General Relief Society Meeting

What a great meeting we had last night! It was like my Father in Heaven told the speakers, "Okay, Kathryn Grubbs will be in the congregation so say this... and this.... and this..." The messages really touched my heart and I am going to be a better person because of that meeting.

Some of the thoughts and feelings I came away with:

*FAMILY- Defend the importance of the family and do everything possible to strengthen my family. More hugs! More love! Share my testimony more with my children. Point out answers to prayers. Be a great example of a woman of faith and disciple of Christ.

*FAITH- Concentrate on testimony, scripture study, prayer, and temple. Remember "Satan can distract us by having us do acceptable things which keep us from doing that which is essential." "Pray for the abilities to equal your tasks."(Monson) FOCUS KATHRYN!!!!

*SERVICE- Listen for those promptings then have the courage to act on them! LISTEN more, LOVE more and GIVE more!

The biggest message I came away with was that my Heavenly Father is aware of me and my concerns and need for His guidance. He loves me and he WILL help me!! I know I can do better. I want to be who He needs me to be.

P.S. I worried that maybe this was too personal or bold to share on my blog. But, that's the other thing I learned. :)

Good-bye PINK, Hello GREEN!

Okay, let's be honest, our blog was drowning in pepto bismal. And pink isn't even my favorite color! What was I thinking? It is time for a change (and since I like change it will probably be time for another change in another 3 months:)). Green is the new pink! Hope this color doesn't give you a headache but if it does just check back in a few months, I'm thinking RED!

These pictures are our pictures of the week. Awarded to Hallie and Megan. Hallie drew the "Blood Hound Puppy" and Megan drew the "Little Mermaid". The Little Mermaid has been a part of our lives for many years and is honored here in this rendition, swimming and flapping her arms. This is a first for Blood Hound Puppy who appears here is his natural color..brown. He was first seen at "The Worlds Most Awesome Flea Market" this month and was for sale for other people but not for us:)

Trev

Special Order

It has been approximately 12 weeks since we have had a working oven.


Just weeks after we moved in it stopped working. Trevor tried to diagnose it and searched the Internet and called family for ideas but couldn't fix it. Yes, Trevor Grubbs, the same Trevor who put a swamp cooler in our first house (I still remember standing in our hallway looking up through the huge hole Trevor had cut out of the roof and seeing the sun and blue sky, scary!!!!) . The same Trevor who replaced the timing belt twice, (if you are not impressed by that then you do not know what that involves) and has fixed anything and everything in our house that has broken including blow dryers, toasters, cars, toilets, faucets... you get the idea, he is good!


It was painful for Trevor to have to call in the professionals but the home warranty softened the blow ($95 copayment, not too bad). They came and quickly figured it out, it needs a new computer. Of course that is a special order and will take 7-10 days to get it in. We found this out on the day my sister flew in and my parents were coming a few days later. There goes the menu that I had planned and already purchased food for. Oh well, at least I would have my oven back in 7-10 days... hahaha.


They got the special order part and put it in only to find that the ignition was also broken which they couldn't detect before because the computer was broken. Of course the ignition is a special order part.


Another special order, 3 visits and 10 days later the new ignition is installed and the repairman smiles (for the first time) as he turns on the oven and it works!!! I bid him fairwell and immediately start mixing up the cookies that I have missed so dearly over the past 3months and started to bake. Well, 25 minutes later the cookies that normally take 8 minutes to cook were still doughy... AAAAHHHH!


The repairman didn't smile when I opened the door for him today. I explained what happened and of course when he tried it, it worked perfectly. He kept restarting it waiting for it to "not work" and kept asking me dumb questions like, "so, it wasn't hot?" Finally after an hour, when he was about to tell the crazy lady (me) that it was all in my imagination, the oven stopped working. YES!!! This was the first time in the last 12 weeks that I was thrilled that the oven wasn't working. He turned to me and said those two little words I have come to hate, "Well, I'll have to special order that part".

Campbell Scott Grubbs

Seven Months Old

Sweet smiles,

chubby hands,

chewing, drooling, sucking on EVERYTHING!

bald head,

wet kisses,

sleeping better, finally

so busy,

brown eyes,

curious,

sitting up and so proud of himself!

so soft,

no longer nursing,

still a happy baby,

glowing,

full of love,

What can I say, I just want to eat him up!

No wonder

Okay, I have been trying to figure out how people here in Kentucky found out about my birthday since it isn't listed at church then I checked my blog this morning and now it all makes sense. At least now I know I'm not going crazy (at least about this), I just have a sneaky husband. Thanks Trevor.
Thanks everyone for all of the calls and notes. They made my day even more special!
I love you guys!

Birthday

Kathryn's Birthday is today! Happy Birthday Kathryn. Sometimes I can't belive that she agreed to marry me. We all do crazy things when we are young:)

Country Girl

Most people would consider Megan to be very shy - and she is in public but when she is not in front of other people she is a very spunky and opinionated 4 year-old. She makes us laugh all of the time with her silly faces and dances. And she loves to dress up and pretend. Today I caught her playing "cowgirl" and I got this cute pic of her.

It Happened

I knew it would eventually happen. My mom, dad, and sister have come and gone. It was so fun to have them here! They got a glimpse into our life here and we got to spend time with some of the people we miss most. Hallie, Megan, and Campbell were spoiled with love and attention and they just ate it up! I asked the girls what were some of their favorite parts of the visit. They listed several experiences including "sitting on the stairs with grandma and watching the bubbles", "grandpa reading to us early in the morning", and "playing Hullabaloo with Melissa." If we would have known these would be the highlights of the trip we could have saved everyone a lot of money. We know it was not easy to make the trip all the way out here because of time and money, but thank you. We needed it!

The Laws Visit Kentucky

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They're Here!

Melissa, Mom, and Dad are here and we are so busy touring Kentucky I haven't had time to blog. But, we are taking lot's of pics and there will be some fun posts soon so stay tuned!

Kid Quotes

*Megan, Campbell, and I were home together and Campbell had just eaten. No surprise, Campbell burped and white chunky spit-up came out. I grabbed a paper towel and started cleaning up. Megan quietly watched me and then said, "Mom, you are so brave! You are so brave to do that." ---Thanks Megan.

*When we told the girls we were moving to kentucky several months ago one of the first things Hallie said was, "Do they speak Chinese there? Because I don't know Chinese."

New Cell Phone Numbers

If you have been trying to call us... sorry. But, you know us, Trevor found a new deal on the "coolest cell phone ever" so we have new numbers!! Just email me or call our home phone and we will give it to you. (I'd post it but who knows what crazies are reading this :))

P.S. Although this new cellphone is very cool I'm not sure how the heck it works!!! So if I can't figure out how to answer it or if I accidentally hang up on you please forgive me, there are so many buttons and I'm new at this.

Campbell...mmm...mmm...good!

Cam has had a nasty cold for the last 3 weeks. He is finally back to his happy self. He is such a sweet baby! I can't believe he is 6 months old! It seems like he was just born and yet it feels like he has always been in our family. He is finally sleeping better at night which is a blessing for the whole family (tired mommy = ornery mommy).

Hallie and Megan love Campbell so much. Hallie freaks out anytime he cries, she stresses me out about it-- "HURRY, HURRY MOM, HE'S CRYING!!!!!!!!!" She hates to see her baby brother unhappy.

I still haven't figured out how to do 3 kids, by the time I do it will probably be time to figure out 4!