Living the Fairytale

Some experiences over the last few days have reminded me just how lucky I am to have such an amazing man as my husband. I missed my Twilight Meeting in order to spend time with him. I made sure to point out that I indeed loved him more than Edward. A girl at the LC asked me if Edward was real, if I would leave my husband for him. She told me that she certainly would trade in her model for an older colder version. I told her I wouldn't. I have everything I want in the man I have. And he likes my cooking. (although he does have venison in common with the Cullen's ). At Cooper Thomas' party last night, everyone was wondering where he was. He stayed at Church so that he could fill his responsibility as Young Men's President and teach. I ditched my primary class. There were many disappointed faces. Alison sister has two daughters who were each looking forward to seeing him. The 16 year old thinks he is hot, and the older one (sorry Katie I can't remember ...

This week was a total struggle. We were able to hurry through a FHE on Monday, I worked Tuesday, Bryon did service for our neighbor on Wednesday and then I worked Thursday. Friday night I had a Twilight Movie Committee Planning Meeting in Salt Lake to finalize details (there are still tickets left if you want to go). My in-laws met us at the LC to trade a bunch of stuff. I realized that I wouldn't be able to spend anytime with them before I needed to leave for my meeting. After having a week of kisses goodbye in the morning and kisses good night being the only interaction I was able to have with my family, I made a HUGE sacrifice and ditched the meeting. We hung out with Bryon's parents for about an hour and then went and got movies for a PJ party. Bryon and I rented two, and new one and an old one. The new one was HORRIBLE! We laughed at how bad it was and then we watched the re-run. There is no one I would rather watch a stupid movie with than him (or any movie for that matte...

I don't know about the rest of you, but since I had kids it has been a daily trial for me to keep the house clean. Other than my housekeeping idol Laurie, I know that many mothers suffer from this same thing. My Stake put together an 8 week enrichment course called "The House of Order". It is a series put on by a woman who lives in Alpine. I was excited to go until I saw her stand up and start to address the audience. She seriously looked like she had just got off the buss from Colorado City. Total FLDS baby. I said Great! She is going to tell me that it is my womanly responsibility to make the house neat and clean for my husband so that when he gets home from work he can have peace and tranquility after a long day on the job. My problems at home are nothing compared to his... blah blah blah. I was ready to stand up and leave after making an obscene gesture, but I put on my best behavior and gave it a chance. The woman is GENIUS!!! She is really funny and has a to...

I had to post these. I only hope they are large enough to see the rain drops. There was a torrential storm this afternoon and Rebekah begged me to go outside and jump on the tramp. I relented. Ethen's bff Kenny who was brave enough to come out. Superman The layout after a flip. almost as high as the fence. Superman again. Hopefully the rain shows up. It was shooting sideways. taking a break. She was cold by now. It came straight down now. Sam wanted to join the fun. I have no idea what made him pull his shirt up. He did it on his own.

After a night of puking and constant waking of everyone in the family, I was so exhausted this morning that I just sat downstairs with Sam and put on movies so that I could do some work on the computer. After Dinosaur was over, he requested Cars. I happily obliged, thinking that I could get more done. As soon as the movie started, the opening scene is dark and all you hear is Lightening McQueen giving himself a pep talk. This is what I heard from the couch. "K, cocus , peed, am peed." Translation- "Okay, focus, speed, I am speed." He knew the entire opening lines. He even started into talking about rekfast (breakfast) before I started laughing and interrupted him. He is only 2!!! Geez I am a terrible mother.

This was Rebekah's Big Year. Being Born on 9/9/99 at 9:19am in Room 9, she has always had a number attached to her name. Turning 9 for such a " niner " only happens once so we made a big deal. We started off the morning early so that dad could watch as she opened her 9 presents from the family along with one from Grandma Patsy and Grandpa Greg that dad brought home over the weekend. Then the kids got sent off to school while I ran to the store to get the class treat. Why should we not treat them to the special occasion? I actually bought Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for 28 kids!!! Won't do that again. My mom showed up just in time to head over to the school. At 9:19 we banged tambourines and shook maracas to announce that it was officially her birthday. She was totally surprised and completely embarrassed when we came in and made her stand up in front of everyone to tell them about her special day. Then it was off home to furiously finish the preparations for he...

I had a friend of mine shot some pictures of the kids. I wanted some new ones since Rebekah is having such a big birthday this year. We went to Wines Park in Lehi and this is what she did with her amazing talent.