Psalms 56:4

 "In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my ^atrust; I will not ^bfear what flesh can do unto me."

I was thinking the other night about all the madness in the world. The bombings, the shootings, etc. I keep seeing people say how scared they are now because of how far gone this world is. But when I think about it, we were told in the scriptures to fear God, not man. What are we doing? We're fearing man rather than trusting in God. In the Bible Dictionary under fear it says, "Sin destroys that feeling of confidence God’s child should feel in a loving Father and produces instead a feeling of shame and guilt. Ever since the Fall God has been teaching men not to fear, but with penitence to ask forgiveness in full confidence of receiving it." While the focus of that is on sinning, I think it applies to more than that. I think in general fearing anything causes us to lose confidence in our Heavenly Father's plan. Sure, all the stuff that's been going on is scary and I understand how none of us want that to happen to us and we feel bad for those affected by it. However, I don't think we need to dwell on it and be afraid of living life. Whatever happens happens. As long as we trust in God and are living righteously we'll be okay. So in my mind that means there is no reason to fear. We just need to have faith. Unfortunately, things are only going to get worse. Worrying about what's happened won't help us progress, fear will only hold us back.

I didn't explain that as well as I wanted to but it was hard to translate my thoughts. Oh well, I hope it made sense. If not, it makes sense to me!

Chicken Casserole

I loooove this stuff so I'm going to share it!

• cubed chicken
• 1 can cream of chicken
• 1 cup cheese (I use cheddar or mozzarella)
• 1/2 cup mayo
• 1 Tbs lemon juice
• 2 tubes refrigerated biscuits
• melted butter
• seasoned bread crumbs/stuffing mix

Mix the first 5 ingredients until cheese is melted. Then pour into casserole dish. Then dip each biscuit in butter then bread crumbs and place on top. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

I've been thinking...

I've been thinking about blogging...I just haven't done it until today :) I haven't really had a lot of time and I haven't had much I felt like talking about. My blog is like me in person: if I don't have anything to say, I keep quiet. Last week we took a last minute trip to Battle Mountain, NV. Rick had to drop something off for work so it was just there and back but I figured Jade and I could use some fresh scenery. Plus it was nice practice for our long roadtrip to IA and MI in August! The good thing is, Jade will be a little older by then...or is that a good thing? Haha. She mostly slept which is probably why she didn't sleep too well once we got home. Oh well, such is life. Speaking of sleeping, she's been doing well. She slept through the night once last week -- the first time! Other than that miraculous night she's back to her normal sleeping habits of waking up once after about 7-8 hours. I can handle that :) The other night I heard her fussing so I figured she was hungry. I went into her room to discover that she was still sleeping but she was trying to roll over in her sleep which is why she was fussing. Silly girl, if you don't want to roll over, don't do it! She woke up around 4:45 this morning so I went to her room and found that she had turned sideways, rolled over, and had a leg sticking out of the crib. I fed her and put her back to sleep. When she woke up for good at around 8:30 she had rotated sideways again. What a silly girl!

Here's something else I've been thinking about: family history. I started doing some work on www.familysearch.org and I've come across a troubling situation. I think about it every day...I have a relative I'm stuck on! His name is Albert Seeley and he is my Great Great Grandfather. We know who he was married to and we know who his children are. We also know when and where he was born. As for his parents...all I know is his dad is from Scotland and his mother is from England. You would think I could find a birth record of Albert that would have them listed but no...there is nothing. There isn't even a census that has them together! The only census Albert is on is with his wife and that's how I know where his parents are from. Where do you go from there?? Why is there no record?? Has it just not been indexed yet? I guess I better start indexing again if that's the case (good thing I LOVE it!). All I can really do is pray and be patient and hope that someone with more knowledge of stuff like this can help me out!

4 Months!

Jade is 4 months already! Time definitely flies! She is just shy of 13 lbs and is 25 inches long (in the 78th percentile)! She gained about 3 lbs since last month which means she jumped from the 13th percentile to the 34th in weight :) YAY! She's growing! I wasn't too thrilled about having to switch to formula (mainly because it isn't free haha) but it's been so wonderful ever since I've switched. She's so much happier and she's gaining weight. I don't know how I put up with such a fussy baby for so long and it honestly makes me feel bad for basically starving her :( But all is well now and that's all that matters! She was sleeping really well but lately it's been rough...I'm going to blame it on teething because I honestly don't know what else it could be. I just stopped swaddling her since she can roll over now but she started sleep regression before that so the tooth it is! Her pediatrician said she's ahead of the game since she's already got a tooth breaking through but I've heard lots of moms who had early teethers so I wasn't too surprised when I noticed a tooth (I was surprised how close it was to breaking through when I noticed it though haha). She's lost a lot of hair too which could either be from cradle cap or her head growing...or both...but it looks like it's starting to grow back so that's good. She's cute either way though :)

I think that's about it for the updates...I'll eventually post the pictures on my camera from the Jazz game...maybe I'll go do that now...

I haven't quit yet!

I know it's been a few days but I haven't given up on blogging yet! I've just been busy and haven't had much to say anyway. Rick's family all got together for Easter weekend and that kept us busy. Jade is getting more active each day and I love it! I love that she can entertain herself for good chunks of time and now that she's getting enough to eat she's napping a lot :) She's finally getting the hang of rolling over but she usually screams the whole time, silly girl. Every now and then she sits up on her own too! I'm excited for her 4 month appointment on Monday so I can see how much she really has grown! This weekend is General Conference which is always exciting. It will be interesting with a baby -- she's so distracting haha. Oh, and the Jazz game with Briana was really fun!! She lost though :( It was completely chance how they picked the winner. They each picked a number and then one by one they would eliminate a number. She got a year's supply of coke products though! I told her she's in charge of drinks for every party haha.

Also, if anyone can find cute baby shorts for sale let me know! Jade gets so hot but I don't always want her just in a onesie -- I don't mind just onesies but little outfits are so much cuter! I looked at walmart the last time I was there and they only have shorts in toddler sizes :( I'm also looking for a bumbo for a decent price...it doesn't matter what color, they sell cute covers now!

That's all for today, I'll try to write more tomorrow.