"And they were married and given in marriage, and were blessed according to the multitude of promises which the Lord had made unto them....and surely there could not be a happier people who had been created by the hand of God."
---Book of Mormon 4 Nephi v.11&16
"Zawierali malzenstwa i byli blogoslawieni zgodnie z wieloma obietnicami Pana...i zaden lud stworzony reka Boga nie mogl byc tak szczesliwy jak oni."---Ksiega Mormona 4 Nefi 11&16
In a few days I will have my 35th Birthday.I normally don't pay attention to how I'm aging, because I like getting older.Every year that I'm older, I'm a better person and I am happier.I don't categorize my life into the teens, the twenties, the thirties, ect.
Having said that, I do however still remember walking into an OB's office for the first time and reading a sign that read "Women shouldn't have babies after 35…..35 babies are enough!"
Yes, I get the joke, but turning 35 has made me reflect on the reality that my child bearing years will come to an end.And even though having and raising children is very hard, it is also the best part of life and I'm not sure I want it to be over just yet...
…and have you met my children?They are all so handsome, good, and smart.Who wouldn't want more of them?!
Sylwia
35-te Urodziny
Za pare dni bede mialamoje 35 urodziny.Najczesciej nie zwracam uwagi na to ze ja sie starzeje, bo ja lubie sie starzec.Kazdego roku jestem lepsza osoba i jestem bardziej szczesliwa.Nie kategoruje mojego zycia, w nastolatki, dwudzieski, trzydzieski, itd.
Ale ja pamietam jak pierwszy raz poszlam do lekarza plolznika i on mial napis w poczekalni na ktorym bylo napisane:"Kobiety nie powinny miec dzieci po 35…….35 dzieci starczy!"
Ja wiem ze to jest zart, ale ja tez wiem ze ja bede miala 35 lat i ze moja szansa na wiecej dzieci sie niedlugo skonczy.Ja zgadzam sie ze rodzenie i wychowywanie dzieci to bardzo trudna i ciezka sprawa, ale to jest tez najelpsza czesc zycia.Nie wiem czy jestem gotowa zakaczyc te czesc mojego zycia…
…zreszta popatrz na moje dzieci!Wszystkie sa takie piekne, dobre, i madre.Kto by nie chcial wiecej ich?!
I still use a car for to drive the little kids around and to shop, but half of my family no longer uses a car for everyday transportation.Samuel and Isaiah bike a round trip of 5 miles to school and back.There is only a short stretch of sidewalk, so the boys have to ride on grass and sand most of the way.Twice a week in addition to having to ride with heavy backpacks, Samuel hauls his violin on his back as well.
Last month we decided to spend less money on gas, so Josh biked everyday to work, also 2.5 miles away.He really enjoyed the fresh air and exercise, not to mention the money we saved on gas.
My father bought fancy, light weight, 300 dollar bicycles for Samuel and Isaiah when he last visited.He also bought a very nice light road bike for Josh.Josh was instantly converted from mountain biking to road biking.
When Josh has a day off he rides with the boys to school for fun.Nephi sometime joins Josh on the tandem.
Enjoy the pictures of the boys biking and some by Euchee Creek when we found a huge turtle with our friend Kadin…it was 50 or 60 degrees but the boys went swimming anyway!
Sylwia
30 Pazdziernik 2008
Na Rowerach
Mi jest samochod potrzebny bo mam male dzieci do worzenia a tu nie ma autobusow ani tramwajow i tez wszytko jest bardzo daleko od bazy wojskowej.Ale polowa mojej rodziny nie urzywa samochodu na codzien.Samuel i Isaiah jezdza do szkoly i spowrotem na rowerze 8 kilometrow.Jak chlopcy jada na rowerach to maja ciezkie plecaki na plecach i tez dwa razy w tygodniu Samuel ma skrzypce na plecach, bo w szkole uczy sie grac na skrzypcach.
W ostatnim miesiacy moj maz pracowal tu w szpitalu na bazie wojskowej i wiec tez jedzil rowerem 8 kilometrow na dzien.W tym miesiacu u nas byla bardzo droga bezyna, wiec duzo pieniedzy zaoszczedzilismy jak Josh nie urzywal samochodu.Jesli Josh nie pracuje jakiegos dnia, to on jedzi on z dziecmi do szkoly.Nieraz nawet dolacza Nephi do swojego roweru i razem jada.
Moj ojciec kupil dla Josha bardzo dobry urzywany rower do ulicy.Josh mial rower do jezdzenia po gorach ale teraz on lepiej lubi rower do ulicy.Moj ojciec tez kupil drogie rowery po 300 dolarow dla moich starszych synow.Oni jezdza 40 kilometrow na tydzien.
Zalaczam zdjecia chlopakow na rowerach….i tez nad strumykiem gdzie z kolega Kadin znalezlismy wielkiego zluwia.Bylo tylko 10 lub 15 stopni ale chlopaki i tak plywali!
I am very hesitant to use new technology, mainly because it takes time to learn how to use it, and when I spend more time on the computer I spend less times with my kids.
But I decided to branch out and learn a few things.First, my brother in law Daniel, just bought/created a company called OurStory.com.This site has a free registration and it lets you write down stories from your life and it organizes them chronologically.You can connect to friends and family and your public stories can be emailed to them.You also have the option to print the stories in a book for a very small fee.
I have had a great time getting to know my family better by reading snippets about their lives.Their stories have already influenced me and my kids for good.My sister Kinga has been writing her life story down and it has been fun to read and reflect upon my own life through her stories.
I plan to write my life story on OurStory.com.I haven't added much to my story yet because there is only so much time I have in the day and I have been learning how to use the site.I you would like to be invited to read my stories on that site, let me know and I'll send you an invite.
Also with my friend Tina's help I put together a blog.My emails simply get sent to my blog and they post automatically.In my blogroll I have tried to include everyone's blog but I could be missing a few blog addresses.If you are missing from my list please let me know.You are welcome to add my blog to your blogroll.
I will continue my "weekly" email letter, since that's how I post to my blog.If you don't want to continue to receive my emails please let me know so I can delete you from my contacts.My blog address is sjhardman.blogspot.com
Sylwia
Technologia:OurStory.com i Moj Blog
28 Pazdziernik 2008
Ja nie lubie sie uczyc urzywac nowych programowna komputerze, bo to zajmuje za duzo czasu.Jesli spedzam wiecej czasu na komputerze to spedzam mniej czasu z moimi dziecmi i tego nie lubie.
Ale postanowilam nauczyc sie dwoch nowych zeczy.Mojego meza brat Daniel niedawno kupil kompanie ktora nazywa sie OurStory.comTo jest storna internetwa na korej mozna pisac w swoim dzienniku i ta stora to organizuje i wysyla email to rodziny i przyjaciol ze tam jest cos nowego do czytania.Tez za 15 dolarow moza to wszytko wydrukowac w ksiazke.
Wiele ludzi z mojego meza rodziny pisze o swoim zyciu na tej stronie.Kinga tez pisze o swoim zyciu tam po Angielsku.Mi sie bardzo podoba czytac doswiadzczeniach mojej i mojego meza rodziny.Duza ja i moje dzieci sie od tego juz nauczylismy.
Ja tez napisze historie mojego zycia tam, ale jeszcze nie zaczelam bo ucze sie jak ta strone uzywac.
Tez moja kolezanka Tina pomogla mi zrobic moj wlasny blog (storna internetowa).Tam pisze po Angielsku i po Polsku.Wszytkie moje email tam sa slane i publikowane.
Jesli ktos z was ma blog lub storne internetowa, to prosze przyslijcie mi adres.Adres mojej storny internetowej jest: sjhardman.blogspot.com
One of the great regrets of my husband's life is that he never took the time to learn how to play the piano or any musical instrument from his mom.Josh says music is like a foreign language and that he missed out on his opportunity.Now he is much too busy to learn anything other than medicine.
I never had the chance to learn music, so I decided that I had to give my kids the opportunity.For a long time I felt that they were too young to practice without nagging, so I was not willing to start.Then about a year ago, my friend Joe sent me a youtube video of his son playing the piano.It was incredible.Also I heard Kinga's kids play a bit while we were in Utah and I was pleased.
I also thought about how Samuel has become a very responsible kid.I never have to remind him to do anything, not even his homework.Last year I never even looked at his homework and he got the highest average in his class.
Every morning Samuel gets up at 6 am.He showers, gets dressed, reads his scriptures, then he reads or plays on the computer.At 7:15 am he sets up breakfast and then wakes me and Isaiah up to get ready for school.
So I decided that Samuel was definitely ready to practice piano without being reminded, but alas, I could not find a teacher.I prayed for a teacher to move on post, but none did.Then one evening during a lady's night out I convinced my friend Stephanie to teach piano like she used to.She agreed and she was even willing to come to my house to teach as soon as I bought a piano.
I soon found out that pianos are very expensive.I thought about buying a cheap digital piano, but I did not like the sound.Then Stephanie went to work for me, researching used pianos for sale.She rode around town with me several times checking out pianos.We finally found a good quality piano in perfect condition and I bought it for 650 dollars.Josh and his friends Jeremy and Steve moved it into our home and it sounds beautiful!
About this time Isaiah started having a hard time is school.Not because he wasn't smart, but because he would space out, daydream and not do his work.Both Samuel and Isaiah are in the gifted program, so once a week Isaiah gets to go a different school and do fun challenging things.He loves that part of school.But in order to stay in the program he has to get good grades at Prison Park Elementary.And not doing his work could cause him to be kicked out of the gifted program...
Both Josh and I became worried about what we could do to help Isaiah concentrate.We tried a few things but they weren't working.So we decided to pray for guidance.The next day at dinner I announced that I got an answer to my prayer that Isaiah should take piano to help him focus.Josh piped up and said that he got that very same answer.We were both surprised that piano would be the answer because neither of us thought that Isaiah was ready to practice all the time.
We followed our promptings and got Isaiah taking lessons too.Now Isaiah is doing great in school finishing all of his work.
I included a couple of pictures of our piano.Notice the family bug collection above.Also included is a picture of Isaiah with a landforms project, one of Samuel as the Greek god Apollo in his gifted class, and a picture of Josh and Gracie from our vacation.
Sylwia
4 Pazdziernik 2008
Pianino
Mojego meza mama gra na pianinie i ona nauczyla kilka jego brac i siostr grac.Ale moj maz nie byl tym zainteresowany jak byl mlody i teraz bardzo zaluje ze nigdy nie nauczyl sie grac na pianinie.Josh mowi ze muzyka to jak obcy jezyk, i jest mu zal ze tego jezyka nie zna.
Ja tez nic nie wiem o muzyce, wiec chcialam dac moim dzieciom okazje sie nauczyc grac na pianinie.Ale tez nie chialam caly dzien zrzedzac i przypominac moim dzieciom aby trenowaly.Wiec zdecydowalam o tym na razie nie myslec.
Ale kilka miesiecy temu moj kolege przeslalm mi youtube video jak jego sym przepieknie gra na pianinie.Tez jak bylam w Utah to slyszalam jak Kingi dziedzi troche graly na pianinie.To mi sie bardzo podobalo.
Ja tez pomyslalam o tym, jakim odpowiedzialnym chlopcem moj syn Samuel jest.Ja mu nigdy o niczym nie musze przypominac.Nigdy munie przypominal o odrabianiu lekcji.W ostatnim roku ja nigdy nawet nie popatrzylam na jego lekcje.Nie tylko on wszytkie lekcje zrobil ale on tez mial najlepsze stopnie w calej swojej klasie.
Codziennie Samuel sie budzi o 6:00 rano.On myje sie podprysznicem, ubiera sie, i czyta swoje pismo swiete.Potem czyta ksiazki lub bawi sie na komputerze.Potem on ustawia jedzenie na sniadanie io 7:15 on budzi mnie i Isaiah aby on sie przygotowal do szkoly i abym ja przygotowala im woreczki z obiadem do szkoly.
Wiec ja zdeczydowalam ze Samuel jest wytarczajaco odpowiedzialny aby codziennie trenowac na pianinie.Wiec probowalam znalesc nauczycielke niedaleko nas, ale zadnej nie bylo.Pomodlilam sie aby jakas nauczycielka sie sprowadzila.Tez nic.A potem jednego wieczoru moja kolerzanka powiedziala mi ze ona kiedys uczyla dzieci grac na pianinie.Ona teraz uczy gry innego insturmentu.Poprosilam ja aby Samuela uczyla i sie zgodzila.Nawet powiedziala ze przyjedzie do mojego domu go uczyc!
Musialam kupic pianinio.To jest bardzo drogie.Okolo 4 tysiace dolarow.Myslalam ze moze kupie tansze cyfrowe pianino ale dzwiek mi sie nie podobal.Wie moja kolezanaka i nauczycielka Stephanie zaczela mi szukac urzywanego pianina.Duzo czasu nad tym spedzila.Po calym miescie jedzilismy i ona probowala czy te instrumenty mialy dobra jakosc.Po kilku tygodniach znalazlysmy bardzo dobrej jakosci pianino za 650 dolarow.Moj maz z kolegami przywiezli je do naszego domu.Jest to wysmienite pianino i ma piekny dzwiek!
W tym czasie Isaiah zaczol miec problemy w szkole.On jest bardzo madry ale on tez lubi sobie marzyc.Jak tak sobie marzyl w szkole to nie konczyl swoich zadan.Samuel i Isaiah chodza w srody do innej szkoly dla dzieci utalentowanych.Isaiah bardzo lubi tam chodzic bo zadania sa bardziej interesujace i trudniejsze.Ale on moze byc wyrzucony z tego programu jesli on nie bedzie konczyl swoich zadan w normalnej szkole.
Josh i ja sie martwilismy o Isaiah i probowalimsy mu pomoc, ale nic sie nie zmienilo.Wiec pomodlismy sie o pomysl jak mu pomuc.Nastepnego dnia wczasie obiadu powiedzialam rodzinie ze ja dostalam pomysl jak pomoc Isaiah sie koncentrowac- on tez musi sie uczyc grac na pianinie.Josh odrazu powiedzial ze jak on sie modlil to on tez dostal taka sama odpowiedz.
Wiec obydwoje chloply ucza sie grac na pianinie i Isaiah juz nie ma zadznych problemow w szkole.Bardzo dobrze teraz sie koncentruje.
Zalaczam pare zdjec naszego pianina.Nad pianinem nasza kolekcja robakow.Tez zdjecie Isaiah z jego projektem z plasteliny.Samuel w klasie dla utalentowanych przebrany jako bog Grecki Apollo.No i jeszcze jedno zdjecie z naszych wakacji.