Red Envelope Day!

http://www.redenvelopeproject.org/

This is something that James and I feel very stroglt towards since we found out about it. the deadline if TODAY so please read.

Thank You!!!

Sunday Thoughts and Weekend Blessings

I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father who gives us the blessings of being an eternal family. This last Sat I had the chance to go to the temple and watch my niece be sealed to her husband and her baby girl for time and all eternity. What a wonderful blessing and knowledge, that no matter what happens we will be with our families forever. it was such a special occasion to be able to witness. Congratulations to Greg, Brie and Aleisha!!!
Aleisha was such a good girl and such a little goof too. :p After the sealing we took some pictures and then enjoyed a lunch at Sizzler with our family and Greg's family. James and I had to stay in Salt Lake for a little longer to get our taxes finished up. My niece Erika invited us over to her house for dinner and to play rock band on her Wii. After taxes we went over, and after a quick treat stop at Walmart we started playing rock band. It was a lot of fun. Erika was singing, James was playing guitar, and I was on drums. Occasionally we would switch things up...but it stayed that way for the whole time pretty much. Craig played a computer game and watched us. We were having a great time. James and I kept saying "after this song we really need to go" but then 3 or 4 songs later we would start saying that again. :p The result? A dinner of Easter candy, chips, soda and after 6 1/2 hours of rock band we finished the game. We actually beat the game. We couldn't believe it. James and I ended up getting home past midnight but considered it worth it. :) We had such a great time. Thanks Erika and Craig!!! :)

FIRSTS

This is for you Pam. :)
1. Who was your first Prom date? Eric Moses
2. Do you still talk to your first love? Not really
3. What was the first time you drove like? Fun
4. What was your first job? Cleaning Sister Duffins house for $15
5. What was your first car? a Honda civic
6. Who was the first person to text you today? I don't have texting on my phone
7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? James
8. Who was your first grade teacher? Mrs. Webb
9.Who was your first best friend, and do you still talk? Valerie and Yes
10.Where was your first sleepover? Valerie's house...I think
11.Where did you go on your first airplane ride? Salt Lake City. :p I was living in Washington
12. Who was the first person you talked to today? A student
13. Who's wedding were you in for the first time? My sister Shelly's I was her flower girl
14. What was the first thing that you did this morning? took a shower
15. Who was the first concert that you went to?This is kinda embarrassing but it was the backstreet boys
16. First tattoo? Panther on my shoulder
17. First piercing? My ears
18. First foreign country you have been to? Canada
19. First movie you remember seeing? If as a child then...Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
20. When was your first detention? Never had detention
21. What was the first state that you lived in? Utah
22. Who was your first roommate? Serena Vigil
23. First funeral you attended? my cousin Scott
24. Who was your first kiss? Dan
25. What is the first thing you do when you get on the computer? log in. :p then open my e-mails
I tag anyone who wants to do this. :)

Weekend News.

This weekend was a fairly bust one for us...but a lot of fun. On Sat my niece Brieanna and her husband Greg went to the Bountiful temple to do their endowments. I was so excited for them (an endowment is a sacred ordinance that is preformed in the LDS temples) and would also like to tell them I'm sorry that we didn't make it. I had an interview earlier that morning and when I showed up the lady wasn't there. So one of the workers called the CEO who tried to contact her but no one could get a hold of her...well long story short almost 1 hour after I was suppose to meet her we found her and I followed the CEO to a different location where she was at. She seemed really bugged that I didn't leave her a message that I was coming....when I did. She found it later that day. :p So by the time that was over It was already to late to make it to the temple. So I went home to a messy house to clean and a ward talent show to get ready for. James has been looking forward to this talent show for awhile. He loves playing in the ward band. So at 3 he went to the church to help set up and have a final practice with everyone. I collected some stuff I have done to display for my talent and met him over there at 5:30. Mom and Dad Armstrong also came over to watch James play. The talent show started a little after 6:30. We didn't have quite as many people participate as last year but it was still a lot of fun. we had a couple kids sing, a little girl do a gymnastics routine, quite a few kids play the piano and then some musical performances as well. The ward band played about 4 or 5 songs James accompanies 3 of those. He did a really great job...he doesn't think so but I do. :) Over all we had a really great time. We are hoping for a few more people to volunteer next year and maybe even a little more dancing with the band. :) We had a couple couples dance but not to many. Here is a couple video's of them playing....Enjoy! :)

Sunday Thoughts

For the past few Sunday's the talks in sacrament have been on Family History. This is something that I have recently discovered and have gotten a little addicted to. :) As I have listened to all of these speakers talk about their experiences with their family history and how they have seen miracles in finding people or feeling the happiness of these people that they do temple work for it makes me think of all my ancestors. It's amazing to feel that connection with them as you find out about these people and the lives that they lead. Last week I found out that my grandma had brothers and sisters. I didn't know that at all...I just assumed that she was an only child. It's really neat to find these people and to read about them. I am getting so excited to learn more and more about my ancestors and the connection I have with them.

(the picture above: The little boy is my father in law Thomas Gregg Armstrong, the elderly couple is Great Grandpa and Grandma Larsen and the lady at the top is Grandma Armstrong.) :)

Loss of a Friend

Today James found out that earlier this morning his boss Gary Wilde was found dead in the parking lot of a McDonald's. The police currently don't expect foul play. They think that because of his diabetes that he felt like he needed something to eat. But before he could get out to go get the food, he had a seizure and died. The printing division has been mourning his loss all day. James is doing well. He is really worried about the family. Gary was a great man, he was the best boss that James said he's ever had. He was always concerned about his employees..not just their work life but home life as well. James said the last time he saw Gary was when he told him about his promotion. He said that Gary was as excited as he was over this change and congratulated him quite a bit. He also told James that he hoped that this raise will help us get out of debt faster. Gary was a father to 4 girls and husband to a wonderful lady. He will be sorely missed. If you can please pray for the Wilde family. Thank You.

Great news to Cheer up any grey day.

Well These past few days James and I have been a little overwhelmed with life and just when I thought it was about to get worse...it got better. :) James was called into his supervisors office yesterday and was told that he was being promoted. :) YAY!!! He is now a journeymen on his machine. This is something we had been hoping for for a long time but honestly weren't expecting to happen at least for a few years. Last night we were talking to my friend Emily's husband and when he asked James what he did James first started to tell him that he was a Bindery Worker 2 till he stopped himself and said he was a journeymen. He looked at me with this look on his face that said something like "Wow that feels good." His new job does come with a pay raise which is always exciting too. WAY TO GO JAMES!!!

Sunday Thoughts!

Yesterday we had the chance to go on a family walk before dinner. Mom suggested the cemetery and said that it's one of her favorite places to walk. Not only because it was flat ground but also because you can really tell the history of a town by walking through it's cemetery. As we walked the kids would run from grave stone to grave stone to look at the names and dates. We all separated a little and James and I were walking with Abby and Nate We watched them as they would continue to go gravestone to grave stone. Abby would call out to us to come and look at particular ones. We found people who lived and died in Brigham City as far back as the 1800's I think the oldest we found was a woman who died in 1812. As Abby took off running up the lane to go grab he Nona and Lisa to show them the grave stone we had just gotten through looking at James told me to watch Nate for a little bit. Nate would go to the gravestones that had flags on them. He would out his hate on top of the grave stone and then kneel by the grave. James said "He really is his father son. A soldier through and through." I was reminded of the scripture "Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." (Matt. 18: 4) It was a humbling experience to watch Nate kneel at these graves of these people he never knew. But he was still paying them respect and taking a moment next to their grave, because he knew they use to be soldiers. What a great example. I think even when children grow up they continue to have a heavenly connection. Why would we not want to be humble as a little child?

When it rains it pours

Well I feel safe to post this now. :p This past week hasn't been that great. It has had some little things go wrong as well as some big things. For starters Last Friday i got really sick and was sick through out the whole weekend. Come Monday I still wasn't feeling very well so once again took another day off work. Well Tues came and I still felt horrible but didn't feel justified in taking another day off. So I got ready for work and rode in with James and his carpool. After dropping them off I headed off to work. I was sitting at a stop light when I noticed the car behind me still going very fast. I braced myself for him to slam into my car. When I looked back all I could see was his windshield and then SLAM. He rear ended me. After checking to make sure everyone was ok. I called James to let him know. The guy who hit me was in a hurray to get to work so we exchanged information and I drove back to James' work and lost it. I cant remember the last time I cried so much. I'm such a baby. :p Well James and I made quite a few calls to the guy who hit me to find out insurance info (he was in a huge hurray so I didn't get that from him) then we called the insurance companies then my father in law and then James told me that he was going to take me home to rest and get a doctors appointment. So then I had to call my boss. I felt so bad. I tried to keep it together but was still an emotional wreck and ended up losing it while talking to him. I felt really bad...I think it panicked him a bit. He was really awesome though. He told me to take as much time as I needed and get better. The rest of that day consisted of doctors appointments and sleeping. I received mild whiplash and he put me on some meds and if it gets worse well...we'll just go from there. I went back to work on Wed and for the most part things went better for the rest of the week. I'm just glad it's all over. :)

Other Blog

James and I have been trying to get out of debt for some while now. But we haven't been as serious as we should have been...Until now. To help us I have started a "debt free" blog to help us on our journey. I will be posting some pretty sensitive stuff on this blog however and would like to make it private. If you would like to see this blog please leave a comment or send me an e-mail (kabby17@yahoo.com) with your e-mail address so that I might be able to invite you. I will leave it open till March 21st then I will make it private. I hope you'll join us in our quest to become debt free. :)

Here's the link to this blog...
http://armstrongmoneymakeover.blogspot.com/

Belated Birthday

I need to apologize to Lexi for not posting this sooner. Sorry Lexi, due to sickness and other things that I'll probably post about later I was not here yesterday and wasn't around a computer with Internet. Now with that said :)... I would like to wish my niece Alexis a Very Happy Belated Birthday. :0) Being the youngest of 8 kids I was an aunt by age 3. :) Lexi and I have been great friends thought ever since I can remember. We grew up together and have shared many great, weird, sad and any other kind of experiences you can imagine. :) Lexi is the kind of person that loves everything fun and she is always up for new experiences and challenges. She makes friends where ever she goes and always makes sure that you know you are loved. She likes to read and is a HUGE movie buff. She loves her family and the time that she can spend with them. So here's to you Lexi...I hope you have a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday!

First off... Sorry Lisa this was the only picture I had. With that said. :) I would like to make this birthday post to my sister in law Lisa. (The Cheshire cat in the picture. :p) Lisa is someone that I am always learning from. She loves to read and is a very fast at it. She always has interesting facts about any time era you can imagine. She loves her niece and nephews and being around her family. She calls it her normal out let time so she can unwind. Lisa loves jokes and loves to laugh. She is a very happy person and loves to see others happy as well. So here's to you Lisa on your big day I hope it's a great one for you. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my nephew Josh's birthday. This little guy is a miracle baby in our family. My sister Shelly and her husband Nathan tried to have kids for about 18 years with no success. Then with a raise from their jobs with the state they were able to go to a doctor. After a few weeks into my mission I got a letter from Shelly and Nathan saying that they were pregnant with little Josh. This little is a mirror image of his father. :) He loves tools and big trucks he likes jeeping and hiking. He loves music and dancing. When he was little after Shelly would get him out of bed he would run into the living room and climb the chair next to the stereo. Turn it on then hit the play button on the CD player. Turning on his favorite song...bohemian rhapsody by Queen. He would sit in the chair and dance. It was so cute. To this cute little guy on his birthday. Have a good one buddy. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Video Tag

This is like the picture tag's only with video's.

Here are the official rules:
1. Go to my documents/video's
2. Go to my 6th file folder.
3. Go to my 6th video.
4. Blog about it.
5. Tag 6 people to do the same.



This is one of James' tests for Tae Kwon Do. He was asked to do a demonstration and he was really excited to do this kick. He practiced at it for a long time. He was very pleased with the out come.
I would like to tag... Katie, Nikki, Heather,Rachele, Marilyn, Erin and anyone else who would like to participate. :) Enjoy!

A 5K and Fun

Well I though that i usually post things after they happen. So to change it up a bit I thought it would be fun to post what are plans are for the next few months and into the summer. Our first really big thing is a 5K that is coming up. last year our friend Katie invited us to join her and her husband in the 10K for Peach Days in Brigham City. We accepted and have been working at it ever since. Well James' sister Nikki told us about a 5K run that Abby's school is having and asked if we would like to participate. We thought that this would be a great way to get even more prepared for the 10K so again we accepted. So that is in April. Then James and I were talking about how we want to do more hiking this year to go along with our training. Once again a plan formed to go hike Mt. Ogden as well as another mountain that I cant think of the name right now. :p We are going to do that in June..I think. We also have Jackson Hole to look forward to and many more camping trips planned out and a lot of other fun stuff. So stayed tuned in the future for these post's. :)

Sunday Thoughts.

Yesterday we taught about testimonies and how we can gain a testimony of Joesph Smith, the Book of Mormon, The Savior, etc. James gave the lesson and talked about how important it was that we know for ourselves that these things are true. He gave some examples of when we would use our testimonies in life to point out how important it was to believe in the Savior and the prophets. He drew this chart on the board to help explain some of the steps we can take to gain a testimony. After we were sitting in sacrament meeting and as I was listening to the many different people giving testimony of the things that they know to be true. It hit me just how great these things are. Not just the gospel but how we have a loving Heavenly Father that is so willing to give us this knowledge and truth. All we need to do is ask. I would like to leave my testimony in this post. I know that we have a loving Heavenly Father and that he wants us to live with him again. I know that Jesus is the Christ and that thought him we can repent and be cleansed so that we may be able to return to live with our father. I know that we have a living prophet today who leads and guides this church. I know and can testify that the Book of Mormon is true and that it can change lives. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God sent to bring the truthfulness of the gospel back to the earth. I know that Jesus lives and that he loves us. I love him so much and I know that I can never repay him for the many things he has done for me and blessed me with. But I can try. This is part of my testimony. In this world that is ever growing darker. i am thankful for the light the gospel brings. I know these things to be true. In the name of our Lord and Savior even Jesus Christ. Amen.