Turkey Shoot - Las Vegas Here we come

Thanksgiving

Utah vs BYU

I have 5 tickets for sale. $60.00 each.  Section W16 row 40 Seats 5-9.  These are great seats for what is going to be a great game!  Please email me if you want them.  melaniebingham6@gmail.com

4th Grade

This is a Triarama

This is the play-doe version of Utah

And throw in a little Futsol - 4th Grade is busy!

4th Grade County Report

Things to do:

Do you ever have so many, you're not sure what to do next? So you do none of the above....
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Welcome Winter

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Second Try - Still not loving it

The Church Version of Monopoly

It's been a while since I've played this game, but I distinctly remember the go to jail card that said:

Going to Jail

Do not pass Go

Do not collect $200.00

I left church today feeling like I was

Going to Hell

Can't get pass Go

And for sure will not collect $200.00

Now... before I vent, I do realize that the problem at church was me.

Granted, some days you just aren't in the mood for church.  I get that, however that wasn't my problem today. Sacrament was great, Sunday School was great, Relief Society the teacher was great, but for some reason Satan was sitting on my shoulder.  The lesson was on the gift of the Holy Ghost.  After all the positive comments people were making about feeling the Holy Ghost and teaching their children about the Holy Ghost, and how their children love to be in Sacrament, and how they are singing the Hymns to teach their children gospel principals....I was starting to loose it.

Then a very nice lady commented that she happened to be early for church and saw the nicest family come in 30 minutes before Sacrament even started.  They took their regular seats because they are regularly early every Sunday.  And she just knew that this family had regular scripture study and regular prayer together and regular family home evening,  AND this family had time to do all that because they didn't have a TV in the home.

I am thinking....

OH MY HELL !!!!!!!!!!

That little family won't be here Sunday because they are about to be translated!!!

So I raised my hand...which probably wasn't the best idea.

I even got all choked up because 

DAMN IT

I'm sitting there feeling like a freaking failure.

So I said something to the effect of,

I am not regular about anything

  I sit in the back of the chapel  because we do happen to be late on a regular basis. I am intimidated by all of the wonderful women in the room and the fabulous things they are doing.  Which I am not.  BUT in spite of ALL  of my short-comings I do know that I can still call on the Holy Spirit to help me AND to help teach my children where I fall short.

Amen.

K-thanks I feel better now.

The Cookie Makers

First try with solids

Turkey Tri 2010

I shaved 2 minutes off my time. I was hoping to shave 10 minutes. HA. That's what happens when I haven't been swimming since July and I couldn't run because of a groin injury. Oh and I put clips on my bike for the first time a week ago. THE GOOD news is I felt great before during and after. This past Monday I played co-ed soccer with my husband. I humiliated myself (although I did score one goal with my boob). This whole week I've been thinking in my head that I'm a fool and I'm kidding myself and everyone else that I'm any kind of athlete. My husbands sage words of advice last night were, "just enjoy it for what it is. ". AND THAT is what I did. The truth is I don't have oodles of time to train to be a decent athlete at this point in my life. I do the best I can. And I am sooo grateful to have a body to do it with. BiG shout out to Tiff, Summer, Amy and Jeff. AND huge shout out to Liz she took first in our division and 6th over all.

Ps - To Indy: I missed you babe!
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TCU vs Utah. Blah blah blah

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A cape, a Tiara and the Power...

Two weeks ago I stopped into Mrs. Bakers Bakery.  If you have never been there, do yourself a favor and spend your one sweet for the day on  Mrs. Bakers cupcake, or cookie or just about anything that comes out of there....yummm!

Before you start craving cupcakes... my story.  They have a decorator plate on the wall that pictures a haggard hard working woman that says, "give me a cape and a tiara and I could save the world".  It made me laugh and then I got thinking about the power to 'save the world' and even sometimes the 'power' to survive the day.  In the LDS faith we talk about the 'power' that can flow into your life through the scriptures, and prayer and the priesthood.  This little contest is in part an opportunity for me to "experiment on the word." To see if more of that power / energy flows into my life.  I tend to access that power or energy source when I'm desperate and or in trouble.  I wonder would the everyday things be easier to handle if I did a better job of accessing that power on a more consistent basis.  Today I was running an assignment over to the school that Master forgot to pack in his back-pack.  The morning was so beautiful I just had a feeling it was going to be a "great day"....this is what followed...

•  A mighty expensive trip to the grocery store (did groceries go up over-night or what?? - I had a menu planned and a list and was still in sticker shock at the check-out).
• A VERY long phone call with my biggest client telling me they were backing out of a $300K deal
• While on that very long phone call I missed my husband calling me 4 times because he had crashed HARD on his road bike. (he had to hitch a ride home)
• A trip to the Insta-Care with the husband (because I insisted).  One official broken finger, and some mighty fine road rash, and bruises.  He actually looks good compared to the bike
• As we headed out the door to the Insta-Care Brian's sister called to say that his mom was at the Emergency room with possible intestinal blockage
• Surgery for Brian's Mom
• I had to reschedule most of my appointments for the day and didn't make it home until about 7pm.
• Did homework, dishes, put kids in bed, made salt-doe for the 4th grade etc.

The good part.  Or I should say the "great part" of the day is that I handled it.  I didn't break down or fall apart or go running for the ice-cream.  I'm super-uber grateful Brian's injuries were mild compared to what they had been.  His mom for being 82 came through surgery like a trooper. I have awesome offices that understood when I needed to re-schedule.  And last but not least I have Dani and Cass to call on to save my bacon when I couldn't be at Therapy, Gymnastics and Karate all at the same time today.  Typically not I would call a "great day".  But in a way it kind-of was. It could be that I'm drinking the Kool-Aid.  But maybe, just maybe, my experiment is working already??

A little Competition

Tis the Season!  Yep there are just under 8 weeks until Christmas.  Are you ready for crazy?
Do you have your game face set?  Or are you the perfect picture of peace and tranquility during the next 8 weeks????  Well I have a little contest for ya.  It's the "Gotta Wanna Be Fabulous for the Holidays" contest.
Go to my Gotta Wanna Blog and check it out.

Halloween 2010

Everyone look at the camera!