New Moon

So I have started to read this book because I loved the Twilight movie and this movie is out in November. This book has 563 pages YIPES this would have to be the longest book I have ever read (that's if I finish it). My friend Bex and I started at the same time and she has finished it already. I am on page 189 and so far the reading has been OK. I'm enjoying it more so because I can visualise the characters. I have also come across three words that I have never heard of before they are:

1. rhetorical
2. nonchalance
3. masochistic

Well I hope I can finish it before November watch the space...............................

Sunday Moments

Like most Sundays I'm always the first to get up and I'm always the person who is yelling "we leave in 5 minutes" I always wonder to myself what would happen if I didn't get up and just waited?................... No I won't try it cause I know we would not get to church.

I love fasting Sundays because I get to hear peoples testimonies and they always make me feel happy and warm inside and it always helps to strengthen my own.

Today Ben handed out the sacrament and his face was glowing with excitement he had the biggest smile on his face. As I watched from the stand I was so proud of him and a few tears escaped my eyes. Awesome Ben!!!

This of course filled my heart with the spirit that I needed to bear my testimony. I have a testimony of prayer. Seven years ago when Dave and I joined the church my main prayer was to have Stacey and Ben join the church and live with me again. After joining the church I had this notion my prayer would be answered immediately of course it didn't happen and for awhile I did have some doubts. However I continued to pray and have faith that Heavenly Father would answer me when the time was right. What a wonderful blessing that seven years on not only is Stacey and Ben living with/near me and in the church but I have Nicholas and Kate also growing up in the gospel. I am grateful for my Heavenly Father and for our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Primary is always challenging/fun place to be. 4 years as the music leader and still these children amaze me. This years presentation will be awesome I have soloists and this month I'm teaching them the harmony for Families can be together forever. The Valiant's have already mastered the parts and the juniors, I am very confident that by week three they'll have it mastered as well.

I went visiting after church to Mosgiel, to take Baby Eden some of Kate clothes that she no longer needs. Nicholas and Kate accompanied me and both children loved playing with Eden and I got to have cuddles til at such time Eden needed a change (number 2's). Bye to them hello Jenkins family but alas not home. So lets visit the Amende family yeah they're home, quick visit and home to Dave who was baking yummy cookies.

I do love Sundays its the best day ever.

PS Farm town is doing well now that I can plant pumpkins which take 4 days to harvest so hopefully more blogging

Long time no blog

Well I have been rather slack this month or should I say I was introduced to Farm Town on facebook and I've become rather attached to it. Which mean't something had to miss out hence the no blogging. So I had better give a quick overview on the Finnie/Boys family.

My trip to Palmerston North was good and bad:

Good Points:

• Having my brother travel with me
• My brother owns a GPS
• Spending time with my sister and her husband and neices
• Seeing dad
• Catching up with cousins after 30 years
• Singing at my aunty funeral
• My brother again, I so love him, he waited with me for 3hours in Chch airport before my flight home.
• Getting home

Bad Points:

• The price!!!!!!!
• Carrying Kate around the airport for hours
• Booking the wrong flight for my brother which mean't I had to wait 3hours in Wellington airport.
• Kate discovered the toilet brush at my aunty house YUCK!!!!!!
• Late night visitors who woke us up at the motel (he knew my brother and me when I was 5 years old) I couldn't remember him.
• Drunk people
• Leaving Palmerston North to late
• Which mean't leaving my car keys and wallet in the rental car in Wellington.
• No money/angry husband.

Overall the trip was worth it despite the odd "hick up"

School holidays came and went. I must admit school holidays are my least favourite times because it means even less sleep for me and I struggle trying to keep Nicholas entertain. However we did go on a couple of ventures with the Kate and the girls at the museum which was fun and we went to see Madagasca live on stage. However most of the time because I worked extra shift we just stayed at home.

One day I feel asleep on the couch and Nicholas was watching a movie Kate was having her nap. Nicholas made him and I some lunch it was so nice. He made us a marmite sandwhich and a glass of water. He whispered in my ear "mum I made you some lunch" Later on that day I asked Nicholas to bring me one of his reading books to read to me. The title was Mums new job, a story about a mum who works hard and the child felt like his mum didn't spend much time with him. His aunty suggested he should help his mum out so one day when she was asleep on the couch this little boy made his mum some lunch.........

On the Ben front he has the Aaronic Priesthood now and so this Sunday he is going to partaking in the sacrament which I'm pretty excited about. We had a rough week there where our communication skills let us down thus Ben had to be grounded. Its hard bringing up teenages give me a baby anyday. Ben's girlfriend in Timaru worries me +++ I have read a couple of her letters to Ben (he knows I read them) and seen a couple of text messages and she scares me. What to do??????

Last Friday Dave, Craig, Kate and myself went to the Larnach Castle Ball. It was so much fun we got dressed up in Victorian era and danced the night away. I really enjoyed it even if we had to cue for our supper for 30 minutes and still I'm waiting for that non alcoholic punch which was advertised.

Alison came back from her holiday and its great to have her back. I really missed her and now I'm looking for another course for her to do next year so she can come back.

Kate is growing fast and a very independant young lady who loves playing copy me. She does all these actions (hands on head, touch her toes, lay down etc) and we copy her. I finally got a placement at the hospital daycare centre its taken 16months and so she starts on Monday. We went for a visit on Friday and she loved it. I sat at the back of the room and observed and she never once looked for me and although I was sad that she didn't miss me or looked for me, I feel relieved that she will be fine at daycare.

As for me not only was I introduced to farmtown but my friend Bec introduced me to the movie Twilight and well what can I say except AWESOME!!! bring on the next movie. Yesterday i went and bought the book to read and so I have 4 month to read the book before the movie screens. It's going to be a challenge but everyone I've talked to say the books are great and easy to read.

On Thursday a group of us went to Harry Potter movie the company was awesome but the movie for me was disappointing there seem to be alot of scene changes which at times didn't link up and the whole teenage discovering there love life was chessy. I fell asleep at one stage and I just felt it lacked action. I really felt dissatisfied oh well never mind next movie hopefully will be better. Who claps at the movies????? (people did).

But wait theres more I haven't talked about Dave. Well Dave is busy at work and has a new crazy with his fitness he's taken up swimming 2-3 times a week. He has also finished his first paper towards his degree and managed to score an A+ which he is happy about. (So he should score big he's a geck).

So 20 days gone since my last blog and hopefully I wont leave it too long before I blog again................

It's Ridiculous!!!!!!

Last week my aunt from my dad side passed away and as she was someone special I knew I had to go to the funeral. I also found out that my other siblings and dad were also attending. My aunt lives in Palmerston North which meant a plane trip. So on the net I go to book some flights for Kate and myself. Oh my gosh to fly from Dunedin to Palmerston North return was going to cost $700 via Air New Zealand, I couldn't believe it, how can they justify that price. I searched and searched and final the cheapest way for me to get there would be to fly to Wellington and hire a car and drive to Palmy. I booked my flights through Pacific Blue and so all up with car hire $390. I still felt it was pricey but it was best I could do. I found out that my youngest brother spent over $700 to get there totally ripped off. I don't understand why it is so expensive to fly in your own country but way cheaper to fly to Australia it seems ridiculous!!!!!