Her beloved

I have a confession to make. I {love} buying shoes for my girls! It's seriously an obsession. My girls have way more shoes than I do. They have to have shoes that will go perfect with their outfits. They each have a pair of black and cream boots, and how can one pass up a cute pair of rain boots? Have you seen the cute patterns they have? Bay has two pairs. The newest pair are leopard print with pink trim way cute! I swear if they had a pair in my size I might have bought them for me :) Anyway, since we are talking about boots, I will start off with a little story about what I woke up to this morning. Last night I had yw's so Morgan had the duty of bedtime with out me. Yeah tough I know. Well I guess Avery would NOT take off her rain boots for bed. Morgan could not get them off of her! So this morning when I got her out of her crib she had her favorite pair of boots still on. I didn't know the story behind the night time boots until later in the day. Avery has had a thing for these super cute boots since the day I bought them. I have to make sure I have an outfit they will go with almost everyday. Sometimes she has on a skirt with cute tights, other times its a pair of jeans. Luckily, these boots go with any shade of pink, and that is what my princess has a lot of in her closet :)

Here is Avery playing dress up. Of course she has to wear her boots and not the princess shoes I got her for Christmas :)

You can dress anything up with a pair of boots

Finally done!

I have been wanting to make these jars since October! Yeah I'm a slacker I know. It has just been so busy around here I haven't had time, and Hobby Lobby were out of these jars for 6 weeks!

I saw this idea on somedaycrafts. When I saw it I knew I had to make them! All you need are some jars, found them at hobby lobby, some candle sticks, some finals, round wooden circles, black paint and jute for the lid.

Tada! I filled the jars with rocks, sand and beans.

Just dance 2

We had to get Just dance 2 for the Wii! It is seriously so fun! Even Avery can bust a move. My favorite thing about it is you really work up a sweat. I can set it so I can play the workout version and burn some calories while having fun. I have to say that Logan is really good at it too. He totally kicks my butt on Jackson 5! One cool thing about this game is you can purchase more songs online and download them right onto the Wii! Gotta love technology.

Avery LOVES to dance.

Back in school

So today half of our family is back in school. Morgan starts his classes tonight. He has a full load with 12 credits. He will be gone on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:10. This will be hard on the family but I know it will all be worth it when he is finished. I pray that I will have the patience to be a single parent on those days :)

Happy New Year!

2010 brought on some true challenges for our family. Morgan lost his job in Dec of 2009 right before the new year. The first six months of 2010 was lived on unemployment. All I can say is that we made it through those 6 months because of family, friends and the Lord. Without any of these people we wouldn't be where we are today. I'm so thankful to have had support and prayers come our way. Looking back, a year later, I see how this trial made our family grow closer together. We got to spend day after day with each other. The kids grew closer to their father and I realized how much I truly am blessed. Morgan learned a whole new level of patience and a better appreciation for his family. I learned to let people help us and to put complete trust in the Lord. If this is what our family was supposed to gain form this experience than it was worth every min. Although, 2010 had it's downs it sure had it's ups!! Avery turned one and fell in love with princesses. She talks up a storm and loves her daddy. She definitely is a daddy's girl! With her turning 18 months this past year means she goes to nursery. Yippee!! Carson turned 3 and learned to hit a ball off of a T. He is pretty good! He loves to play with ANYTHING that has to do with Toy Story and is all rough and active :) Logan turned 6 and started kindergarten. He has slowly learned to like school. He had a hard time at first but slowly is liking it. He can read pretty good and is like a sponge and soaks up everything he is taught. This past year he has took up skateboarding. He even got to meet Ryan Sheckler! Bailey turned 8 this past year and was baptized by her dad. She is now in 3rd grade and loves to read chapter books. She has started taking piano lessons and is doing pretty good. When you turn 8 you get to join activity days. Bay loves going twice a month. Morgan found a job in June and is working as an estimator. In October we realized he needed to go back to school and got all registered to go to Weber State. In December Morgan was able to baptize his little brother. It was such a cool thing to see. Morgan has also done a lot of home improvement projects around the house. Our fireplace was my favorite thing he finished. I love having a handy man! As for me, I have really been into crafting this past year. I guess you can call it my hobby. I love to create things. In Feb I was called back to YW's and am loving it! We have some pretty amazing girls in out ward. In November Bailey and I were in our first play together, Savior of the world. It was an amazing experience and one we will never forget. I guess I can't leave out that I turned 30 this past year :p With turning 30 Morgan threw me a HUGE surprise party in October! With October brought our trip to Disneyland!! Happy birthday to me! All in all this year was a good one. Even with our ups and downs. I have so much to be thankful for. I have beautiful healthy children. A husband who honors his priesthood and loves me more than one can be loved. I truly have been blessed.
With the coming of the new year I have a few improvements.
1- Be more patient
2- Play more with my children
3- Eat better. Someone has high cholesterol (blush)
4- Exercise more
5- Read everyday
6- Say my personal prayers more. We do good about family prayer, but I need to make sure I say my personal prayers more.
7- Learn to sew
I guess I can go on and on, but if I have too many improvements I may get over whelmed. So I'll leave it with that and see how I do. Happy New Year!!

Logan with Ryan Sheckler

This boy loves Toy Story

Savior of the world

Happy first Birthday Avery!!

BIG 30 Hawaiian luau party

Disneyland.

Fire place remodel

Baptism picture. So sweet!

Here is a picture of some of the youth I get to work with. This was the group that went to the Logan Temple to do baptisms for the dead. Morgan was able to do work for my brother. It was a very spiritual day.

First day of Kindergaten

First day of 3rd grade.