FACEBOOK FUNNIES AND QUOTES 2015

January

January 3rd

Kate said (7), "I just want to know if I can have two or three friends for my birthday for ice cream, or a facial... Or to get our nails done or something." I hope her husband is prepared. My kids think that going to the spa is a "normal" part of life!

February 

February 1st

Kate just got out of the bathtub and said, "I'm prunier than a grandma!" So funny!

March

March 1st 

Spoken from our 8 year old, Kate. "I don't know why, but I'll I've had today is ice cream and cinnamon rolls. I'm going to eat chips now because they are healthy!" Lol.

March 20th

Kate said, "If mom died, Faith would have to drive. And She would get arrested and kill everybody!"

April

April 23rd 

Conversation this morning with Faith and geography. Then, I ask Brandon if he knows why we have haze. He says the fires in Siberia and then asks Faith if she knows where that is. She says, "Yeah. Isn't it in Africa?" I think she needs more geography.

April 26th

In case you can't enough of the funny Jolley kids, Kate says tonight, "I think I cleaned too much, so my stomach hurts."

April 26th 

Dawson tonight for the dinner prayer, "Please bless that we will have a good night and awesome lives!" I want an awesome life!

April 26th

Yesterday, Faith messed up on making cake mix cookies so she asked if she could make "cake muffins." Brandon said, "You mean cupcakes?" Lol!

May

May 2nd

Faith tonight, "I'm getting to the stage where I'm going to college." Hehe! High school Faith, it's just high school. Don't grow up any faster please!

May 9th

My eyes were getting tired so I pulled over to have Brandon drive. Kate asked what we were doing and we explained that we were switching off. She said, "Does Dad know how to drive?" I do most of the driving, but Brandon and I were cracking up!

May 9th

Kate had a bad dream last night. She is worried about sleeping in her room tonight. As she looks at the mess, she says, "Maybe it's karma telling me to clean my room!" Rofl! I can't make this stuff up I tell ya!

May 14th 

Kate on Tuesday asked F, "Is it the 12th of 'Merica today?" (America)

May 16th 

Dawson today after we got out of church noticed that I had cleaned up the car. "Holy crap! This feels like I'm 16 and have a first car smell! Though I don't know what that would really be like. Do new cars really have a new car smell?"

August

August 5th

Kate tonight, "I need Sister Fa'aga'i to tune my guitar when she comes. It sounds like a dead bird!"

August 23rd

Trying to convince Dawson to play the piano for his grandparents. And he wants to make up something. I'm begging him and he says,"Please let me play my masterpiece first! I composed with my own two brains!"

August 23rd

Dawson, "I really think that I need to get one of those skipper binders." He wants to be organized this year!

August 25th 

So I'm trying to be more in the loop of bill paying and everything. Tonight I asked Brandon if he had a plan for our money. He said, "Yeah! Watch it go bye-bye!"

August 30th

Faith, "We talked about the sabbath day. I sat by Sister Poppins and Bailey..." (aka Sister Poppleton)

September 

September 12th 

A couple days ago, Kate randomly says (8 yrs old), "I hope you know I am going to live with you for a long time. Are you okay with that?" Laughed so hard. She changed her mind from until she's engaged, until she gets married. I love our little girl!

September 25th

Dawson telling me about his day and the fight during recess. "I stood back and watched the drama unfold!" Lol

October

October 1st

I forgot to post my conversation with my sweet 8 year old Tuesday. It went something like this. She started talking about school and a particular situation. Then she said karma was going to bite! I asked her what karma was. She said it was like a ghost that follows you around. When you do something wrong, it just bites you!
She definitely does not want get bit by karma! Glad that my children know what you put out to others should always be good intentions with love. Thanks Kate!

October 25th

Mom: "Why don't you like curls Kate?"Kate: "Because curls are evil!"

October 29th

Going to help Dawson practice piano before school. He says, "I wanted to experiment with different octaves to see if it will sound better. I'm just not feeling it with this octave."

November

November 30th

Kate tonight, "Dad, isn't the most important part of a marriage honesty?" I love my 8 year old!!!

December

December 2nd

I love my kisses from Kate so I asked for one tonight. She politely gave me one AND THEN said, "I'm sick! You don't want to kiss me!" It's ok baby girl. I will still take your kisses any day! Love her!

December 16th

As I was leaving, I hollered out to Echo (my dog) to make good choices today! Haha! I guess she really is a chog!

December 25th

Kate talking to Grandma Kathy, "If you got one for F and D, then you had to get one for me because I'm too cute to be forgotten!"

Quotes

"When we pray, God hears more than we say, answers more than we ask, gives us more than we can imagine, in His own time, and in His own way."

"Don't be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and fully enjoy the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. 'Accentuate the positive.' Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye, and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"When you feel like you're drowning in life, don't worry. Your lifeguard walks on water."

"God doesn't GIVE us what we can handle. God HELPS us handle what we are given."

"Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold." Proverbs 11:27

"We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given a life. It is up to us to make it good or bad."

"God has placed you where you're at in this very moment for a reason, remember that and trust that He is working everything out."

"If you're lonely, please know that you can find comfort.If you are discouraged, please know that you can find hope.
If you are poor in spirit, please know that you can be strengthened.
If you feel you are broken, please know that you can be mended." - Jeffrey R. Holland

"Your value does not decreased based on someone's inability to see your worth."

"If we look with our spiritual eyes and hear with our spiritual ears, we will see and hear miracles in our lives and in other lives around us."

"Marriage and children are not part of the plan of happiness, it IS the plan." - Boyd K. Packer

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful & magical person that you are."

"If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can't just wait to see the kind of day you'll have. You have to decide what kind of day you'll have." - Joel Osteen

"Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life and said, "I'm here for you." And proved it."

"One day she finally grasped that unexpected things were always going to in life. And with that she realized the only control she had was how she chose to handle them. So she made the decision to survive using courage, humor and grace. She was the queen of her own life and the choice was hers."

"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy."

"With God on our side we cannot fail." - Thomas S. Monson

"Real friends say bad things to your face and the good things behind your back." - Steven Aitchison

"If for awhile the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it has been with the best people who ever lived." - Jeffrey R. Holland

"Marriage does not guarantee you will be together forever, it's only paper. It takes love respect, trust, understanding, friendship and faith in your relationship to make it last."

"If someone has offended you, insulted you, or disappointed you, let it go! If you are remembering all the ways you have been hurt or forgotten, let it go! Ask yourself, what good does it do for me to hold on to this?' - Iyanla Vanzant

"A negative mind will never give you a positive life."

"You have to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy." - Dumbledore

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." 

"You set the tone for your home. If you will slow down and enjoy the moment instead of getting mad at the world, it will be a much nicer day and week," - Flylady

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." - Charles Dickens

"Of this be sure: You do not find the happy life ... you make it." - Thomas S. Monson
 

FAST FACT FRIDAY #18 - TV

This fast fact Friday is about TV.  Just for fun, I went back to see some of the best of the 1980s TV shows.  Here are a few that I watched and loved:

Cheers
The Cosby Show
Doogie Howser MD
Family Matters
The Golden Girls (still watch re run sometimes)
Growing Pains
Murphy Brown
Perfect Stangers
Saved by the Bell
Who's the Boss?
90's???
Full House
Prince of Bel Air

1.  If you could be a character in a TV show, who would you be? (You would live, dress, act like them.)
Oh man!  I don't know.  On the spot, I would say Rebecca Donaldson on Full House was always beautiful and dressed nicely and professionally.  She carried herself well and always smiled.  Good choice?

2.  What TV family best describes your family?
Another hard one.  Every family has a problem and fixes it.  I guess I would say Growing Pains... at least by the sound of the name it really sounds like what our house is like.  We disagree and argue, but then get along better ... not just in 1/2 hour!!!

3.  What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon as a kid?
Oh, I loved the Smurfs!  Such a fun cartoon!


4.  What reality TV show would you want to be in?  (Even if you don’t watch it.)
Biggest Loser.  LOVE that show and would love the opportunity to get my butt kicked and puke in a bowl there!

5.  What was your favorite TV theme song as a kid?
Friends theme song has been my favorite since High School.  Before that it was probably Growing Pains or Full House.

FAST FACT FRIDAY #17 - BY THE NUMBER

This week's challenge is By the Number!

1.  How many pairs of shoes do you own?
      ~Lucky number 13!  (Which I think it way low for a girl!)

2.  How many times did you have to take the driver’s test before you passed?
      ~Just once!  I did awesome at the written test and had a C in the driving section.

3.  How many schools did you attend?
      ~I attended 4 schools: Syringa Elementary, Alameda Jr. High, Highland High              School, and Idaho State University

4.  How many siblings do you have?
      ~3 sisters: Tracy, Robyn, and Laura

5.  How many states have you been to? 
      ~Got to think about this one.  As of today, 9 states not counting airports.  Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Florida, North Dakota, Montana and Pennsylvania. 

FACEBOOK JOURNAL 2011

Memorable posts for 2011

January -

January 17th - Dawson said, "Happy Junior Luther King day Grandma!"

January 24th - Dawson (on Friday) after being told that he couldn't go to school because he was sick. (Eyes well up with tears.) "I have to go to school for Faith. That's what families do. They protect each other!" I'm so glad that my children love each other.

February -

February 4th - Dawson today: "I think I'm going to burp fire!"

February 6th - Dawson today: "Are your leg pits ticklish?"

February 22nd - Kate says today: "I can't wait until I can be a mom like you!!!"

February 28th - This weekend: Kate "Yes, you can kiss me momma, but only on my cheek. I have a sword on my lip!"

March -

March 2nd - Dawson today when he saw Kathy and Jerry. "Well, well, well. It's my dad's parents."

March 13th - Dawson today when he woke up at 10:45. "Did I set a record?" He really enjoys his sleep!

March 17th - After discussing with Dawson this morning about wearing green and pinching, he looks at me with crazy eyes and says, "You mean the leprechaun doesn't pinch you? The kids do that?"

March 18th - When asked for his homework yesterday, Dawson said, "The leprechaun stole it." I thought that his teacher was sending homework on Friday for spring break instead. This morning I found his homework. I told Brandon that Dawson is in deep doo-doo, related the story, and his reply, "And YOU believed him!"

April -

April 3rd - Kate today: "Dad, can you ground Dawson for the rest of my life?"

April 7th - Dawson to Brandon while he is playing a game on i-phone: "Dad, I can help show you how to play that game if you want!"

April 17th - Kate's new favorite phrase: "What the holy heck!?!?!"

April 20th - Came home to find Faith (10 yrs old) watching Strawberry Shortcake. It gave me a little smile, 'cause I like to watch little kid shows too!

April 25th - This weekend ... Kate "Mom, I don't want to be married, okay?" Dawson, "You need a husband (pause) to help you with the bills ... and the babies ..."

May -

May 2nd - Dawson: "I'm thankful that I'm not a girl." Me: "Oh yeah?" Dawson: "Yeah. Girls have babies through their tummies and I think that it would hurt real bad!"

May 2nd - Kate throwing a normally 4 year old fit over getting new shoes. Faith: "Do you think Kate has optimism?" Mom: "Optimism or autism?" Faith: "I think that it's called autism." Mom: "NO!"

May 5th - Today I told Kate: "Isn't it a beautiful day?" Kate: "Yes, the sunshine is here!" (as if the sun has been hidden for the last 2 months)
May 27th - K says yesterday that Dad and I have 'lazel' eyes!

May 30th - Yesterday, Kate smiled and whispered in my ear: "I'm growin' up so fast. I'm going to be a momma soon!"

May 31st - You know during a movie when the characters spontaneously brake out in song? Yeah, Kate and her friend, Kaden do that!

June -

June 28th - Kate this afternoon says to me: "I hate math. It's just so hard." Apparently she has already decided that she isn't going to do her math in her preschool workbook!

July -

July 5th - Dawson: "I'm going to teach K how to read!"

July 15th - Last night, kids were playing with a cat. Me: "I'm allergic to cats and dogs." Kate: "Well, I'm allergic to bears and cows!"

July 25th - I just asked Faith to run over to Ang's house. I am laughing so hard! She just moved to Kansas!

August -

August 15th - Found a new tactic to getting kids motivated to clean. Making bets that it will help you too. Have them watch 1 episode of HOARDERS. Their eyeballs will get big and you can then ask, "See why we HAVE to clean up and not save EVERYTHING???"

August 21st - Dawson: "Does school start tomorrow?" Me: "Nope, not quite yet." Dawson: "O h man !I think that my summer has been too long!"

August 30th - Kate talks in her sleep. This morning she said, "I like chocolate."

September -

September 16th - Yesterday Kate comes and says, "Mom, I have a baby in my tummy." Me, surprised, asks, "Really? Is it a boy or a girl?" Kate, "It's a girl!" Me, "What's her name?" Kate, "Her name is Snow!" She is just SO stinking cute!

September 21st - I have always thought it best to tell it like it is, not beat around the bush, and truly adopted the motto that honesty is the best policy. After this last week, I think that I better adopt the motto "If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say anything at all!" Hopefully the children will follow suite.

September 28th - Kate had sedation dentistry today. When she got home she said, "Mom, I think I'll call you flower plant."

October -

October 17th - Last night, Kate: "Jesus doesn't want me to eat spaghetti. Heavenly Father wants me to eat popsicles!"

October 18th - Last night, Kate was talking to herself. She said, "I hope that Jesus loves me in pink!"

October 20th - Dad just asked Dawson if he could have any in the world for breakfast, what would he have. Dawson is super smart ... "I would have 2 slices of pumpkin roll and some oatmeal."

October 21st - Dawson was watching Youtube videos of Wipeout last night. He clicked on a UK version and immediately said, "They are speaking a different language." He totally could not understand it at all.

October 31st - Kate could not stop singing, "'Tis the Season to be Jolley." It was SO funny!

November -

November 9th - Faith announced today that she has 1,128% of her AR goal. Pretty impressive, but she still has almost 2 more weeks. I think that she is trying to set some sort of record! ;)

November 30th - Kate yesterday was packing her backpack. I asked her why she was packing her backpack. She said, "Just in case Grandma wants me to have a sleepover." So sweet!

December -

December 1st - Shopping at JCP with my neighbor, Kate says, "Anya, you just have to get it all. My mom says that if you don't just buy it all that it won't be there tomorrow and it's won't be at any other day either. Well, maybe Walmart."

December 2nd - Kate: "I am the smartest in the class because the other kids can't sing in the dark!!!"

December 19th - Brandon 'snuck' some wheat into the white bread recipe. This morning, Dawson said that it 'didn't satisfy his taste buds.'

December 19th - So, later when Dawson came home from school he said, 'Mr. G worked me out so hard, I thought I was on the Biggest Loser." And he was crying real hard. So sad!

Favorite quotes for 2011

January 9, 2011 - "If Satan can't get you to be bad, he'll make you busy."

February 13, 2011 - "The difference between a goal and a dream is the written word."
Gene Donohue

April 13, 2011 - "Dance like the photo's not tagged, love like you've never been unfriended, tweet like nobody's following."

July 19th, 2011 - “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” -Milton Berle

July 20th, 2011 - "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."
-Secondhand Lions

August 2nd, 2011 - "Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away."

September 5th, 2011 - "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything."

NEVER FORGET

10 years ago.

We remember. Events that others remember. The attack on Pearl Harbor. Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Fall of the Berlin Wall. Events that changed history.

In 2001, we were happily married and living with Brandon's parents. Faith was almost 1 year. I was working at ISU Library part time, and Brandon was going to school full time.

The morning for me started off very routinely. Getting dressed and ready for work, I was watching A Baby Story on the TV. And then I got a call from a dear friend, Kristy, asking if I was watching the TV ... the news ... the horror unfolding. I really didn't know what she was talking about.

Brandon was at the ISU library waiting to get in the building to study for the day. He hears other students talking about a plane crashing into a tower. He didn't realize the impact that this would have. Class schedule that day included history. His teacher said that this was history in the making and sent the class home to watch the news.

We watched the news for days on end, soaking in the new information and really praying. It was all so hard to wrap your head around this tragic event. It truly affected everyone's life.

World Trade Center

Pentagon

Flight 93

The famous picture

For the husband who told his wife I love you one last time before his plane went down in a field, for the wife who stopped in the stairs to call her husband to say I will love you forever, for the mothers and fathers who kissed their kids goodbye the morning they died, for the policemen who rushed in with the firemen to help get others out only to die themselves, for the soldiers who fought back and lost their lives. Today, tomorrow, ten years from now, we will remember♥

GENTLE REMINDERS

I saw this video again today and just couldn't help but post it. I love, love, love this talk and the message. In times of adversity and trial, we can remember to laugh and keep an eternal perspective.

THE JOLLEY JOURNALS - MODERN CONVENIENCES

I found a new website called "This is Me Challenge." The challenges are geared toward family history. So, I have decided to take the challenge and begin. (I am starting at 1 and working my way up! Hope you enjoy!)

Challenge #1 If you were forced to go back in time to the olden days, but were allowed to take 10 modern conveniences with you, what would you take?

1) Washing machine
Pre treating, spot treating, washing, rinsing, wringing. Yeah, without a washing machine, this is not for me!

2) Flushing toilets
I love having flushing toilets. I think that this would be hard to give us.

3) Electric heat
I'm sure that I would learn how to be a better fire builder, but I think I'd rather settle for heat that I can flip on with a switch.

4) Oven
I have had to go without one for a week, and it was the pits. Not having a microwave would be hard too, but doable.

5) Libraries
Have I mentioned that I LOVE books? No really, I would die if I couldn't get my hands on different printed books.

6) Click pens and pencils
In order to forgo the phone and still stay in touch with everyone, I would love to have a pen and pencil.

7) Medicine
I don't know about you, but I really like being able to take something for a headache.

8) Hot water
After doing what the pioneers did, wouldn't you just love to have a hot shower or bath? I know that I would have really missed that!

9) Camera
I really do love my camera. But more than that, being able to document for my grandkids and their grandchildren is very special.

10) Vehicles
Purely for selfish reasons, I would love to be able to have a vehicle for 'long' trips!

THE JOLLEY JOURNALS - PRAYER

Posts have been sparse this week, due to the fact that I only had 4 days to prepare a talk for sacrament meeting. My topic was the power of prayer. I thought that I would share a few excerpts with you:

I asked several friends, "What is prayer?" Here are two of my favorite answers.

“Prayer is a daily PPI. It is an opportunity to talk with God and reflect on what I can do better tomorrow.”

“Prayer is a way to open your heart to God, let him in your life in an intimate way, and tell him all your fears and worries, gratitude and thankfulness. Prayer is one of those things that is experienced differently by everyone but is a universal way of talking to the one who created each of us!”

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President Kimball taught: “No mother would carelessly send her little children forth to school on a wintry morning without warm clothes to protect against the snow and rain and cold. But there are numerous fathers and mothers who send their children to school without the protective covering available to them through prayer—a protection against exposure to unknown hazards, evil people, and base temptations.”

We are taught to “pray always to the Father in my name.”

Once a Primary teacher asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night.

“Yes,” he replied.

“And do you always say them in the morning, too?” the Primary teacher asked.

“No,” the boy replied. “I ain’t scared in the daytime.”

Fear of the dark should not be our only motivation to pray.

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We sometimes forget that prayer should not be our last resort, but our first priority.

President Hinckley said, “Believe in prayer and the power of prayer. Pray to the Lord with the expectation of answers. I suppose there is not a man or a woman in this entire congregation today who doesn’t pray. I hope that is so. The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the telephone and ordering groceries- we place our order and hang up. We need to meditate, contemplate, think of what we are praying about and for and then speak to the Lord as one man speaketh to another. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord” (Isa. 1:18). That is the invitation. Believe in the power of prayer- it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.”

My testimony of prayer is that it is real and that God hears and answers our prayers. Prayer changes who we are and what we will become. "Prayer changes things."