Wise Words...oh, and more Mischief

Pleasant and Patient

These are the two words that I gleaned from Stake Conference last week. When I heard Elder Holland say that these words should describe us EVERY day, I thought..."that is so not me". So this is going to be my new motto...especially when dealing with my children:)


On another note: Any guesses who took these pictures?? Here's a hint: it's the same person who BROKE my camera...grrr! Luckily we got these fabulous pictures as evidence!

January Smanuary

I have been a little gloomy this month. Mike informs me that I am always a bit "blue" after all the Christmas excitement is over...which is probably true, but I don't like it. The kids are back at school, I am finally over my sinus infection and life is just moving forward without too much excitement. It's been raining buckets (which makes me homesick), I'm trying to accept the fact that we are done having kids, and I can't quite seem to get rid of those few pounds I gained over Christmas. So, I am ready for the sun to come out, my family and friends to visit, and January to be over!

That's right, I did it:)

About 8 years ago I had three earings in my right ear. After MUCH consideration, I took two of them out leaving only one hole in each ear. In the past 8 years, I have never even once thought about putting an earing back into those holes...until today.

I looked in the mirror and thought "how come I can still see those earing holes SO well, it's been almost 9 years"...that thought was followed by an idea...the idea led to action...and the result...only one of those holes was still an actual hole. Now I just can't take that earing out. I know, I'm a rebel:)

Got just what I needed today...

...a little chat with the BFF...

...a little reading time...

...and a little of this...

...and this...

Ahhh...life is good.

This is the cold that never ends!!!

I think I am on week 4 or 5 of this nasty cold. First a sore throat, then no voice, then sinus headaches, then a stuffed up nose, then a sore throat again and now back to completely stuffed up nose. When will it ever end? I'm off to the doctor this afternoon...

2009

We really did have a great year. Here's some of what happened in 2009:

1) Tyson learned to swim

2) Jordan got baptized

3) All 3 kids started new schools (Jordan started 2 new schools)

4) Mike and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary

5) Tyson started Pre-K

6) We spend many days at Dinsneyland

7) We took a quick trip to Monterey

8) We had some visitors...but we want MORE!

9) We got to spend July in Canada:)

10) Mike travelled the world

11) I lost 17 lbs...more to come in 2010

12) I got roped into teaching music at church...jk I love it

13) Kya started ballet/tap

14) Jordan started piano lessons

15) Tyson got potty trained...well kind of:)

16) Kya & Jordan learned to ride with no training wheels

17) I joined the Y

18) We took a trip to Utah

Looking back on a whole year makes me curious...what's in store for THIS year?!

A Christmas First

We had a Christmas first this year...I forgot to take any pictures or video of the kids opening their presents! I realized this AFTER all the presents had been opened:( I can't believe it because I am obsessed with taking pictures. Anyways, we had a great Christmas with lots of smiles and sweetness. I did manage to take some Christmas Eve pictures and of course our traditional "look at all my presents" pictures.

We went ice skating again this year for Christmas Eve. The kids did a great job, but after about an hour we were thoroughly exhausted.

After skating, we decided to go up to the temple and see the Christmas lights. It was beautiful and I thought how appropriate it was to be at the temple on Christmas Eve...maybe we'll have to make it a tradition:)

Here's the pictures of the kids with their loot! Gotta love Christmas...especially when you make the "nice" list:)

AND we can't forget...Christmas dinner!! Mike handed Tyson a whole turkey leg and he wasn't sure what to do with it:)

What a wonderful Christmas we had! I think next year our extended family needs to fly down to join us...then it would be absolutely perfect:)

Kya's New DO!

Kya has been asking for this haircut for a while now...we finally got it done and I think it looks BEAUTIFUL!!