tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74542019658004490052024-03-05T16:33:53.909-07:00KARMEN'S KREATIONSKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-60557889023902179012013-09-15T06:48:00.001-06:002013-09-15T06:50:46.256-06:00A Mother, Her Boy and His Violin
One of the greatest pleasures I have as a mother is getting to know my children. I take great joy in listening to them and watching them blossom. I am constantly seeking to understand who they each are as a person and to respect that. My Joaquin decided when he was about 5 that he wanted to play the violin. We put him in a local community group to let him try it out.Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-3170466250018679372013-09-10T06:06:00.002-06:002013-09-10T06:07:25.678-06:00ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP QRSTUV WXY and ZEKE!
This is my Kindergartener. He just started school a little more than a week ago. He loves it! He loves everything about it! He comes home excited that he has homework. He sits down immediately after arriving home to do it. This is my Ezekiel :). He has started learning one sight word a week and is so eager to learn that last night I found him in his Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-74080141182298607022013-01-21T08:06:00.001-07:002013-01-21T08:06:18.310-07:00Great to be 8
Where has the time gone?
Last Sunday (Jan. 13,2013) We attended our Stake’s “Great to
be 8” program and scheduled the date and time for Joaquin’s baptism. To say he is excited is truly an
understatement! He listened intently to
the speakers and their detailed explanations of what to expect for their baptisms
as well as their recommendations of what to do to Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-28062410150480925102012-11-14T11:19:00.006-07:002012-11-14T11:19:57.722-07:00Thanksgiving...
Today I am thankful for friends...some I have known all my life, some are brief acquaintances, some I know well, some know me well, some are family and some I call family, but friends they ALL are and I love each and every ONE!
Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-20575842810327456632012-11-10T13:09:00.000-07:002012-11-10T13:09:00.057-07:00Thanksgiving....
Today I am thankful for children...for their enthusiasm for life, for their innocence, for their willingness to love, love, and love some more. Is it any wonder that the Savior has admonished us "to become as a little child"?
This while playing with a neighborhood friend my Joaquin let his emotions get the better of him (this is a super rare thing...Zeke, now that is a different story). &Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-82736902120311375872012-11-08T14:21:00.001-07:002012-11-08T14:21:53.853-07:00Thanksgiving...
Today I am thankful for all of the difficulties, trials, challenges, and adversity of this life. Because of them I have experienced great joy! I can see how my rough edges are being smoothed and softened. They have and are making me more kind, compassionate, tolerant, and forgiving. Although terribly painful and often nearly overwhelming I know they are helping me become Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-52328661295682056022012-10-12T15:55:00.000-06:002012-10-12T15:55:36.068-06:00Written Upon My Heart
Where oh where do I begin? I always look forward to Conference Weekend to be nourished by the good word and I am never disappointed. But where to begin to when there was oh so much that touched and lifted my spirit?
To quote Maria..."Let's start at the very beginning a very good place to start"...
What a wonderful revelation to hear that young men who have graduated from school Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-18761514679446871272012-06-26T10:25:00.003-06:002012-06-26T10:25:21.415-06:00Rodrigo's Graduation - WE DO HARD THINGS
My husband, Rodrigo, has worked in the Digital Media industry for nearly 15 years now. When he started out an associate's degree was all the education needed and his starting pay was $45,000...that is a lot of pay for so little education. Anywho, the industry has changed drastically over these 15 years and in 2008 he decided to go back to school for his Bachelor's degree. He Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-14565541978849408732012-02-24T09:45:00.000-07:002012-02-24T09:45:17.806-07:00The things of my Soul
The Book of Mormon Prophet Nephi once said regarding the record he was keeping..."And upon these I write the things of my soul..." 2 Nephi 4:15 This is why I blog. This is my place to record the things of my soul. The place where I can pour out my thoughts, fears, joys, successes and yes more often that I would like even my failures. There are many wonderful blogs out Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-32764065714889104092012-02-05T09:43:00.000-07:002012-02-05T09:43:10.700-07:00COOL...SUPER COOL!!!
Please don't ask me why my son decided to pose like this for this picture because I have absolutely NO idea and it has nothing to do with this post :)
This is my Ezekiel, or Zeke (pronounced Zeekey) as we like to call him. He is 3 and will turn the BIG 4 in 9 days. February 14th to be exact. He is my Valentine's boy. Well, the soon to be 4yr old boy has been Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-539154086574192522012-02-03T08:09:00.000-07:002012-02-05T09:43:59.443-07:00Where on Earth Can I Find Heaven?
I miss it like the trees miss April when its fall...
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, 60
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-79289424604820857092012-01-29T11:59:00.003-07:002012-01-29T11:59:42.994-07:00Comfort Food for Thought
You know those foods that when you eat them you just feel good all over? The ones that make you feel warm and safe and happy all the way the very core of your being? Well, I also have those comfort foods for my thoughts. They are things that when I reflect on them I feel this sense of peace that settles over me and sinks down deep into my soul. The story of Joseph SmithKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-21779348488546946952012-01-28T12:51:00.000-07:002012-01-28T12:51:31.537-07:00
My husband, Rodrigo, has been having a love affair with film since he can remember. He has always been fascinated with creating for the big screen. He is currently finishing a Bachelor's degree in Digital Media in preparation for obtaining a master's degree in Film Production. Last semester he had to re-create a scene from a film. He chose "The Rabbit's Foot" from MissionKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-89985217708834535502012-01-23T07:48:00.000-07:002012-01-23T07:50:45.898-07:00"Of Thee I Sing"
I am a collector of children's picture books. I grew up reading. My grandmother, my constant source of inspiration, read to me often and would discuss what we read. She was always pushing me to be the very best I can be and to see the best in all around me. She was truly one to accentuate the positive. It wasn't that she didn't notice the negative she just choseKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-39697060767983075632012-01-22T15:26:00.000-07:002012-01-22T15:48:43.525-07:00...The Meaning of All Things...
Today I was sitting in stake conference there was a sweet little family sitting in front of us with three beautiful little girls and a baby boy. One of the little girls, an 18 month old was sitting next her her mother. Walking toward the family was a young couple who it seemed the husband of was the brother to the mother of the little family. When the 18 month old saw himKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-68901951103360122082012-01-19T07:31:00.000-07:002012-01-22T15:47:20.809-07:00Plain and Precious
I love to look at my children when they are sleeping. Basking in their innocence and sweetness while they sleep is the best part of my day!
A few nights ago, as we were having our nightly ritual of reading 5 verses from the Book of Mormon, I was finishing up the verse below. The sweet boy on the left, Joaquin, asked me about "garments stained in blood". We talkedKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-66111501297451584522012-01-02T16:54:00.003-07:002012-01-18T07:37:56.804-07:00Peace - My Word for 2012
Where can I turn for peace?
Where is my solace when other sources cease
to make me whole?
When with a wounded heart, anger or malice,
I draw myself apart searching my soul?
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33
Peace I leave with you, my Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-54034444707023036702011-12-31T17:54:00.000-07:002011-12-31T18:23:17.748-07:00We Done Good! 2011 in Review
We’ve clapped and cheered, encouraged, pushed and at times even
drug one another along to success throughout this glorious year of 2011.
Here are just a few of our reasons for cheering…
- Rodrigo “Daddy”, “DaDa”, “Amorcito” –
Stayed positive and focused after being laid off
from his job
Finished 14 classes for a total of 42 credit hours
while working part-time and maintained at theKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-78206164045845071822011-12-20T22:47:00.000-07:002012-01-02T16:57:40.189-07:00O' THAT I WERE AN ANGEL (Talk 12-18-11)
Simon Dewey "And His Name Shall Be Called"
Luke2:9-11
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon
them, and the glory of
the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings
of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this
day in theKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-62520570539562602582011-12-11T14:09:00.000-07:002011-12-11T15:42:00.914-07:00"...On the Morrow Come I into the World..."It wasn't until Christmas, the very end of my 18 month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that I really read and caught the spirit of the account of the Savior's birth in the Book of Mormon. I discovered it that particular year in large part due to a re-enactment that we did as a mission for our Christmas Party. At that time I had already read the Book of Mormon severalKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-78732080673438230932011-06-03T12:33:00.001-06:002011-10-22T12:59:01.637-06:00Guest Post - Ezekiel DiazI'm gonna leave this here. It is Zeke's very first guest post :) xfdfftfcfdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddKarmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-5909156237099612962011-05-17T06:39:00.000-06:002011-05-17T06:39:00.423-06:00Easter 2011Is there really such thing as a perfectly posed family picture :) I love this one because we are all doing something just a little quirky...that's us quirky :)Me and my sweet wonderful crazy boys!!!Those same boys with my sweet wonderful crazy hubby! :)We have a tradition of creating a "Jesus wall" each Easter as we remember the events of the last week of the Savior's life we place the picture Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-14783801494554091412011-05-02T08:49:00.000-06:002011-05-15T18:35:12.049-06:00We Do Hard Things - Part IIThe good thing about evaluating yourself is the opportunity to grow, to change, to become what you know you can and should be. Knowing that I wasn't pushing myself to excellence in very many things helped me to see the so called "obstacles" or more like excuses that I was using to take the easy road. And if, "I do hard things", then is there any obstacle or excuse that can or should or could Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-54246616255256786272011-04-19T10:13:00.000-06:002011-04-22T06:53:12.065-06:00We Do Hard Things - Part II went running for the first time in well, who knows when, yesterday. One of the many things I love about running/walking is that it gives me time to ponder. No, I'm not an motivational tune mp3 carrying exerciser. Not that there is one thing wrong with it. I just prefer taking note of the beauty of the things around me and pondering.This first day back to a life of exercise caused me to Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454201965800449005.post-53075184524894971292011-04-16T11:42:00.000-06:002011-12-16T12:30:45.920-07:00Cooking with Caprece - Warm Bacon Cheese SpreadThe first time I had this recipe was on a visit at Christmas time with Caprece and her still small but ever so sweet family. It was the holiday season and we were all the time whipping up yummy things to snack on while we visited with family and friends. This wonderful one landed on the New Year's Eve Menu - we love snack foods for New Year's Eve fixins. It was comfort food at its finest, warm,Karmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874956092568277815noreply@blogger.com0