Sister everybody

So, here's the story, short but cute.

There was a small cat that was killed, I don't know how, laying on the road. Not a kitten, just a small cat. Our dog walked past it a number of times without taking notice, so I'm sure she wasn't the culprit--she would have brought it home as a souvenir had she done the deed. So, the kids were concerned about my possibly running over the poor thing. I told them I had been very careful to not run over it--mind you, I didn't really want to pick it up either!

So, after a few trips up and down the road--mainly taking the kids up to the bus in the morning and picking them up in the afternoon--Jesse says (yet again!) Mom, I think you ran over the cat again.~~now by this time, the cat has been moved into the middle of the road where the tires do not run, probably by the wind and rain we have been receiving and seems to have decomposed to just a small gray spot in the grass. I told him I was sure I had not run over it. Dialog:
Jesse: "Who is going to take care of the cat?"
Me: "Nature has taken care of it"
Jesse: "What did Sister Nature do with it?"
Me: "Well, nature has a way of taking care of things naturally"
Jesse: "Yes, but how did Sister Nature take care of it? where did she put it?"
Me: ~~long explanation about Heavenly Father and Jesus creating the earth and how things work, you know, so a three year old can grasp the concept with out asking too many more questions.....
Jesse: "Oh, I like Sister Nature."

To Jesse, everyone is sister somebody. He constantly talks about my friend(Rebecca)-Sister White this and that and her mom Sister Fox this and that. I guess he figured Nature must need a title of sister as well.

I love being able to be here with my kids as they learn and grow. The gospel is a wonderful thing. It is the rock upon which we can stand to teach our family what is right in this ever increasingly wicked world. There needs to be a haven and that must be our homes. I love seeing my children being so tender to some of Our Lord's smallest creations. It is an important trait to have.

I don't know what brought that on.....but I am so thankful today for the great blessing of family that I have been given. They are so important to me.

Not much to do......

I have been duly motivated again!--Thanks Toni!

It seems that not much has been happening here. School started but I have mentioned that already. Jesse is adjusting to being the only child here. Hunter and Harley came over one day and Jesse was very happy about that.

It has been rainy the past few days, remnants of Hurricane Gustav. The rain has let up and I will be glad to see the sun again. I'm just not an indoor person! I have been rearranging the furniture and cleaning like mad.

I was looking forward to going to St. Louis this weekend to visit with Mom and Dad and Michael, Sarah, and Jaxson. Well, that isn't going to work out and I'm not happy about it. I have to see the Stake President an ecclesiastical endorsement interview. I need to get this done soon so I don't have to send a new application~~and since our Stake Center is two hours away......it is just a good idea to do this when the Stake President will be at our ward on Sunday. So, I'm sad about missing my trip and opportunity to see Michael, Sarah, and Jaxson.

So, we have the metal on the carport and can park under it. I made curtains for the bathroom windows. I know, we have been here for three years, but we live out in the middle of nowhere and.....well.....I guess I was never really concerned about it! Here are the lovely pictures. I'm pretty proud of the curtains, if I do say so myself!


The dark one is the basement bath.
The other is the main floor bath.