The Moore You Know

So there have been a few things I’ve been dealing with and thinking about lately and just haven’t sat down to blog about. So here’s a synopsis of a few.

I’ve been missing the East lately. I’ve been wanting to get out of town and see some fun historical sites or something and can’t think of a really fun place I want to visit. Lance said I need to change my way of thinking. Now that we’re here there are outdoor National Parks that we can see and I need to get excited about those. So here I go, “yay for Zion’s National Park!” Not quite working for me.

I’ve also been missing the festivals of DC. So instead of Cherry Blossoms, Kite and Book, I need to get excited about Colors and Tulips. We’ll have to see about those. I can do this!

I think I’ve also hit a sort of little depression because I have soooo been looking forward to Hunger Games. I read the book years and years ago and really liked. Then a couple months ago I saw the trailer and got teary eyed when Katniss stood up and yelled, “I volunteer!” It just looked so good. And I really liked it. I thought they did an excellent job. From what I could remember they stuck pretty close to the story. What’s been hard is that now it’s over!  I’d been so looking forward to it that now it’s like, “what now???”

What I am really excited about right now is that we have lots of beautiful green grass growing in! So hopefully this summer the kids won’t be bringing dirt in just their own tired selves.

I’m also loving one of my callings. I’m serving in the Young Women’s again and loving it! I know teenage years are so hard but they are also so fun. I love to see the girls get excited and see their eyes light up. It was so neat last week to do Temple Baptisms with the youth and watch as a couple girls went for the first time. How excited and also nervous they were. Such a wonderful experience.

I’ve been hugging my kids just a little longer and telling them how much I love them lately. A couple weeks ago, a ten year old girl, Sierra, had a blood vessel in her head expand to the size of a baseball and she was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital where they performed emergency brain surgery. For a couple days she was in the coma but since she’s come out. The emotions have been up and down, one minute there’s just plain joy that she’s still alive then the hard part of rehabilitation has started. Her left side is very weak so that’s been a really huge concern. She’s going to have to learn to walk and do everything else all over again. Hopefully, she will be able to. She took karate with my boys. And her mom and I would sit and talk about kids and life every Tuesday and Thursday. Through our discussions, her mom, Nicki, has become a very important friend to me. I saw her the Thursday before doing karate! Then the next Monday everything happened! I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it. Though, I have to say, it’s been really neat watching how the boys have really rallied around her. She is not forgotten in ANY of their prayers. They ask me for updates and so badly want to help her learn to do karate again.

That has been the biggest eye opener to me. I need to be grateful for my wonderful family, for my fantastic kids. So grateful for their health. All the things I listed above are fun family and happy making things but what really matters are people. It’s cliche to say that home is where the heart is, but it’s true! While my kind of activities might be a little more limited back west, the people I most want to share my life with are here. So that makes it all worth it.

I mentioned in Rory’s birthday post that the boys are very protective of their sister and I’ve had a few examples lately that have just cracked me up.

A few Sundays ago I came home from church and was talking to Lance about how there was a girl in Rory’s nursery class that is kind of a bully. I said that she was picking on Rory in particular. All three of the boys were up in arms. “Who was picking on her???? Who, Mom, who?!?” “Mom, we need to teach Rory to defend herself.” I quickly said that no one was bullying Rory and that everything was okay. (That girl was switched to a different nursery class I think.)

Then last week Rory was upstairs playing and I was yelling at her to come down so we could go take Dax to school. So I was trying to psych her out and I yelled up, “OK bye, bye Rory.” Then Dax runs to me and says, “No mom we can’t leave Rory I need to take care of her.”

Lastly, I took the boys to the park on Sunday and Chiler followed behind her almost the whole time making sure that she didn’t get hurt. Quite a few times I heard him say, “Watch out little sister coming through!”

Seriously, heaven help anybody that messes with that girl!

Yellow/Orange Belt Promotion

Last Saturday the boys tested for their Orange Belts. They did a really great job and have been working so hard! I just cannot be prouder of those boys. They have been making goals within Karate and have been truly striving to reach them.

Once they were awarded their Orange Belt their Karate instructor, Mr. Jade, said something that really made me think. As the students were kneeling in front of their new and old belts Mr. Jade had them make a triangle with their hands and look around the room. He had them look at their fellow students who every week help to make them better. At their family that encourage, get them to class, and practice with them. Then he said as we look at everyone we can see good and bad in people but it’s really important to see and focus on the good. Because we’ll always be able to find bad if we’re looking for it. And we’ll always be able to see good if we’re looking for it. Always look for the good!