Priceless...

**The other day Kylie and I were watching TV. She picks up the remote and starts doing something with it then the TV goes all weird. So I say, "Kylie, did you mess up the TV?", then she says, "No, Parker did it". This was so funny to me because obviously Parker cannot do something like that yet. It is just funny to see how kids' minds work.

**Our morning ritual is for the kids to wake up and then come lay in bed with me and watch cartoons. Our cable in our bedroom hasn't been working all that well, so I couldn't turn any cartoons on the other day for Logan. So I fall back asleep and I am sure he is bored out of his mind, so he leans up real close to my ear and whispers, "Mommy, can you please wake up so I am not alone." I just thought that was so sweet and made me feel bad-so I went back to sleep. No really, I sat up in bed and we were able to chat for a few minutes before Kylie woke up. Kinda just made me think how spending time with my children is so priceless.

**Went to see Twilight last week with some friends and I loved it! I didn't think I would like it so much but I really did. It was so fun to be in the theater with all the younger girls too. They kept screaming at certain parts, and giggling at others.

First Snow of the Season...

This is what we did on Thursday to enjoy the snow. I must say that sometimes it is hard to get all the snow stuff out. It takes so much time to get each kid ready and to let everything dry takes awhile as well. Although the kids have so much fun-I guess that makes it all worth it huh?

11-11-2008

*Logan said the other day when talking about the elevator, "Mom are we gonna get on the Alligator?"

*Many know that Jon got laid off a few months back and things have been hard ever since. I know others have been laid off as well and even before us and everyone survives, but it still makes it hard in the moment. Jon is now working for my dad at his auto shop-which has been a great experience for him and he is learning a lot and he does enjoy it. He is also remodeling my sister's bathroom, and does a paper route at 2 a.m. in the morning. I am so grateful to him for his hard work and it has made me love him even more. I am so glad he is willing to do those things. I have been touched as I hear of other's trials, and I find myself thinking that our trial could definately be worse. I remember before Jon lost his job, Logan was saying a prayer one day and in it he asked that "Heavenly Father would keep making food for us." We thought that was kind of weird for him to say it like that, but whatever. Then that next Monday Jon finds out he got laid off. Part of me thinks that Logan's little spirit might have known something we didn't. Now we have always had food and have never gone without. We have been touched by the service of others as sweet people have brought us dinners just out of the blue-one of which we received tonight (don't know who it was from). To those sweet people I am so thankful to them and their thoughfulness. I think with all the hard times going on in people's lives, it is so nice to see people reaching out to others. I slowly becoming grateful for our trial. I have seen the blessings of serving others. I hope this is a good lesson for me to not be so absorbed in my own life that I do not stop to think of others.
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I was tagged by my friend Jamie (sorry it took so long to do it). Here goes...
8 Favorite TV Shows
1. Lost
2. The Office
3. CSI: Miami
4. 24
5. My Name is Earl
6. Nancy Grace
7. Arrested Development
8. Law and Order

8 Things I did Yesterday
1. Watched my friend's son
2. Went to Wendy's for frosty's
3. did laundry
4. watched CSI-Miami
5. talked on the phone
6. put a yummy frozen dinner in the oven from a very generous friend
7. dropped some letters in the mail 8. started cutting coupons

8 Things I look forward to
1. loosing 20 lbs
2. Christmas
3. going on a trip with my hubby sometime
4. being able to go snowmobling again-after parker is finished nursing
5. Going out to eat
6. going on dates with my husband
7. (oddly enough this one was hard for some reason)
8.

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Rumbi's
2. P.F. Changs
3. Rodizio Grill
4. Olive Garden
5. L & L
6. Chic Fil A
7. BD's Mongollian Grill
8. Maggiano's

8 Things on my wish list
1. To be debt free
2. healthy kids
3. when the kids are out of the house i would love to travel with my hubby
4. for my boys to go on missions and for all my kids to get sealed in the temple
5. that Kylie will not be a difficult teenager
6. go to Hawaii again in the next few years
7. that i could be better at disciplining myself to lose weight
8. that i was better at finding my talents and using them

Comparison...

Just wanted to post some pictures of Logan and Parker in the same costume.

This is Logan at 4 1/2 months.

This is Parker at 3 months.