{10 on Tuesday}

Well looks like this week is a 10er:) yesterday was busy and I had a good rant last week;} We had a fun weekend busy with lots going on a party at grandmas and a friend party a Christmas tree burning so fun:) And then Sunday had primary duties and an extra meeting for all our teachers fun times...

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1|| Bonfire fun

2|| Love when the boys discuss, build, draw and talk about Lego rather then other things...... using their  imaginations  rather than their thumbs is awesome

3|| Just finished reading this loved it....

.....really into all things Europe because 

maybe cause it cold snowy and we all have cabin fever but seriously Europe is calling my name would love to hop on a plane and go explore sigh.... someday right

4|| okay this is amazing 

 

like I mean seriously seriously awesome enough to try it out at our family party Friday night {which we used straight for over 20 people} and go buy it Saturday!!! IT is so so good 100% good for you and tastes like frozen yogurt/ soft serve ice cream but requires only frozen fruit and frozen bananas

It is awesome healthy and your kids eat it up like its ice cream!!! We did cherries peaches blackberries strawberries raspberries mango grapes all sorts of different combos its thick creamy and seriously just go buy one it is AMAZING!!! If your from around here they sell them in the mall at a store called showcase for $69 bucks worth every penny or else

Go here to see where to buy it and for recipes etc all things

 YONANA

5|| okay slightly more boring now 

my boshe broke a couple of weeks ago the blender side of it missed my morning green smoothies ...anyway it cost $25 bucks to fix YEAH!!!

6|| My green smoothie is

{First a tip: I buy a big bag of spinach I do Kale sometimes too from Costco and then put two handfuls in a ziplock and then freeze them all and take out a pack when you make your smoothie each morn or whatever

SO its

a bag of spinach  

{two handfuls}

1 cup water

1 cup of fresh peaches 

{or whatever fruit you want}

{I like mine to stay green so I use light colored fresh fruit}

and about half a frozen banana 

mix pour drink:)

Thats it love it! and so good for you

Here is a link of 40 smoothie recipes for some variation

7|| Did you know??

Who Knew? "One of my most important food shopping tips ever--those annoying stickers on fruits and veggies tell you A LOT! 4 numbers mean they were conventionally grown, 5 numbers starting with number 8 means they are genetically modified (GMO), and 5 numbers starting with 9 means they were organically grown (no pesticides or nasty GMOs)"

interesting eh

8||  I really want to redo my room. white/gray/yellow .. shabby chick style...

9|| K2 slept for the first 3 1/2 years of his life but now rarely naps {he still goes down for quiet time and sometimes falls asleep} but goes to sleep late and sleeps in more now:(

10||

i HATE potty training :)

Have a beautiful week:)

{Fake It Friday}

So lets pretend Me thinks and Thankful Thursday happened or fake it for today;) We switched over to a new INTERNET and phone provider so it took a little to get get going but its SO much better!! and SO much faster!! We are loving it! So that took a good part of the a day then life got away on us..and here it is friday again and the month almost over!!

Its actually been a busy week ....had about 3 meetings, kids skating lessons, scouts, Parent preschool, ym, yoga, PTA, primary, soccer, etc etc life ;)

Today is also D's mom's birthday!

We had a brunch for her this morning and it was so nice, sat around and talked and enjoyed a little girl time.....So happy birthday to the most beautiful person I know inside and out she is the sweetest, kindest and most loving person .. that you will ever meet and we all sure love her and her example and her love!!! Because of her and my father in law 2 became this crazy bunch:)

 Fun times:) Love em all:)

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Besides all that I think the snowy cold January funk set in where your dreaming of warmer weather and you know you have like 3 more months of cold to go... yeah a little depressing eh:( Such is life and seasons right:)

SO ME THINKS 

this week

 We all need a change.

is something I've thought about all week and its entitlement. I have never met in all the time preceding to now a more spoiled entitled bunch of kids and teens and selfish adults and parents......... its kind of disgusting to watch....{I'm not saying all but a huge majority are} Parents want to be buddy buddy and give youth everything and they can't do any wrong...its slightly disturbing to watch how addicted they are to cell phones, texting and getting there own way and how disrespectfully it is being used and abused....then we have governments restricting what can and can't be done in regards to teachers which creates a ratio of students way up here and teacher far below with no control.....

Seriously how far can it go?? 

When half of kids in an elementary school of 600 have a cell phone there is something wrong with that!! What 8-12 year really needs a phone 

or are you trying to keep up with the Jones'

 Pretty sure there are still phones in schools to be able to use ...........pretty sure there are still paper copies of books of scripture and whatever else to be used 

pretty sure we have voices and real life games books and things to do!!!

In reality we have addicted babies, children and teens heck adults........ to tv ipads phones and all other distractions

When was the last time you played a board game together, built a snowman {like with two hands and with real snow ha} really ran around ???  Ate dinner together with no phones?? We have a problem as a society and its only going to get worse if we don't stop it or put our feet down in our own homes ......

How will our children function in the real world if they don't learn know how to LIVE in the real world to learn to play for hours outside, to run, to breath fresh air...not to be sedated infront of some electronice device....

Not saying they aren't good for a lot but lately I can't get over how addicted all ages are to these stupid phones etc{yes I love having one but I also make sure I'm present in my children's lives too}

This poor generation of entitlement it will be a sad day in the real world if we don't stand up and do something soon...

teach some phone etiquette , heck some people skills, some respect ,some self respect, some rules, some discipline .. quit trying to save face, confrontation and  quit trying to be there best friend they need an adult in there lives.

They need to learn that they aren't in charge and the world doesn't revolve around them that respect, honestly and manners goes a long way. In real life and electronic device life!

Teach them so they know! Or we are all in trouble.....

There is a long road ahead if we don't do something now.

okay thats my weekly rant:)

{didn't mention missing our kids growing up because of our phone use so read this Great article here  about sums it up}

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T h a n k f u l   F o r

Dreams

insight 

Prayer

Dedicated & Committed people

Goals

and

people who get it

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Love this quote of the week:

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."

Have an awesome weekend:)

{ps awesome article here}

{Thankful Thursday}

T ha n k f u l  T h u r s d a y's 

I'll try to do better this year then last...but Time will tell I guess:)

.....Specialist apt yesterday ....wasn't as good as we expected... the Dr thought it would be a lot bigger improvement from the surgery but sadly it wasn't to them.... but to us he has made a huge improvement and he can see much better which is the good news I guess.

We just don't want to go through that surgery again :( hopefully we won't and we'll take the big improvement we can see..... love this big boy!! He was scared and didn't want to go yesterday he said "they'll hurt me again" :( made me sad but he did great:) 

small steps.....big blessings

 I am SO  thankful for the peaceful, smart, kind, loving boy he is!!

 

Thankful for this man some days I'm not sure how I got so lucky:) Thankful for us.

THANKFUL for apps that make us laugh for a long time 

K2 made this on the way to his appointment yesterday and we couldn't stop laughing! 

{Baldbooth/agingbooth/boothestache}

 Thankful for how happy my kids are at school this year so far its been a good year for all of them..sometimes just watching them learn responsibility is a big learning step...

Thankful NONE of my kids have had any cavities so far.

Thankful for good neighbors.

Thankful for  the depth of my testimony and faith that carries me.

Thankful for hugs. My kids love to give hugs lately a lot more:) 

I love it!

 

Thankful for the I love You's and the compliments from this girl lately she is growing up...Thankful for her funny little remarks..... she makes us laugh!

Thankful for the SIMPLE THINGS that make me smile and make life easier....

I'm Thankful for Life and am constantly reminded how short it is:

"Give your child a compliment and a hug; say, ‘I love you’ more; always express your thanks. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Friends move away, children grow up, loved ones pass on. It’s so easy to take others for granted, until that day when they’re gone from our lives and we are left with feelings of ‘what if’ and ‘if only. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey and share our love with friends and family."

Have a beautiful weekend

 -it is what you make:)

What are you most thankful for?

{ Me Thinks Monday..}

It's cold. drifty. windy. snowy. cold. it is January though right:)

Sunday I saw this view in our hometown and told D to stop so I could take a picture and was so excited that it was just as I saw it.....

o u r   w e e k e n d  f u n

Saturday Our kids spent all day playing outside they had so much fun D took them to shovel peoples walks at 7:30 in the morning {teaching em to work;) so they worked, then they played all day long forts/ hot chocolate/ D took them skating too /then more forts hot chocolate/ sledding ha ha they loved it and slept pretty awesome and early too that night:)

the other two never stay still for me to take a picture but they were equally as cute:)

-D and I went on a date for my birthday on Friday night you know dinner and movie and of course all  good dates end at walmart right;) {I finally saw Breaking Dawn part 2 {the best one of the series} 

Kind of almost sad when something ends eh..

- Went to a baby blessing the last of the 7:) 

- Biggest Loser started again so excited:) simple pleasures ha ha

-We are getting cable for the first time in our married lives they are slowly taking out peasant vision:( and we can lock all channels we don't want to see too that was a big motivator

- went to a fun party Saturday night too fun to get out.

All in all a good weekend.

 

*M e  T h i n k s*

I've been thinking a lot about this one over the past few days and I hope this person who I'm quoting doesn't care {love you} but I thought more opinions and thoughts would be nice to hear too .... 

She brought up some interesting thoughts for a lot of us all who are mothers who are home who have all I'm sure at one point felt like a lonely, nobody stuck in the house ....
that everybody forgot about as soon as baby was a little older.....

in her words...

" I can't seem to fill this void that is constantly haunting me. 
It's this horrible feeling that now I'm a nobody.  I used to matter to the community, I was a professional, I was good at what I did.  I felt like I was pushing myself and learning new things.  Now I feel stagnant.  I am stuck at home...which is exactly where I wanted to be, but it is sooo hard!  I try to think of things that I can do to help me stretch myself but nothing sounds that interesting.........." 
"So then I start thinking about going back to work just to somehow fill that void, but when I realize that would mean leaving my child at a daycare 5 days a week it sounds horrible.  So I would love to hear your advice on how you cope with being a stay at home mom.  What helps you to feel your worth?  How do you connect with society?  What fills you up?  How do you keep yourself from becoming this mom locked in her home that no one knows about?"  

  

How many of us have felt like that at some point along the way especially in the beginning..??

M y  t h o u g h t s :

 I remember having to wait so long going to work day after day, year after year, waiting wanting and yearning for 5 years to stay home and be a mom and have kids because that was all I had ever wanted. When it finally happened it felt like a dream to be able to stay at home...then it finally happened and it was awesome, wonderful and exciting and exactly what I had prayed for. Yet some days I felt guilty because I missed being with people feeling important and like I was "somebody" again ...

BUT my next thoughts were always I am somebody..... to my kids and though it may feel like its not making a huge difference at this moment to them now or I may feel like I don't make any difference some days.  

What makes all the difference to me is looking beyond today and knowing that years from now looking back I did everything I could to be there for them to be there right now..... to be present.

to help them, feed them, clean up after them, talk with them find out about there day...... make that after school snack for them and to me to be there everyday when that door opens is the most important thing to me because there are many stages in life and it passes so quickly. And that someday they looking back will know I was there because I wanted to be.
But always the same feeling to feel fulfilled...... to matter I also realized that I enjoy people to much too I missed seeing them in the beginning and feeling useful, like I mattered that what I did is counting for something....... to me inside.
I think every mother has had these same feelings, cried to our husbands how we feel like maids and nobodies etc..on the flip side I have had lots of friends who work and are sad about missing out on all the important things in their kids' lives and how they have to do everything its like having two jobs and I can't imagine that and then work.  

{I realize some people just have to..... there is no other option.  Some want to, some need to, some want toys some need to keep there licenses currant..... but what I'm saying is we are all different, all in different circumstances and coming to the realization of what we want to and where we want to or should be is hard..}

SO I think we want both worlds .......kind of the we want what we don't have syndrome then we get and we want it another way? 

Does that make sense? 

For me I subbed and more children came  life got busier more fulfilling as it went along I felt more useful, more busy and had less time to think about myself essentially I guess. 

I joined the town soccer board, the PTA and organized an exercise class for the town, volunteered and put everything I could/ can into whatever calling I have/had.. I feel more useful, I feel needed and I feel filled. 

I take me time because I think to be the best moms we can be we need to feel happy inside and out. 

 Getting out is key to feeling important whether its to the park or to volunteer whatever it is for you.

..... being busy serving helps fill that void.  

We  aren't alone we do make a difference and it is finding what makes us happy where we are and what is best for everyone with no guilt that will make us the best we can be.

Whether that is being the teacher/nurse/ whatever it is you always dreamt of or cleaning up puke and spilled milk and breaking up fights and snuggling a sick one ......

Wherever it is know what you want .....we only have one chance at this time now...... we can't ever redo what we are doing now..and I personally feel now more than any in the worlds history is it more important to be there with our whole heart and minds for our children.  

There are so many outside distractions if we carry one inside we can't fully be present in what we are doing as moms, if we only wish we were somewhere else.

It is in the end finding what makes you happiest what fills that void for you and what is best for everyone..... with no guilt.

I love where I am in life and I'm right where I want to be. But I also don't have a big degree or specialized training. I'm doing what I always wanted and dreamt of,  so for others its different its finding your place and what fills you up.

So what fills you up? 

H a v e  a  g r e a t  w e e k.

 

Even on cold drifty snowy January days;)

{Thankful..for life at 37.. }

Lookin Back / steppin forward

.....Well I'm so thankful to have lived another year ...grown up a little more...and figured some things out..... didn't get much done from last years bucket list from this post  but I sure was busy and we did learn a lot together and made lots of memories. 

I am so thankful for the 37 years I've had so far..... I still can't believe time goes by so fast. I'm beginning to understand the I still feel 20 inside thing..... because I do. I can remember grade school like it was yesterday and here I am sending my little ones everyday to school.

 Time is key isn't it.... what we do with it, how we use it and where we are going with it .....quit looking backwards .....move forward take some new steps..... gain some new ground and work out what needs working out...every year I realize how short life really is how fragile it is and how fast it can be taken away!

SO today I'm thankful to be ME. I'm a little weird;)  but I'm Me.

I'm Thankful to have what I have.... more and more each year

 I'm Thankful to be the mother i get to be 

to the children I'm blessed to have. 

For the husband I love. 

and

for every single 37 yellow and white balloons he blew up for me

{thats true love cause he hates blowing up one balloon}

FOR The family I came from 

and 

for the life lessons I'm learning and Thankful for another year. 

I pray I have many many more.

 I'm excited for a new year and hope it holds all good things for all of us.

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So along with that and my bucket list from last year: 

A few weird {or not} things about me:

- I love black licorice but only the brand young and smylie I sometimes go to walmart for just that and buy 10 bags at a time

- I don't like getting flowers or jewelry I'm not that kind of girl I guess I'd rather spend my money on something else clothes maybe? a little addition ?

-I wash my face with only water every night {alternating days with a baking soda/coconut oil mixture}

- I sit in the same spot in church {if we aren't late ahhh} and at our kitchen table and park in the same general area of every big box store I shop at

- I don't care for chocolate like most people so I won't resolve to do that as the above says or sleep in on sundays anymore either since church is at 9 haha}

- I use a paper towel to open public bathroom doors and use my foot to flush the toilet and I line the toilet with tp first ewww:)

- I have really good willpower and use it:) 

just ask my friends that love to tease me about it.

- I love to check the mail and miss getting letters like the old days:)

- I don't like fantasy far fetched books or science fiction or third person written books

- I'm anal about what my kids wear to school just ask them ha ha "I have certain rules pertaining to how many days in a row you can wear that hoodie to school syndrome;)"

- I make my kids shower EVERY.SINGLE. MORNING. before school

- I eat the raisins out of maximum raisin bran {from superstore} and leave the bran;) D loves it;) well I sure do anyway ha ha weirdo I know

- I have moved 33 times in 37 years and have lived the longest in the town I am now:)

-I love to vacuum  I love lines in the carpet lol

- and looking over this i like smiley faces {a lot} ha 

- Okay enough of my quirks eh:)

Can I just say I love the face book love on birthdays makes a mom birthday a lot more exciting to feel loved and remembered today.....for the phone calls, my sweet sisters gift and visits and laughter and tears, all the texts and really its just nice to be remembered:)

Thank you all for reading my little blog for letting me rant, vent and share it nice to have a place to do that! 

So here's to another year for all of us:) 

Have a great 

snowy/sunny depending on where you live weekend

make it a good one:)

***Did you notice I HAVE MUSIC AGAIN YEA!!!!!
So excited ! Thanks Carly:)***

{Me Thinks Monday and a Winner}

Thanks so much for all the entries of the giveaway its nice to know who's out there..... I'm getting from it that you want me thinks back I do too.... last year was just hard for some reason {maybe life} to keep up but I'm going to try harder:) Recipes, life, books and mom stuff I can do that:)

I also get that somebody wants to talk more ha ha{the anon comment} and truthfully that was the first winner number that came up first  but sadly they didn't want to be known;) 

so the WINNER from random number generator is

  # 8:)  

which is Lyndsay S.:)

I'll get it to you soon:)

Its funny to me that some of the entries come all the way from 

Switzerland to Brazil {actual people I know too} and the winner is from around here:) 

 If you haven't read Lyndsay's blog you might want to.... she is amazing and has been through so much! There is a lot to learn from her in just appreciating what we have and what we do..we never know where we may end up and sometimes its never what we imagined but we learn best by crying it out, a little shouting and screaming I'm sure and learning and growing and helping others along the way! And she has done that just by her example and strength {the end part anyway:).. 

{Her husband was also in our wedding lineup 16 years ago:) } 

Yes we had a young line up ha ha:)

which got me to ..

ME THINKS.

Today I was thinking about all the things I have been blessed with the past year the blessings, the relationships, the day to day life stuff. A great husband and friend,  good jobs, great kids and extended family.

 Sometimes I feel like things go along so good....

 DO you ever feel like you go through life sometimes waiting for something to happen something to shake your world because it feels to good to be true ? I do. 

My life isn't perfect there is a lot of improvement but its a good life....I do find happiness in the common things. Just having the children I do no matter how bad the day went brings me happiness because its a miracle they are here. Folding laundry I hate, but folding laundry I do and every piece I fold many times I've realized what a blessing it is I even get to fold these little clothes.

  But sometimes my mind works overtime....and How we just never know...... That everywhere you look around you things are crumbling around the world, in our societies, our communities, to friends, family everybody! Choices and different paths are being taken that breaks my heart to watch! Tragedies all around us..

  It makes me pull my kids tighter ,hug them longer, love them more, teach them more. Makes me strengthen my marriage and make it more a priority,  to try harder .....read and study my scriptures more and above all prayer like I've never prayed before.

Because if I'm being truthful it scares me to death for my kids to grow up in this world there is so much out there and all I can do is my very best right now for them.. 

 We aren't immune, bad things happen to good people.

 "Expecting a trouble-free life because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian" 

-Jeffery R Holland

I guess a lot has happened lately that just makes me stop and think "but they are good people how can/could this happen??" 

It doesn't matter who we are.

My cousins baby passed away 2 days ago she was less then 4 months old....breaks my heart I can't even comprehend the pain...and what they are going through good good people...OR

 why can't so and so have another baby or why would they start doing that, leave that, or make those choices..

and on and on so many near brushes, real losses and more and more pain....

But I also see that it can make or break you and thats where it stands...what you do with it..what you take from it 

and where you go from here...

Because what I do know is we have to depend a lot more on those around us to hold us up, to help us and to strength us..... but to be the same for others because thats what its all about helping each other make it along this journey...no matter where we are standing we all need somebody to be there for us and we need to be there for each other.

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Good Reads:)

LOVE this book but I'm a big 

Dean Hughes fan I love his books and LDS fiction in general is my favorite:) Just finished this one..

The wind and the waves

 there are more volumes coming to can't wait! Plus this book feeds my England/Europe fascination, my love of history, of English accents and so on loved it!!

and an awesome recipe my kids loved it...

found here I made my own pizza crust recipe though..Two of my kids favorite meals how can you go wrong eh:) pizza and tacos:)

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This and that:

-Kids are back in school finally now that was like Christmas they were were so bored and I was um lets say had enough;) I love my routine as you all know so its nice to get back into it!! The kids were up early and excited to get back! A little cabin feverish I think!

- L had her ortho apt and doesn't need braces yet this year but a lot of work starting next year oh the fun times:) Pretty sure she about passed out when they started talking about extracting teeth is was kind of funny, but not:) 

-K has grown so much he is seriously almost my height I know not hard to beat lol:) But wow I swear he keeps growing over night!! He loves playing games with us last night was for real the first time I ever played scrabble fun times:)

-M and K and D went to a hockey game with friends the other night and M got a puck he thought that was the coolest thing!! Love when they all go out and do boy things makes my heart happy building memories!

-K2 well lets just say he isn't potty trained yet I know I know its time I've tried twice I just know that when they are ready they are ready and he hasn't been :( But its seriously time! 11 years of diapers hum yes I may be sad ....but its time!! 

MY baby is a sunbeam in church he loved primary on Sunday!! So grown up I don't think he moved the whole time! Folded his arms and loved every minute of it!!

- and me, well this is life:) and about to turn another year older this week seriously where is life going;)

Have a great week!!

{Year End 2012 -Word of the Year and A Giveaway:)

Another year of my LIFE gone ...where did it go well lets see:

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

We Went on a big spring break trip to St George Zions Park... Hoover Dam and enjoyed all the memories along the way! We all loved it!

 

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? 

Yes I did...I lost 17 lbs learned to eat the right way and made exercise a priority ...but really its all about the way you eat!

My Theme for 2012 was to  

"try a little harder to be a little better"

I feel good that I did try a little harder to do a little better really thinking about what I was doing when I was doing it and why....

Also learned that I feel so much better on a 
basically gluten free diet So I eat
clean eating.... veggies...... fruits and meats are pretty much what I stick to since I'm allergic to nuts, citrus and a certain preservative as of this year so weird I am!!
 
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
I learned a lot about myself this year and what I can handle and came to accept a few things and what we really want ...This year 7 of our siblings had babies it was a really tough May and Oct/Nov but we made it through and am SO happy for everyone of them to be a part of our BIG family:) Here's 5 of the 7 beauties

sources: stole them all hope you girls are okay with th at:)

4. Did anyone close to you die?
-my mom's cousin passed away sadly earlier.... so early in life

5. What countries did you visit?
-UsA thats it

 
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
-MORE FAITH AND PATIENCE

7. What dates from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

-Dec 10 K2's surgery and feeling helpless to make everything better..

Then when he started feeling better and realized he can see and look straight he was SO happy and so were we!! 

Best Christmas present this year by far!!

.....and of course L got baptized and that was an awesome day too!!!

Love our little ms L

8. What are your favorite finds this year?

-instagram and pick your plum and coconut oil best stuff ever

9. What were your favorite new recipes?
Our family loved these: 

go here for all our fun recipes things we tried, bought or made:)

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
 -We didn't beyond the normal Cold' s and flu / except for
M had a sprained ankle in July
and then K2's surgery was big

11. What was the best thing you bought?
-Antique Clock, a vacuum,  and K2's bedroom set among other things

12. Where did most of your money go?
-Kids the bigger they get the more they eat:) the more they  do:) and the more they want:)  
that and our house...deck fence driveway almost done building then it will be time to build our own house;)

or to things like this:) well worth it:)

 
13. What did you get really excited about?

Summer fun...
-Taking our big trip with our kids and all our summer fun camping trips loved it~Went to time out for women this year too and that was a lot of fun

*I also got excited about making jewelry and had an outlet to sell it and have made almost $500 towards my Europe trip fund:)  Can't wait:)

* Also loved being with K2 just us over the past 4 months while the kids have been at school its been fun I love my kids but its fun to have one on one time with them all at different times and we tried to do that more this year and really enjoyed it!! So did they!

Excited about M learning to read , K playing football, L making new friends and getting baptized, K2 and his eye surgery. 

So many little and big things we were excited about this year!!

14. What song will always remind you of 2012?
-Thats why we pray big and rich--a really good song and with the world like it is today it's a very ideal song! For my kids would be "Forever young" and one directions "What makes you beautiful"

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder? happier more content Thinner or fatter?Thinner:)  Richer or poorer? same

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?
-I wish D and I had got to the temple more it gets so hard arranging schedules but needs to be a priority this year....

more of whats important and making a bigger effort to do so
 
17. What do you wish you’d done less of?
-Wasting time worrying about things out of my control.... not worth my time...or worth my time but not getting to the solution and doing something about it!!

18. How did you spend Christmas?

- Christmas was different this year I had all my siblings around except my one brother but my sister came from Idaho and Edmonton so it was nice to spend time together. The parents were renovating at the time so most festivities were at my sister DJ's house it was nice.... just different:) Busy crazy game playing food eating present opening fun days:) then 3 baby blessings and one more next week:)

19. What was your favorite TV programs?

Loved Parenthood, Biggest Loser, Revolution, Revenge, Last man Standing, and The bachelors ;)

20. What were your favorite books of the year?

-Edenbrook loved that book read lots of books though and loved them! Thats just the most recent

21. What was your favorite music from this year?

-The piano guys, David Guetta, Brono mars, Carrie Underwood
 
22. What were your favorite films of the year?

-Hunger Games:) ,The Lucky one,

23. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 36 and it was just a day:) a mom birthday:) and then D took me away for the weekend for my birthday it was so fun and relaxing!

24. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

- Joining the baby ranks again:) - or winning the lottery about the same thing ha ha or chance of obviously ;)   no
 It was a good year nothing out of the ordinary we did lots of fun things, had a few big things but worked through it..... got some work on the house done, had three big backyard parties that were super fun, we all turned a year older, and grew up a little more:)
 
25. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
-Boots/Belts/ Cardi's/Lace /ruffles and polka dots

26. What kept you sane?

-My treadmill and workout hour early summer mornings, early afternoon or late night:) whenever I could work it in

-long baths and on line shopping;) and a good husband, sisters and friends:)

D was gone alot on business trips at the end of the year but we made it through sane and happy:)

and no more trips for awhile so we are all good with that:)

 

27. A few Favorite pictures of the year 

 
28. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.

Biggest life lesson learned this can be summed up in this one quote::

"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice"

 Remember what is most important 

how we act 

what we say how we do it..... 

how we serve others, 

by our examples...... 

has a direct effect on our little ones...are we selfish? self centered? immature? taking a wrong path OR are we strong caring, kind, honest, good people and parents with a purpose, faith a testimony and goals to work towards...for ourselves and our families....

That is a valuable life lesson I learned this past year and for all of us to remember.....

Because our future are these children. future leaders. future bosses, future youth and a future generation..... that needs to be grounded, strong and hard working .....what are we raising?

SO

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My Theme or word for 2013 is 

because there are just a lot of things that don't matter and keeping calm and carrying on is the only way to approach things talk it out, work it out PEACEFULLY and carry on.. 

So that's my theme for 2013

"Carry on"

Be stong

Be brave

be obedient 

be happy, truthful, kind 

and all that means to CARRY ON!!! 

SO Do what you can and be what you can but getting mad or freaking out about anything isn't going to solve it...whatever IT may be throughout the year.

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AND the giveaway part......

 For Christmas this year I modge podged on canvas a print I bought from kiki & company..... I loved it so much and the reminder of what Christmas is all about that I made about 15 of them  for some of my friends and some family

{I still have one to get out:) but I guess she can enjoy it next year lol:) I've tried twice anyway I made an extra one so if you want your chance for one............ near and far they are really light and are 12X16 

I have one left in the white for one lucky person:)

SO lets start the new year off knowing 

who still reads this blog or if your new and Comment on

what I should blog about in 2013 

any suggestions?? or what you like more of:)

I'll pick a winner on Monday the 7th:)

HERE'S TO 2013 AND AN AWESOME YEAR FOR ALL OF US:)