Blessings

What a blessing it has been to watch this beautiful temple be built. I am so grateful for my family-for the knowledge I have that our family is forever. I am very blessed to have such an incredible husband and we together are blessed to be parents to such amazing kids. It brings such peace to my heart to know that the blessings of the temple are real-that no matter what happens in this life we can be together for eternity. I know that this life is such a small part of what really matters...FOREVER!!!

Ahhh!!! Casey and I are soooo blessed!

How it REALLY is when we are trying to take a picture of our kids-sweet Jaycee is spunky and just doesn't like her picture taken! :)

Don't make our dad mad!!!

This morning Casey was making an omelet...Sawyer was being a stink so Casey thumped his head while he had an egg in his hand. This was the outcome!!! He's lucky it somehow broke all over his arm instead of in his hair! :) The funny part is we heard Sawyer tell Jaycee this afternoon, "You better stop that or dad will throw an egg at you!"

Twilight.....

So...I was one of the crazy people who saw Twilight at midnight lastnight. My funny friend ShaLae rented out a theatre and then she made these yummy cookies! I couldn't eat mine until I got home and took a picture of it. So flippin' funny! Love ya ShaLae~thanks for making it happen for all of us! :)
I do have to say I was amazed at how "into it" people are-people dressed like vampires, some were dressed in prom dresses, they were taking pictures at the movie theatre for $10 with a Twilight background, t shirts and charm bracelets for sale, and Village Inn got so crowded before the movie-thank heavens we went way early, what a night! I like to have fun and I loved the books but it made me laugh to see how obsessed some people are. THEY were having fun and living a dream! :) I think it took us ATLEAST 20-30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot-it was nuts! A night to laugh about and remember.

Girls Night Out

Lastnight one of the young women in our ward was in a play at Hillcrest High. I took Alyssa & Shay & Alyssa's cute friend Kelsey to see it...it was fantastic! We loved it! We of course had to go eat before at the only place we ever eat at~Training Table. Yummy! It was fun to hang out with the giggly girls! We bought the new David Archuletta cd and jammed to it in the car on the way there and on the way home-it's so good! Everyone should buy a copy! I am glad my kids still like to hang out with me....I'm sure it won't be long til I embarass them too much. Oh well!

Some people shouldn't have kids.....

Ok-This time I am not referring to me even though I know I am not mother of the year! Today Sawyer was playing at a friend's and Jaycee was at preschool so I ran to Target to get some ideas for Christmas. As I was grabbing my cart I saw a mom walk to the bathroom door which is right by the door to go outside. She had a 2 year old boy and a baby boy that was maybe 6 months old. She had a cart full of stuff she had purchased, it also had her purse and her 2 darling children that are way more important even than the stuff in the cart!!!! I heard her say to her little son, "Stay right here. I have to go to the bathroom and I will be right back." She went into the bathroom and locked the door and left them in the cart outside the bathroom. SERIOUSLY???????? The cart could have easily gone into the bathroom with her-it's the "family bathroom" that is probably made for these situations. I stood close by to make sure nothing happened to the kids and wanted to say something to the mom but I didn't-I just walked away after she was done. Any of you who know me know I am WAY too overprotective as a mom so you know at the store my kids are never out of my sight. BUT I am pretty sure normal mom's aren't that casual. What the heck? I wish I would have said something to her but how do you tactfully say, "Loser! Your kids could have been kidnapped by a psycho. Maybe watch your kids or take them to the bathroom with you. By the way-You're welcome. I made sure they were safe and I'm a stranger so I couldn't talk to them because hopefully you have told them strangers are dangerous!!! Maybe you should turn your kids in for a puppy." See-I'm a little judgemental so I just didn't say anything. Pretty scary!

Now I've Gone To Heaven! NOT

Does this mean I can count the glorious fave drink as breakfast for reals???????
How would it taste????? Not so sure about this.....

Sawyer's Testimony

Today we were driving down Bangerter Highway and passed the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. Sawyer started to tell me he had a testimony so I asked to hear it. He said, "I know the church is true. I know Heavenly Father is true. I know that heaven isn't very far away."

Incredible! Amazing little Trent passed away Tuesday so we have had a lot of conversations in our house the past couple of days. We have NOT discussed where heaven is so that blew me away he had thought about that. It's amazing how much these little kids understand...I learn so much from my sweet kids.

Happy Birthday Shay!!!!

I always let my kids choose their favorite lunch on their birthdays and I go eat with them in the cafeteria. It cracks me up...a simple Arctic Circle hamburger and shake makes all the kids so jealous! It would be fun to bring lunch for the whole class-I'm too cheap!

Shay's cute soccer ball cake we made-Casey did a great job decorating it! I had no idea how to make a soccer ball.

Our family-Shaylee has been SOOOOOO excited for her birthday to come and today she got sick. She has a horrible headache! Sad! So we did the best we could-had her open her gifts, blew out the candles and tucked her in bed. She is always so thoughtful and loving on everyone else's special day, it breaks my heart she had to be so miserable on hers. We sure are blessed to have her in our family~she teaches every one of us so much about being selfless and loving. We sure love ya Shay!

Mean Uncle Casey

Casey LOVES to make cute little Logan cry...he is so mean! I don't know how our kids have survived him-he's such a big tease! Check out the look on Cammi's face in the top picture-she wants to kill her big bro! :)