While I try to work!

This is what I put up with every time I sit down at my computer! Ty gets a few of his toys and has to sit right behind me in the chair! GRRRRRRRRRR However this photo is hilarious, I love his face!

Christmas programs

So these are the kids two choir performances! They were a ton of fun and they did such a great job! We also had the fun of Aunt Judy being able to come with us to one!

Temple square and the lights!

On December 2 Rachel and Hunter's choir performed  in Salt lake at the Festival of Tree's. We ( ok really it was me) decided it would be fun to go down as a family and do temple square afterward. This is the last year of rachel in this choir and since it was Hunter too I thought "what fun"! So we made a day of it. After the performance we went to lunch and then headed for the Beehive house and took a tour of it. The sweet young sister missionaries who were trying to give their little informative tour were not entirely prepared for my 3 boys! They started out ok but 5 min in the all the boys wanted to do was ask questions (ALOT of questions). Some of these questions just plain left these sisters speechless lol oh I should add my boys LOVE anything pioneer or cowboy so they kinda know a lot for kids! For example we were looking in the bathroom:
Slade: So were did they go poop at?
Sis miss: Aaaaaa
Slade: Duh they had an out house don't you know! (giggles)
Sis miss: Oh yes

Sis miss: These are some little spike's they used!
Hunter: No those are not, they are nails! I know cause my grandpa has some and told me!
Sis Miss to other sis miss: Is that right?
Sis miss (after she reads the paper): Very good young man you are right!
Then they were trying to explain how Brigham Young was a convert to the church and my boys were trying to inform them of how Porter Rockwell cut a mans head off once (that one was my fault, I told them that story lol)!
After a few good laughs the sisters were kind enough to tell us they had a really good time with us. Lol Not sure if they were telling the truth or not!
After the Beehive house we went to the Joseph Smith Building and watched the movie about Joseph Smiths life it was sooooo good!
When the movie was over we took the kids to look at the lights. It was so gorgeous and we were so lucky that night and there was so few people there it was really nice!

December and Rach!

Wow is it really December? I feel like November just flew by. Then I take a look at my calendar and have to take a deep breath........  I was so excited for winter so I could sit back and relax however I think I may have to wait till January lol!  I have a ton of fun projects waiting to be worked on for christmas so hopefully I can post some photo's along the way of all of them.
November 22 was my sweet Rachel's birthday! I will post photo's as soon as we have her party. That is one of the reason's I love her. I asked her if we could wait for a couple of weeks to celebrate her Birthday because we are so busy and it's always good with her! She is now the big 12 and went to Young women's for the first time tonight. She was not sure about it but I think a few more times and she will love it! She is always so  willing to help me or anyone else. I have truly been blessed to have her in my life! I could not have asked for a better helper, sitter, shopping partner, karaoke competitor, girls day go'er or Daughter! What can I say she is just awesome!

My all in one Thankful post!

So I have read all month long on facebook and blogs everyone's Thankful post's. I however have not had time to post each day let alone each week. I have been soooooo busy but each of the things I have been busy with I am grateful for. My kids and Steven are my whole world they keep me on my toes, drive me crazy, keep me busy, make me mad, make me happy, make me laugh, and love me to pieces.  Primary president is another thing that keep's me running (mostly to meetings)! It is such a big calling but worth it every sunday when I talk with the kids in primary. Sometimes it is hard because I want to fix all the problems, help everyone, encourage everyone and be everywhere but my love for it makes me continue to try. I am so blessed to be working with wonderful people and wonderful little children.
I have been so truly blessed in my life to post each and everything I am thankful for would be an impossible post to write and really long. So instead of trying to summarize it all Lets just say I am truly blessed each day. My heart is so full of gratitude to my father in heaven for all I am blessed with.  There is one thing I want to post that I probably don't say enough I have sooooo many great friends and I am grateful for all of you in my life.   I hope I have let each of my family know my love and gratitude for you in mine and my families lives. We are a blessed family!

Slade's morning photo wake up call

A couple saturdays ago I was woke up at 7am by slade. This was our conversation:
Slade: MOM wake up hurry! Mom wake up you have to come take a picture of the sunset!
Me: Slade go get my little camera and you go take the picture for me! (Me back to sleep)
5 min and 20 photo's latter!
Slade: MOM LOOK! My photo's look cool Wake up and look!
Me: Ok ok
At this point I realize the kids is right and the photographer in me cant resist so up I go. However I grab my "Good" camera! He was right it was a GORGEOUS sunrise. Well after we downloaded his photo's and then mine he says to me:
"Mom your big camera take's MUCH better photo's than the little one! Next time I am using it!"
Me With a tiny bit of panic explains NO the little camera is for you to use! It's good to know he may look like steven's twin but he still has a little of me in him! So above is both mine and slade's early morning photo's!

Ty's Day

Ty get's the extreme pleasure of spending his day's with me. This is ty's day moving all his stuffed animals around to whatever room I am in. He play's store with them, teacher, and boss of his construction site! We have a good time together.