Remembering Them

My Mom and Dad are on my mind today....

 

Its Mom's birthday, she would have been 73, that's 11 birthdays in heaven, I think.

 

And today is the funeral of one of my Dad's dear friends....Dad and Mel were Logan (Utah) boys, a place that seems to fortify friendships like no other. City kids, but only in the 1950, Utah definition...raised on fresh air and home cooking and pioneer fortitude and the occasional adult beverage, snuck from Skanky's Market.  These guys were friends since grade school and  never missed an opportunity to get together since.  I can't imagine the trouble they're causing in heaven....(I'm pretty sure it's heaven ;))

 

 

 Birthdays in heaven always bring some sadness. But I am grateful to know that they are at peace.

 

Sister Kramer: Everything Will Be OK :)

Such a sweet email this morning....

thanks it took a while to draw that up...why on earth do you have a cat now i thought you were never going to get one? we cover st. johns and conception bay for this transfer. yeah t took some money out to get some winter stuff. not sure if i need any thing right now. how is madison and holly doing havent heard from them  in a few weeks?? 

the baptism was amazing we had only been teaching her for about 2 months. it never felt that we were teaching her or that we were getting her ready for baptism. it was the holy ghost teaching through us...when you give you whole heart, might, mind, and strength to the Lord each day you serve amazing things come about.

so during church yesterday a lady got up and talk about how she was a nurse and she sad "when a child comes into the ER with broken bones or skin that needs to be stitched up, they are in so much pain and thier parents are always with them: even thought the parents cant take away the pain and there bones need to be set and skin stitched thier parents never leave them, they stay close by the child's side to say " dont worry everything will be okay" "i am right here im not going to leave you dont worry" those parents are like our Heavenly Father we still have to go through pain but he will never leave us he is always there.

Love you,

Bailey

A Miracle, Maybe Not.

For a few days last week I watch a masterpiece being built...Superman's talents shined as he almost effortlessly built my mantle, skills learned from other masters, never forgotten...I loved watching the process. My superman is so talented. Life for those days almost felt normal....

My heart began to hope, am I witnessing a miracle?? Is he healed?? Even though I knew I was just seeing the ebb and flow of an illness, there is that little part of me that always hopes we will wake up one morning and it will all be gone....

"I didn't know you could do that?!?!"

"That's amazing!!!"

" Grant you are so talented!"

The praise and attention for my sweetheart was good, really good...Often people don't know what to say to Grant, so his beautiful mantle was a great facilitator for conversation. Attention he needs even when there is no masterpiece.

My mantle was a tender mercy, but not the beginning of miraculous healing. If I am honest, I was sad as I watched the fall the days after my masterpiece was finished.... not to scary depths, but evidence that Grant still faces an Everest.

It is discouraging when a reprieve doesn't last....{I have to believe that its because Heavenly Father has greater blessings in mind for us} ok, sometimes it down right SUCKS.... and it takes a lot of prayers and bargaining to find my hope again...

So, my mantle was not a miracle, but still evidence that even with immense challenges, we can accomplish amazing things.

 











 

Sister Kramer: Minion's Plan of Salvation :)

So this gem crawled across my newsfeed this morning and I've been smiling ever since....

 

 

Bailey's take on the Plan of Salvation / Plan of Happiness (Minion style)...

{click on the picture}

Bailey it's awesome and perfect and hilarious and so you.

 

Man I miss her!

 

Thanks for the smile.

Surviving My Scholars

So after this stellar dinner conversation the other night....
 { Me: So what are things y'all want to learn about???? Dallyn: Sex. Alex: Hitler}

My two brilliant scholars continued the conversation and Alex handed me this Newberry material.....

 

Oh. My. Heavens!!!! Where have I gone wrong???? (don't write the list, I already know...too much red Kool-Aid and Kraft dinner....not breastfed....babysat by Barney....)

 

Well I guess they just handed me my "lesson plan " for the next few days/weeks/????....

 

1. Sex....a review  and discussion of the Sexual Purity section of "For The Strength of Youth

 

2. Hitler....watch Schindler's List, research and discuss the Holocaust

 

3. Origami.....I still remember being taught how to make a paper balloon in 4th grade....they will need to teach me a few new ones.

 

4. Clarinet (my most hated instrument!!!)....the history of the woodwinds and how to read the clarinet part on a symphony score. (you are welcome Dad)

 

5. Perogie Casserole...(my epic culinary failure the family won't let me live down) how to make real perogies from scratch.

 

6. Their Phones....the history of the telephone, how to use a rotary phone and pay phone...essays entitled  "Why I will not become an entitled teenager"....the dangers of texting and driving.

 

7. Dance (not like Beyoncé)....the Waltz...the Foxtrot...the Cha Cha...all those years Mom sent us to Etiquette School (I know you can totally tell, I am the epitome of grace and elegance ) finally paying off.

 

8. Getting kick out of Walmart....??? Fill out an ACTUAL job application.

 

9. Good Jokes: Watch an afternoon of Brian Regan.   

 

10. Pinterest...First I am NOT a Pinterest junkie. (ok maybe I am)...pick an education experiment on Pinterest and do it. (as long as it doesn't involve glitter or explosives)

 

11. Splits... go out with the Sister missionaries....split firewood...

 

12. Make Babies....review of #1....watch ALL the General Conference talks I can find on sexual purity.

 

13. $100...donate $100 (that they earn by working for me) to a charity they choose.

 

14. Milk...research how milk is processed

 

Field Trips

 

1. East Hastings....take blessing bags to the soup kitchen

 

2. The Graveyard....get to know a dead relative through Ancestry.ca, find a name to take to the Temple.

 

3. McDonalds....we will take you there...so you can get a JOB!!!!

 

4. Cat shopping...did that already...find out what courses you need to take to become a cat psychologist. Become a cat psychologist.

 

 

HELP.....they are slowly plotting my next diagnosis and admittance to the nearest mental institution.  I'm seriously not meant to parent full time in any month with an R in it.

 

Nope... I'm really not surviving my scholars.

 

 

 

 

NOT Back to School

Today was supposed to be the first day of school for the youngest two Kramers....but our Teachers and provincial government are, shall we say, not getting along...so the STRIKE that started two weeks before the end of last school year, continues....

 

 

I am NOT impressed and neither are the rug rats....Like really NOT.

 

  I'm one of those selfish mothers who loves public education. Honestly I like my ME time. And I know I'd be terrible at homeschooling.  Consistency is not a strength and I have little desire to develop it. Plus, I come from a long line of public educators and I am positive my parents would haunt my house if I homeschooled. {scary thought}

We have no idea when school will open....The mediator walked out of talks last week saying, the two sides are too far apart to come together ... so the rug rats public education is on hold...

So now I am figuring out what to do to keep these two busy....letters to the Ms. Clark, novels of my choosing,  painting, and some service projects....

Wish us luck, this is the Sumer that just won't end.

Sister Kramer: Pictures!

 {Get off the cannon}

{That's too close...}



things are going well we have a baptism on saturday! :)

we are studying alot on faith right know alma 32

i have two companions right now sister m and sister d they are both from utah.

 if you could get dallyn to email that would be great! i would like to hear from the kid. and i dont think that there is anything i need right now but thanks :)

i hope everything is going well and the fireplace looks great can you send me more pictures of the house i would love to see what it looks like :) 

love you