New Year's Resolutions 2012

My New Year’s Resolutions-2012

I have been thinking a lot about my resolutions for this year, and as you can see it has taken me awhile to put down on paper what is going on in my head. The second  Sunday in January our lesson in Relief Society was on George Albert Smith . It was titled "Teachings of George Albert Smith: Living What We Believe"

"Our religion must find expression in our everyday lives."

When he was 34 years old, George Albert Smith made a list of resolutions that he called his “personal creed”—11 ideals that he committed to live by:

“I would be a friend to the friendless and find joy in ministering to the needs of the poor.

“I would visit the sick and afflicted and inspire in them a desire for faith to be healed.

“I would teach the truth to the understanding and blessing of all mankind.

“I would seek out the erring one and try to win him back to a righteous and a happy life.

“I would not seek to force people to live up to my ideals but rather love them into doing the thing that is right.

“I would live with the masses and help to solve their problems that their earth life may be happy.

“I would avoid the publicity of high positions and discourage the flattery of thoughtless friends.

“I would not knowingly wound the feelings of any, not even one who may have wronged me, but would seek to do him good and make him my friend.

“I would overcome the tendency to selfishness and jealousy and rejoice in the successes of all the children of my Heavenly Father.

“I would not be an enemy to any living soul.

It goes on to say, " Now let us examine ourselves. Are we doing as much as we should? And if we are not, let us turn around and do better. If we are doing as we should, if we are reaching out in all directions to do good to the children of our Father, then we will bring to ourselves the blessing of an all wise Father, and we will rejoice in the good that we accomplish here. …

Let us be humble and prayerful, living near to our Heavenly Father, and evidence our belief in the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living up to its principles. Let us evidence our faith in God, and in the work He has given to the earth, by a correct and consistent life, for after all that is the strongest testimony that we will be able to bear of the truth of this work."

I really want to do the things that President Smith wrote of. I want to be a better person, a better disciple of Christ. 

Here are some of the personal things I have come up with to work on also: 

·         Adore More-love with all my heart

·         Explore More- go places around me that I have never been or haven’t been for a long time

·         Store More- work on our food storage and personal preparedness

·         Restore More- restore or repaint things I have been wanting to for a long time

·         Stress Less- Stop stressing so much

·         Dress For Less- Make my clothes, I have a huge box of material and patterns just waiting

And lastly, I found this cute saying on Pinterest that I really like that I think we should all work on: 

Happy New Year- 2012

Happy New Year! I am looking forward to a wonderful year. Last year was good, but I feel this year will be better. I will make it better. I was released from my calling in the Relief Society Presidency and put in as the Ward Emergency Preparedness Specialist. I am so excited. I will be posting the things I will be putting in the Ward Newsletter, so hopefully it will be helpful to everyone.

Have a wonderful day and a great New Year.

Halloween Decorating

I am so excited, I found this adorable dresser at an antique store the other day and it was only $40. I have it in my dining room and this is how I decorated it for Halloween. I think it turned out so cute. The 2 windows are from Arkansas. When Heather, my daughter, lived there, they owned a home that had an old barn in the back yard and these were in it. She brought them home to me and I have been so excited to use them but I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I love how it turned out.

I'm Back....

Well, it has been nearly 6 months since I have posted anything, soooo....I'm back. A lot has happened in six months. We got another wonderful granddaughter April 18th. Katelyn Pearl Hillman is an adorable little baby that is very happy and a lot of fun.

We had pictures taken of all the grandchildren and they turned out so cute. Above is a picture of Kate. Can you tell her dad is a BYU fan?

This is our sweet little Jane. She is 7 months old and so much fun. She loves to smile and talk to everyone.

This is Ethan, he is 14 1/2 months old and is such a ham. He is adorable and loves to play with his cousins.
Next is Jacob and he is 3 1/2 years old. He is a tease and has a good time where ever he goes.

Kyle is also 3 1/2 years old and is so happy to get to run and play at grandma's house.

Now we have Payton who turned 4 in August. She is beautiful girly girl and is full of energy.

 And last but not least we have Sydney, who turned 8 in June and is a wonderful to help to her new baby sister. She is in the 3rd grade and as cute as can be.

There is the update on my grandchildren. I will post more later.