Not done yet, but here is a preview

I am trying to make a fake pottery barn bed for our master bedroom. I wasn't going to post until I was all done, but I got so excited when we put the headboard together that I had to post a picture. I am going to sand it, chisel between the paneling, and paint it antique white, so I have a way to go still. But here is what it looks like so far . . .

Thought for the day

I saw this quote on one of the blogs I follow and LOVED it!!! I so many times want to give my children the world. I want them to experience everything and do everything. My husband and I have talked about this in the past about how we need to be careful what we give our children. We want them to appreciate what they have and if we give them everything when they want it they might grow up thinking things just come to them rather than having to work hard for what they get. I know my kids have a lot, but I hope that I am instilling in them what it takes to have the things that they have.

I want to continue to make them wait for things they really want and make them work for them just as we as adults do. Life isn't about instant gratification as much as I admit I would like it to be.

In our day, many children grow up with distorted values because we as parents overindulge them. Whether you are well-to-do or, like most of us, of more modest means, we as parents often attempt to provide children with almost everything they want thus taking away from them the blessing of anticipating, of longing for something they do not have. One of the most important things we can teach our children is to deny themselves. Instant gratification generally makes for weak people. How many truly great individuals do you know who never had to struggle? ~Joe J. Christensen, “Greed, Selfishness, and Overindulgence,” Ensign, May 1999, 9~

Oh my goodness, a post!

So I know it's been a while since I posted last, but I am going to try to find the time to do more. My first post is below! A good way to return back into the blogging world. I need to be better at blogging since this is my only way of journal keeping for myself and my family.

Another First . . .

Honey lost her first tooth. We had put the kids to bed and all of a sudden we heard shouts coming from upstairs. Honey and Babe came running down, with Porkchop pulling up the rear. They were all so excited and so we put the tooth into a plastic bag and then put it under Honey's pillow. The tooth fairy must have stopped at our house first because Honey woke up around 11:30 p.m. and discovered the coins the tooth fairy had left her. She ran into our room to show us what she had received. My husband and I were so surprised because we hadn't heard a thing! :) Honey can't wait to lose another and now Babe and Porkchop want to be like their big sister and lose a tooth too.