I just lost over 6 months of my life. Our computer crashed last night and we lost a good portion of the information on our computer. I had recently uploaded all of our pictures to Shutterfly so we still have pictures, but we lost most of the videos we have taken of the children.
The biggest blow for me was losing the past 6 months of journal entries. (Now is not the time for comments about regularly backing up my journal.) I do regular blog posts so I can always copy those into my journal for the major family events, but I'm sick to think I have lost all of the thoughts I had recorded and the spiritual experiences I documented. I also won't have the feelings about Palmyra that I had typed when they were fresh and clear.
I have faithfully written in my journal every Sunday for 20 years and to think that 6 months of it is gone makes me cry. Lesson learned: Back up regularly and have more than one back up plan. But in the mean time, I'll mourn my loss and the loss for posterity.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Valentine's Day
We had a great Valentine's day! The last two years we have made it a family day instead of just a husband and wife day and we love it. It just seems fitting to make it a family day since it's a day of love. Our family wouldn't be the same without our children.
We decorated for Valentine's Day about a month ago after my sister, Kristin, sent me some pictures of some Valentine crafts she had done. I was able to replicate them fairly well and Kimball LOVED having decorations up.
We made and sent out a few Valentines and Kimball really enjoyed that too. I again, copied Kristin's ideas, and made little elephant Valentine's for Joseph and the children, the sisters I visit teach, and the Primary/Nursery teachers. It was so fun to see the joy on the faces of our friends when we gave them our Valentines. Kimball's Primary teacher called me yesterday to thank me a second time for her Valentine and said it was the first time in 10 years that she had received a Valentine. (Her husband died 10 years ago.) I was so grateful I had thought to make Valentines for the church teachers.
For Valentine's Day I made white chocolate cranberry scones for breakfast. Kimball loves them, we all do, and I had to rein him in when he wanted to eat more than 2. Joseph only ate two. For dinner I made chicken enchiladas, homemade refried beans, rice, asparagus and jello salad. For dessert we had a chocolate cranberry cheesecake. The cheesecake was really soft and had just subtle chocolate and cranberry flavors. None of my pictures turned out well, but it tasted good!
Kimball and Rebecah loved having little presents to open. Kimball got a Hotwheel Hummer and Rebecah got a dress.
Who's Pretty?
ME!
I think I did a good job framing Kimball's head between the hanging hearts.
Kimball said today that his favorite holidays are Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Christmas. He was sad when we took down the Valentine decorations, but I quickly put up a shamrock garland that I made and we will continue to decorate as I get our green decorations made.
I hope you all felt loved and appreciated yesterday.
Now, on to St. Patrick's Day!
We decorated for Valentine's Day about a month ago after my sister, Kristin, sent me some pictures of some Valentine crafts she had done. I was able to replicate them fairly well and Kimball LOVED having decorations up.
We made and sent out a few Valentines and Kimball really enjoyed that too. I again, copied Kristin's ideas, and made little elephant Valentine's for Joseph and the children, the sisters I visit teach, and the Primary/Nursery teachers. It was so fun to see the joy on the faces of our friends when we gave them our Valentines. Kimball's Primary teacher called me yesterday to thank me a second time for her Valentine and said it was the first time in 10 years that she had received a Valentine. (Her husband died 10 years ago.) I was so grateful I had thought to make Valentines for the church teachers.
For Valentine's Day I made white chocolate cranberry scones for breakfast. Kimball loves them, we all do, and I had to rein him in when he wanted to eat more than 2. Joseph only ate two. For dinner I made chicken enchiladas, homemade refried beans, rice, asparagus and jello salad. For dessert we had a chocolate cranberry cheesecake. The cheesecake was really soft and had just subtle chocolate and cranberry flavors. None of my pictures turned out well, but it tasted good!
Kimball and Rebecah loved having little presents to open. Kimball got a Hotwheel Hummer and Rebecah got a dress.
Who's Pretty?
ME!
I think I did a good job framing Kimball's head between the hanging hearts.
Kimball said today that his favorite holidays are Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Christmas. He was sad when we took down the Valentine decorations, but I quickly put up a shamrock garland that I made and we will continue to decorate as I get our green decorations made.
I hope you all felt loved and appreciated yesterday.
Now, on to St. Patrick's Day!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...
Well, after Christmas that is. I love tax season. Call me crazy but I love to do our taxes so I can see what kind of refund we can look forward to and think about what we will do with the "extra" money. Joseph and I have a great financial relationship...he makes the money and I manage it...and we're both happy. Last week I e-filed out taxes and our return was deposited this weekend. Isn't technology great where we can receive returns so much faster than in the old days?
In other news...
Rebecah has graduated to a "big girl" cup leaving behind her sippy cups unless we are on a car trip. I decided we had to make the switch when she "lost" her sippy cup that didn't have the non-spill valve in it and it was full of milk. I searched and searched all day long for it and I finally found it after she was in bed...it was in a lower cupboard in the kitchen that I use for food storage. She thinks her sippy cup is still missing and I haven't told her I found it.
Kimball and Joseph built a library out of Legos and I think it looks pretty good. It came equipped with shelves and a little computer station. What a creative husband and child! Kimball is quite good at making creations and had an entire "Hummer" line a few weeks ago all in different colors. When I asked a friend what type of car Kimball had built she could tell it was a Hummer.
Aerial View
Walking in the door.
View from the door.
The book shelf and computer station up close.
In other news...
Rebecah has graduated to a "big girl" cup leaving behind her sippy cups unless we are on a car trip. I decided we had to make the switch when she "lost" her sippy cup that didn't have the non-spill valve in it and it was full of milk. I searched and searched all day long for it and I finally found it after she was in bed...it was in a lower cupboard in the kitchen that I use for food storage. She thinks her sippy cup is still missing and I haven't told her I found it.
Kimball and Joseph built a library out of Legos and I think it looks pretty good. It came equipped with shelves and a little computer station. What a creative husband and child! Kimball is quite good at making creations and had an entire "Hummer" line a few weeks ago all in different colors. When I asked a friend what type of car Kimball had built she could tell it was a Hummer.
Aerial View
Walking in the door.
View from the door.
The book shelf and computer station up close.
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