Singing Star

Kaydon was able to sing at the Priesthood session of General Conference on Saturday night.

This has been such a great opportunity for him!!!

Kaydon Singing at Conference

Kayder Bayder will be singing at the Priesthood Session of General Conference this Saturday night.

He has been practicing every Sunday during the month of March.

He had dress rehearsal at the Conference Center on Saturday.

He got his hair cut to a "missionary cut."
He has also had his suit dry cleaned twice.

I cannot wait for him to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience!!!!!

A Dance, Some Obedience & Sacrifices

What a great weekend we had.

On Saturday morning, Kaydon enlisted his two younger brothers - Colton and Ja'Mari - to answer the girl who, in the most darling way, asked him to the Harvest dance.

The tricky part was that this darling girl lives at the end of a very long cul-de-sac. So, I had to park on the outside of the cul-de-sac and the two boys had to be sneaky. Apparently I was laughing so hard that the boys could hear me clear down at the end of the street. 

It was hysterical.

Neither of them was wearing shoes.

Kaydon instructed them to set it all up just perfectly.

They ran to the side of the house, and were hiding, as the next door neighbor came home and wondered what they were doing.

Ja'Mari kept creeping by the big garage door to peak to see if they had picked it up off of the porch.

Once they had, these two charms booked it down the cul-de-sac and into the warmth of the car.

I about wet myself laughing.

Saturday afternoon, we headed down to Nana and Pops' house.

Nana and I watched the Women's Conference.

Our Prophet is just so sincere.

I loved most when he looked at the girls, young women, mature women - all of the women - and simply said, "I love you."

I felt that and I needed that.

President Nelson asked all females in the Church to take a 10 day break from social media. 

My business is marketed only through social media.

I thought about his words all night and into Sunday.

I talked to D about it, who is not a member of our faith.

I talked to T about it.

I talked to Jackson about it.

Jackson feels that running a business is different than surfing social media for hours a day.

I agree with him.

However, I continued to feel strongly that I would be blessed if I followed our Prophet.

And so this morning, I did a FB Live.

I explained that I would be taking a 10 day break from social media.

I explained that this is scary and worrisome for me because my business relies on social media.

However, I feel that the sacrifice will bring blessings.

I will be scheduling FB posts on my group page for the next 10 days.

And then, I will not log into FB or Instagram.

I don't have any other social media.

I will continue to blog, and to share my perspectives, challenges, lessons learned and blessings with you over the next several day. I know that there will be at least one of each of those.

I pray that my business will not fail, but will increase due to my obedience.

I pray that I will learn those things I am meant to learn.

I will be Live again next Wednesday.

I Needed It

I took Friday off. I needed it. I needed to clean my house, open the windows for fresh air, read the books my counselor recommended, and workout at my own pace. It turns out, Carrie needed some help with the babies and I needed them. I checked Kaydon and Colton out of school after lunch and we went to the babies. We loved on them. We went to Farmington Station again and watched the fountains. We walked around, got a Fiiz, and then headed back to put the babes down for naps. Their mama was home by then. I can't express in words how much I love those babies. And, those babies love their cousins so much. So much.

Saturday, I worked out and ran errands. Then, I watched as my boys left to go to the Lantern Festival. I was home. Alone. Usually, I love that. Saturday, it was tough. I cried... and let myself cry. Then, for the 20th time that day, got on my knees and pleaded for peace, comfort and contentment. I pleaded to have faith in my Heavenly Father's will for me. I watched the morning and afternoon session of conference, then made blankets for Ogden Regional's NICU. I got myself a shake and went to bed. Meanwhile, the boys sent P a message to heaven.

Sunday, we went to my mom and pop's house. The boys ate. A lot. We watched conference and just talked. I told my mom and pops about counseling. Then, Pops gave me a gift.

I love him so much. He is constantly telling me that I am enough, giving me pointers on how to stay strong emotionally and spiritually, and telling me that I'm loved. He listens so well. He has ADHD and sometimes I wonder if I am more than he can handle. But, when he is in "dad" mode or "grandpa" mode, he is completely focused on us and is able to really hear us and then listen to the Spirit and tell us just what we need to hear. And, he loves my mom more than anything in the world.

I needed that.

Progress

Friday Favorites will return next week... promise.

Last night, I was at the gym. I'm there four nights a week. Me and the meat heads are there four nights a week. They groan and throw weights. I tell them to knock it off. It's a happy relationship, really.

Anywho, I focused on back and biceps last night. Tonight will be legs. Saturday will be triceps/chest/shoulders. Two nights a week I do legs. Two nights a week, I break up upper body. Do you know what I love about working out? Getting stronger. Physically and mentally and emotionally. I love that I am getting stronger. I love that I am increasing weight and that my mind is forcing my body to do things that it just wants to give up on.

Last night, as I looked at this picture, I wondered what my heart and my brain must look like if this is what my biceps look like. They must getting so strong, too. They must LOOK different, I thought. They sure feel different. They feel so strong. They feel so much more healthy. They feel so much more aware. They feel so much more vocal, too!

This weekend, we will be in Sandy to watch Conference with Nana and Pops. I'll slip out to have lunch with someone, and then I'll be back to love on that Nana and spend time with my boys. We will pray for something specific that we need answers to, and then we will listen for the answer. I have zero doubt that it will come.

Friday Favorites - It's Friday

The fact that it is Friday and the beginning of the weekend is my Friday Favorite today. I know, no super duper ideas on stuff, no recipes, no clever suggestions -- just the fact that it's Friday is my favorite.

Tomorrow night is the General Women's broadcast, or the beginning of General Conference. It is amazing to sit and listen to those chosen speak to us, as women. It is humbling and inspiring. I have learned to pray before watching, or reading, the words spoken. I often pray that through their words, I will feel (really FEEL) the love that my Heavenly Father has for me and my children. I will be praying for that again this weekend.