what a classic photo of abe and my dad! i am so happy we live close and my kids can hang out with grandpa!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
grandpa jr.
what a classic photo of abe and my dad! i am so happy we live close and my kids can hang out with grandpa!
teenager!
where has time gone?
this cute little girl...
is now...a beautiful THIRTEEN!
it was a regular "special" day!
she woke up to the usual...
b-day table and candle in her pancake.
WHAT???? texting at the table, already?
even though she had school, violin lesson and young women's, we tried to make it a day full of surprises.
a cupcake was delivered to her during each period at school, pizza and embarrassment delivered at lunch (delivered by the two cutest delivery boys ever...max and dave, supposed to be kai, who got embarrassed himself at the last second).
fun presents (who wouldn't love sparkly pink toms, and harry potter movies?) and thoughtful brothers! they have been very concerned about her gifts. abe picked a disney violin book, kai- a cake with tangled decor and max- the tangled movie.
i tried one last surprise at yw/ym but when i tried to sneak in, she was standing right there and caught me!
sadie:
you make life happy and meaningful! i love being your mom and sometimes crying, but mostly laughing with you. it has been another move and transition year which are not easy! you have had a lot of those. you have so much courage and i am impressed that you always dive in with faith and create good things around you! you make life better where ever you go. i hope you felt how much we all care about you on your birthday and every day!!! i remember when you were born and so little, holding your little tiny body, but yet feeling what a big and amazing spirit you had and have! i hope you always remember that you are remarkable!
HAPPY THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY!!!!
this cute little girl...
is now...a beautiful THIRTEEN!
it was a regular "special" day!
she woke up to the usual...
b-day table and candle in her pancake.
WHAT???? texting at the table, already?
even though she had school, violin lesson and young women's, we tried to make it a day full of surprises.
a cupcake was delivered to her during each period at school, pizza and embarrassment delivered at lunch (delivered by the two cutest delivery boys ever...max and dave, supposed to be kai, who got embarrassed himself at the last second).
fun presents (who wouldn't love sparkly pink toms, and harry potter movies?) and thoughtful brothers! they have been very concerned about her gifts. abe picked a disney violin book, kai- a cake with tangled decor and max- the tangled movie.
i tried one last surprise at yw/ym but when i tried to sneak in, she was standing right there and caught me!
sadie:
you make life happy and meaningful! i love being your mom and sometimes crying, but mostly laughing with you. it has been another move and transition year which are not easy! you have had a lot of those. you have so much courage and i am impressed that you always dive in with faith and create good things around you! you make life better where ever you go. i hope you felt how much we all care about you on your birthday and every day!!! i remember when you were born and so little, holding your little tiny body, but yet feeling what a big and amazing spirit you had and have! i hope you always remember that you are remarkable!
HAPPY THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY!!!!
happy birthday my max!
after a persuasive power point presentation from sadie about ALL the reasons we should go to disneyland, we caved. we decided to have the kids save money for three months and make it a birthday trip for max.
max woke on his birthday to his four-year-old birthday table-celebration and then we piled in the car...destination disneyland. dave and i agreed to go, solely on the well thought out presentation and the desire that sadie had for max to experience disneyland at the perfect age of four. she prepped him by showing him disney movies and telling him stories. her desire for him to have a good experience was worth the trip!
our kids are pretty great travelers. i really love being in the car all together for long drives. 
my favorite part: we got out to eat dinner and abe said, "my bum hurts." and kai said, "yah, my thumbs hurt!" he had been playing his nintendo ds in the backseat by himself, the whole drive.
we ate lunch at a bbq place and they had a show while we ate. the lady asked if it was any one's birthday and max took off, ran right up there on stage (that's what you do in primary if it's your birthday, right?) the lady was surprised and so was i! she had him ring a bell four times and let us take his picture and he was as happy as any boy i've ever seen.
we thought max would be tall enough to ride mostly everything, but he was just under the bar. the boys kept stretching his head and re-measuring. miraculously it worked once and he got to ride. later he told me, "mom, i should have worn my cleats!"
dave got a couple naps! disneyland really is the happiest place on earth!
it was a great time-out for our family.
happy birthday max! you are truly a delight!
max woke on his birthday to his four-year-old birthday table-celebration and then we piled in the car...destination disneyland. dave and i agreed to go, solely on the well thought out presentation and the desire that sadie had for max to experience disneyland at the perfect age of four. she prepped him by showing him disney movies and telling him stories. her desire for him to have a good experience was worth the trip! 
our kids are pretty great travelers. i really love being in the car all together for long drives. 
my favorite part: we got out to eat dinner and abe said, "my bum hurts." and kai said, "yah, my thumbs hurt!" he had been playing his nintendo ds in the backseat by himself, the whole drive.
we ate lunch at a bbq place and they had a show while we ate. the lady asked if it was any one's birthday and max took off, ran right up there on stage (that's what you do in primary if it's your birthday, right?) the lady was surprised and so was i! she had him ring a bell four times and let us take his picture and he was as happy as any boy i've ever seen.
we thought max would be tall enough to ride mostly everything, but he was just under the bar. the boys kept stretching his head and re-measuring. miraculously it worked once and he got to ride. later he told me, "mom, i should have worn my cleats!"
dave got a couple naps! disneyland really is the happiest place on earth!
it was a great time-out for our family.
happy birthday max! you are truly a delight!
Monday, April 11, 2011
dance off
dave started his "real" full-time job, AND he was able to come to church with us. it felt wonderful to spend the day together.
we ended the day with a DANCE OFF!
every once in a while we do things that make our kids wide eyed and think we're crazy...maybe we are, although they got into it themselves. a little too serious:) our kids LOVE when we play music we liked when we were tweeners. i'm so glad dave remembered tiffany, i forgot about her...brought back many of memories, and i might add some pretty sweet dance moves!
we ended the day with a DANCE OFF!
every once in a while we do things that make our kids wide eyed and think we're crazy...maybe we are, although they got into it themselves. a little too serious:) our kids LOVE when we play music we liked when we were tweeners. i'm so glad dave remembered tiffany, i forgot about her...brought back many of memories, and i might add some pretty sweet dance moves!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
birthday party
we had my mom over for her birthday dinner. my mom is amazing. i'm so happy i get to live closer to her. the kids LOVED messing around with her candles so it looked like she was 1101. they also put peeps on her cake because "grandma is a chick"....and she is!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
#1 mom award
this week is FULL of reasons why if mom awards were being passed out, they would be skipping right over me. does anyone else ever have weeks when you make your daughter late for school and then tell her to just slip in and maybe her teacher won't notice? or when your house seems to always look like this:
it has been that kind of a week.
but for sure the high point was this....
abe has been telling me for about a week that he needed a pencil for school. i heard him, sort of. a few days later i got around to buying him some pencils. i went to his class to help with a few things and noticed his desk drawer was a disaster! his last class had a system for organizing and this class doesn't. i realized abe was in need of a "system" so we started to clean it out and come up with a plan, when i pulled out this:
i chuckled and said, "nice pencil, abe." he got a little teary and said, "i've been telling you i need a pencil." he has been using this pencil for days.
a lesson on listening to my kids! i will try, try again this week.
If at first you don't succeed....you're normal?
it has been that kind of a week.
but for sure the high point was this....
abe has been telling me for about a week that he needed a pencil for school. i heard him, sort of. a few days later i got around to buying him some pencils. i went to his class to help with a few things and noticed his desk drawer was a disaster! his last class had a system for organizing and this class doesn't. i realized abe was in need of a "system" so we started to clean it out and come up with a plan, when i pulled out this:
i chuckled and said, "nice pencil, abe." he got a little teary and said, "i've been telling you i need a pencil." he has been using this pencil for days.
a lesson on listening to my kids! i will try, try again this week.
If at first you don't succeed....you're normal?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
good day, sunshine!
well, still waiting for sunshine, but it was a great day none-the-less!!
good #1
our cute cousin, annie, got baptized! i love baptisms, the spirit is always so strong. cousins are important to my kids and they wanted it to be a good day for her. sadie made her a candy bar poster. the cousins all sang, my brother kelly gave her a beautiful blessing about receiving the holy ghost. it reminded me of this
the bishop spoke. he explained that when we are baptized we become part of the Lord's team. there are almost 14 million member of the church compared to almost 6 billion people in the world. that means the members of the church make up 0.2% of the population, yet it is our job to share the gospel with the world.
he then told the story from the bible. the israelites were in bondage to the midianites. the lord calls gideon to gather an army to go against the mideonites, who were described as 'the sand by the seas side for mlititude', which means there were a lot of them. so gideon gathers an army of 22,000 and the lord says, "the people that are with thee are too many for me to give the midanites into their hands" so he tells gideon to ask who is afraid and let them go home. so now they have 10,000 men. the lord says it is still too many, so he has them drink water and only the men that drink from their hands will make up the army to fight against the mideonites. 300 men are left. he tells gideon to give every man a trumpet in one hand and in the other, a pitcher with a lantern inside. when night comes, the three hundred men surround the mideonites and all at once they blow their trumpet, then break the pitcher and the light shines all around them. the mideonites are startled and fight against themselves, then flee, and the israelites are delivered.
even though we are small, we are so much more when we have the lord's help, and because we are on his team we can have his help, and we can do great things. he encouraged annie to look around school and make a difference. i really loved this story and the application. i also was touched at the thought of being a family forever, and seeing all my family trickle in, feeling love for them and feeling happy to be connected to each one.
good #2
we quickly headed to ogden for the high school 5A championship game. tj, another cousin plays for lone peak who was playing in the championship....and they won!
what a great day. students rushed the court. i told abe, kai, and their cousin gabi, they could go on the court so i lifted them over the railing. abe was really concerned that they were breaking a rule, but i reassured them it was ok. next thing i knew, they were being escorted back to the stands by this little old usher. abe gave me a look and said, "i told you mom." my brother marty asked britton johnson to let them down. he said anything for a fellow red-head and walked them past the usher and next thing we knew, they were on the court, a little nervous, but happy to be up close to the celebration.
way to go teej!
good #3
dave's sister in getting married and the girls spent the evening shopping, then we headed back to dave's parents' house to hang out. one thing about dave's family is they can laugh and laugh. i love it. we had a fun time talking about wedding plans.
i'm grateful for all the experiences we've had and the awesome places we've lived, AND i am so happy to be back in utah so we can celebrate with our families.
good #1
our cute cousin, annie, got baptized! i love baptisms, the spirit is always so strong. cousins are important to my kids and they wanted it to be a good day for her. sadie made her a candy bar poster. the cousins all sang, my brother kelly gave her a beautiful blessing about receiving the holy ghost. it reminded me of this
the bishop spoke. he explained that when we are baptized we become part of the Lord's team. there are almost 14 million member of the church compared to almost 6 billion people in the world. that means the members of the church make up 0.2% of the population, yet it is our job to share the gospel with the world.
he then told the story from the bible. the israelites were in bondage to the midianites. the lord calls gideon to gather an army to go against the mideonites, who were described as 'the sand by the seas side for mlititude', which means there were a lot of them. so gideon gathers an army of 22,000 and the lord says, "the people that are with thee are too many for me to give the midanites into their hands" so he tells gideon to ask who is afraid and let them go home. so now they have 10,000 men. the lord says it is still too many, so he has them drink water and only the men that drink from their hands will make up the army to fight against the mideonites. 300 men are left. he tells gideon to give every man a trumpet in one hand and in the other, a pitcher with a lantern inside. when night comes, the three hundred men surround the mideonites and all at once they blow their trumpet, then break the pitcher and the light shines all around them. the mideonites are startled and fight against themselves, then flee, and the israelites are delivered.
even though we are small, we are so much more when we have the lord's help, and because we are on his team we can have his help, and we can do great things. he encouraged annie to look around school and make a difference. i really loved this story and the application. i also was touched at the thought of being a family forever, and seeing all my family trickle in, feeling love for them and feeling happy to be connected to each one.
good #2
we quickly headed to ogden for the high school 5A championship game. tj, another cousin plays for lone peak who was playing in the championship....and they won!
what a great day. students rushed the court. i told abe, kai, and their cousin gabi, they could go on the court so i lifted them over the railing. abe was really concerned that they were breaking a rule, but i reassured them it was ok. next thing i knew, they were being escorted back to the stands by this little old usher. abe gave me a look and said, "i told you mom." my brother marty asked britton johnson to let them down. he said anything for a fellow red-head and walked them past the usher and next thing we knew, they were on the court, a little nervous, but happy to be up close to the celebration.
way to go teej!
good #3
dave's sister in getting married and the girls spent the evening shopping, then we headed back to dave's parents' house to hang out. one thing about dave's family is they can laugh and laugh. i love it. we had a fun time talking about wedding plans.
i'm grateful for all the experiences we've had and the awesome places we've lived, AND i am so happy to be back in utah so we can celebrate with our families.
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