Probert's Heart Beat: 03/01/09

Sunday, March 1, 2009

* A Special Day for Dax

This post is for Dax.
The previous post: No Empty Chairs includes a video of all the family support for Dax on his special day! Check it out below...!

Dax, today I talked about the Holy Ghost. I shared the importance of the No Empty Chairs Stick... I posted about this earlier, on your Birthday. If you want to go there, search at the top just type the word - Stick. I hope you enjoy the slide show! Dax you are absolutely sweet in your little MONKEY SUIT! LOL Much love and hugs, Grams! I love you so very much you little monkey!

Click to play this Smilebox photobook: * A Special Day

A Letter (CLICK HERE) From Gramah Jackie to You Dax, With Love

Here are some ways the Holy Ghost helps us:

1. Warns us of danger or evil (as in Elder McConkie's story).

2. Gives us our testimonies (Alma 5:46).

3. Helps us know and choose the right (D&C 11:12).

4. Helps us understand things (D&C 6:15).

5. Helps us recognize truth (Moroni 10:5).

6. Guides us in important decisions (2 Nephi 32:5).

7. Teaches us (John 14:26).

8. Inspires us (Luke 12:12).

9. Comforts us (Galatians 5:22).

10. Helps us remember things (John 14:26).

11. Helps us understand and communicate with each other (Alma 12:3).

S T A D

"S" Represents STOP! Before you act, stop. Don't do it yet. Just pause long enough to do the other steps.
"T" Represents THINK! think ahead to the consequence. Ask yourself, what will it be?
A
"A" Represents ASK! As yourself if the consequence will be worth it.
D
"D" represents DO! After thinking and asking, do the right thing This step is very important. This will decide who is in control, the "want" monster or you. The "want" monster tries to get you to listen to him and not to the spirit. Make sure you listen to the spirit. Every choice has a consequence.

Here are some situations to think about:
*Your mom said you couldn't have any cookies but you REALLY want some.
*Your brother took your toy and you want to hit him.
*Your dad said to go to bed, but you want to sneak into his room and watch TV
*You are at the grocery store and see a candy Bar that you really want but you don't have any money. You want to hide it in your pocket.
*Your brother just pulled your hair and you want to yell at him.
*Your mom tells you to say your prayers before you go to bed, but you are too tired.

* No Empty Chairs

The song in this video is:

No Empty Chairs by Janice Cap Perry and Senator Orin Hatch

I am so proud of YOU.... I am so proud of your parents.

I want them to always remember that they did not pick you.... YOU PICKED THEM!

They have a great responsibility each and every day to be an example of all that is good... to help you return to your Heavenly Father.

That is a big job... and it happens minute by minute, day by day. They can't let their guard down. They show you kindness and love, and that is how it should be. Some day they will stand before our Savior and He will ask them to give a report on the kind of parent they were to you. Your mom has taught you so much! I was sitting by your mom when you were baptized. When you came up out of the water, someone said: "Well, it's done!" And she wisely said: "And it's just the beginning." I was the tear in her eye. I was so proud of your dad, that he could baptize and confirm you. I saw how proud he was to stand beside you dressed in white. I heard his love for you as he confirmed you. I have many tears of joy on this sweet day.

What a blessing we are to one another. Uncle Gabe talked about how you are an example to the Probert Cousins, as you are the oldest. Uncle Nate talked about how Jesus set the example when He was baptized. Jaycee, Kelcey and Aubri sang "I am a Child of God." Grandpa Todd talked about a time when he was little and he listened to the Holy Ghost. There was lots of family and a lot of love in the room. Uncle Rodney and Aunt Annie said the prayers. Lynette and Grandma Todd did the music. The witnesses were Grandpa Probert and Grandpa Todd.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

The Blessings of The Day

The Spoiled Under 30 Crowd
If you are 30 or older, you will think this is hilarious!!!! If not, send it to your parents! They'll think it's funny! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning .... Uphill BOTH ways . Yadda, yadda, yaddaAnd I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in heck I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a dang Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!

1. When I was a kid, we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the dang library and look it up ourselves... In the card catalog!! (Do you even know what a card catalog is? Didn't think so!)
2. There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter... With a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!3. There were no MP3's or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the dang record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and mess it all up!
4. We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!
5. And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
6. We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "asteroids" and the graphics were horrible! Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
7. When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!
8. Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on!And there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons!
9. And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a fire ... Imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid JiffyPop thing or a pan with HOT oil and Real popcorn kernels and shake it all over the stove forever like an idiot.
10. When we were on the phone with our friends and our parents walked-in, we were stuck to the wall with a cord, a 7 foot cord that ran to the phone - not the phone base, the actual phone. We barely had enough length to sit on the floor and still be able to twirl the phone cord in our fingers. If you suddenly had to go to the bathroom - guess what we had to do..... Hang up and talk to them later.That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled!! You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Regards, The over 30 Crowd

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