Here's to You!

I have read three different articles in three different forms of mediums about giving compliments. Each article said that even the littlest compliment makes a huge difference. I agree! I know I am always in need of validation, but I figure if a little compliment can make my day it can do the same for someone else. I always give out compliments. I do have one requirement. It has to be sincere, never a lie. If i see someone and I think their hair looks cute or I like their shoes, or whatever, I never just think it, I say it. I compliment total strangers all the time, I may be wierd, but I would hate for them to go all day in the cute skirt and have no one comment. If they think I am wierd most likely they will never see me again!:) So blogger friends here's to YOU! I know you are strong and work hard, you are good mother's and your wonderful spirit's make someone else's life much better. And on top of that you Look Good doing it!

Here are a few pics of some fun Journals I made for my kids to give their cousins for Christmas. I got the idea from my friend's blog. Hers were so cute I thought I would try.

I made one for each of my kids too. I think they turned out pretty cute. I found the notebooks at Wal-mart for $1 and they are good sized 7x9. Thanks for the inspriation Darcee!

haPpy neW yeAr !

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, as we did. We always spend the day at grandmas which is always so much fun. We eat way too much and play games all day. The day after Christmas we spend at home. We stay in our Pj's and make our house a bigger mess than cleaning up. On Saturday we spent the day making even a bigger mess getting stuff ready for the DI. I did get the Christmas stuff to their designated living spaces.I can't believe it is now time for the tree to come down. It went way to fast.



Then it was New Years. We have an awesome party at my sister in laws where we again eat too much and play games until 3 or 4 am. This year we made it past 4 since Roger and Mitch didn't get to the festivities until 1am. Mitch went to the stake dance(is he really old enough?;) My sister in law throws a great New Year's Party. She makes yummy soup and we all bring yummy stuff to eat. She also loves noise makers and confetti. This year they got metallic confetti...uhg!...it itches! Here are some fun pics of us swimming in confetti!




The dreaded kiss from mom!
I hope you all have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

CHRISTmas!

I have been hearing so much that Christmas is so commercial and some complain that Christmas is too stressful and a burden. I just wanted to share with you how grateful I am for the first gift of Christmas, Our Savior. I love this time of year when we can celebrate him. I am grateful that my family has so many opportunities to celebrate him, I thought I would share a few with you.

Our favorite tradition is Temple square. We love the lights, but we also love the Nativities that are set out. We also got to go to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast/concert this year.

We always have family home evening this month that center around the Christ Child. Even though my kids have big Christmas's due to Grandma & Grandpa and a little by us, my kids love to put up or Nativity. Our house is full of Christmas over the fireplace, the kitchen, the tree, the front of the house. Our nativity is small and simple, but beautiful. Rogers Grandmother brought it to us from Jeruselam. Almost everyday I notice that the figures have been moved around by one of the kids.

We also have a Christmas Party with Great Grandma the first sunday of December each year. It sets the tone for our holiday it seems. We always sing corals(it takes about in hour). We sing some holiday favorites like roudolf, but we focus on hymns and primary songs.

I been so blessed with good kids! I am so grateful!

I hope your Holiday is filled with Love and Happiness!

hapPy birtHday!

Happy Birthday to me! How grateful I am today for family and friends! I have received so many calls and birthday wishes today. Even one from Jamacia! My preschoolers did not believe it was my birthday. One little girl said,"No! birthdays are for kids!" I still have presents to wrap...there is not one gift under my tree!...so much for a month of anticipating wrapped gifts! However, most my projects are finished, and my house can get cleaned tomorrow, so I spent the day reading, and went out to dinner with my family. It was a great day! I am just waiting to feel grown up. I feel wider, but not much older? My son will be 15 in two months, I should feel wise and mature, right?

I am grateful for the past year, and look forward to another. I just hope I can be more patient and more diligent with my diet!:)

Here is a cute picture of Rylee playing a fun game, it made me late to take the picture, but I am glad I did!

MerRy ChriStmAs!

I just wanted to take a minute to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It seems that time is getting away from me. I am done with my shopping, but I haven't even started my projects (christmas cards included)! I love working on Christmas projects in December, and not November though. Thank you all for sharing your blogs with me, I am enjoying be a blogger! I love all your blogs and keeping in touch! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and all your projects get done and your family is well.

haPpy HoliDayS!

BlesSinGs!

Last week my Inlaws took my kids & thier cousins shopping for things to donate to the DI. They also had several baby quilts that the kids had helped tie troughout the year to donate. My mother-in-law said that the kids were so good and thoughtful, and did not ask for one thing for themselves. What a blessing they are to me, my inlaws and my kids!

Last weekend we went to visit my sister. We had the opportunity to do some baptisms at the Rexburg temple. They told us that they did not take appointments on saturdays & to come whenever we wanted. When we got there at 10:30am there was a three hour wait, and people were waiting. I hate waiting at a light for three minutes! We did not wait because our little ones were at home but we did get to go to the Idaho Falls temple and had a great experience!

This picture was taken last february when we went to the dedication. How beautiful, Rexburg is very blessed!

My sister and I always thought we would get married and have kids together. We are only 18month apart in age. But, when I got married at 20 and had kids two years later, and she did not get married until she was 39, we knew it would not happen. Little did I know I would have a baby at 37 and she would have a baby at 39. We are so Blessed!

WaY toO muCh FuN!

HapPy BiRthDaY rYleE!
Yesterday was Rylee's 1st Birthday! I know I am a broken record becuase I say time goes to fast, but I can't believe it! However, she does get cuter every day! I made the butterfly cake for her birthday, and then I made the little pink cake so she could have her very own cake to dig into. She wasn't much of a digger though, she was very dainty and lady like. She started by using one finger and licking the frosting, she did get a few bites of cake, but the cake pretty much stayed in tact. My other kids demolished thier little cakes. She loved her train that grandma and grandpa gave her, she climbed all over it! She can walk behind it or ride it. She prefers to be pushed all over the house on it, doing things for yourself is not for princesses!(she'll learn:)


Happy Halloween! I love fall and Halloween. Maridee and Madee carved their all by them selves with a little help from dad doing the gutting. Rylee really enjoyed carving pumpkins, she actually ate the pumpkin. She tried a seed or two, but with only two teeth, she had little success!




This is the first year my oldest really hasn't dressed up. He wore his skeleton shirt to school, and the mask was to wear later to scare trick or treaters when they came to our house. Him and his friend also made a dummy to throw off the roof, but it didn't work so well, he ended having a video game party in the basement. I wish he didn't have the mask on in the picture! My Rock star, cowgirl and little lady bug look pretty darn cute though!