A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

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...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...



May 12, 2010

Frustrated Robins...



We have lived in our home for 5 years. Our new lawn is about 3 to 4 years old. So the worms in the lawn, which is good, are smaller. I have found it interesting to see how many short worms, about 1 to 1 and half inch in length, are found on the cement after a rain storm.

This spring we had a couple of day-long days of rain. And of course the worms came out onto the sidewalks, and ended up drying, and gluing themselves on the cement. They even made it up and on, to the steps of our front porch.

We have had alot of Robins in our yard this year. It is a good sign of spring, along with the daffodils and tulips.

The funniest thing I have seen, are the Robins trying to get the "freeze Dried" worms off the sidewalk.

Can you imagine a bird thinking, "Look at all this free dinner, just for the picking".
And then not be able to get them off the cement...

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Poor robins! It's even worse when dad stated, "Just poor water on them and they'll pop back to life!" :( Lol!

Pendragon Inman said...

LOL poor things. hehehhee :) but would be entertaining to watch. Our robbins, on the other hand, are FAT little guys. the worms they pull out from our yard are massive and in the millions it seems.

love your kids