Tagged, Again.

Ok, Jess, you got me. I will try it out. 20 Random things about me.

1 I think I have strep throat right now but don't want to pay for the dr. visit to find out for sure.

2 I should be in bed right now because I have to get up pretty soon.

3 Don't like cats

4 I'm thrilled that Obama won!

5 I want a tiller for Christmas

6 I love to read

7 I love to do crafts

8 It really hurts to swallow right now

9 Love to travel

10 Just grossed my husband out. Not telling how.

11 Ate chicken for lunch

12 Love to garden and do almost any kind of manual labor

13 Put myself through college as a shoe salesperson

14 Love reading the scriptures and the Ensign

15 Love reading to my kids, although don't do it as much as I should

16 I know I'm a weirdo and I'm ok with it.

17 Dance with my kids, A LOT. They LOVE it!

18 I truly believe that I was made to be a mother and meant to be at home with my kids and hope to be home with them until they are on their own.

19 I love my Stevie weevie

20 I really admire all my friends who are such great moms and work so hard to raise their kids. I learn a lot from all of you. Thanks ladies. You are all BEAUTIFUL!


Now, I tag everyone who will do this!

So what are all your plans for Christmas? What about Christmas break with the kids out of school? I am really wanting to do some fun things with the kids while Nikoli is out of school. If you have any fun ideas, I would love to hear them. What are your favorite family traditions? I don't know that I have made any tradition all that concrete. When I was very young, my family would act out the Nativity on Christmas eve. I would generally get to be Mary. That was fine until Baby Jesus went from being played by a doll to my little brother! Who wants to be their little brothers mother?! Then we would all open one gift. Christmas morning was for all the other gift exchanges and Mom would always make a huge breakfast. Then the family dinner at whoever's house. It was fun. I am the 6th of 7 children, so when all the older siblings moved out we ran out of actors for the whole scene and that tradition kind of dwindled. Now I have my own family and I really want some concrete traditions for the kids to look forward to as children and reflect on as adults. Please share any of your favorite traditions.

Merry Christmas!

Catch Up

Hey! Remember us? Here I am again doing a blog. Can you believe it? Someday I will be on top of this just like the rest of you, some who seem to blog everyday! But for now, this is what you get! Here are a few Halloween pics. Aren't they cute? Nikoli was Iron Man, Zion was a Fairy Princess (I am proud to say I made her costume) and Elijah was the cutest little bumble bee I have ever seen.

Obviously, lots of time has passed since all this, so I'll try to catch ya'll up on the missing parts.




My sweetie pie didn't seem to mind his costume at all. Funny because he usually protests anything out of the ordinary