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them choose the topic or scripture and dictate the talk to me that way it s their words their testimony and by me helping them share what they want to share i feel it validates them their knowledge and their abilities 2nd we go up to the church during the week and rehearse their talk several times with the microphone i just make it fun not like a forced you must do this kind of drill we have fun they play with the mic and sing in to it make funny sounds get all that boy stuff out of their system and then they re ready to really practice i refer to general conference speakers they ve seen and remind them of those behaviors giving them a visual for posture reverence and delivery after they ve done it a few times we go an play in the nursery it s just a fun practice trip to the church then i ll read their talks to them while they eat breakfast a couple of more times not asking them to recite it just letting them listen while i read with feeling and emphasis these are simulations when the real event happens they re comfortable and prepared they give great deliveries and receive affirmations from others that reinforces the principles of confidence and self worth it seems that almost anything can be taught through simulations and they are empowering they empower the child to overcome fears and anxieties while in a safe confined situation they build confidence and self worth provide a depth and breadth of experiences build logical processing skills and ultimately set a precedence for them to learn to practice practice practice anything they want to become better at posted by angel at 9 06 pm 3 comments monday june 22 2009 true joy comes from living priorities i love marathon training it s not about running running is just the vehicle for peace of mind solitude and inspiration this morning while running i realized that my mission in life is tied to my top three priorities 1 spiritual progression 2 physical and mental health 3 a great leadership education these are the things i most value most desire for myself and my family and what i wish to share with the world today i want to highlight a story that brings me great joy being a vehicle in changing people s lives brings me real lasting happiness way to go rachel here is rachel from hawaii she lost 50 lbs in 12 weeks she feels incredible both physically and mentally emotionally rachel loves how she feels physically and mentally on isagenix but she was having trouble with how much it cost then she took out her financial records and reviewed the money she d spent over the past couple of years trying unsuccessfully to lose weight 24 hour fitness with a personal trainer 3 times a week 3 000 00 4 000 00 she didn t lose weight 2 attempts at weight watchers 300 500 per month including the classes coaching and foods they tell you to buy she didn t lose weight then she quit her stressful job as a social worker and wanted to have her own business distributing a makeup line that start up and inventory cost her 5 000 00 and didn t go anywhere she still has product on hand that she hasn t sold after reviewing the numbers she is now celebrating how cost effective even cheap isagenix is not only is it cost effective she says the best part is it really works posted by angel at 2 22 pm no comments monday june 15 2009 not the ideal simulation last week we had a family function in las vegas the town itself is not my ideal place to live play or be however i do have memories of going to vegas on occasion as a child and driving up and down the las vegas strip marveling at the big buildings and lights and all the hustle and bustle so being the brilliant mother that i am sarcasm there you ll see i suggested to sai that we go down earlier in the day to take our boys to see the exclaibur hotel the ny ny and other great sights on the strip all i can say is big mistake we parked at the excalibur and walked through the casino not much to see except some same sex love and enough smoke to cook a pig my boys had their noses covered as we hurried through the building hoping the polution outside would not be as bad as it was inside there were a couple of statues of knights the highlight but not much else we walked out on the strip and saw the statue of liberty and then got trapped in blocks of construction half the strip was demolished and there were construction barricades tunnels that we had to walk through this is where it gets ugly we passed many soliciters who were trying to pass out cards that looked like baseball cards we just passed by them but when we got into the tunnels the ground was littered with these cards and they were inappropriate and immoral don t want to link my blog with any specific words so i hope you get the point i wanted to die there we were stuck in a bleak tunnel nothing to look at but the ground littered in these pictures shocked i told my boys look up can you see the clouds i tried to keep their eyes toward the sky as we walked and walked through this seemingly endless hell once out we were still bombarded with the soliciters as well as huge passing trucks touting billboards with topless girls in undies we determined that sai would run back and get the van and come rescue us so that we wouldn t have to go back through hell i was devastated only a mother can relate here i pray and worry daily about what my children will be faced with and exposed to in their lives and then i bring them face to face with evil i wished for a magic wand i regretted being so stupid and clueless then i realized i had to teach i noticed sikeli seeing one of the disgraceful passing trucks and i made eye contact with him and said remember what i ve said about modesty the lord wants us to respect our bodies satan wants us to show them off and have others look at them that s not okay i apologized to them for bringing them into the lion s den i told them i hadn t realized it was so filthy i asked sikeli if he felt the same spirit there as he does when we go to the temple grounds he shook his head no then i related our experience to lehi s dream saying remember the mists of darkness where people get off the path and are led away to sin this is what that means people are here thinking this is fun and entertaining and it s not it s fake it s the temptations of satan we had some discussions and i felt some sense of peace and hope we found a secluded grassy spot to play and wait for dad relieved for the refuge i fought back tears tears for my stupidity and tears for the realization that this is the world today that no matter what i do my children will walk in a world of filth one that is far different from the world i knew as a child one where blatant sin traps have replaced subtle temptations i m raising leaders priesthood leaders missionaries husbands fathers i realized that this is no small endeavor every day counts every interaction either builds and solidifies their strength character and testimony or challenges it as julie beck said mothers who know are teachers we must be because they will be taught the only question is if not by us then by who the answer the world this experience follows the recent theme in my life the need for simulations and educational experiences and added to my conviction to make every day a spiritual principle based learning experience may god be with all of us as mothers posted by angel at 5 31 am 5 comments thursday june 11 2009 simulations i i m getting serious about simulations creating teaching opportunities is so fun and more importantly effective here s what happened today i decided my knights of fiji sikeli and aisea needed to venture out on a quest of safety they had never been around the neighborhood block alone before i informed them of their quest to stay on the sidewalk go all the way around the block not cross any streets and to not go anywhere with any kids or adults i coached them on what to say if anyone should approach them esp if some adults were concerned that they were unsupervised armed with their weapons a spyglass in one hand and a stick in the other off they went just as they rounded the corner a friend appeared in our driveway in his dune buggy car the boys love to ride in this topless gas guzzler i told the friend of our quest and asked him to find the boys and tempt them to ride with him he agreed and off he went it wasn t long before he was back in my driveway noticeably solo in his buggy he told me that he had invited the boys to go for a ride he said aisea was eager but sikeli told him no we won t as the driver egged them on saying come on it will be fun sikeli shook his head and said no and then walked away eventually aisea followed his older brother i was so ecstatic that was a hard test to have someone they know invite them to do something they love doing but they passed the quest when they returned i met them at the porch and congratulated them on a job well done they earned the title of knights for their bravery and obedience posted by angel at 4 18 pm 5 comments tuesday june 9 2009 it clicked family 1 mile fun run as part of a medieval festival in other news i had one of those moments when something i had learned in the past suddenly sunk all the way in it happened at the library i was just watching my boys participate in a program and make their way about the library each attending to his own favorite section and i suddenly got it core phase leadership education by oliver demille defines phases of learning rather than grades the first phase is called core phase b c it s the development of the core of a person his her allegiance to god self others or the adversary and it roughly encompasses the ages of 0 8 in short it s character building values morals the inner compass that which guides the individual throughout life imagine the coincidence that research shows that by age 8 a person develops his her character personality and at that age we become accountable in the eyes of god as i sat observing children in the library it just hit me and just clicked kids can learn anything therefore i can spend my time drilling them on flashcards with info facts trivia etc teaching them colors letters numbers yada yada yada all the academics and they could learn it and become brainiacs or i could relax on that and focus all my energy at this period in their life on character coupled with a love of learning meaning making learning fun and just part of our family culture and at the appropriate time which is the scholar phase adolescence integrate intensive academic focus it was as if i could see in that moment the long term ramifications of each pursuit and it just clicked i noticed kids who were not in core phase there were kids at the library who said rude and mean things to other kids they didn t listen to or obey the teacher they weren t aware of others they weren t really processing the discussions rather just being herded around like cattle going here and there as dictated by the teacher and or parents and mostly in their own little worlds this question came to mind when will these behaviors change the answer they won t the kids will just get bigger i could see character or lack of it being built right there i realized that greatness forms early on i felt that honestly nothing matters more nor will bring more joy to my sons in their lives than learning to work i d rather have them in a garden than at a desk right now learning to serve i d rather have them writing thank yous to people than practicing handwriting scripts learning true principles i d rather have them reading scripture and church history books for children than dora the explorer and the like learning the classics i d rather have them singing and reciting nursery rhymes songs from plays classic fairytales then becoming familiar with the latest cartoons learning loyalty to family i d rather have them spending time with their brothers parents grandparents aunts uncles and cousins than playing with their best friend down the street while ostracizing a sibling learning to behave like gentlemen i d prefer that they know proper etiquette and understand appropriate times and places for certain behaviors than to behave as monkeys or boys just being boys in response to outsider opinions of them and of boys in general and the finale in this ah ha moments was and all of these things that i want them to know must be taught they won t just know them they won t just accidentally develop them they must be taught and in order to be taught i have to create situations better yet simulations in which they can be taught and practice each of these things wow there s a curriculum for you who has time for school with all this learning that needs to take place posted by angel at 5 14 am 2 comments monday may 18 2009 gettin cultured part 2 i was so inspired by my dad s tractor square dancing that i felt it was time to take my boys back to where it all began my dad was raised on a ranch near the beaver dam state park in nv it s been years since i ve been to the ranch and my boys have no memory of it so this past week we convinced grandpa to take us to the ranch for a few days no cell phone service no internet no traffic just nature it was an ah hah for me so many of us discuss the growing yearning desire to live more simply more healthily more happily yet we continue to live day to day in an ever increasing state of chaos and busy ness i believe this desire is part of the collective unconscious a trend occuring throughout society yet many are unaware of what they re feeling and worse yet unaware of what they can do about it so what can we do about it just get in the car and go okay it may help if you have a ranch to go to it was so freeing the peace and stillness of the ranch was conducive to a peace and stillness within me it opened the channels of inpsiration and put my children into focus as the priority over other time demanding consuming necesseties of my typical home life we stopped by the hafen ranch on our way to the mathews ranch let me just say i was overwhelmed i have known these people all my life in fact our families are currently in their 5th generation of sociality one with another however on this trip i was impressed by the thought this is what s meant by salt of the earth these people are truly that here are my boys at the hafen ranch in front of the old school house where their great grandpa mathews attended school here are some photos of a great grandpa hafen entertaining my kids as if they were his own love you people then at the mathews ranch we leared all about our grandpa s upbringing my boys had a great time thanks grandpa posted by angel at 6 01 am 5 comments monday may 11 2009 gettin cultured my dad was raised on a ranch he wears wranglers and western cut shirts everyday he wears nice boots to church he watches rfd tv never heard of it consider yourself lucky he recently retired and with lots more time on his hands he has been becoming more and more savvy with his 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