Happy Heart Day!

So I've told Jeff that I don't want flowers on Valentine's Day because for 1. they are rediculously expensive today and 2. I don't want to know I'm getting them. I want to be surprised. So you would think he would think he was off the hook. Well to my surprise I woke up this morning to find that each of us got a Valentine. Cooper got a little motorcycle, he bought Ding Dongs and a movie for our ding dong girls, and I got a movie and a pedicure and a very nice card. THANKS HUN! YOU"RE THE BEST! WE {HEART} YOU!

Ok so the XOXOXOX pic, I have a story: Lindsay saw this on a paper and asked me what it meant. I told her hugs and kisses but I don't know why they did that. She stares at it for like 2 seconds and says. "Oh I know, the X is hugs cause you hug like this.(she puts her arms around her and they kind of cross each other like an X) The O is a kiss cause your mouth does this when you kiss." (She kind of puckered up but made an O with her mouth)

What the heck! When did my child get so smart? I never thought about it but I really thought that was genius of her. Did you know that?

Happy Birthday!

YOU'VE HAD A BIRTHDAY, SHOUT "HURRAY!" WE WANT TO SING TO YOU TODAY! ONE YEAR OLDER AND WISER TOO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY (CLAP) TO YOU!

Childrens songbook pg285 (just in case you have no clue what we're saying)

The "egghead" picture cracks me up! We are such nerds. But all us sisters have fun together. That's all that matters. Happy Birthday Jillyn!

Jillyn,

Growing up I thought we would never be that close because you are 7 years younger than me and sharing a room with you when I was 8-11 and you were just a little annoying kid was not fun. I remeber always complaining to mom that you and Randy got into my stuff. Then we moved back to AZ and you would rather have been outside with your shirt off playing basketball with the boys:) (had to put that in there) But now look at you, all grown up and married and now I wished we lived closer so we could hang out all the time and laugh. I don't think I laugh as much as when you're around. So happy birthday and you're not annoying anymore!

Love ya! Your oldest and shortest sister!

The Surprise

It's a motorcycle. Jeff got one when he turned 8 and he has been dying for our children to turn 8. It doesn't matter if it's a girl that really doesn't care if she had one or not. So we really know who the motorcycle is for fight? We added the stickers and pink handles to add a little feminie touch to it. We're going riding tomorrow!

Bday post #2

We have had quite the fun filled day! We went to the Hannah Montana 3-D concert thing. It was awesome! My inner rock star just wanted to belt out all the songs (yes I know them all) and get up and dance. But I didn't because I don't want to embarrass myself or my kids. But if you have a chance to go see it, GO! And call us cause I'd go again! Excuse my big fat image in the Hannah Montana sign:)

We are getting ready for the big party now. 12 seven & eight year olds running around! I'll do post #3 tonight so you can see the BIG present!

My baby is 8! I'm going crazy here. Where did the time go? I was just a little 19 year old girl getting married and now I have 3 kids and my oldest is going to get baptized! I guess time flies when you're having fun. I try to think of all the fun things to come as our kids grow and enjoy it. I love my Daisy girl. She is fun, a little sassy, and is fun to be around(most of the time) She has a good head on her shoulder and I think she will do great in life. She knows what she wants and doesn't stop till she gets it. we lvoe you Daisy.

Daisy is ditching school today. We are going to see the Hannah Montana 3-D concert this afternoon. She opened the tickets this morning for her bday. Stay posted though because her best present is coming tonight at her party! I'll give you a hint. Jeff got his first one when he turned 8 and has always told Daisy that on her 8th bday she would get one too. It's black and white and has Roxy stickers on it. It's awesome!

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.

Avery is here, finally!

My newest nephew is here! Actually my only niece or nephew on my side so I really feel like an aunt! Chad and Corri went to the hospital on Saturday afternoon. Corri got induced but Avery didn't make his way into the world until Sunday morning at 7:45 am. It was not the easiest delivery but Corri seemed like it was nothing! We're just glad he's here. We've been waiting and waiting! And he shares a bday with Joseph Smith. It's a good day!

Super glue fixes everything!

If you read my last post, you read how we scarred Lindsay. Well I don't think she is thinking of that anymore. She had her own traumatic event last night and today. She fell on the sidewalk and split her chin open. I didn't think it was that bad until I took her to the bathroom to clean it. It was a deep cut. I thought for sure we needed to take her to urgent care. We called our family and got their opinion. We ended up putting a butterfly bandage on it last night. Well I put it on becasue Jeff got "lightheaded". Poor thing:) My dad looked at it this morning and he thought it looked ok. They have a doctor in their ward and he is awesome. My mom took Lindsay over to his house this morning and he looked at it and said he could fix it. They met me at his office and he fixed it with super glue! Who knew? He glued it shut with that and some bandages that will disolve in a few days. I am so glad she didn't need stitches. Their doctor is the nicest guy and he took his time and talked to us and Lindsay and made it so nice for us! He is so awesome! Did I mantion that already? Lindsay was brave, but I know she would have been terrified if she needed stitches. It goew back to the needle thing.

"I'm Scared! I don't want to have a baby!"

Ok calm down, I'm not pregnant. This isn't about me. Last night we were at the Day's for dinner and Jeff was giving Chad and Corri birth advice. Mr. Avery is due any day. So as he is giving them advice he says "oh yeah and Chad when Corri gets her epideral you might want to leave the room(he gets queesy) because the needle is huge and it made me sick." I told him to be quiet for Corri's sake because we all know that a first time mother doesn't need to be told certain things. Well they kept all talking about the needle and the pain and all that good stuff. Well all of the sudden Lindsay starts screaming her head off so I turned to see if she fell or what and she belts out "I'm scared! I don't want to have a baby!" I had no clue she was listening or even understood what we were talking about. We were all trying so hard to not laugh at her. I was holding her, but I was dying on the inside. Wait to go Jeff, you just scarred our 4 year old for life. So I told her not to worry, she doesn't have to have a needle. She can be brave like grandma!

The Real SANTA

Lindsay is totally convinced that we have seen the real Santa. We were sitting at Taco Bell a couple of weeks ago with my mom and sisters. This old guy was sitting at the other table. Of course Cooper kept looking over and talking to him. When he got up and left, he stopped by our table and said hi to Lindsay then gave her a wallet sized picture and walked out. It was the guy(who did have a white beard) dressed up in his red suit. Lindsay's eyes got so big. We told her that it must be Santa. He was dressed in normal clothes because if the kids knew it was Santa they would be on their best behavior and he wants to see how kids really act. It worked like a charm. She could not wait to tell Daisy when she got home from school. We also saw him outside a grocery store. (fat guy with a white beard and a red long sleeve shirt with suspenders) Then this guy came to tune our new piano and he had a white beard and glasses. Lindsay said when she walked down the stairs he looked up and smiled at her.
So the moral of the story: Any fat guy that has a white beard and somewhat resembles Santa- tell your kids that is the REAL SANTA and he's watching. It' s worked like a charm for us!

Bling Bling

Lindsay is so stinkin funny! I was sitting at the table with Daisy and we had a whole bunch of change we were counting for homework. Lindsay comes in and sees it and it gives her an idea. She comes back with a piece of paper and gets to work. She shows me her artwork. It's a guy with a necklace around his neck with a dollar sign on it. She makes the peace sign with both hands and says "Bling, Bling!" Daisy and I were laughing so hard! Then she drew another guy and it had a think bubble and in the think bubble was a dollar sign. She said, "He's thinking of money. Bling, Bling" Where does she come up with this stuff?


Lindsay is qiute the artist. She really is so creative with her drawings. Some of my favorite drawings: The Jonas Brothers (one of them had curly hair), a spider web, flower with a lady bug on the leaf, fall tree, our family(jeff & cooper were indians). They drew what they were thankful for in sunbeams and when Jeff picked her up her teachers were telling him how impressed theywere with her drawings. All the other kids just scribbled something and Lindsay had drawn the whole family and a picture of her bike. It was so cute. When she brings me her pictures I can totally tell what it is before she tells me. She's awesome!

Daisy's prayer

Tuesday night I was putting the kids to bed and as I tucked Daisy in I looked at my finger and realized I didn't have my wedding ring on. I thought to myself that I didn't remember taking it off. So I went into my drawer where I put it and it wasn't there. I got a little panicked so I looked all through the drawer. I keep all my jewelry in the top drawer so I took it all out and it was gone. I started walking through the house. I went out to the family room and saw the towels still on the floor from C & L's bath. I thought I probably took it off when I put their lotion on. Well it was nowhere on the floor. I knew C found it and who know where it would be. Jeff was gone when this happened so I went into the girls room and asked if they had seen it. So they got up and looked for a little bit but I then told them to go back to bed. By now, I was crying and looking everywhere! In the back of my head I kept thinking go say a prayer, but I didn't. Jeff came home and I was trying to tell him why I was crying. So he started looking through all of Coopers cars on the floor. Anyways, about an hour later, I found it. It was on my floor under my bed next to one of Cooper's hot wheels. I was so happy. I went in to tell Daisy because I knew she would still be worrying about it. Her response was so sweet and innocent that I once again started to cry. She said "I know, I said a prayer." I'm so thankful for her and her understanding of prayer and that she had so much faith that if she said a prayer I would find my ring. She taught me a lesson that night.

Thanksgiving

We had a great holiday week. Hope yours was good too.
Here are some highlights of our week.
1. Daisy got the whole week off
2. We got to sleep in every day of the week.
3. I didn't have to cook dinner.
4. We had yummy food at the Hall's
5. Then we had leftovers that night at the Hall's
6. I took Daisy, Lindsay, and Becky to see Enchanted.(so cute by the way)
7. Jeff did my Black Friday shopping for me so I could sleep in. I gave him a list of what I needed at each store. He came back with all of it too. Bonus!
8. We got our family pictures taken for our Christmas cards. Thanks Emily!
9. Jeff got up early on Saturday, went to Walmart and bought icicle lights, and then came home and put them up. I was once again sleeping in. Boy I sound lazy.
10. The Days finally came home from Utah. Lindsay asked me almost everyday if we could go th grandma Shellee's.
11. Sunday ended our fun filled week. As we went to church and enjoyed the day with our family, I realized that we have so much to be thankful for. I love this time of year!

No No

ok I don't mean to keep posting about Cooper but he is at that stage where he is learning so much and he is a crack up. We went up to Showlow again last weekend. This time we stayed with Devin (THANK YOU SO MUCH) The dogs got a little too comfortable with Cooper and Cooper with the dogs. Anyways, Bella (girl corgi) growles at Cooper everytime he got too close. So she's growling, Cooper is laughing, and Devin says NO! to Bella. So Cooper would walk around to the dogs and point at them and say no no! Even if they weren't doing anything. So now if he hears a dog bark, he first barks like a dog, then says no no!
Not to leave Daisy & Lindsay out, because I think they are so stinkin funny too- Bella & Lilly (girl bull dog) don't always get along. Total girl fights. They would start growling and barking at each other and I look out the window and there is Daisy & Lindsay in the middle of it telling them to stop and be nice to each other. Then Lilly goes off to the side and cries and Daisy is over there comforting her telling her it's ok. I was laughing so hard. It was total girl drama out there. I just stayed inside and let all 4 drama queens work it out.

Happy Birthday Marmee!

Today is my mom's birthday. She is on her way to Utah so hopefully she will see this when she is up there. So here's to my mom!
She homeschools, runs a business, runs errands, cooks, remodels, reads, teaches nursery, babysits, vt's, goes to the temple, has FHE with the family, has Sunday dinner for us every week, and will always find the time to hang out with her kids and grandkids. She is very giving and always happy, and has patience and a positive attitude towards life. I hope to be like her someday. I love you mom! Happy Birthday!

Where's your eye?

we've be trying to teach Cooper where his eye, nose, mouth, etc is. If we say where is your nose or mouth he just smiles. If we say where is your eye? He says "eye" as he puts his finger in his ear. It is so funny! If he hears the word eye of I in a conversation, he says "eye" putting his finger in his ear.We get the biggest kick out of it because if you ask him where anything else is he just stares at you and smiles, but the second eye is said, there goes his finger.

Friday I'm in Love

So I have this song set in my memory on my Sirius Satellite. So every Friday morning I hear it on the way to taking Daisy to school. Today it is very fitting because it is our 11th anniversary. Yep count it, 11 years of wedded bliss! ok maybe not, but it's still been fun! Jeff always finds me the perfect card on our anniversary. This year it said A kiss is just a kiss. A sigh is just a sigh. The inside says But a good loud snore means you're married. Amen to that! I still love you though sweetie! Happy Anniversary! Happy Friday!