thankful thankful thankful....
'Nuff said??
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Anyway it was a great day. Sunday we got our talks done and they went pretty good I think. I'm just glad they are done!
My sister in Law Katelyn and her husband Hakon had a baby on friday so I am an aunt again and he is so cute congrats guys {on finally picking a name too!!!!} Spencer Kent!!
Then last night we went to D's parents house and enjoyed spending time with who was there and talking getting prepared for our June wedding in the family! Alley asked D to be the MC so now he is a little nervous but he will do just fine!!
Other then that Masen is loving his own room probably about as much as Kolten is, he is calmer and just maybe he is settling down?? Nothing better then playing outside all day having a bath and going to bed all clean eh!!!
It's easier to read and spend more time with each of them at night when they have there own rooms too its nice....
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So have to share these cute cute plates thanks {for sharing jill k.} check them out they are adorable what a great idea!!
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And for ME THINKS TODAY
because I am in a hurry lots to do is
from LARRY THE CABLE GUY
1. A day without sunshine is like night.
2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets The cheese in the trap.
9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
13. How many of you believe in psychokinesis? Raise my hand.
14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?
20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?
21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'
22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
23. Light travels faster than sound.. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK!!!!
Can't wait!
I am thankful for CARPET!! The carpet installers came yesterday and installed it all in a day!! It looks amazing love it, just having carpet makes a world of difference the kids are loving being downstairs and Kolten can't wait to get down there!
After Carpet
This is the bottom of the stairs a nook kind of thing, and the playroom oh the doors aren't back up yet either
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{ I know I see the makings of a smile in this picture coming lol!} We have so much fun together {could have been the paint fumes too yesterday ha !} but despite that we get along pretty darn good for going on almost 14 years together since we met!!
Picking cacti from poor M's feet!
Love these freckles and his silliness!
Love this happy forced smile she loves to give lately!
and I love my sisters {missing one} but love em I'm not looking but it was the best of what i had {thats a V8 in my sisters hand fyi}
Loving this happy couple!
And of course Marshmallow boy!
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ME THINKS
"Trees that can stand in the midst of the hurricane often yield to the destroying pests that we can scarcely see with in a microscope. Likewise the greatest foes of humanity today are subtle and sometimes unseen influences at work in society that are undermining the manhood and womanhood of today. The test, after all, of the faithfulness and effectiveness of God's people is an individual one.
What is the individual doing?
-David O. McKay
What are we doing as individuals? I've thought alot about this quote since Sunday it was in our bulletin. Sometimes we are so much like TREES we aren't doing anything major that eats away at us, but the little things that slowly get at our souls and lessons our spirituality and ability to receive.
Little things in society like TV shows sometimes oh there's just a little swearing or a little of this or that. Magazines we look at. Movies we attend. How we see others and treat others. Here a little, there a little {thanks lynn} it all adds up to a whole lot if we are aware of all the subtle things that eventually turn into big things.
The things to our souls as pests are to trees are things like negativity, the blaming, finding fault in others, comparing and competitiveness, assuming things, judging others without asking or knowing among so many other things. Sometimes we don't even know what we are doing and it slowing gets at us makes us more negative and unseeing of what others need, our faith lessens, our feelings become hurt more and the little "pests" become us eats away at us. Unless me make a conscious choice to live how we know we should and put aside all negativity, the test for us is handling what we are given and live each day as we should be - more forgiving, more understanding, more giving in service, more faithful, loving, Christlike people.
I wish it was all that easy but it starts with us
-as individuals-
What are we doing?
{well for starters this individual is doing a lot of thinking and that's where it starts right!}
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HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
We don't need to wait for someone else to bring us happiness - happiness is a choice we can make at any time we want. You can choose to look on the good side of things and take life more lightly, or you can choose to think gloomy and sad. It's up to you. Life is the movie you see through your own eyes - it's up to you how you take it.
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Let there be
more joy and laughter
in your living.
~ Eileen Caddy ~
oh and on mine... 
Sang to him...
and milestone HE ASKED me if he could blow out the candles yet INSTEAD of just blowing them out whenever he felt like it, which would have been just fine too but he ASKED ME!! that is big I might just be like this being three thing already ha ha!!
another look before they devoured them!
opened some presents..
was so happy he got "lego" of his own..
kind of still looks like toys for three!! It was a good day we got alot done eliminated a few places we had to be and took in a baby shower after the kids were finished playing it was nice to get out and relax with friends a good day overall it was a great day!
Oh and little miss L was mad all day
Hope everybody has a great weekend!
He is growing like a weed!!
He pretty much rules the roost!
and thinks he is chief but life would be really really boring without him that is for sure!
He only wanted doggy cupcakes for his birthday so I obliged and HELLO CUPCAKE helped out they aren't perfect that is for sure but it was my first time...
and he loved them...
and thats what makes it SO worth it for this face!!!
He picked his birthday cereal pretty much what all my kids pick cause we never have sugar cereal here... so its a treat to have it for breakfeast
see he kind of thinks he is a DOG so when I asked him what kind of birthday he wanted and he said a doggy birthday you can understand why eh...
I love this boy he is a joy and I am so so thankful for him!! Do you think maybe the terrible two's will stay behind with 2? yeah didn't think so now its the whiny 3's right ? I'll post more bday pics from tonight later or tomorrow. Have a great day!
Doors to the playroom {not sure what mase is doing but oh well...}
bathroom and a bedroom
door to kolten's room {you actually can't tell the color of the walls from these picture this makes them look gray almost they aren't anyway... }
Were getting there !! here's the mess we need to dap and fill and repaint everything, get the pot lighting put in, clean up then carpet comes this week or early next! It will be so nice to have it done and usable!"As you create a home, don't get distracted with a lot of things that have no meaning for you or your family. Don't dwell on your failures, but think about your successes. Have joy in your home. Have joy in your children. Have joy in your husband. Be grateful for the journey."
-Marjorie Pay Hinckley
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I got this email today and thought I 'd share a few! {not sure why this is 