Where has December gone?~

I can't believe that it is December 19th! I knew that it would fly by that means that there is only five day left! YAH! I had my Santa shopping done early but then I decided to make things....What was I thinking? Two more patchwork skirts, four capes for my daycare kids, bean heaters, and a table runner that went terribly wrong. Ohh, and throw in a birthday party and a ward party. But I love this time of year. I love to give and I love to watch the kids. They are really into the magic of Santa and most important the birth of the Savior. I showed Dylan that the word Christ was in the word Christmas and He was the most important this time of year. He thought that was pretty cool. We had a fun ward party but it was a lot of work. I had to decorate all of the tables and we cooked all of the food for the ward. We had a breakfast and I really would be ok of I didn't crack another egg and flip another pancake for a long time.

Yesterday my baby boy turned 7 yes, that's right 7!


I am so grateful for this big boy!
I am a better person because I have him in my life. He is so rightous, sometimes I fell that I don't deserve to be his mom.
He is so sweet~
He will hug Jesse and I so tight that our face turns red from lack of oxygen.
He will get anything for me. Especially when I don't want to go down the stairs. He loves his sister so much. He wants to be by her always. He will get her MeMe before she even asks him to. He is such a good brother.

He is very rightous~
He always remembers family prayer. Not one night goes by without him wanting to say a prayer. His prayers and very thoughtful and he blesses everyone. He pays more tithing than he needs to. The last time we figured he needed to pay $0.50 and he said Mom can I pay $1.00 instead. He reminds me when it is fast Sunday. (while I am stuffing my mouth with Cherrios!) I feel that I need to feed his spirit much more that I am. Note to self for this new year feed Dylan spiritually.
He is very smart~
He can build anything. All he needs is tape and some cardboard. He has built a T.V. that has actually projected an image that he drew onto the wall, an overhead projector, a magnet board, calendars, books, photo books, copy machines, and I could go on and on. He also has three businesses that he operates. He is something special. My Dad has threaten me that he is going to introduce him to duck tape and I said No. I will have duck tape on everything!!
He is not a normal seven year old!
All he wanted for his birthday was a white board. He got so excited when he opened it that he screamed and ran around. All for a white board! He told Jesse and I that he loved us so much about 20 times. He also told Santa that he wanted a 9-bin organizer. Santa just looked at me and I smiled and he said, Ok? It was so funny!


I love him so much he is so special. I know that our Heavenly Father sent his sweet spirit to Jesse and I for a reason. To get us on track, he sent this sweet boy to teach us about being an Eternal family. What a priceless gift he is to us.
Love you pickle wickle! (Even though right now you are doing your fake cry because you are going to die at any minute if you don't have pancakes right NOW!!)

25 things that made Thanksgiving fantastic~

1) The smell of stuffing cooking in my house.
2) Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
3) Dinner at Aunt Lynnie's house.
4) Looking around the table and seeing the people that I love the most.
5) Sitting next to my Sasha.
6) Yummy mashed potato's.
7) Yummy pretzel Jello stuff.
8) Yummy rolls with butter melting inside.
9) Yummy Pumpkin cheesecake.
10)Paper plates and cups.
11)Holding my new great nephew, Kelton.
12)Going to the movie theater and watching an alien movie with my kids.
13)Having a sleep over at Aunt Lynnie's house.
14)Sleeping in a big bed with my kids.
15)Getting up at 4:00 in the morning to go shopping.
16)Running through Wal-Mart holding on to Sasha.
17)Getting a new T.V.
18)Standing in long lines with my niece's.
19)Watching my sister, a professional at "Black Friday".
20)Running to ten different stores all before 9:00am.
21)Laughing so hard my stomach hurt.
22)Sasha racing to each store.
23)Shopping.
24)Leftovers.
25)and last but not least my family! You guys rock!

Finally and sibling love~

Finally....
After diligently sewing for two nights in a row I pieced my first patchwork skirt together. I was so proud of myself. Then I lost the instructions to sew all of the rows together. Thank goodness for the Internet. I found a tutorial. Thinking that I could do it a faster way, I broke my gather string three times. Then unpicking, and more unpicking I finally gave up and put IT away for a couple of weeks. It was staring at me saying "you are so close finish me!" So I started again....finally finishing the hem stitch. Sophie was so excited for her skirt. It was cute...but I thought it need one more row. One problem no more material, off to the fabric store. Another row how hard could that be. I thought ohh I could just add a couple more squares to make the next row. Wrong...I needed much more. More unpicking, and again another hem stitch. Yes! It's done! Then I was at Wal-mart and found perfect lace that would be so cute on the bottom of that skirt. Came home, I didn't buy enough! Back to Wal-mart, for more lace. Ugh this skirt is killing me! Finally it's done after 3 weeks it's done. I wish so bad that I could sew like my mom!
I guess all that matters is that Sophie loves it and she says that it's "a good spinner".....

Sibling Love....
This is how I found these two watching T.V. the other night...I hope this lasts until they are 12 and 14....:)

My Kids~

I love them so much!!! I'm so honored to be their mom. They remind me everyday how luck that I am. They teach me things that I know My Heavenly Father has a hand in. My sweet son, I can't imagine my life without his sweet spirit. He reminds us every night to say prayer even if he is half asleep he will still want to say family prayer. I had a wonderful opportunity the other night on the way home from Orem. Dylan said mom I know I have a spirit but what is it really? I tried to explain the best that I could. We talked and talked and I fought back tears the entire ride home. The Spirit was so strong. I told my kids that we are here on earth to learn and grow and to live the best that we can to return to live with our Heavenly Father. My sweet Sophie said are you going to be in Heaven Mama? I told her that I will be there and she has to stay close to Heavenly Father and talk to him always and without any hesitation she said, ok mama, I will.
What a wonderful experience that car ride home was. I felt like they were understanding everything that I said to them. I hope to have many more of these special, sacred, conversations with my kids. What a joyful wonderful life that I have....

Halloween~

Halloween was fun as usual the kids get so excited. But just like last year I wasn't feeling well. I don't know what it is about this time of year my body decides to shut down. It knocked me down especially hard this year. I have wonderful people that I can call on and lots of love from family. My sweet friend Crista came and brought me food and she helped me so much. My mom and sweet sister just felt guilty that they lived far away but their phone calls and love helped me so much. My sister sent my sweet, fun, nieces down to help me on Friday and we had a great day. They helped the kids carve pumpkins, played games, put on a concert for us, they were awesome. I love them so much! My husband is another strength in my life. I don't know how I got so lucky! He is so understanding and no matter how many times I complain or cry he is always right there so sensitive and loving. He's the best! Enough about me, the kids were troopers this Halloween I think the nice weather helped they went Trick-or-treating for two hours. They were so funny when they got home. So excited to eat some candy and to just see what they got. Sophie was a cute purple witch and Dylan was a Park Ranger. Now starts the begging of candy all day and many threats of teeth falling out!

Fall fun~

We have had too much fun this past week. Grandma and Grandpa from Arizona came to visit for a week. They are so much fun to have here, the kids are in heaven. They are such great grandparents they love to play games, tickle, go fun places, get their hair done, and much more. We started the weekend by hiking up to Timpanogus Cave. Jesse thought it would be so fun. I had never been so I was excited to go too. Little note about the hike it's a tough one. The kids did amazing, so did Grandma and Grandpa. They did better than we did. But it is worth the hike the cave is really cool. The Park Ranger said right before we went into the cave, now nobody is scared right? Dylan's face was hilarious, his eyes went really big and sudden panic came across his face. We assured him that it wasn't scary and he would love it. The cave was really cool and I kept telling the kids that we were inside of the mountain and it was a hard concept for them to grasp. Then on Sunday we took a drive on the Nebo loop, so pretty. I love this time of year. Sophie got to have Grandma and Grandpa go on a field trip with her to the apple factory. She loved having them with her. The fun just kept going with the movie, Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Cute movie, it reminded me of Dylan with all of his engineering projects that he does. Then a super yummy lunch at five guys. We were full the rest of the day. Yum! Next Dad took Friday off to come and play with us, I think he was feeling left out. On to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving point. Super fun for the kids. They had a great time! They LOVED jumping on the giant pillows, the scary hay ride, the huge pits of corn, and the corn maze. We sure enjoyed our visitors and just being with our cute kids! Happy Fall!






Ohh, one more thing, my father-in-law let me drive his new corvette.....my cheeks hurt after I drove it....I was smiling the entire time...100mph on the freeway....ohh ya!!

Holy Cow~

1)I can't believe that it has been 3 weeks since my last post. I guess we have been busy. JW and I are project do'ers. We like to make lists and get stuff done. We usually spend the whole weekend doing it but it does get done. We work really well together, I always say that we are a great tag team, when he starts to get frustrated that's is my cue to step in and take over. But after the entire summer with the basement and the fall and summer the year before that on the yard I'm tired of projects....We checked off a big one this weekend though...The Garage!!! It is spotless, now I won't be embarrassed when the garage door opens and I hurry and drive in and close it...In fact today I left it open for all the world to see.

2)I love this time of year. I could really live in this weather all year long. I love summer and the pool but there is nothing better than crisp fall air. I even made apple crisp last night for dessert. (my favorite!) We went to Payson Lakes last Sunday. It was so beautiful and the colors were amazing. We packed a picnic and walked around the lake. The kids loved it. Sophie chased squirrels and Dylan was finding the biggest rocks to throw in the water. I of course made sure everyone had a jacket but I managed to forget one for me. It was a little chilly! While we were eating we heard a gun shot about every ten minutes or so, the deer hunt is upon us and the whole time I was hoping that the hunter had missed.

3) This last thought is about conference. I love to watch it. I haven't always been that way. I remember times when I was not going to church and I would know that it was conference weekend I would try everything not to see it on TV. I think that I knew that I should be watching it. Well people change and the gospel can do that for people, it has done it for me. I love this gospel and I remember the days when I didn't have it. When I didn't have the spirit with me. My life was lost. I was lost. I have purpose now. I have a divine purpose. I have an eternal companion, not just until I die. I love him more than just till I die, I love him to eternity! (and back) My kids are with us forever, and I will do all that is in my power to keep them close to the Lord. It is my job, and I love it!