Blessed

The Past two weekends we have had the blessings of family being sealed! A week ago Kirts sister Amber and her husband Jon were sealed along with their little girl Grace! It was wonderful to have family come and be together.

This weekend we had the blessing of seeing the adoption of Baby H. to my Sister and BIL and then wittnes the sealing of all three children to them.

I love the Gospel and I am truly blessed to have the knowledge that Families can be forever!

This post is for Amanda:);)

We have our own little Rivalry here. Elder Page who is one of our new missionaries is a "Texas" fan and plans on going there after his mission. Kirt graduated from ASU so he is a "Sun Devil " fan which made New Years interesting at our house. (We couldnt watch the game with the Elders at our house, but every now and then Kirt would go in and check the score.)

Tagged

JANUARY: Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people’s flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious

Stubborn and hard-hearted: I can be very stubborn and at times hard-hearted, some tough lessons have humbled me.

Ambitious and Serious: I don't know about ambitious but I tend to take things to serious.

Loves to Teach and be Taught: Teaching in church scares me, though I do love to teach my children and see them learn. I love to learn. I love to be taught whether it is at church, or a craft or a formal education. (I will probably be starting back to school pretty soon)

Hard Working and Productive: I am not afraid to get my hands dirty and I can not stand to leave a project unfinished.

Smart, Neat and Organized: I dont think I am smart, but I am a neat freak along with being organized.

Sensitive and has deep thoughts: I am sensitive, and at times too sensitive. I don't know about the deep thoughts.

Knows how to Make Others Happy: I try and will go out of my way to make someone else feel better or make them happy.

Quiet unless Excited or Tensed: Totally me!

Romantic, but has Difficulties Expressing Love: I am a romantic at heart, I do have a hard time expressing Love.

Loves Children: I Especially love my children. Children hold special place in my heart. Maybe thats why I am in Primary!

Loyal: Very Loyal.

Easily Jealous: I can be very Jealous. (I dont have great social abilities)

Money Cautious: I married a Scott does that say something?

Fun at the park

Today for fun we went to the park and played. I had fun taking a few pictures while we were there!

A Plea....

I was REALLY, REALLY excited to get Photoshop as one of my Christmas presents, but I am still trying to figure it out and not doing very good at it. If someone is willing to come over and help me, I will buy lunch and pay for lessons.

Just wishing everyone a Happy new Year!!

Nerf Fight

We all got nerf guns for Christmas and since then we have had a nerf war every night. My husband is the ward mission leader so we have the elders over every once in a while and last night they joined in the fun.

Our Christmas Before and After

One of our traditions is to read from the Bible and Book of Mormon the accounts of Jesus' Birth. We also discussed this year what the gifts represent and and some of the other symbols of Christmas. As a mom it is wonderful to see the kids understand the True meaning of Christmas and see that light in their eyes. We are still having fun playing Santa with Kade and love the innocence he has. After the reading I love to watch the kids open their gifts and I am alwas amazed how fast the room can get messy.

Christmas Crafts

Today I had a sick kid and while he was resting I finished the stocking plaque and painted the North Pole sign. I had a lot of fun.

Candy Land

On Saturday most of the cousins met at Gramma D's house and frosted cookies and made a Ginger Bread House! Thanks Gramma:)

Play Day

Today we met Jenn and her son Seth at the mall. It was fun to sit and talk with her as the two little ones played. They had fun posing for the camera. Chantel and Brock got to go shopping! After some shopping we all went to Sbarro's for lunch. The kids rode the carousel, and I have to thank Brock for helping the boys!!!

Ward Christmas Party!

Tonight at our ward christmas party the kids had a ton of fun. It was great to get out and be with friends and family. After dinner and the indoor activities we all went outside and had hot chocolate while standing around fire pits to keep warm. All of the kids, big and little, had fun in the snow that santa brought with him. There was even a blow up bouny castle for the really little ones. Below are the pictures I took at the party. Some of the pictures are not the best , but they were fun to take.

Check out my Slide Show!

My Vent!!!

I just need to vent a little bit! Monday I think I had a breakdown. We have been fighting our mortgage company of our rental house and I was in tears over all the stress that it brings us. Well during one of my mini rages I went to throw a paper in a garbage can. (The can sits next to a bookcase and on top of it sits the pencil sharpener) The paper missed the garbage can and I got up and bent over to pick it up. I think I accidentally pulled on the cord to the pencil sharpener and pulled it onto my head. I blacked out. It took a while before I could see anything. All I could do was sit on my knees and cry. I have had a headache all week along with the feeling of being nauseous too.

Wednesday, Kade (the poor kid) spent the morning at a Gastroenterologists office getting poked and prodded. They think he might have acute gastritis, food allergies, or something called Eosinophilic Esophagitis. I am still reading on what that is. So in January he goes into the hospital to have an endoscopy done. I am just thankful and hopeful that he doesn't have ulcerative colitis like I have. Kade also had to go and get blood work done and I was in tears having to watch him go through that.

There are other things that I really want to vent and cry about but I just can't seem to do that right now. I am just to angry and selfish and in tears to let things go! I know nothing lasts forever and when all these things are over I will be a little bit better for it.

While moms away.....

......The kids will play! These two cuties were at our house during the day while mom and the others went to Disney Land. They had a lot of fun fighting over the "Little Red Rocker". I couldn't keep the block out of Baby H.'s mouth and Little N. always had his blankie in tow. We also had left over balloons from Kade's birthday and they were using them as chairs to sit on and pillows to lay on. I am thankful that one never popped on them.

Putting up some lights

My wonderful son last weekend started getting out the christmas decorations and lights and was very excited that this year we can decorate outside with lights. I think he did a really good job at his first time stringing lights!

Thanksgiving Pictures

Thank You!

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"

~William A. Ward

Just wanted to say thank you to my wonderful sister "Mommyx5" for the new blog header and to Amazing "A" for the fun and beautiful pictures you took of our family!

Dinner anyone?

My Husband and Brock went hunting this weekend! Next weekend we get to bring home all the meat. I have never had elk meet before so we will see how it taste for dinner sometime!

Entranced!

For me my reading consists of reading bedtime stories, scriptures and it seem that the only reading time I get is on Sunday, as I read the ward bulletin during sacrament meeting. However, a friend in the ward said that she just finished a book and told me it was one of the best books she ever read. I was skeptical since I dont have time to read all that much and sitting still is about impossible for me. Well needless to say I spent some time on saturday night reading and I got entranced in this book. I finished the book about 10:30 last night. I never have read a book that fast. I tried to recall the last book I read, I figured out that is was four years ago when I was on complete bedrest with my pregnancy. My daughter now wants to read it and I want to read the rest of the books in the series. I guess it might end up being a christmas present from Santa to Us.

What a day we had!

Lately we have some struggles with Kade! He is testing out his boundaries and learning what Mom and Dad will and wont let him get away with. Today to keep him busy we made our own "I Spy" pages. It was fun to see him build his page and ask me what I spied. Later in the afternoon after running kids to their lessons, Kade decided that he wanted to go to McD's. After Kirt and I both telling him no, he staged a protest. He sat in his carseat for at leat 30 minutes. The pictures below tell the story! I finally got him settled down and in the house when I had to leave and go get the older kids. When I got back I learned that Kirt had sent him to bed because he acted up again. I went in to check on him and I found him sound asleep in his bed.

Kade's Day!

Just for fun....

Today I thought I would list all the things I did just for fun and not so fun!!

1. I woke up 40 min.'s late and had to rush to get kids to school on time.

2. I let Kade play games on the computer while I watched part of a tv show.

3. I took a drill over to a friend so she could borrow it. She is making christmas crafts for a boutique. I ended up staying for a couple of hours while Kade played with her daughter and now he has bumps, bruises and a scrape on his neck that looks like a hickie. Kirt and I both are laughing about that one.

4. I curled my hair only to not like it and wet it down again and blow dry it straight.

5. I had to put Kade into the car kicking and screaming and no shoes on to go do car pool. The poor kids in the car were absolutly afraid of Kade and covering their poor ears to try and not hear him screaming.

6. I called my dear husband during Kades out burst so I could share with him how my day was going!

7. I went with my friend and helped her take her crafts to the Kandy Kane Castle Boutique. I just love all the things she made. It is always fun to go to boutiques and see what others are making.

8. I made grilled hamburgers for dinner. For us having hamburgers is a treat!

9. After dinner my dear husband knowing the kind of day I had took me with him to run a couple of errands. After the errands we stopped at Neilson's Frozen Custard! YUM!!!!!

10. After coming home from there I had to rush Brock over to an other friends house to have her help him with a cello part he is working on for our primary program on sunday.

After all that my husband let me veg in front of the computer and have some time alone while he entertained the kids! Thank You Kirt, I really needed it today!

My wake up call

This morning I was awaken by the little cute one on the left at 6:00 am. He was petting my face and saying"Mom you are so beaut-ee-ful" . I can not think of any other way to be woken up.

Carving Pumkins

One of our family traditions is to carve the pumkins on Halloween night. Chantel tried to carve a spider in hers. It turned out look like a circle in the middle of the pumkin. Kirt helped Kade carve a bat into his. Brock carved a silly face in his. His turned out the best of the three. They had fun and for us it helps keep the kids away from the candy. It's always fun when we get to have fun activities like this with dad.