Running because I can!

Hi! Havent read your blog before and enjoyed your entry. Those kind of lessons are always good to hear. How old is your baby? I can sympathize with crying kids in church!

Thanks!

He is not really mine,mine. He is 8 months old. I do foster care and I have had him since he was 4 mths old. He is into everything.

My husband usually takes him(because I teach) but he was out scouting out his hunting spot with my dad.

We have 7 kids total so church is usually a great break for me. At least the last two hours. Sacrament is a night mare and avoided as much as possiable. How many kids do you have?

Wow, 8 months is a rough age to man handle in church (I call it baby wrestling) I have 2 kids, a 2 1/2 year old son Jax and a 7 month old daughter, Lily. Yesterday I was solo because Cody (my husband) was sick. Wow, I should have written those three hours up as cross training! I play the piano in primary so I dont usually have mine either. I dont think there was a leader that didnt take their turn bouncing Lily!

I admire you for doing foster care! Do you take all ages? How long have you done that?

I admire you even more for braving seven kids at church! I really am bewildered by my two. I think I am a coward :) Nice job!

I started doing foster care 3 years ago. I said I would not take any over the age of 8 because I did not want to replace my oldest, but that did not happen. Some how I ended up with three brothers, 10,12and 14. That was a night mare but we stuck it out and we were blessed for it. You some how grow to love them despite there issues. We had the cops over here all the time. I never felt my kids were in danger. I got pushed a few times but I also did alot of holding down and hugging. (restraining) but we can't call it that. I would neveer take oder kids again. Now I just have three little ones. They are easier but less chance of going home. The state wants us to adopt all of them. They are not related to each other in anyway so they are all separte cases.

It is crazy some times but I really do think I get angels on a daily basis to help me. I can't list the blessing we recieve either so it is worth it.

It was scary going into it.

We all know what we can handle and I handle craziness.

I can't play the piano always wanted to. My mom has spent most of her callings playing piano in primary.

I bet you have learned a lot of discipline skills and how to handle a lot of different situations. Great training for your own growing kids! What ages are they? (your own kids)

How old are the other two little ones you have? Amazing all the places our lessons in life come from. Kudos on doing something for humanity in your own sphere and Kudos for actually doing well at it!

I have taken alot of training. My peer parent training is the best. When I ever had a second I would help teach the parents how to take care of there families.

I am afraid I will still fail my kids in many ways, but we do our best to have fun, while learning as we grow.

My kids are all girls. Twins 4yrs old, 7 and 10. My foster kids are boy 8mths, girl 3yrs, and boy 3yrs we are addopting him as soon as we have a court date.

Well my workout and running is a huge out let for me. I am a diffrent person and a much better mother when I get my workout. I acually try to get every family I work with a gym or rec pass through the state and really push physical activity. It never happens. it is interesting to me that all the family's I have worked with have no physical activity what so ever in there lives. It makes you wonder.

O the stories I could tell of what situations I have been in and seen. Some very scary but all good lessons.

Any one could do what I do if they were asked.