Wordless Wednesday and the Princess

This is my best friend! I am so proud of my little girl! I think that she is so strong and so brave. Being 6 years old and having Daddy gone all the time for school and putting up with two younger brothers, she does really well. This year for Mothers' Day I am getting her a present! She is the 'other Mom' in our house. She helps me in so many ways, that I feel sometimes like there really is another Mother in our home. She is so tender and nurturing to the boys, and even to Steven...always worried about their comfort and wellbeing. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father sent me such a sweet, fun best friend. Love you JL!!!

Tuesday Tell All...

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous.
It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking
around outside your body."

~Elizabeth Stone



This week's Tuesday tell all has been left open, however we were given some ideas...so I just thought I would answer all of them!!

-First experience as a Mom. Well, since I wasn't really ready to be a Mom, (who is, really?) I didn't feel like a Mom until I saw my little JL girl smile up at me from her carseat. I'll never forget the feeling that came over me. Before that I had a hard time hearing Steven call me 'Mom'...but after she smiled, I found it VERY easy for him and others to call me 'Mom'.

-Best Mom advice. Listen. Read. Hug. Tell them what they mean to you. Don't ever let a moment pass you by that can be an opportunity to tell them how precious they are to you.

-Things I learned from my Mom.How to use a wooden spoon...LOL just kidding Mom. I learned that having a Mom for a best friend is the most wonderful feeling in the whole world. I've tried to carry that on into my relationships with my children. JL is my best friend, and I couldn't do without her.

-Why I love being a Mom. I love everything about being a Mom...even the nasty stuff. I love that I am loved for no reason. I love it when Steven comes home at the end of the day and is proud or glad that I am the Mother of his children. I love the little things that they say...I love it when at the worst times in my life i've heard a little voice say "Hi Momma" and "I love you Momma". It makes it all worth every moment. I feel like I really am living in a dream most of the time!!!

-Things I NEVER did before I became a Mom. I've never loved so deep. I've never hurt this bad when one of my children hurts. I've never cried so hard. I've never felt this kind of pain. I love each one of my children for the individuals that they are. I would do anything for them.

Happy Mother's Day to all you beautiful Mom's out there!! I hope that your day and all of your days are full of slobber kisses and sweet 'I love yous'...

Wordless Wednesday...

Steven and Grandma Dillon...we love Nana at our house! Steven has always thought that Nana is such a good Grandma, and she is. I love this picture of them because they always have something to say to eachother. They are too cute together...I love you Steven!

TUESDAY TELL ALL...some favs...

This week's Tuesday tell all is about some of your favorites close to home...

-GRAB LUNCH Seriously anywhere but McDonalds paalease...

-GO FOR A DATE NIGHT...what's a date night?

-PICK UP SOME CREATIVE GOODIES...I love the Quilted Bear **wink wink Steve***

-KEEP THE KIDS BUSY...No joking...JT could play with a baby wipe for HOURS! The oldest two are more complicated obviously...but we love to go for a walk, to the park, or to Grandma Fry's house...she's got the best playroom EVER.

-GET WET...Pineview...waterskiing with Steven.

-BUY A TREAT...mmm Mrs. Fields cookies...**drool**

-SHOP FOR FUN...Definately the outlets at Park City or our family girl fav would be Gardner Village.

-GET SOME FRESH AIR...Definately in Steve's hometown, up on the mountains riding horses or out on the farm shooting bunnies!!

-SPLURGE...well, since we are starving med school students..what's a splurge? Does a trip to Maverik for a root beer count? Aunt Deb takes me out for real splurges...love you, Debbie!!!

-DRIVE FOR A WEEKEND AWAY...this one is once again Steve's hometown. We love the drive with the kids because they are so funny. Plus we love GRANDMA AND GRANDPA !!

Wordless Wednesday and my favorite pictures...

Jl and JS walking down Main Street USA!!!

Grandma and JL...MOM...Thanks for the memories!!!

We still think about our Disneyland trip all the time...it was the very best Christmas ever!!!

Wordless Wednesday and the best Grandma...

These pictures were taken the day our little niece Lexie was born...Feb 3, 2007. What a little doll she is...WE LOVE YOU LE!


Steven's Grandma Rogers is the best Grandma in the world! Ok well, she's one of my favorites anyway...I have 4 favorites! Grandma's whole world revolves around her sweet Grandkids and Great Grandkids. She would do anything for any one of us. I love Grandma so much. She has been such a good example to me my whole life, and continues to be an example to my children as well as to me and Steven. WE LOVE GRANDMA ROGERS!!!

My hero...My Daddy!!!

I am such a brat! I freaked out over the little fridge that the mortuary brought us. I told them that we do a lot of things for them that we don't have to do...and we've never complained, but this time...I was complaining. We have a family of 5. We can not live out of a mini-fridge. So they came to take my old fridge, and I wouldn't let them. I told them I was going to hire a sophisticated old coke guy to fix my old fridge...and who would that dashingly handsome guy be? Yup. My Dad. He came over and had the old fridge fixed in about an hour. The problem? Receipts. Stuck in the fan. He pulled them out, and BAM! All fixed.
Dad is handy for a lot of things...fixing fridges, sending good emails, laughing and playing baseball with the grandkids, and a GREAT golf slice, plus much, much more. I told my Dad that he should charge the mortuary for his services, and he said that he charges double for house calls in the night. So I guess they owe him close to a thousand dollars.
I think he is worth millions.