Gordon B. Hinckley

I was reading on Deseret News last night about our dear prophet after my mom called and told me the news. I had very mixed emotions. I was of course very sad because I absolutely love GBH. He was just the coolest guy. but I couldn't help but think of the happiest reunion for him to be with his wife. It kind of hits home because my grandpa is 96 and my grandma passed away 6 years ago. My grandpa comes to live with my parents for the winter and he is just the most awesome person ever. He is so happy and so full of life but it always makes me sad because I know that he misses my grandma like crazy.
My most favorite memories of Pres. Hinckley was actually before he was the prophet. He was a counselor. I went with Amy (remember this?) when we were 15 to San Diego with her sister and brothers and their families for the temple dedication. We stayed in The Marriot where all the apostles were staying and saw a few of them. But Amy and I walked down to the temple together for the actual dedicatory prayer. We got to be in the celestial room where Pres. Hinckley was giving the prayer. Pres. Benson or Hunter was the prophet at the time (I don't remember) but they were sick so Pres. Hinckley came instead. He walked into the celestial room and I knew that he was a man of God. The spirit was so strong in that room and I think that was such a testimony strengthener for me at that age. Since then I've always enjoyed his words and his sense of humor. I really felt like I knew him. He will be greatly missed but I know that he has more work to do. Anyways on Deseret News.com they had a long long article on him. I can't beleive he accomplished so much in his life, and most of it was in the last 12 years while he was our prophet. Makes me think that I need to kick it up a notch.!

I swore I would never...

USE ONE OF THESE! I thought they were so tacky and so mean. And now look at me. I went out and bought one after deciding that Cooper is crazy! He only lasts so long in a shopping cart or stroller. At first he would freak out when we put it on him, but now he knows that it means he gets a little more freedom. The girls like to put the leash on him to take him on a walk when we are out front. See we do have a family dog:)

He's 18 months!

It's official. Cooper is now legally old enogh to go to nursery. He's actually been going since the beginning of the year, but there is just something great about your baby turning 1.5! I have walked the halls at church for too long! I've enjoyed sitting in Sunday School and RS for the past 3 weeks. He wasn't great yesterday so I missed Sunday School. I'm gonna have to do the shove-in-the-door-and-run routine next week. I took like 20 pictures and he would not look at the camera. He is very in Little Einsteins right now. The smile is because there singin the "pat pat pat" song. He's a little stink but he's just too much fun to complain. Love you Coop! My baby's growing up. Guess it's time for another one:)

New hair

Before:

After:

Lindsay has been wanting a new do for awhile now. When I had Cooper she cut her own hair at my mom's so she had to get a short bob. It actually turned out so cute that we kept it like that for awhile. We were at my mom's today and Corri was there so Lindsay got her birthday present from Corri. This is my absolute most favorite haircut.

Happy Birthday LINDSAY!

My Baby girl is the big 0-5 today! I can still remember the morning she was born very clearly in my mind. The first thing I remember seeing when she came out were her cute chubby cheeks. As you can see not much has changed. She is very proud of her chubby cheeks. Lindsay is the sweetest, tenderhearted little girl. She always gives me hugs and tells me

"You're my best mom" or "you're my nicest mom." (I don't know how many other moms she has) When the new year came, Jeff woke up and was telling the girls Happy New Year. Lindsay came in my room and asked why he was saying that so I explained it was a new year. Her eyes got so big and she had this huge smile and said " Now I get to go to kindergarten today!? "We kept telling her that next year she got to go to kindergarten so it was next year now. She was kind of disappointed. Anyways we love our Lindsay, Lulu, Lulu Hall, Baby Cakes! Have a very Happy Birthday!

I heart my Daisy girl!

I taught her Primary class yesterday and we talked about choosing the right and what we can do to CTR. Well last night when all the kids were in bed I came down to finish cleaning the kitchen and I found this on my dry erase board. It is so cute because every other word is misspelled. I love it!

Soudns like good new year's resolutions to me. I'm out- it's time for family home evning!:)

Is This Dangerous?

(The soap not Cooper's shirt.) So I was on the phone with my mom telling her how happy Cooper was in nursery and the whole way home he was just smiling and laughing and singing. I noticed as I was talking to her it was very quiet upstairs where Cooper was. Of course the rest of the family was standing right next to me listening to my whole conversation, don't know why. So I get off the phone and I see Cooper sitting in the laundy room with the lid off the detergent with the scoop and he is picking it up with the scoop and dumping it on himself and the floor. As soon as he saw me he smiled and said "shovel". Just like he was at the park playing with sand. I grabbed him and hurried and put him in the tub. He had it all over his sweater and shoes and pants. I really hope he didn't put any of it in his mouth. But we cleaned him up and the mess and got him dressed in his new shirt. This is just for you Jillyn & Brandon.

New Primary Classes

Cooper started nursery today! He did awesome! The teacher said not onse did he cry or act sad. That's not surprising because he is always happy. I checked on him a couple of times and he had about 3 big trucks up on the table and he was playing with them, happy as can be all by himself. Lindsay is in CTR5 and says she has the nicest teacher. Daisy is in CTR8 and doesn't have a teacher yet so I subbed today. So she can say she has the nicest teacher too. I forgot to take pictures of them before church so I took them after. Cooper is in the tub because he was getting cleaned from the detergent. He looked really studly today in his argile sweater.

Happy New Year!

I was going to post pics from Christmas but Jillyn took more pics of my kids than I did so just look at her blog! I wanted to post some of my favorite pics from our Christmas cards so here you go. Ok so the top one isn't my favorite. That is just so you know why Cooper isn't in any of the other pictures. He wanted nothing to do with the camera.