1. Do you see this? We had our first home-teaching visit this week from our new home teachers. This is the "emergency kit" that they gave us. I was so grateful to have home teachers that seemed to really care! (they even picked out cute bags. What guys can do that?!) Those stickers are for us to track our scripture reading. He says if we read every day for two weeks they will make dinner for us. Haha! I love the scriptures. Love them.
2. Facebook. Combined with family. I love my family so much. I was feeling so down the last few weeks, and couldn't figure out what was wrong. When I got into this big fun ongoing conversation on facebook with my family, it felt like a little piece of home, and I was so comforted. I guess even when you are 26 and have been away from home for..gosh...8 years now, you still get homesick. I think that's the feeling that we get so often at this age, being alone and on our own. I love them so much.
Courtney Caldwell
WAT.....were we doing?
January 23, 2009 at 6:03pm ·
Danielle Justine Zimpel
Isn't it obvious? You are angry and ashamed because you just realized you can't spell, and everyone else reacting. Your mom's saying, "Shhut up!", Kaitlin's going "duuuh" and Shayna is extremely angry, screaming, "WHAT?!! I TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPELL BETTER THAN THAT!!!" heehee. j/k of course. I love you, Courtney!!
January 23, 2009 at 10:40pm ·
Shayna Kingon
hahaah danielle i didnt even know you wrote that! lol! oh man for some reason i can totally see us saying those things....
August 17, 2009 at 11:20pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
how do i get rid of this photo??
May 3 at 11:05pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
eewww!
May 3 at 11:05pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
SHAYNA....TAKE THESE NASTY PHOTOS OFF MY PAGE!! YUUUUCKKKK!
May 11 at 10:17pm ·
Christine Zimpel
Okay, so I need a copy of this lovely family photo for my wall at home. Where can I get a copy (tee hee).
May 12 at 12:19am ·
Shayna Kingon
oh geesh mother quit being dramatic.....if you hate it that much just detag yourself. but i am not taking it down.
May 12 at 8:54am ·
Shayna Kingon
OH its so easy to get a copy let me tell you! just right click it, hit save as...and viola! There's no telling how many people have this picture on their living room wall. Probably even perfect strangers.
May 12 at 9:01am ·
Christine Zimpel
I think there is not much point in telling your Mom to stop being dramatic. After all, drama was her major :) - Love you Cyndi!
May 12 at 9:19pm ·
Courtney Caldwell
BAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
May 13 at 1:50pm ·
Shayna Kingon
haha aunt chris you are hilarious
May 13 at 1:51pm ·
Shayna Kingon
and notice she hasn't removed her tag yet. I think she secretly loves this picture. It's her favorite one so she's trying to draw more attention to it.
May 13 at 1:51pm ·
Courtney Caldwell
So....I'm putting this picture up on my wall. lol
May 17 at 1:40pm ·
Shayna Kingon
OH good idea!! its our precious family picture, we should ALL use it for our profile picture!!!!
May 17 at 3:27pm ·
Courtney Caldwell
Omg lets do it.
May 17 at 5:40pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
Ha Ha. It is to laugh...Everybody's a comedian....
May 17 at 8:15pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
Please take that old photo down. I'll bake you cookies.....(resorting to bribary...)
May 17 at 8:16pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
I'm going to have nightmares for years....
May 17 at 8:17pm ·
Cyndi K Caldwell
I'm always under attack....even on Facebook....no respect...
May 17 at 8:19pm ·
Shayna Kingon
HAHA nice courtney :)
May 18 at 3:26pm ·
Courtney Caldwell
Thanks shayna. =] You inspire me.
May 18 at 3:26pm ·
Shayna Kingon
howcome kaitlin hasn't put it yet/? is she being the peacemaker here???????!!!!!
24 minutes ago ·
You dont have to read all that...I just had to put it up cause I loved it.
3. Good friends. The other day when I was feeling so down, someone at Church, who I NEVER expected, ,came up and put his arm around me for a second and asked how I was doing. Sincerely. I thought all he cared about was himself, and here I was, in a big slump, and that one gesture of kindness turned my whole heart around. Instead of having ill feelings towards him, I almost started crying, just from his gesture of loving kindness, I felt not so alone. So thank you!!!
4. People in the ward who have so much enthusiasm. I love it, you inspire me to become better. I also love you genuine people. I loved Tamra's lesson today. She has such a spirit of openness about her--not the kind that you see on talk shows and stuff, but she just seems like a down home, good Christian girl with simple and beautiful faith and a wonderful smile that comes from her heart and lifts those around her. You feel safe when you are around her. Thanks for being you, Tamra!!
5. Callings. I love callings, they give me something to look forward to, something to think about besides the mundane of life. And they give you an opportunity to work with and serve others. I think I would be a hermit without a calling.
6. Other women. "We need each other, oh how we need each other." (Sister Hinckley, my favorite!) It's so good we girls can all understand each other and the things that we all go through....yeah, you know what I'm talking about. I could barely move this morning, and to just be able to relate to someone today about it, well, that made me feel so good. haha! Its crazy how even the most painful experiences can make us so much more grateful for life. I felt so much more happy today, once the awful pains went away, it was like a wash of peace, a wash of love, a wash of gratitude swept over me. Yeah, men, eat that. It's great being a woman.
I could keep going but this is long enough as it is!!
Congrats, you made it to the end again! haha!
i liked this post :)
ReplyDeletei just told Tamra to come take a look haha, i'm sure you made her day a little bit better.
your family is a crack up by the way! :)
sara