Happy Times.

There are many types of days,
Happy, sad, amazing, and,
No matter the type, we always have,
A chance to change our opinion.

So lets stand up. And remember, the happy times.

These are just some happy memories!

Baby Joy Babies Joy.

Today we went to the baby blessing of baby Joy. I really enjoyed the Bates ward. They had a ton of kids. And when I say a ton I mean it! But I really enjoyed there Young Women and felt welcomed at once. Right when I walked in they said "Hi Cassias Cousin!". And even though Cassia and I aren't really cousins I still felt cared for and welcomed.

For Sunday School we had a great lesson where people participated. We read scriptures and applied everything to our own life's. Then at Young Womens one of the girls taught and everyone participated and listened and we had a quite enjoyable lesson.

After words we went to the Bates' house for some delicious food and catching up on peoples life's. It was quite a fun day.

I also emailed Kyle this poem that I thought I should share: (You can also view it on the poem blog [see link above]):

The Last and Final Battle

Based on C. S. Lewis' book: The Last Battle 

Swords are clashing,
Shields are Smashing,
Soiders in a war.

Giants and Dwarfsa,
And Unicorns!
By the Stable door.

The world was smashed
By Aslan not Tash,
For good can always defeat evil.

It was darkness and blackness,
And complete not and emptiness,
Absent of life and people.

They went through the door then Aslan appeared,
But in the beauty of now, the Dwarfs still quite feared,
The Dwarfs for the Dwarfs they said they must.

They were still dark and blind,
Need of changing their mind,
For they lacked faith and trust.

In Battles in the Latter days,
We too are fighting in a haze,
A sword of truth and light.

A shield of strength
A Helmet of Faith,
A Battle for the right.

Lets all start, the chapter one
And have our daily battles won.
For whenever we are Obstinate,

We are giving-in to wrong
Not making life a happy song
And taking sides with Shift!

Lets all instead be kings and queens,

Searching for the righteous things

-Dassia

-Snickerdoodle

 

-Dassia :D

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Acting time is here again! This time we will not be doing a Shakespeare play. WE are doing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" A play about Ichabod Crane who is scared of everything! He falls in love with Katrina who is pretending to like him to make Brom (the man she really likes) to be more interested in her. Each nigh Ichabod stays at a different families home (he is the school master) and they each tell him a different story. On the last night he is in sleepy hollow there is a Halloween party where they tell the tale of the headless horseman. Katrina tells him her true feelings for him and Ichabod storms out. He runs into the headless horseman and they race Ichabod is never seen again. (except in our play to make it less scary Ichabod comes back on -after everyone leaves- hand in hand with Gracie [my daughter in the play] and then the curtains close). Sound like a hilarious play? Well it will be! There will be lot's of music (I'm not kidding most of the lines are put to music) and the music will be all of the tunes you know: Oklahoma, Follow the Prophet, Cups-You're Gonna Miss Me, If I Were a Rich Man, and more.

This year acting is the exact same time at choir in the exact same spot! SO we will be switching back and forth between the two. We missed it this week (I heard it was good) Because of Great Grandma Rodgers Funeral. It was sweet, everyone of her children said something about her and everyone of them said "service". She was always serving others, and she always always had hot cinnamon rolls to give to strangers, family and friends.

When I was just a little girl I was misbehaving in church. Mom was outside in the foyer with me along with Grandma. Grandma took me on her lap and said "Megan it's time for me to teach you how to sit like a lady." Right then and there she did. And I listened to her and sat like a lady the rest of the day. That's the kind of person Grandma was.

(I don't know the exact number but I'm close) She had 8 children, 45 grandchildren, 130 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren, and she could remember all of our names the year 2011. She was amazing and loved her family most of all.

Read 1 Nephi 1:1 and write down all the ways you are like Nephi.
-Dassia

Back to Blogging!

I have not been on this blog for a while. But this week as I was learning about Journalism I decided to come back and as Nephi says "I make a record of my proceedings in my days." And also to record what I learn and how I can apply it to my life.

So this week was a busy yet fun one. We celebrated the much awaited birthday of the twins; Clay and Cami who are both now 10 years old! It really does make me feel old as they get older and my friends get older (one is turning 16 this week!!!) I can't believe how the time fly's.

On Tuesday we went to boondocks (since the twins got in free we decided to go) It was really fun. I enjoy doing things like that because I think it brings us together as a family. As were having fun and playing with each other (and trying to beat each other in the go carts) we learn more about each other.

This week I made a discovery that didn't please me very much but got me thinking. The discovery was: "I'm less grouchy (for lack of better word) when I spend time with my family." And by time I don't mean a little time I mean "stuck in the house with them, quarantine" time :) I was much less rude, offended, grouchy, and just plain mean. I spent time with each of my siblings individually and got to know more about them:

Dude: While walking on the paper route together Dude and I talked about what he enjoyed what he thought about being 12, what he liked and disliked about Vanguard. I listened to him (even when I was really tired and could barely keep my eyes open) and I learned a lot from him. He is really a wise person.

Chip: I was sitting in the basement; waiting for a chance to go see my friends when who came down the stairs but Chip :) I had always gotten along with Chip but we weren't really close as a brother and sister should be so I had him come sit by me and we started to talk. It started out with me asking him math questions (I had never been good at math but he is and he likes it..most of the time) Then in return he would ask me math questions. We went on like this until he wanted to know what time it was and then he asked me and I told him and then he continued to tell me why he needed a watch so much more then Dude (who just got a new watch). He continued to talk about that until he noticed the fight going on outside (between a bee many wasps, a yellow jacket and a fly over some honey) as I listened to him tell me about this I learned how observant he is and how much he enjoys nature.

Chipper: Okay, I will tell you the truth here: Chipper and I have almost never gotten along. We (as sisters) were always fighting and always telling each other who was right and who was wrong. But this week as I have tried to understand her we've become better friends. I must say we still have a long way to go but we have been improving. And I have enjoyed getting to know her better.

Tookie: More and more often I have been sitting down with Tookie and reading her stories or talking to her about butterflies or singing her a song. We have definitely become closer. She even was snuggling with me today and when mom asked her who she wanted to snuggle with she said "No, I [want] Meggie" It was cute.

B boy: (who I don't even have a picture of that how long it's been) and I have gotten along since the start and today he even gave me a kiss :) He is the cutest Ginger I have ever seen and I will have to get a picture of him soon.

Parents: I'm still not sure how well I've been dong on this but I have been trying not to complain AT ALL! I have been trying to honer my parents and think of others before myself. I have been trying to show my parents how much I love them and show them how much I care.


This is a really long post and I have to go to bed so I will try to write more later. If you could please comment on this so I can know who is reading this blog (that is mostly for me so it will be a shock if anyone does read it).
-Dassia

Play, Piano, Park

   This morning we went to the Bate's stake center to practice the play. (We probably won't end-up having it there but we practiced there anyway) We went through the whole thing twice! And it was amazing! So you should all come because I of course will be amazing and you should all come to see me, the star of the show :) JK! But it will be amazing and you should come see it.
   After the play we hurried over to the Petersons for piano lessons. Their house is really random :). They brake out randomly into song, in the EXACT same place... which can be kind of freaky :) Anyway we practised the end of "Church Song" and started learning and new blues song... Which will be very difficult yet very fun. At piano we helped Chloe and Anna get ready for Yw's. And on the way home me and Cassia imagined the perfect day at the park. Today. With some arbys and then laying out eating food in the shade. And then a fun time at the park.
   Then lo and behold! We got home where the mom's were talking and told them of our plan. Sister Bate's said "that sounds like fun!" And mom agreed. So off we went to arbys and the park were we saw Cassias favorite marshmallow trees!!! We took pictures, here are some of them:

They are so poofy! 

It was really fun and I even got to push a whole bunch of kid's on the marry-go-round for my daily act of service which was fun. One kid even called me "amazing"

It was a great day!!!!

Ps I wrote a poem about it view: "poems" above to read it!!

Fun and excitment.

Okay so yesterday we practiced the play in the stage in Farmington (where we had to move it to) It's was so hot! We were all dieing and It was not that good but later I went to young women's with Cassia and we did a service hunt. Which was really fun. And then after that we went back to her house and danced in the rainstorm and then we went to save the "Vole" A creature the Bates found in there window well:

It was so cute!!



Anyway when we came back there was a beautiful rainbow! You could see all the colors and it was a full half circle! It was so cool!! After that we had to go home but it was a beautiful day!

Then today we practiced the last scene played who would win and then watched the movie "comedy of errors" in which all the girls were VERY immodest. But the last scene we did was SO GOOD! Which is good because tomorrow is our performance! It will be very fun were all so excited.

That's all!

New goals!

Today I made a new goal. That goal was to he more like my closest friend: Cassia. She is a wonderful example to me. Here are some if the traits she has that I want to work on:

• Noticing others Cassia always try's to include everyone no mater how strange or different.

• Caring She is a very caring person, and even when she's frustrated she is still calm caring and quiet.

• Loving Cassia is loving in a very quiet way. From across the room you can tell she loves you and cares about who you are.

• Perfect Cassia likes to have things perfect. Because of this she works slowly really thinking about what she's doing and how to do it the best.

These are just a few quality's she has. When I have mastered these as best I can then I will add a few more. So that slowly I can become more like her!

-Dassia