Sorensen Bugz

Today we went to Small Bugz's cardio appointment.  He has had to go yearly for check ups since he had his surgeries.  Last year they found a spot that they wanted to keep an eye on.  This year they said that everything looks good and that there are no murmurs.  They told us to come back when he is 13!!  I may start to have withdraws from not going to so many specialist appointments for him.  I think we are now down to just the yearly check ups with the pediatrician. Last night, Small Bugz was awarded the Dragon Award.  It is a school award for kids that set a goal to work on a list of things (the goals are different for each grade).  The 4th graders had to do the standard things like not miss school more than 5 times a quarter or be tardy more than 2 times.  They also had their reading and exercise time too.  Then on top of that, they had to improve in their grades, do some power point presentations and book reports, plus do some outsi...

Tomorrow Small Bugz is giving a talk in Primary.  We were given the topic but he wanted to know why it was not on Mothers since it is Mother's Day.  He got to choose if he gave a talk or read a scripture and he chose the talk - I was shocked. Here is is talk The Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel Lead Me to Jesus Following Jesus is important because he was the only person that was worthy to return to live with Heavenly Father. If we want to return to live with Heavenly Father, we need to be more like Jesus. Even though we are not perfect, the Atonement of Christ will help us as long as we try to be like Jesus. The principles and ordinances of the gospel teach us how to follow Jesus and to be more like him. The first principle of the gospel, faith, teaches us that we should learn about Jesus, believe the things he said, and try to do them. When we learn about Jesus and his teachings, we often find things about ourselves that are not like Jesus. When we try to chan...

So I got my calling about 3 weeks ago.  Last weekend everyone was entered into the computer with their VT assignments and Monday comes and I have to make changes.  I know that the changes will need to be made but I did not think so often. Last night I pulled off a conference that I had less then 3 weeks to plan for.  I think it went well and the sisters enjoyed themselves and learned a few new things on how to be better visting teachers.  I thought that I would have my house back after taking all the items for the conference last night - no way - I brought most of it back home with me since they still have not assigned a storage closet for the new ward.  So I get to have centerpieces and plates/cups/napkins/plasticware and whatnot at my house.  I also got the great job of washing the tablecloths that we borrowed from the Stake.  You may not think that is a big deal but the tablecloths come with 2 pages worth of instructions on how to wash and dry the...

So I am the one with the new calling so far.  Big Bugz was more than happy to say that he would support me in the call as long as he is not getting one too.  I was called as Visting Teaching Coordinator.  In a brand new ward that is a lot of work at the very beginning.  I have the conference to put on in less than 3 weeks as well as work with the RS Pres. to assign all the routes.  I have had this calling before but that was back in college where everyone was in the same boat - going to school.  Now we have 1/4 of the ladies that are over 40 and most do not have kids at home anymore and then there are 1/2 that are in their 20s and either don't have kids, have a few or have tons, and then there are those that are in the middle or single.  Trying to assign people someone that will best fit their needs at this point is not an easy task.  Here's hoping I survive the next month of craziness!

Small Bugz had a book report presentation today. It was done in the fashion of a wax museum.  It is was fun to see all the kids dressed up.  Small Bugz wanted to do a sports person, but those of you that know him well, know that he is obsessed with sports.  We made him choose something different.  He did Buzz Aldrin.  He was the only one that did something related to space and about the only boy that did not do sports - there were a few that did other things - Bach and Black Beard.  I was a proud mom! Presentation Video It is hard to hear him because of how loud the class was but there was no way around that since all the kids were doing their thing at the same time.

We went to the   Western Mining Museum  while we were in Colorado.  Small Bugz had a great time learning about all the things that mining does. this is what the miners would use for their steam Then the miners were able to build bigger steam engines and this is one of them. The building was built around the wheel since it is so large.

So I re-upped for another 6 months today - told them when they are asked by Mission people that they can say I want to extend.  I had a great experience today helping a man.  I could tell he was not okay and so I asked what he needed and had to go around the counter to help him find what he wanted.  As I was seeing what he needed, he apologized for his behavior but said he was 61 and had Parkinsons disease.  He had it bad -a lot of twitching and he could not get out what he wanted to say all the time.  He was wanting to get some things for his grandchild so they could work on church things together.  You could tell that he had a great spirit about him as he was really trying to bring the Spirit unto his home with the things he was wanting to do. It is sad to see people with those type of diseases.  They are all there in their heads/minds, but they cannot get the things out that they need to get out.  I bet they are frustrated and embarrassed whe...