One more thing...

I am also very thankful for modern conveniences like a washer and dryer. I lost count on the amount of loads that we have done today.

Happy Thanksgiving

When planning for this holiday weekend, we originally planned to travel to Lake Tahoe and stay with my parents at their time share. My brother, his wife and baby were also going to be there. I was very much looking forward to getting out of the valley and seeing some family. I was really looking forward to seeing Abby. Well Aaron thought that he had until the end of December to finish his math class but he doesn't, he has until December 3rd. So we decided to stay.

We thought that since we will be here we should go to the zoo on Thanksgiving Day (they have a feast with the beast thing and it sounded like fun), but Aaron stayed up all night last night with Jack. It is so hard when your kids get sick. Jack has the flu, so much for getting the flu shot! (this happened last year, got flu shots and still got the flu) So Jack is spending the day in and out of sleep with occasional vomiting. It is a good thing we were not in Tahoe because it is always nicer to be in your own home when you are sick, plus my sister-in-law had to have emergency surgery Wednesday to have her appendix removed. So it would have been crazy with a sick two year old on top of recovering from surgery. My parents ended up leaving their timeshare early and heading to Matt and Katie's for the rest of the weekend.

I am thankful for things working out, which they always seem to do!
I am also thankful for the Priesthood and the peace it brings (especially when you have a sick baby)

Some of you may know that Aaron and I are in the process of the HCG diet and it has some strict eating guidelines, so we won't be eating turkey today, but maybe 100 grams of chicken and 1 serving of melba toast and a serving of cucumber and half of a grapefruit for dessert.

I am thankful I don't have to cook a turkey and all the fixins'

(btw, I have lost 5 pounds and Aaron has lost 18 pounds, we are about a week and half into it.)

Jack sleeping on the "big chair" not feeling very good.

Paige just playing. (hopefully she doesn't get sick) I haven't changed her out of her pajamas yet and it is 2:15pm!

I am thankful for restful days with my family (no need to get all dressed up)

We are having a very nice and relaxing day even though it is not at all how I thought it would turn out and that is a blessing.

I am so thankful for all of my blessings.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nativity

Since I have been married my mom has gotten me (us) a new nativity. I got this year's in the mail the other day. Here are the nativities throughout the almost 6 six years we have been married.

Here is this year's. It is a really small one because we live in a really small house.

Here is a closer look, because it is so small.

Christmas 2007- a good one for Jack (then 18 months old) and future kids (pregnant with Paige) to play with because they are magnets.

Christmas 2006- the year Jack was born (my favorite so far).
It says: Christmas...The Holiday had its beginning... But its message has no end...
(It reminds me that our family also had its beginning, but it also has no end because we are sealed together for eternity).

Christmas 2005- a snow globe that plays my favorite Christmas Song, 'O Holy Night'.

Christmas 2004- actually I don't remember which one came first this one or the one above.

Christmas 2003- Aaron's favorite.

Christmas 2002- Our first Christmas (about 2 weeks after we were married).

Since my mom has started this tradition, I have been collecting nativities from other places too. I got one from Ecuador since that is where my brother Matt served a mission, one from Germany since my sister-in-law Melinda lived in Germany for a year, and one from Spain since my father-in-law traveled there for work. I hope to be getting one from West Virginia since that is where Cameron is serving his mission and I also hope to get one from Portugal since that is where Meghan and Stephen are going on their honeymoon and that is where Stephen served on his mission.

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More Friends

So I am a total blog/facebook stalker. It is an illness. I love seeing what other families are up to and funny things their kids say or any other funny stories. Recently I have found friends on facebook from high school and it is so fun to catch up and see how successful they are and yet some how still the same. Finding people on facebook has caused my fellower blgogers list to grow, which I love (means it is easier to stalk) Anyway I appreciate the wonders of technology and the ability to connect with people. Just a side note, my cousin told me about google reader, which I guess makes stalking even easier, but I haven't tried it yet. Thanks for posting and sharing some of your experiences. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

More picutres posted...Finally

Finally I have posted some more pictures on my Photography Blog. It has taken me some time to learn how to use Photoshop and I am still a long ways out from being an expert. I am having lots of fun taking pictures and then playing around with them in Photoshop.

The blog is: http://studio21photos.blogspot.com, if you want to check it out.

Thanks for looking!

Prelude of things to come?

A couple of weeks ago, while Jack and Paige were in the bath, Paige grabbed Jack's back and pinched him. It left a nice big red area. I squeezed Paige's little hand and told her no, we don't pinch Jack. She pulled her hand out of mine and screamed at me. Aaron and I both chuckled but deep down we were both a little worried. She is only 8 months and already we are getting attitude from her. Hopefully she gets it all out before she becomes a teenager and gets the mix of hormones with the attitude. She is definitely full of spunk. She is still cute and we love her tons. I just need to remember that when she is giving us some strong willed attitude. My mom just laughs because apparently I was very similar when I was little. So I guess I am getting it back for the headaches I caused my parents!

Brotherly Love

This morning while Paige was happy eating in her high chair, I was in the office completing some of my morning tasks. I heard that Paige was getting fussy, which meant all the food on her tray was gone and she wanted more. Before I got a chance to get to a good pausing spot, I heard Jack. He said "Paige, you want some more?" "Ok I will get some." Then I heard the entire bag of teething cookies dump onto the tray. Then Jack said "There you go Paige."

So sweet! What a good little helper and such a wonderful brother. Keeping an eye out for his little sister. When I came in to make sure that all was good, I saw a smiley Paige with a mouth full and a proud little boy. I am so glad that Jack and Paige get along so well. They truly love each other.

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http://betterhomeinteriors.blogspot.com/2008/11/giveaway.html

Its the little things

Even though last week was not our greatest, there were still some little moments that seem to make it a better. Here are a few of those moments.

One morning after we had that rain/snow, we were in the car, Jack and I had this conversation:
Jack: "Mom what happened to the mountains?"
Me: "I don't know Jack what happened to the mountains?" (lately he asks a lot a questions, so I have been answering his questions with questions)
Jack: "They got snowed!"
Me: LOL

We had misplaced our Incredibles DVD and just a week ago or so I found it. Jack has watched it and seems to like it. So as we were getting ready for church yesterday this is what I heard:

Jack: I'm super.
Aaron: You are super.
Jack: No, I'm Dash, and mom is ewasticgrill, and you are Mr. Credible, and Paige is super baby.

Then he ran into the bathroom and told me that I was ewasticgrill and that Paige was super baby, because we are all supers!

We had a little family dinner at my aunt's house, in Salt Lake, last night and on our way home randomly Jack says, "That was fun trick or treating." We responded to him and yes that was fun and we get to do it again next year. He replied by saying "I want to wear my costume and be a soccer monster!" Not sure where he got that from, but it was funny.

I am so happy that I get to experience some of these little moments and I can't wait to hear some of the things that Paige might come up with.

Flu Shots and Voting

My day started out as any other day. However by lunch I was crying "UNCLE". Does staples make an "easy button" for screaming kids? Well it is rainy, snowy here in Utah and so I thought that I would be nice and drive Aaron to work so that he didn't have to ride his motorcycle and get all cold and wet. Normally this isn't a big deal however after we dropped off Aaron, Jack started whining and crying. Once we got back home, I just decided to do the drive through, even though it was a little early. (better than taking kids out of the car and then putting them back in, blah, blah) well Jack woke up early and so he was going on two hours with no breakfast. He melted down. There was no consoling him. He would scream and cry and yell, then I would yell back at him and so on and so on. Paige would have taken a nap in the car but couldn't because of all of the screaming, crying and gnashing of teeth. We finished the drive through and I finished my morning stuff in the office, tried to feed Jack breakfast, tried to put Paige down for a nap, with only minor success. Jack ate three yogurts but Paige did not sleep.

As you are reading you are thinking well the title said flu shots and voting, and you might be confused and thinking that I really have lost it. Well I am getting to the flu shots and voting. Around 10am someone came to cover the office while I took the kids to get flu shots. USU offers a flu shot clinic once a year to the employees and their families. It is cheaper than going to the kids pediatrician. It is still raining and Jack won't move once he gets out of the door. So we are all standing in the rain and yep, you guessed it, Jack starts crying again. After getting both kids in the car and up to campus, who are both crying at this point, I park and walk to the Ballroom, where they are giving the shots. It is still raining and students just stop in the middle of the walkways to talk to friends. I had a long moment where I wanted to ram into them with my double stroller (don't worry I restrained). We meet Aaron, got the kids shots and actually they did really good, considering our morning. They both feel asleep on the way home and I was happy and my day got a little better.

Now the voting part. So I thought that early voting meant that the polls would be open a few days maybe a week before election day. Well I was wrong! I was planning on voting yesterday on my day off, but well that didn't happen. So once we pick up Aaron after work we will zip over to our place of voting and cast our ballots! Hopefully we don't have a repeat of this morning because I am sure that Jack will be hungry and there will be long lines (this time I will get smart and bring snacks). Anyway I am excited to be able to vote. It is one of the great things about our country. I am anxious to see the results of PROP 8 in California. I hope that it gets enough yeses. Same sex marriages are no good. Happy Election Day! I really hope that everyone exercised their right to vote!