So, I am trying to be more consistent in my parenting. I need to me more consistent in many areas of teaching and discipline, but more urgently at this moment is consistency in potty training Cali. I think I have found something that is working......as long as I let her wear her swim suit all day, she uses the potty! I told her if she wets or poops in the swim suit, she looses it for the day! This girl LOVES TO SWIM and loves her swimming suits. So, thus far, we have only had one day last week that she lost the privilege of wearing her suit all day. Pretty good, eh? Now, lets just cross fingers and maybe by the end of summer, it will be a good habit she will have developed!!

Time Out For Women

I was able to get together with some wonderful ladies from church this past weekend and take a little road trip to San Antonio for Time Out For Women. It was a much needed weekend and I am so grateful I was able to go.

I had never been to San Antonio and let me just say, I am itching to go back! I kept thinking how fun it would be to go take my kids. There is so much to see and it is really beautiful!

We stayed on the River Walk at the Marriott, which was wonderful to be so close to the conference center! We were able to park in the parking garage at the Marriott and then just walk everywhere we needed to go.

It goes with out saying, but I will say it anyway, THE CONFERENCE WAS WONDERFUL!! The speakers made us laugh and made us cry. The music was fun and uplifting. I felt inspired as a woman and encouraged in my current stage of life. And at times was taken back and felt like a high school girl again, young and carefree and fun:-) Honestly, by the time I got home, I felt like I had been on a wonderful roller coaster ride of emotions! For the sake of time that I do not have at the moment, I just want to share a few things that sum up what I got out of the conference. I could delve in and write forever on all of my thoughts and feelings. And would if time allowed for it.

1. I learned from Sister Sherri Dew that life is never ideal for anybody, but SO WHAT!!!! Get over it and GO FORWARD keeping your eye on your eternal goals!! Don't allow yourself to be distracted. Look up and move forward and be aware of what and who you are being influenced by and how and who you are influencing others.

2. I learned from Amanda Dickson that as women our friends make us good lookin'! That it is part of keeping myself healthy and happy to reach out and have friends, be a friend. And also that I need to be a friend to myself!

3. I learned from Emily Watts the importance of traditions and the importance of catching people doing good (especially my children). I learned that it is important to develop "thick skin" and work not to be offended.

4. I learned from John Hilton, once again, the importance of looking up, looking forward to our Heavenly Father.

5. I learned from Matt Baldwin that I can pray to know what I am capable of becoming. For some reason I had never thought to pray about that before. I was reminded of the importance of trying to see all perspectives. I learned about conforming and that there are really only two basic things I need to conform to; True principles and my behaviors to my belief's. I also learned I need to get a grip on my expectations of myself.

6. From Kristine Belcher, It was confirmed to me something I have always thought; It is not that the Lord only gives us trials we can bare and he won't give us any more than that. He lets life happen and WE MUST LEARN TO DRAW STRENGTH FROM JESUS CHRIST to make it through. Sometimes, life gets very hard and we feel like we just can not do it. And it is true! We alone can not do it. But if we choose the help that is there from a loving Savior, we can.

7. Music is awesome and I enjoyed Jericho Road and Dallyn Vail Bayles immensely!!

Like I said before, there is so much more I could say about this conference. The challenge was to think about who we want to become and to choose one thing we can work on becoming. At this point, I keep feeling like my one thing to become, is FREE. That probably makes no sense to anybody but me. But, it is what it is. :-)

And now, off to the laundry! :0) And happy to do so!!!