I’ll Go Where You Want Me
Today I was thinking a lot about the hymns that we sing in church. There are so many inspirational messages and strength giving hymns. I was thinking about some of the hymns that have meaning to me. You can click here to hear a simple version of each hymn. I’m not linking to each one because I’m too tired!
I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go – This is a song that was sung in church the first time we came to our new ward here in Orange County. I have to admit I couldn’t sing it because I was too choked up and teary at the thought of having to move again to a new place. I was pretty upset and thought that the Lord was being unfair to keep having us move our kids and start over. I have since come to peace with the move and I have always believed that the Lord will put us where we can do the most good.
I Believe in Christ– This is my backup hymn that I play in my head whenever I get a thought or song stuck in there that I want out!
Be Still My Soul, How Great Thou Art– As a teenager at girls’ camp I had one of my best friends, Debi, with me every year. We were only in the same ward for the first year, but always requested to be together at camp. I remember one particular year we went on an overnight hike and shared a tent. We sang hymns together when the sun went down, and sang for what must have been an hour. I’m sure those around us were laughing and wishing we would stop because we were not the best singers. However there was something about singing these hymns that made our voices sound nice together and we had fun trying to remember all of the words.
As Sisters in Zion– This hymn reminds me of my first year at college. We would sing this as a Relief Society quite often and it always sounded amazing. There were so many of us, many of them talented musicians, and I remember feeling how important it was to build up the sisters around me and really started to understand what it means to be a friend. There were young women of all different backgrounds, and this is when I really started to appreciate what I could learn from each of them.
Lord I Would Follow Thee– This one is less known but I know all of the words because back in my youth we used to have a practice hymn at the beginning of Sunday School. I remember she made us sing this song for weeks and weeks because nobody was singing it loud enough or with real feeling! Now whenever I hear it I feel like I should be belting it out.
Come Thou Fount– This hymn is not in the standard Hymnal, but it is sung by the Tabernacle Choir and other Christian singers. It is Rob’s favorite hymn and we have several different versions of it on our playlist. Whenever I hear it, I not only appreciate the beauty of the music and lyrics, but also think of my sweet husband!
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When Rob and I drove to California from North Carolina we listened to the Harry Potter series on audio CD. Actually it was on MP3 ‘s. I loved the narrator of the books, Jim Dale, who does such an amazing job of giving each character their own voice without sounding silly. On this jukebox you can listen to a short sample from each book. You can also go to Random House and listen to some of the voices by playing the Guess the Voices Game. Click the purple button at the top. If you haven’t tackled the books yet, or want to hear them again, maybe you’d like to try this alternative. Especially now that the seventh and final book is about to be released!
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Paintball Shooting on July 4th
Uncle Jed pulled out his paintball gun and a huge box of paintballs on the 4th. The kids all took turns firing at the targets and they got pink paint all over the backyard. Luckily it washes up pretty well! When Owen first saw his Dad shooting his toys pink he said with a frown, “that makes me sad.” But he was ok after we explained that it washes off. Super fun activity for all of the kids, Thanks!
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Hannah and I were at the store buying some fabric for the wedding dresses I will soon be trying to make. (If I can just figure out how to lay out the pattern and get the pieces cut out!) She spotted this princess fabric and begged me to get it for her. I saw that all of the flannel on the shelf was on sale for $2.00/yard and thought it would make a nice pillowcase so I got a yard and a half. After waiting around forever to get my fabrics all measured and cut I made my way to the register to pay. On the receipt I noticed that the princess fabric was priced at $6.00/yard. I asked the cashier about it to which she helpfully responded, “Ya, sometimes people put things back in the wrong place.” Ok, thanks. She said I could give it back and she would void it from the receipt. But now it was already cut and my two year old is dying to get it home. So I bought it anyway. I figured since this pillow case jumped from costing only $3.00 to $9.00 I better make it a good one.
Hannah is also very attached to her binkies, and I had a brilliant idea- I would sew a large pocket onto the pillowcase so she can keep her binky in there during the day and have it only during bedtime. It’s a step in the right direction. I just can’t do the cold-turkey no binkies thing for her. She’ll just find one of Sabrina’s. So far it hasn’t been wildly successful, but now that we’re back home maybe it will work better. So, here it is in all it’s glory:
Hannah’s Princess Binky Pocket Pillow
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