it several times. Scroll down to my music player (at the bottom). Make the song start over, and enjoy your freckles!!!!!

I used to care so much about what others think about

Almost didn't have a thought of my own

The slightest remark would make me embark

On the journey of self doubt

But that was a while ago

This girl has got stronger

If I knew then what I know now

I would have told myself don't worry any longer it's OK

[Chorus:]

'cause a face without freckles is like a sky without stars

Why waste a second not loving who you are

Those little imperfections make you beautiful, lovable, valuable,

They show your personality inside your heart

Reflecting who you are

Who you are

Who you are

Who you are

I wondered if I could trade my body with somebody else in magazines

Would the whole world fall at my feet?

I felt unworthy and would blame my failures on the ugliness I could see

When the mirror looked at me

Sometimes I feel like the little girl who doesn't belong in her own world

But I'm getting better

And I'm reminding myself

[Chorus]

Reflecting who you are

Reflecting who you are

Please Explain

Can anyone explain to me why blow dryers or curling irons always die on a Sunday? Never on Monday, always on Sunday. The one day of the week when you can't do much about it. Are we supposed to have extras of these in our "food storage"?
I'm off to figure out how to do my hair (and three daughters hair) with an old curling iron with a broken spring that I only ever need on a Sunday about once a year! AAAHHHH!!!!!!

Hanging Up

We have a deer hanging in our garage. It is rather gross and I will spare you the pictures!

Flashback Friday

I have a few minutes, so here is a Halloween costume flashback.

This is Halloween 2007. Emily was a rock star, Lizzie was a medival princess, Tyler was Optimus Prime (He forgot half his costume when we went to my mom's), Ainsley was Cinderella, and Grandma Roper was a clown.

This isn't a good picture, but it does have all the pumpkins in it. This year Jared even carved one, his is the wolf on the end. Lizzie designed hers with a CD we bought. Tyler did a skull. Ainsley's is Ariel (With a little persuading from mom) and Emily did Harry Potter. I can't wait to see how they design this year!

Weekend in the Bathroom

So there I was, being left at home without Jared for the third weekend in four weeks. I was imagining a relaxing Saturday with lots of movies and treats. I figured that on Friday I would hurry and get the house clean, starting with the bathroom. I went in to start scrubbing and ended up pulling down wallpaper and planning my redecorating job. Needless to say, I did not end up with the quiet Saturday I envisioned. But, I am so proud of myself. I hate to brag, but this is all brag worthy. Jared has no idea I am doing this. He should be home from deer hunting on Wednesday. I pulled out stripped screws, I patched holes, I washed walls, taped walls, and painted walls, and painted trim; all by myself (with kids running around me). What makes this so amazing is that I have never painted a wall before in my life. Jared does all the painting(preferably without kids running around). He hates to paint, but does a thorough job and everything has to be just perfect. Hopefully my paint job is up to Jared's standards! I think that I am most proud of the fact that he has no idea what he is coming home to. Lets just hope I am not sleeping on the couch for a week! Maybe he'll stay home for a few weeks in a row, he'll be worried about any other big projects I come up with!

Happy Birthday Glenn!

OK, Jeni beat me to it, but I did intend to have this post up yesterday so Glenn could enjoy it all day, especially since his card is still in the mail. I asked my kids to say something about Glenn, and this is what they came up with!

Emily:

When I think of Glenn I think of a clown. He is always making jokes, playing tricks on people, and he is scary sometimes!

Lizzie:

When we were at the family reunion this year, Glenn dunked me under the water. I wasn't happy with him, but soon I liked him again.

Tyler:

At the family reunion I pulled you in your tube with Lizzie. I was happy. I like how you play with us!

Ainsley:

He has cats. He once had a baby cat we got to see. He sent me a card with me and Kilo.

Glenn, Thank You for all the memories (nightmares) from growing up. I will never forget being locked up in the big shed while you talked about spiders and rats. I will also never forget being tied in the hamock, and being lit on fire, and then doused in sprinklers. You are so helpful to anyone who asks. Thank you for working at Grandma's so much. I love how you play with the kids ( they love that too!) My kids love to get your birthday cards, they always open yours first and show them to anyone who comes over. Thanks for being you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

We Did It!

Jenny and Rachel and I got a wild hair yesterday. We decided to make Yummy Jane Salsa today! Hopefully, once it cools it will taste as good as Auntie Jane's. We ended up with 60 pints, which is lots more than we were planning on.
Thank you to Jane and Erin for supplying the recipe. Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Woodbury and Jeanie for sharing tomatoes with us. Thank you to Jeanie, Teena, and my moms for having the grown-up things like roasters and canners that we used. Thank you to our daughters who chopped peppers hard and fast.

But most of all, THANK YOU to Jenny and Rachel for the inspiration, the tears and the laughter!