Food for thought!

I know...its crazy two posts in two days! Well I got home from a fabulous evening at my friends house where I learned all about good food and nutrition. It was wonderful, and the wonderful thing to me is that most of the stuff was review for me, but I came home tonight and folded some laundry then climbed into bed and opened my scriptures and I read this verse:

"...and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they will not search knowledge, nor understanding great knowledge when it is given unto them in plainess, even as plain as word can be."

It hit me tonight, that yes, this was all review to me, I know exactly what this wonderful lady was telling us, and have I put any of it into practice. NOPE. Why? Why wouldnt I do these things? Is it to hard? Is it my pride, well probably. Are the things she is telling me not plain as plain can be? It is pretty straightforward, and if you want to throw the word of wisdom into play here, it totally fits into the word of wisdom and the way God intended us to take care of our bodies. Dont even get me started on evil and conspiring men in these last days.
All this comes into play with the thoughts that I have had this last week, about my duty. My duty as a mother especially, and how I feel like I have been lacking and not preparing my kids to go out into this world that is falling apart everywhere we look. That is 9 short months I am supposed to send my baby boy to kindergarten...for 7 hours a day 5 days a week. How everyday I send my beautiful, spunky, 6 year old off to the first grade for 7 hours a day, and how I ask myself, "have I sufficiently helped my kids put on their armor today? Not just spiritual, but physical?" And if I were going to be honest with myself the answer is no. I have slacked big time. I had a spiritual awakening earlier this week, and this evening, once again, I had a physical awakening of sorts as to what I should and need to be doing desperately not just for the kids but for myself, so I can be that Mom that can help my family face whats out there.
So here I am confessing and making a promise to myself and to the Lord that I am gonna try everyday to be a little better. That I will make the changes that I know that I should be, and I know its not going to be easy, because lets face it, if it doesn't hurt(even just a little), then you probably aren't changing!
I feel like I have been given a wealth of knowledge over the last year, that I have so willingly put on the back burner and said to myself, "oh, well thats really good to know!" I feel like I have been in the right place at the right time to receive this information, and yet I haven't put it into action. I don't know how many more times the Lord is gonna put it in my face before I have to have that wake-up call, and I seriously hate it when the Lord finally has to give me that wake-up call. Times a ticking!
I pray that the Lord will be with me and my family on this journey. I know that right now I have a choice to make and I feel like the Lord has faced me in the right direction, now its up to me to take the first steps.

Thanks for reading my ramblings, I don't even know if you can understand what it is I am trying to say, but I had to get it down, and for some reason, I felt that this blog is where it needed to go.

A very long overdue update!

Sorry no pictures for this update, my camera bit the dust a while ago, and so all I have are words!
So, for the 5 people that actually read this blog, you already know, but we moved back up to Washington State right before Christmas. It is absolutely crazy moving that time of the year, but luckily we had fantastic weather, and as I recall, I think we even had sunshine the day we moved into our new house. Erik got a job up here, he still is driving truck, but its a local job, so he is home every night and has all his weekends off!(Many thanks for the many prayers that were said on our behalf) I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to have a husband and a daddy home everyday! He works long hours, but at least its not driving to Texas anymore!

Ellie started her new school, and unfortunatly has taken longer to make friends than she would like. The school boundary system up here in Ferndale is crazy, so we are doing the best that we can. She likes her teacher, and she of course is a great student, but socially is struggling just a bit. She keeps telling me that she wants to be homeschooled...we will just keep that on the back burner for now!

Isaac, what can I say, I just smile when I think of him. He is so active, he does miss his preschool in Utah, but since we have moved has taken up a new hobby...Momma! He follows me around, would prefer to always have some sort of physical contact with me, but will make due with eye sight! He is constantly checking up on me, asking me if I feel alright, asking what I am doing, tells me he loves me almost every other hour. He tells me "but I love you" when I want him to go do something without me (like sit in primary.) He is just so tuned into me...I am his moon and stars right now. It occured to me that he will be 5 this summer and that means he is supposed to start kindergarten in the fall. So keeping him at home with me and just hanging with me, doing chores, watching shows, playing with cousins and friends, thats ok with me. And just between you and me I really don't think he is ready for kindergarten...maybe homeschool is closer than we think?!?! (I am just sayin)

Spencer. My handsome, husky, hunk of a boy! We love him in this house, we can't get enough of him. He has come into his terrible three's....at one time he was the pleasant one that just kind of went along with everything...well not anymore, he grew an opinion. And his opinion is...don't treat me any differently than my older brother and sister. He loves to dance and in our new house we have an intercom system that also plays the radio throughout the whole house, he likes to turn it on and have a dance party in the living room, its great fun, the whole family gets in on it!
He still likes to climb up into my lap and read books, but I will say he is getting quite heavy...but he doesn't quite like the seat next to me yet..he wants to be on top of me still.

Allia, well, I am doing fine. I love being back in Washington, though I miss my family tremendously. I hesitate to even say anything, because of the last years pattern, but we are expecting baby number 4, due in August! I have been soooooo sick. I can't remember another pregnancy being this sick and I dont know if its due to just being older and out of shape, don't know, but so far this pregnancy has kicked my butt. We are so excited, and we did get an early ultrasound, and we saw a healthy baby, who actually measured larger than we had thought, so that is a really good sign! I am trying to stay positive, but with 2 past miscarriages in the last year, everyday there is always a hint of nervousness. I am hoping that the morning sickness will let up, so I can actually make my house pretty and feel like we have "moved in" , things have been unpacked, but not well organized yet, I am hoping that the "nesting" instinct will kick in and I can get back on top of things soon. I love our ward and being back with old and new friends up here, and if any of you are reading this, I am sorry I have been so anti-social...now you know why!

Well, there you have the update on the Martinson Family! I will try and get some more photos up here and maybe someday pictures of our new home!