Lysylife: 09

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins

Everyone got to pick one out this year!

So much to LOVE about this time of year...

the colors outdoors are vibrant as the leaves change and fall!

Yes...the Dad around here is the biggest kid of all...he brought fake swords home

and engaged the kids in a family sword fight!

Spencer and Dallin...
Will and I took our boys to a Court of Honor Sunday night. The boys in our ward are so talented and the scout leaders so dedicated to service. I feel blessed that our boys have such a great father figure and so many examples of great men that surround them who excel, improve and create. What a great time in life to live where we live. What great examples for our boys to follow. Spencer is gearing up for his Eagle Project and we know this is an opportunity for him to excel and learn to be committed to himself and others! Dallin knows he wants to join the Air Force Academy someday and Will is a great resource for Dallin to stay focused on this goal for the future, he brought Dallin home an Air Force Academy dog tag after a business trip with the Air Force. (He was pretty excited)
Also, Spencer and Dallin start electric guitar lessons on Thursday!

LEAH...
Started piano lessons and she really likes it! I know this is a talent that she can aspire to serve and lift others with. She is 2nd counselor in her Beehive class of 16 girls. She enjoys her school and says this is her favorite school! She is very talented in Art and just won 2nd place in an Art contest of over 1000 student entries, her creative mind amazes me.

Emmie...
She has an amazing voice and is NOW in voice lessons. This provides an opportunity to bless her to really grow in this talent. She has a CHRISTMAS concert coming in December and we are really looking forward to this. We are delighted that she loves school so much and thrives in her schoolwork!

ISAAC...
He continues to be the sweetest little boy out there and is so blessed to have Will's influence daily to MAN HIM UP! hee, hee...

Before school started this year Will purchased Math Manuals for each child and has them working extra hard to tutor just for the "BRAINS OF IT", they account to him on a regular basis and this might be the reason for everyone having an A in this subject at school!

WILL AND KELLI...
We love being so in LOVE and are amazed at how much love we feel from each other. Sunday night we got to talking and lost track of time before we noticed it was 1am and we better get some sleep. I find it so wonderful to be with someone who encourages me to get out of my comfort zone and GROW. I am looking into attending the University of Utah in Exercise and Sport Science. Will is continuing in his leadership training and Spencer and I had the privilege of attending one of his grads and then dining with his new friend from Kuwait..I learned from this experience...

So now you know a little bit of whats been going on with us...how about YOU???

KNOW THAT IF YOUR READING THIS WE DO CARE ABOUT YOU!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Family

Mom and Dad...

just wanted to thank you for taking the time to visit!

We loved every minute of it!!!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

FHE

How cute are these...you can purchase them at rodworks.com or if you live in Utah just go to the store...Rod Works!

We are using them for F.H.E. assignments

Friday, October 9, 2009

Lift where you stand

Upon returning home from my morning jog I checked my phone messages and this is what was text to me from my hubby...

"Just want u to know that u inspire me!!!
I love u."

I feel like I am the luckiest wife ever! That text should be switched around because in reality he inspires me...

I love that people take the time to lift just as my hubby did/does for me!

Who has lifted you today?

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Connect 4

We saw this new connect 4 at Target and couldn't pass it up and good thing because it is tooo fun! Create a line of 4 in a row diagonally, horizontally or vertically on either side of the grid, or by weaving in between the 2 sides, which is a bit more challenging.

take the challenge for the only 4 in a row game for 4 players!

Thought we would pass this one along to you families that love playing together!
Oh and by the way Forrest we LOVED having you with us this weekend!

Aprons, Aprons, Aprons!

While the boys went out to play us girls made...

Leah's

Emmie's

Monterey's

Kelli's, but I already had mine!

The girls picked out the fabric they liked and they turned out so cute!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Snow already?

THE KIDS WERE BEYOND EXCITED TO GET THE SNOW GEAR ON AND PLAY IN THE SNOW...MAMA WAS INSIDE MAKING A BIG POT OF SOUP FOR THE CLAN TO WARM UP WITH.

INTO THE NIGHT WITH HOT COCO BY THE FIREPLACE...LOVING IT!

ACTION...

I want this conversation ahead of me to be relaxed and strong so that the relationship I have becomes relaxed and strong...SLOW DOWN.

Courageously open honesty.

BEING in my truth and owning it

BEING ok with where people are on their path to learning
strong hands and loving hearts

Lift where you stand

Create harmony where chaos might otherwise prevail.

More important than speaking is listening.
-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

"IT SHALL BE DONE" attitude promotes being committed.

Look Up, think up.

Be receptive to all people who enter your life.

Be Impeccable With YOUR WORD
Don't take ANYTHING personally
Don't make Assumptions
Always DO YOUR BEST
-Don Miquel Ruiz

Have courage to ask questions instead of assuming.
-Ruiz

Help solve the problem rather than avoid or ignore it

Influence more than we are influenced!

Be involved; be informed. Try to be understanding and tolerant and to appreciate diversity. Make meaningful contributions to society through service and involvement.

Do not follow wrong paths or bend to accommodate or accept what is not right...

I will CREATE.

Finding...strength beyond my own.

Focus...on being productive instead of busy.

Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me.
-D&C 19:23
(favorite of mine)

Inspiring Words

A WISE MAN will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understaning shall attain unto wise counsels.
-proverbs 1:5

Owners are people who "OWN" their level of energy, and take complete and total responsibility for it.

To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.

Our commitment must be total.

When we learn to totally focus on achieving something with a firm commitment, taking away all distractions, we succeed.

The faith and trust of an innocent, committed person can change the realities of this world.

The things that look too difficult for us to master are in reality opportunities for growth.

Happy people are a bigger help to others than worried people.

Only he who does something helps others to live.

Your path is as equal as mine in that there is value in our own paths.

I LOVE PEACE...IT'S BALANCE!

Even a bad man serves as a good example...of what NOT to do.
The best teacher generally strives to point out what the student is doing right at least as frequently as what she or he is doing wrong.

When you discover your own desire, you're not going to wait for other people to find solutions to your problems.

To learn is to change!

The ultimate responsiblity for your getting good instruction lies not with your teacher but with you.

Winning graciously and losing with equal grace are the marks of a master.

Humor not only lightens your load, it also broadens your perspective.

Consistency of practice is the mark of the master.

The stronger you are the more you can give of yourself. The more you give of yourself, the stronger you can be.

Listening carefully to others, you understand them better.

A man never stands taller than when he is upon his knees.

Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

you need not sing all the verses of your song at the same time
-Pres. James E. Faust

A mother's heart is a child's schoolroom.

Walked not on the borrowed light of others, but faced the morning unafraid and invincible...

When you eliminate your worry about money, you directly solve all your money problems forever!

Living in the moment is the way to happiness.

What you do may not seem important, but it is very important that you do it.
-Mahatma Gandhi

When your wants are emptied, all great rewards come to you.

Every individual get out of life what he or she is willing to give.

As soon as you do not absolutely need it, you will have it.

When you identify the source of your worry, you uncover the offending addiction.

an active body grows
an active mind evolves
an active life prospers

Every person who comes into your life is potentially an important contact.

Freely ye have received, freely give.
-St. Matthew

The Temple is the catalyst whereby the self is revealed to the self.
-Truman G. Madsen

Humility and meekness are the balm of Gilead. Kindness and empathy are healing ointments. Sincere prayer and meditation sooth the worried soul.

Create-Give-Share-Love

When you transform your whole dream, magic just happens in your life. What you need comes to you easily because spirit moves freely through you.
-Ruiz

If you take action just for the sake of doing it, without expecting a reward, you will find that you enjoy every action you do.
-Ruiz

If we like what we do, if we always do our best, then we are really enjoying life.
-Ruiz

We have to be what we are, so we don't have to present a false image. If you love me the way I am, "Okay, take me." If you don't love me the way I am, "Okay, bye-bye."
-Ruiz

Your love will not change anybody. If others change, it's because they want to change, not because you change them.
-Ruiz

You can be in the middle of hell and still experience inner peace and happiness.
-Ruiz

You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you.
-Ruiz

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.
-Ruiz

You don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.
-Ruiz

If others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you. What they say, what they do, and the opinions they give are according to the agreements they have in their own minds.
-Ruiz

True happiness comes only by making others happy.
-David O. McKay

If I'm created in the IMAGE of my CREATOR then I will create. I will not react. I will create.
-Steve Chandler

Happiness is growth.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage
-ANAIS NIN

When you learn to face your fear, you will come to respect yourself! (and you will be irresistible)
-Steve Chandler

The joy of motherhood comes in moments.

Remember, every day is a gift and we don’t know how many we get to open.
-Hilary Weeks

Happiness is our heritage.

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission- that's ownership, thats owning your own spirit.
-Steve Chandler

Todays test is tomorrows testimony.
-President Palmer

You control your life by controlling your reactions to life.
So practice!

You can't just think it; you gotta feel it!

Passion is created when you follow your JOY.

I INVITE MY CHILDREN TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH BEING ORDINARY. IT’S A VERY NICE PLACE TO BE. I’M NOT MORE THAN OR LESS THAN- I’M JUST ME. IT’S A WONDERFUL THING TO BE WHAT I AM ANYWAY.
-BYRON KATIE

Enthusiasm for Learning...Make life an adventure. Don't say, "Well here's another day." Say, "Here's a new day. What have I that I can put into it?"
-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Learn...to conquer fear so you can overcome trials and temptations.

When we comprehend what we are commited to we comprehend ourselves and know how to approach others.

By having a sustained interest in other people, you create a new life for yourself.

Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of Him.
-Emerson

Warning...Watch out for thoughts that appear to justify or explain this unhappiness but in reality cause it.

The way is clear only when the mind is clear.

How do I know I can handle this…because I am!

SMILE

The moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father, I felt a determination to go at all hazards, believing that He would support me by His almighty power, and endow me with every qualification that I needed;…I felt that the cause of truth, the Gospel of Christ, outweighed every other consideration.
-Heber C. Kimball

There is no peace in the world until you find peace within yourself in this moment
-Byron Katie

Feeling…mah-vel-ous

The universe gives us precisely - and only - what we are vibrating.

A hero...is a human inspiration who comes along and wakes us out of the story of us.

Be the change you wish to see in others.
-Gandi

How you do anything is how you do everything.

The more you give, the more you get back.

Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself and ecstasy.
-Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Train... the body and you simultaneously train the mind.

If people were really connected to who they were, they wouldn’t need anything.

It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you’re really living your life, every delicious moment, you are not thinking in terms of whether it will “turn out”.
Because you are living in the present moment.

Good Time...You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

Most folks are as Happy as they make up their minds to be.

If you are the problem, you are the solution!

The first sign that a person is committed is that he asked for help.

Many a false step was made by standing still.

Perfection... is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

Life is the dancer, and you are the dance.
-A new earth

Before...you were the thoughts, emotions, and reactions; now you are the awareness.

When you’re genuinely humble, there’s no way that criticism can hurt you; it can only help you.

Focus…If you focus on solutions, you get solutions. If you communicate with patience, you get patience.

Listening…occurs when you and/or the person have a sense of complete and total understanding without judgment of blame about the content of the conversation.
-Stephen McGhee

“Above all, the most important preparation is of yourself. Prepare so as to have the influence of the Holy Ghost”
-Boyd K. Paker

When we comprehend the character of God, we comprehend ourselves and know how to approach him.

One does not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.
-Ezra Taft Benson

My First object is to find out the character of the only wise and true God, and what kind of a being he is…
-Joseph Smith

When we understand the character of God, and know how to come to Him, He begins to unfold the heavens to us, and to tell us all about it. When we are ready to come to Him, He is ready to come to us.
-Joseph Smith

If you are not sure you want to pay the price of exaltation, you do not understand the magnitude of the reward.

Do justly

Walk humbly
Judge righteously
D&C 11:12

Our hardships help us to have more tender hearts.

Addiction…violated your values and ignored responsibilities to pursue an overpowering desire.

When you are in joy with life you cannot vibrate negatively and you cannot attract negatively, only positively.

I ought not to be discouraged but hang on, excercise faith, and keep up good courage and I should come out on the top of the heap at last.

You tell the story that I am this, or I am that, and you fall in love with your story. What do I have to do with it? I am here for your perception, as if I had a choice.

It's not your job to love me__ it's mine.

Mainly, just lighten up. Be natural. Get off your case for not being perfect. Pat yourself on the back for effort. Give yourself credit for wanting to take control of your life.

Favorite Books

These books are not only good in my opinion...but GREAT because they have blessed me to rise to a higher level of performance!

*Book of Mormon
I never stop reading this book, when I complete the last page I start over. I started color coding this book with a stop light color coding system and it speaks volumes to me even more so.
RED- Stop doing
YELLOW- Slow down and listen
GREEN- GO and DO
BLUE- BLESSINGS
~I have found that green is usually followed by blue~
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*Loving What Is
*I Need Your Love: Is that true?
-Byron Katie

Do you want to find complete peace in every circumstance you're in... you'll find it in any of Byron Katie’s books. In my opinion "Loving What Is" is a great start. She is one person I would love to meet, just to be in her presence and feel of her love.

*HANDS-OFF MANAGER
*The Story of You
-Steve Chandler

I love Steve's books because they have given me added courage to look within and rise to a level of "doing" and not just wishing. The Hands-Off Manager book I applied to Parenting and it changed everything as my role of Mother with my children, what a thrill it is to be a STAY AT HOME MOM with this new incite! I truly believe I have the BEST JOB AVAILABLE to women. I had the privilege of going out to lunch with Steve to express my gratitude for his work, it was amazing! Thanks Steve for continuing to share your knowledge with us through great books!