Random Acts of Kindness Day

February 17 was Random Acts of Kindness Day. It was a chance to look back on some random acts of kindness I've experienced over the last few months.
One evening, there was a knock on our door. When we answered it, there was a group of young women from the ward with a baby blanket in their hands for our little baby (they also gave Nichole a ride home). One side of the blanket has green owls on a blue background. On the other side it has blue owls on a green background. It's a nice big size and so soft. Thanks, young women.

Our kids have been great at entertaining Jet from time to time so I can do things like make dinner. I don't always have to ask them. They just do it.

Jr. is even able to get Jet to sleep sometimes. Bounce baby with foot while reading book. Talent.

On Random Acts of Kindness Day, we watched an episode of Random Acts on BYU TV.
After the boys went to bed, I found Nichole starting to sketch a picture of Jet.

I guess random acts of kindness revolve around baby this year.

A Few Holidays

Here are a few holidays we celebrated recently:

November 12- Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day.
Last time I got a picture of the BBQ chicken pizza. This time I got the pepperoni.

That night was also a full moon so Jr. Jr., Lucky, and I went out to celebrate and soak in some moonlight.

November 13- World Kindness Day. There were some people who were really kind to us that day.

November 17- Homemade Bread Day. Friends of ours stopped off on their way somewhere and brought us a loaf of homemade bread. I didn't get a picture. It got eaten too fast. Yumm.

Since Thanksgiving is coming up very soon, there has been some celebrating at home and at school.
You already saw that Jr. Jr. disguised his turkey as a bald eagle. He also created an art project of the Mayflower at school. Lucky showed us corn kernels that represented what he learned about pilgrims.

Jeremy made sure to wear a roast turkey hat while taking and picking up kids from buses.

Nichole and Jr. made brownies for a potluck and of course Nichole had to decorate them with a turkey.

Those are some ways we've been celebrating.

Kindness Popcorn

November 13 was World Kindness Day.  We also had Family Home Evening that day.  Nichole gave a very nice lesson about kindness including examples of how people have been kind to her at school.  Way to go school kids.  You make a positive difference.  Keep it up.

For treat, since the activity was watching Dad play a new space video game, Jr. was creative.

asteroid field popcorn with pretzel spaceships and M&M torpedoes

Christmas Eve 2016

After Jeremy hurt his arm yesterday, I knew I'd be able to LIGHTtheWORLD according to today's theme (I wish we didn't have to this way, but we do).  "Jesus cared for His loved ones and so can you."  Jeremy's limited in what he's able to do right now so some of our plans and traditions had and have to be changed a little.  Because of having a better attitude toward Christmas this year, it's not so bad.  It reminds me of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (by Dr. Seuss).  Even after the grinch stole all the Whos' toys and presents and food for their feast, Christmas still came.  It came without ribbons, it came without packages, boxes, and bags (paraphrasing here).  Jeremy told me he didn't know if he'd be able to wrap presents for me.  I told him that didn't matter.  He did manage to wrap presents by himself.  He even helped get a few things ready for dinner.  The kids all chipped in helping with dinner as well, from clearing and wiping down the table to peeling eggs and rinsing lettuce.  There was definitely service happening in our home today.
We had some visitors give us service as well.  We had a few people stop by to bring us Christmas gifts of various sorts, including a gift left on our doorstep.  It said, "Merry Christmas Telford's From the North Pole."  Thank you so much for the paperware and envelope.  It is greatly appreciated.  You know who you are.

I'm very grateful for all the kindness shown to us by so many people.  I'm very grateful for friends who came to give Jeremy a Priesthood blessing this morning, who took time away from their own Christmas Eve morning to perform that service for us.
This afternoon, Jr. Jr. got to sprinkle reindeer food out on the lawn.  He got it from school.  It had oats and glitter in it.  The package said, "Magic Reindeer Food  Sprinkle on the lawn at night, the moon will make it sparkle bright.  As Santa's reindeer fly and roam, this will guide them to your home."

We weren't able to have one of the dishes Jeremy was going to make for dinner.  Since we didn't have it for Thanksgiving, Jr. had his heart set on it for Christmas.  He had a very good attitude about it when we explained that Jeremy wasn't able to make it.  We still had plenty of food.

After dinner, Jeremy told the kids a special Jackerina (defender of the Telford family) story while I made snickerdoodles (thanks for the recipe, Kelly Quilter) so the kids could put out milk and cookies for Santa later.

Then the kids hung up our stockings by the fire and we had our last Countdown to Christmas scripture study and bore our testimonies.  Then we went around telling about ourselves for a video like we do every year. 

Then the kids got to open up presents from Grandma and Grandpa Telford (new pajamas) and put them on. 

 Aaaah!  My hair is on fire!

Then Jeremy and most of the kids went to bed while I tried to organize some music because the choir is singing in Sacrament Meeting tomorrow for Christmas and I'm the choir director.

Our 3-year old would not go to bed, so finally I went to bed for a little bit.  Eventually he went to bed and now I'm up again writing this blog post.
I told Jeremy, with his hurt arm in Sacrament Meeting tomorrow, it will be like Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.  It will be good for people to remember on Christmas who made lame beggars walk and blind men see (paraphrasing again).
Merry Christmas.

Random Acts of Kindness

It's Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 10-16 this year.
Jr. got a good start to the week.  He helped Lucky fall asleep so I was able to eat my dinner.  

What a sweet kid.
Have a great week and make sure to show lots of kindness.  I know we will.

Homemade Bread of Kindness

Today, November 17, is Homemade Bread Day.

That's what we've been eating today. 

Tuesday, November 13, was World Kindness Day and the kids showed kindness by helping me grind wheat and make bread.

I also showed kindness... and patience. 
I love my big helpers.

How's that for a bread-themed post covering two holidays?  Oh yeah.