Signs of the Times

I have been reading 50 Signs of the Times and the Second Coming by David J. Ridges. This book is right on with almost everything that is going on in this crazy world. Right now I want, need to talk about the things that have been happening in our little world that to me are signs of the time. This past year of our life has been total hell! Things have happened that we thought we would never have to worry about or deal with. Anyway back to the book, it talks about how these things are signs of the times. The first time I read this book was a little over a year ago and I thought to myself, "Our families are so strong in the church, we will never have to worry about this stuff ever happening to us, we will make threw with no problems at all." Maybe its my fault for thinking that!

Signs in our personal life.
There will be much of despair, depression, gloom and doom and emotional instability. It go on to say that, the phrase "men's hearts failing" refers to giving up hope, having no more courage, having no faith ect.

I don't think there is a day that goes by that I don't stop and think about all the crap that has happened this last year and almost start to cry. Its very easy just to give hope and start to question your faith when you see good people make stupid choices that are hurting so many people.

There will be extraordinarily widespread selfishness and lack of caring for others.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

I have so much I could write here, but I'm really not out to hurt feeling, they have been hurt enough.

Sexual Immorality
2 Timothy 3:6
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

The Family: A Proclamation to the World

"We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets."

In conclusion, D&C 42:23
23 And he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her shall deny the faith , and shall not have the Spirit; and if he repents not he shall be cast out.

These are just the points of the book that we are dealing with first hand in our little world. Here are so many other signs in the book that are happening as well.

I hope that someday our Jenks family will be able to be happy again, it is so hard to try and explain divorce to a three year old. All she know is that Grandma cry's all the time and that she never sees Grandpa anymore. I pray that someday Todd will be able to forgive his dad for things that have been said and done, and I hope that he will be aloud to have a relationship with him again. So much damage has been done that I doubt things will every be good between them again, we are truly having a trial of our faith.

Fun Filled Weekend!!

We had a great weekend, Busy but great. On Saturday morning we ran some errands, we had to stop by the sand dunes and dump some sand. While Todd was unloading the sand Kadee and I ran up the sand dunes, man! I have not played on the sand dunes since I was in Jr high and I have go to say that we had a lot of fun, what a work out it was to clime the up the sand dunes over and over again. I wish I would have had my camera with me to have taken some picture of Kadee running and jumping in the sand. I think that it is something we need to do more often, its great fun and the best thing about it is its FREE FUN!! Something you don't find very often in this day in age. After the sand dunes we went to Wal-mart to see if we could find a swing set for the kids. We got a refund check in the mail from over paying on our home owners insurance last year and we thought it would be nice to spend it on something fun for the kids, not very often that we get to spoil them. Don't get me wrong, they are very very spoiled! After we went to both Wal-marts in town we finally found the one we want it. We mad a few more stops and then finally made it home.

Kadee was so anxious for Todd to put her swing set together and I was anxious to get my garden planted. I love gardening, last year I planted a garden but I let it go to pot because I was pregnant and didn't have the energy to weed it. But this year I am eager to plant my own veggies to eat a can.

When the swing set was done we had a hard time getting Kadee off of it. We also bought a baby swing for Rylan. He loves it as well.

This year in our garden we planted:

4 tomatoes
4 green peppers

2 cucumber

2 pumpkins

1 yellow squash

1 zucchini

10 potatoes (I grew up on a potato farm and had to call my dad and ask him how to plant then, this is my first time ever planting potatoes in my garden, how sad am I)

corn

pole and bush bean (I had the space so why not)

and more peas! Earlier this month I planted onions, carrots, radishes and peas. I am happy to say that I already have peas and radishes coming up. Please don't judge us on our yard it really is coming along way. When I bought my house I did it in the winter time not knowing what they back yard looked like because it was covered in snow. Lets just say the the people who owned the house before us used the back yard as a garbage dumb, so really it is starting to come around.

On Sunday, we had Forrest and Jessica over for dinner. We had fun throwing around the soft ball and the kids had a fun playing on the swing set.

On Sunday night when we were getting ready to go to bed, I was making the rounds checking on the kids one last time and when I went into Rylans room I was very shocked to see how he was sleeping. The poor little boys legs were stuck between the bars on his crib. I had to lift his legs up to get then out, they were stuck and he slept through it all!

Mothers

I know I am a little late to post about mothers day but I still wanted to let my mom and my mother in-law know how much we love them! I have been so blessed to have two great moms when so many people don't even have one!

Mom, you are the best! Thank you so much for making everything possible for us kid. Thanks for always being there for me even when I didn't want you to be! You have always been such a great example for us. Thanks for always taking my phone calls even though I am sure sometimes you don't want to :) Thanks for all you do for us! We love you so much Grammy!

Mom Jenks, How lucky am I to have you as a mother in law! You are a great lady! Thank you so much for sacrificing everything you did through the years to make sure your kids were always taken care of. Thank you so much for trying as hard as you did to try and keep your family together, thanks for teaching your kids to stand up for what is right. We love you so much and hope that someday you will find true happiness!

To my own kids, I love you so much!!! Kadee and Rylan I love being your mom, Kadee I love all the silly songs you sing and the story's you tell. Rylan I love the way you smile at me every time you see me. I love the joy you bring to my life everyday. You kids are truly what keeps me going when life get hard! I am so grateful to know that family's can be together forever and to know that I will always have you kids!

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

Rylan 8 months

I am so horrible at posting these days. Any who, Rylan turned 8 months on April 28th. I don't know how much he weights or how tall he is. What I can tell you is that he is not very chubby but has a chubby face, he is very long in the fact that his pajamas are 12 months now just for the length. He is a very happy boy, loves his sister and is turning into a mommas boy, which is driving me nuts! He has two teeth now, sits up by himself and will roll all over the house. We love him so much!!