Our Family: Fly away birdie...

"Throughout our lives, we must deal with change. Some changes are welcome; some are not. There are changes in our lives which are sudden, such as the unexpected passing of a loved one, an unforeseen illness, the loss of a possession we treasure. But most of the changes take place subtly and slowly. Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. " Thomas S. Monson

June 07, 2008

Fly away birdie...

This was about a two weeks ago or less...after that really windy day we had here in st. g, nick was walking up to the front door just getting home from work and he saw this little thing hopping through the front lawn, he thought it was a frog or something so he went over to check it out and it was this CUTE LITTLE BIRDIE,not much bigger then an egg, it had fallen out of the tree and it could not fly just yet almost but not yet. Nick brought the bird in the house and kaylin just fell in love with it, he was so excited and saying "birdie birdie...tweet tweet" it was freaking cute, we had a few nest around the house...two were from out Christmas tree nick found when we were undecorating it they are so cool and another one is from some birds that made it in our back yard in this really old car we had back there for awhile, this is the one the little birdie is sitting in. we gave the little thing some water out of a syringe we had and it did drink it, it was really cool to do that, nick had it on his shoulder walking around the house for a good portion of its stay with us. we had it for two nights and then it started flying pretty good in the house so we took it out side and put it on a branch in the tree, it sat there for awhile and then poof it flew away. it was really cool to watch the little birdie grow into his flight!!

little kaylin playing with the birdie, trying to hold it

kaylin was so funny he was just laughing and laughing it was cute!

Kaylin's Funnies!

set up: nick and kaylin are playing video games.

"your not very good dad, you should let me show you how to do it"

"Iam really snart, i know stuff " (snart: meaning smart)

set up: kaylin wants to sleep in our bed.

"kaylin you need to sleep in your own big boy bed"

"but that is my 3 year old bed and I'm 4 so now I can sleep in this bed with you. its a 4 year old bed"

set up: kiptin pulled the filter off the vacume and I couldn't figure out how to put it back on.

"oh mom why did you take this off, let me fix it"

"no kaylin leave it alone, let daddy fix it"

"I can do it...see mom, fixed"

(a very stupid mom moment for sure...its sad when your 4yr old is smarter then you)

“One’s life….cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free….Therefore, how can you and I really expect to guide naively through life, as if to say, ‘Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!’ Real faith….is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process.” Neal A. Maxwell