Sunday, November 9, 2008

Mud....

This first picture she must have "hand-painted" a mask on her face.


On this second picture, you will notice Lucy's famous "head-dip head", some of you may remember the toilet bowl incident...
Please note that both of these pictues were taken the same day. Yes, my daughter has become MUD GIRL. Isaac was not like this as a 2 years old. He hated getting his hands dirty, he still does. Lucy on the other hand has had almost everything known to children on her hands. She loves it, no she revels in it!


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Halloween

Cousin Picture
From the left: Lucy (Red Riding Hood), Isaac (Jedi), Laurelle (cute witch), Addison (winter Belle), Jolie (butterfly/fairy), Kolby (wolf-man)


Isaac was a Jedi (convincing huh?)

Lucy was Little Red Riding Hood (cute huh?)
We had a really fun Halloween this year. For months, Isaac has been wanting a Jedi costume for Halloween. And Lucy, well, she is still at an age where I can dress her up in any cute costume I want (we'll see how long that lasts). My mom helped me make these costumes last week. I am so glad that we live close to eachother! I think I am starting to get a hang of this sewing thing (well, I can handle a couple of capes anyway).

This year was a little different from previous years. In years past, I would dress the kids up in the morning and take them everywhere (my moms work, Duane's work, etc). This year Isaac is in school, and they are not allowed to wear costumes to school (which I support, because it is too distracting). Duane is on vacation, so we didn't go to his work. My mom is off on Fridays, so we didn't go to her work either. So I had to wait all day long! By the time it was time to get ready, Isaac and Lucy had zonked out on the couch! I guess the anticipation had worn them out. We woke them up and got them ready. Duane took them around our neighborhood to trick-or-treat, while I stayed at home to hand out candy to our neighborhood kids. It was so much fun. When the kids got back, we headed over to our church for the trunk-or-treat. While there, we caught up with my brother and his kids. Then we headed to my moms to make our last trick-or-treat stop. The kids had lots of fun, and they got lots of candy. All in all , I think it was a success!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Take Courage



I got this via e-mail. I thought that it was appropriate for the current political climate.

No matter what, we MUST do what is RIGHT, and what GOD WANTS US TO DO!

Remember: GET OUT AND VOTE! YES ON 8!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

8 Things About Me

I got tagged ...

8 Things I like a whole lot
Being married to such a hardworking man
Being a mother to 2 of the cutest kids on the whole planet
Blogging
Reading good books (vampire books included).
Talking to my mom
Talking to my sister
Looking at my house when it is clean
Going to Land family parties

8 Phrases I Say Often
"No”
"Please share"
"What do you say?"
"Sit on your bottom"
"Keep your hands to yourself"
"Honey, I need to go to Target for …. something"
"Love you"
"This time, we’re going to be on time"

8 Things I want to do before I die
See all of my kids go to the temple
See my sons serve honorable missions
Go on a mission with my husband
See all my children graduate from college
Be a grandmother
Learn a different language
Learn how to organize my time
See 8 places I'd love to visit

8 Things I've learned from my past
Never judge another mother
The importance of marrying a good man with a good family
Setting a good example to my children
Sometimes it’s better to just keep my mouth shut
Keep the bathroom clean, because you never know who will want to use it next
Men think differently than women
Being a mom is the most important job I have
Give others the benefit of the doubt

8 Places I'd love to visit
Machu Picchu, Peru
El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico
The Colloseum Rome, Italy
Great Wall of China
Great Pyramid of Giza, Cairo, Egypt
The Alhambra, Spain
Taj Majal, India
Easter Island Statues, Chile

8 Things I currently need or want
1-Prop 8 to be passed in California
2-Barack Obama to somehow drop out of the presidential race
3-Mitt Romney to somehow get in the presidential race
4-Federal/State/Local economic stability
5-World Peace
(am I asking too much?)
Now for the other self-centered wishes:
6-Duane to be done with his masters degree
7-To lose some weight (I will not be specific as to how much)
8-A clean house

8 People I tag
1. Veronica P.
2. Kristin
3. Tami H.
4. Ashley D.
5. Alice H.
6. Becky W.
7. Allison H.
8. Jessica L.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Californian's: Vote YES on Prop 8!



For those of you who are unaware, Californians will be voting on an important issue in November. Here are some details:

Proposition 8 is simple and straightforward. It contains the same 14 words that were previously approved in 2000 by over 61% of California voters. "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California".

Because 4 activitst judges in San Francisco wrongly overturned the people's vote, we need to pass this measure as a constitutional amendment to restore the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

Voting YES on Proposition 8 does 3 simple things:

1-It restores the definition of marriage to what the vast majority of California voters already approved and what Californians agree should be supported, not undermined.

2-It overturns the outrageous of four activist Supreme Court judges who ignored the will of the people.

3-It protects our children from being taught in public schools that "same-sex marriage" is the same as traditional marriage, and prevents other consequences to Califonrians who will be forced to not just be tolerant of gay lifestyles, but face mandatory compliance regardless of their personal beliefs.

If you live in California, and are registered to vote, please vote Yes for Prop 8.

If you are not registered to vote, please get registered. You have until October 20th to register. Click here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm to register.

If you living outside of California temporarily, but are registered in California, don't forget to vote by absentee ballot.

If you support this Proposition, tell your friends! Spread the word! And get out to VOTE!

Go to http://www.protectmarriage.com/ to find other ways to contribute.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Picture Tag


Tami tagged me.
Here are the rules. You go to your files, and pick the fourth picture in the fourth file. Then you tag four friends.

This is Lucy in one of her more adventurous outfits.

I tag:
Christine
Veronica
Kristin
Sarah
(and whoever else wants to be tagged)

Tag, YOUR IT!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Chickens!

Just before FHE this week Duane was getting the kids nice and "reverent" when they decided that it would be fun to put some gloves on their heads and act like chickens. So here are my little chicks.


I have to hand it to Duane, he comes up with the funnest things for the kids, with some of the simplest things. He is so creative!
Here is a little video of my little chicks.