This post is mainly just for me and for journaling purposes. We have a hard time doing family home evening in our house. James hates sitting still, and I never know what lessons or activities to do that will be spiritual but fun for him. Anthony also works until 10:30pm on Mondays so we try to have FHE on Sundays. However, after church and the craziness of primary we are usually so tired Sunday nights that we don't have the motivation for it. I started a binder with laminated magnets of scripture stories, so we usually just pull out one of those and go through the story really quickly for our lesson.
Last Sunday I realized that we probably hadn't had FHE in at least two months. So I sat us down to do it right before bath time. I didn't realize it, but my mom was videoing it! I wanted to be able to look back at it to remember, so here it is :)
For song we have a primary song app on the Ipad that sings the songs with pictures and words. We always let James choose the song and he usually picks the one with birds on it, or the star song :)
Anthony has been a registered nurse for 11 years. He received his Master's Degree in Nursing from the University of South Florida and is currently working as an adult nurse practitioner at a private family practice. He also is a committed saltwater aquarium enthusiast and is a die-hard fisherman:)
I got my bachelor's degree in psychology and my master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from UF. After working a year and a half at USF with Student Affairs, running their academic testing center for students with disabilities, I am currently a stay at home mom and chief family officer.
We have two little boys, James and Everett and we love being parents!!
Anthony and I met in January 2005 when he moved to Gainesville to work at Shands. We were both in the same family home evening group in the singles ward. (Accident? I don't think so!) After we got to know each other, we were pretty much inseparable. We had so much in common and we felt like we had always known each other. Anthony proposed to me in July 2005 by sending me on a scavenger hunt around town to our different dating milestones (our first date, our first kiss, etc..). The scavenger hunt ended with him down on one knee with an engagement ring! We were sealed December 17, 2005 in the Orlando Florida Temple.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" -Robert Frost
"Progress means not just changing, but changing for the better." -C.S. Lewis
"Remember, sometimes those that start out the slowest end up going farthest." -Elder Joseph B. Worthlin
"David saw himself as a shepherd, but the Lord saw him as a king of Israel. Joseph of Egypt served as a slave, but the Lord saw him as a seer. Mormon wore the armor of a soldier, but the Lord saw him as a prophet. We are sons and daughters of an immortal, loving, and all-powerful Father in Heaven. We are created as much from the dust of eternity as we are from the dust of the earth. Every one of us has potential we can scarcely imagine."-Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin "In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the stature of true potential." -President Thomas S. Monson
Family Pictures
My brother's graduation
Anthony as a kid. Look at that grin!
Me as a kid. I was going to be a ballerina of course!
1 comment:
Love this, that will be a fun memory. Thanks for the tip on the primary songs app, just looked it up and thinking about buying it now.
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