A good thought Darren sent me

Quma.net (800) 622-6463 QUMA INSPIRATIONS Vol. 3, No. 1 The Consummate Truth of Life  Human behavior is an effect: Human thought is the cause.  Whatever you do, you do first in your mind.  Your mind, the ultimate source of all your actions and reactions, orchestrates every deed, performs every act, authors every word. Your mind--the thinker of thoughts inside your body--is the very essence of who you are. It is you and you are it.  Rene Descartes captured this essential truth in sublimely succinct prose: "Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am."     We think, and with those thoughts we create.  By the thoughts we choose to think, in very literal terms, we create the quality of life that we experience and the person we become.  It goes beyond influencing, shaping or guiding.  By our mental choices, you and I determine how we experience our experiences and what we enact in the world.  We establish our own happiness or misery, abundance or scarcity, bondage or freedom. In the foremost and rigorous example of the law of cause and effect, we harvest in life, only and exactly, what we sow in our minds. At this very instant, you are abiding the consequences of your own mental choices.  You have been where your thoughts have led you, you now stand where your thoughts have brought you, and you will go as high and as far as your thoughts will take you. All that we do and all that we will ever do or accomplish is a product of our mental choices. Once we see --really see--that our thoughts are by far and away the leading cause of all our effects, and discover that we have total control over that exclusive causative force, we gain access to the grand key--the source and the solution to the full gamut of our potential.   The consummate truth of life is that we alter our destiny by altering our thoughts. The mind is our most crucial resource, our crowning asset, our ultimate arena of battle. If we will master the power of our minds we may do or be whatsoever we will.   The moment you and I start thinking differently, our world changes.  It cannot be otherwise. A new mental process invariably precipitates new physical and behavioral outcomes.  The effects are often amazingly rapid.  People can make dramatic, stunning changes with remarkable speed by altering their paradigms. The truly exciting part of their transformation lies in the astounding discoveries they make regarding their abilities and possibilities. Often they come to realize that the potential they are now acting on has been there all along, and so have the opportunities.  When they see that it has been, not just primarily, but only their thoughts that have been holding them back, they stride forward with great energy and seize opportunities that have been staring them in the face for quite some time. When we fully accept how precisely everything from our character to our circumstances corresponds to the thoughts we choose and the images we hold in our minds, that realization stands among the most significant and empowering revelations a person can ever receive. Our main purpose in publishing Quma Inspirations is to supply you on a weekly basis with strong ideas, frequently coupled with suggestions for implementation.  Our intent is to help you develop stronger character and reach higher pinnacles of success in all aspects of your life.                                                                                                                                - Dennis R Deaton

"As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."                                                   - Prov. 23:7 "All that we are is a result of what we have thought."               - Buddha

Biz town

I think the highlight of Tylers fifth grade year was Biz town.  He had to learn about finances, writing checks, having a bank account.  He had to apply for a job- which he got his first choice.  He was Mayor of the city.  I was super proud of him.  It's a one day cook experience of these 11 year olds running a city.  They work, they have time off, they have “money” to spend, and real things to buy.  Tyler had to give some fun speeches and sign lots of papers and make sure people were happy.  I volunteered and worked in the bank.  So fun!  

Mothers Day weekend

We added a new member to our family this Mothers Day weekend.  Its official, Tyler has a new bike. It will take lots of care since it will get really dirty and Tyler has already crashed it a few times so it takes time to fix it.  But it has brought us all joy. I love seeing Darren and Tyler riding together and talking about riding together.  And they seem to enjoy it also!  Tyler is part of a club called the Outlaws.  They specifically ride down hills and jumps.  This bike is super heavy… you dont pedal it up a hill!  

We got to go out to dinner on Darrens company. We dont go out to eat pretty much ever.  I dont like to spend all that money!  But this was a fun treat with fun desserts at the end! Darren got a nice ride in with great views.  Ella was so brave and scared… but so brave.  She got to go to a ski camp for the day to ski with the Snowbird ski team.  Try it out and see what she thought about racing. She was so nervous but did it!  

Tyler had his last organ recital for a while.  His teacher, Jan Clayton, is leaving on a mission to play the organ in Jerusalem and the Center.  He has learned a lot from her free lessons.  It was a total miracle we got to gleen so much from her.  

And for mothers day… all the cute things the kids give me. but this was my favorite.  “My best memory of my mom is the all of the adventure we went on”

Its pretty exhausting to take them on all my adventures but if one day they remember it all and says good things about hiking, climbing, road trips, skiing …. I will be so happy!

Maple Canyon with the Cub Scouts

Tyler has a super great scout leader, Nathan Hampton.  He plans some fun things and is a natural at being with scouts.  I was excited that Darren got to go camping with them.  Maple Canyon is amazing.  Great for rock climbing and famous for ice climbing.  Darren and another dad Corey woke up early and went for a bike ride.  They all went on a night hike….and then another hike in the morning after a delicious breakfast.  

Ski day with the girls

I got to go skiing with some of my girl friends on a wonderful sunny Saturday.  Tyler was at an organ convention all day.  Ella and Abby got to hang out with their Dad and go on a fun hike to the suspension bridge.  He said they were super strong and didn’t complain! 

I got to sleep over at Angs house with Kate and Lacey.  Then we woke up early to head to the mountains.  It had just snowed a ton so we were really excited.  But Snowbird was also the only resort still open so we had some lines!…. all day!  

It really was amazing snow.  Everywhere you went was just fluffy white stuff.  

We were about half way through the line in the picture below.  There are people all the way up the mountain trying to load.  We had to rest at the top of the Mnt in the lodge just to make it back down to the car safely.  We really skied our legs off.  Then back to sugarhouse for some Indian food… good day!

April 2017- Easter and activities

Darren seems some pretty cool places when he rides.  I would love the alone time up there where it is quiet and peaceful.  

Renee had a baby and the girls just loved baby Clara.  Abby thinks she is so big but really she just needs to take a good nap sometimes. April was our big project month.  We hauled away tons of dirt to our neighbor Grandma Susans house.  We had lovely raised flower beds but the erosion it caused was terrible.  So we dug out all the dirt and made it flat so we could put in a patio in our walk out basement.  4 weekends of heavy dirt, sometimes wet dirt, wheelbarrowing it- left some damage to my shoulder and elbow.  I was climbing a lot at the time too and between both things (here it is June and I am still out for the count!)

We did have a wonderful Easter egg hunt at Grandma Susans house.  We invited G.ma and Gpa down to see it and Corie and Nolan brought their boys.  I enjoy the family time.

Sunday we had our own quiet day to celebrate Easter.  Then Monday we had some cousins over for lunch.  Julie Rupp told us she was having twin boys!  So exciting for her.  Abby tried out soccer.  It lasted all of about 2 minutes standing crying on the field.  She really was just terrified so we pulled her out.  She assured me when she was older it would be ok.  We also worked on some more joy school with the neighborhood kids.  Abby learned so much this year, thanks to Christina Hamptons leadership and teaching.

We made it to the zoo once with friend Finn and cousin Orian and Megan.  We loved celebrating Shawns bday at the climbing gym.  I think its amazing how good people come into your lives.  We met her husband Andy climbing a Mnt and have latched on to them every since!

Ella is Turing into quite a cutie pie.  She wears earrings and dresses cuter then me any day!  She has turned to books and enjoys reading more and more.  We love our basement reading nook with the sunshine pouring in!