Super Angie...little dancer

Tanith's Dance Pictures, taken by http://karihenneferphotography.blogspot.com/

Super Angie... family

So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time.

Super Angie...the Lord is guiding

As I recall the past several months, I have seen how the Lord has been preparing me for this. I can see how he has encouraged me to do away with certain things in my life--habits, friendships, jobs etc. I have also seen how he has given our family new things to focus on, new goals, new things to protect within our family unit. I made the resolution that 2010 would be LESS DRAMA AND LESS STRESS. I have had some question that, thinking I'm adding to the drama and adding to the stress. I have had people question my motives and question my integrity. I have received some pretty harsh emails.

On Wednesday, January 6th, the spirit told me to homeschool. This was BEFORE anything problems errupted at Dallin and Brennan's school. This is before all the emotions. This was before I was even home from Seattle. The Spirit made it pretty clear that I needed to pull my kids from ALA and Homeschool.


I'm not perfect. I didn't listen to the spirit right that second. Instead I watched as events happened over the next several days. I prayed. I pondered. I prayed some more. I talked to some people, tried to talk to others, and got shunned by others. It was an interesting weekend to say the least. I told someone I felt peace, and it was mis-understood to mean that I was okay with everything at the school--I wasn't. I went to church and again, the spirit told me to have faith and home school. It was so clear to me that this is what I needed to do.

And so, Monday January 11th was Dallin and Brennan's last day at school. Tuesday January 12th, my mom's birthday, I began homeschooling my kids.

Nephi was told to get the plates. He wasn't told HOW to do it, but rather, just to go to town with Faith and that the lord would prepare a way. And guess what, the Lord prepared a way and he was able to get the plates. But FIRST, he had to have faith.

I'm going forward with faith and I wish others could just respect that instead of question it. I wish others could understand that my family has changed in the past several weeks.

Together with all the new goals our family has developed, the ways our views have changed, this is just a perfect fit for our family. Homeschooling is working out fantastic. Its a huge blessing to our lives.

2010 and 2011 are very important years to our family.

Super Angie...brown bear

Growing up, I had a teddy bear my grandma gave me that I fondly named Brown Bear. There was a gas station in Redmond called "Brown Bear" that my mom and I would go to, to get her car washed, and of course I would always take my brown bear to Brown Bear. It was just the thing we did.

Driving past it this December while visiting Seattle, I saw that they have these FABULOUS bear statues out front--just perfect for my boys. They LOVED it!

--Super Angie

Super Angie... GOALØ

Rick and I were asked to be on the GOALØ Elite team. We are both so excited for this opportunity. When I got my skull cap, I added my trusty flower to make it ultra girly! :)

What I like about GOALØ is the spirit of Adventure. I get inspired daily when I visit their Face Book page and over the last few months, my view on life has changed because of it. I have met some wonderful people as well.

2010 is shaping up to be a fabulous year, full of adventures and lots of NEW things.

GET OUT THERE!
--Super Angie

Super Angie...my big girl

Tanith is now old enough to to go to Gym Rompers class all by herself. She is no longer in the Mom and Tot class. I was so sad the day I took her. I was nervous she wouldn't want to go without me. And I was nervous I wouldn't want her to go without me. I have really treasured our time going to this class since she was 18 months old. But to my surprise, she was TOTALLY FINE. She already knows Miss Jodi real well, so she just went straight to her. And then Jodi got one of the older girls in the class to be Tan's buddy and off they went. She only looked back once--with a big smile on her face.

My baby is growing up!!

--Super Angie

Super Angie...puppet shows

Not a big event, but just something small and simple. My kids got these fancy erasers, and decided put on a puppet show. I honestly have no idea what it was about, but it was so cute to see them being together, as brothers--so kind and fun.

--Super Angie

Super Angie...worldly

I love traveling the globe. I love cultures and people. I love folk dancing and costumes. Here are some of my favorite pics of my kids wearing costumes from other countries. The Russian one is brand new and was taken today.

Super Angie...Family dinner

We met Jeff and Laura at Crossroads mall and enjoyed a great dinner and a great visit!

Super Angie..Seattle Zoo

I forgot to blog a few of my Seattle adventures, so forgive me for having them out of order.

FB has blessed my life so much. I have been able to re-connect and get to know people better. One person I have been missing since Jr. High was my good friend Lisa. So...we picked her up and went to the zoo together. LOVE YOU AUNTIE LISA!













Love ya Lisa!!

--Super Angie

Super Angie...private property

So, why am I making my blog private?

I'm doing this because Rick's ex-wife is bugging the crap out of me. She comes on to my blog frequently and snops and then makes sometimes snide comments to Rick about it. So I'm tired of that and have made it private.

WELCOME ALL! 2010 is gonna be a WONDERFUL YEAR!

Super Angie...WELCOME HOME!

We welcomed Rick home from Kilimanjaro with signs at the airport.

We each took turns making the signs...everyone worked really hard.


It was WONDERFUL seeing Rick again. He had a wonderful experience and we all enjoyed his slide show that night. He brought me this necklace from the Masai tribe he visited.

To see Rick's pictures, visit his online album.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Charles.Miske/Kili2010#