Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year! It was very eventful watching the boys open their presents. Micah got more Lightning McQueen cars and a carrying case for them. He also got a race track and more geo trains. Isaiah got and Elmo restaurant and he got some plastic power tools. They were excited to show off what they got. Micah is afraid of sitting on Santa's lap and so when he open all his presents he said wow Santa is so smart how did he know what I wanted! But I think I got the best gift which was a camera from Dwayne, which I used to take all these pictures with!!! Isaiah as you can see is very photogenic and will say cheese to anyone with a camera in hand. We visited Dwayne's family this morning and then My family came over for dinner. They love seeing their cousins this time of year so they can compare toys. This year instead of my grandpa giving checks to everyone we decided to donate our money to a charity or organization in need. And this year we chose Isaiah's early intervention school. They are a non-profit organization and most of the family's who go there are paying off medical bills for their kids that have a handicap. So it's good to know that the money will go to help other family's in need! Hope all of you who read this had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!

Gingerbread houses

On Thursday we went to Melisa's to make gingerbread houses. The kids were so excited. They were mostly eating the candy not making the house. But I managed to help Isaiah make his. But Micah did his own. It was lots of fun to do it with our good friends. Now if I can just keep them from eating them while they are on display at home that would be great! What a fun afternoon. 

Temple and Christmas

So this post is a little personal. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go and clean part of the Salt Lake Temple. I was nervous I had never done this before. My sister in law Ev who cleans at the Bountiful temple said you go in your church clothes and they will give you clothes to clean in. And she said you will have an amazing experience while you are cleaning. But that doesn't even begin to describe it. When we got there we got changed in to our cleaning clothes and then we broke up into teams and each team had a housekeeper with us to show us what to clean. Our housekeeper said it was going to be dirtier than usual because they hadn't cleaned since Saturday, but I'm telling you there was no dust anywhere. It was so clean in places where you would think dust would collect there was not a speck anywhere. And then when we were vacuuming it was hard to see where you had vacuumed all ready because there was nothing on the floor. The dirtiest place was the children's waiting room of course. If your ward ever has the opportunity to clean it some time I would highly recommend it. Just being there was amazing and then seeing things you don't normally get to see when you do a session was way awesome. I learned things I never knew about the temple. But it makes me have a greater love for it, and I just have this hunger to want to go back so much more now. I will definitely make it more of a priority to go there more often. And if you live in Utah you have probably more than one temple within a 40 mile radius so you have no excuses not to go. I felt the spirit so strong just in cleaning the temple. I can't wait to do it again. 

On another note I'm so excited that my girlfriends from college are coming into town this month. Allyson lives in northern Idaho and Tanya lives in Vegas so it's going to be great to see them. And then all the girls from around Utah will get together with them. We had some crazy times at Snow but it was always fun with those girls. I love the holiday's when everyone comes into town.  Now if I can just find the one thing that Micah must have for christmas I'll be done shopping for the kids. But then I have to shop for my big kid, Dwayne! He wants a remote control hummer that is like sixty bucks I said to him don't you want something more practical this year. But he said no I want that hummer. Ugghh!!! I still love this time of year and now that we finally have snow it looks like Christmas time!!!!

I know I'm a little behind but I had to post about something that I'm thankful for. Yesterday morning I woke up with a bad toothache. It was so bad it made my whole face hurt up and down my neck and around my ear. So I called the dentist office and the receptionist said she would call the  dentist to see if he could fix it that day or recommend an emergency dentist. When she called back she said he would be in his Provo office if I could get down there. So My sweet grandpa drove me all the way to Provo just to see him. And when we got there he took some xrays and said looks like you need a root canal. I was shocked!! So they numbed me up and went to work. They didn't get it all done that day, I still have to come back next week. But I was so grateful he happened to be in his office right when I called and was able to relieve most of the pain. The tooth it self is still sore but no pain anywhere else. Thank goodness!!! Just wanted to let you know I'm thankful for the dentist and my grandpa.

I just took Isaiah to the Liver Doctor this morning, and when we go we have to have labs drawn before the appt. so they can have the results. So that takes an extra hour and half because they are always backed up. And then  we arrive in the doctors office about 30 min before our appt. but have to wait and hour and half there because she's backed up as well. And then by the time we get in to the room it's almost two hours past our appt. time. And this is all so that the Physicians assistant can check him over, and the doctor can pop her head in and say.... He's a rockstar!!! In other words he's fine no changes this month. And we can go four months between appt. this time. What a sigh of relief. I always get nervous when appts. roll around you never know if they are going to send you home or send you into the hospital. It must be all the prayers in Isaiah's behalf that keep him healthy right now. That's one less worry this week. Now I can focus on Thanksgiving! Some of my extended family is not coming this year to my mom's so we have to make more of the sides our selves. We have no one to make the pies this year. I've never made pie before, how hard can it be?!? And then I have to make a birthday cake for my mother inlaws because we celebrate alot of fall birthdays. I think because my birthday is one of them I'll make red velvet cake. I Love it!!!! I hope all my friends and family who read this blog have a great Thanksgiving!!! We love you all!!!

So as some of you know we are staying with my mom right now. And she has been redoing her kitchen, living room, and dining room. But it's almost done. It should be totally finished by next week. Yea!!! I can't wait because it looks so good and there is so much counter space now. And it's good for entertaining. So My little mommies group can finally come over. We were running out of places for our kids to play because it's cold out side now. But thanks to Melisa we have been at her house all the time. I can finally take some of the responsibility off of her shoulders and let my house get trashed by the kids. (j/k) And then Jamie and I won't have to drive so far haha! And to add to my birthday week my mom and I are going to the ballet for this seasons opening night tomorrow. We have season tickets this year. I keep asking Dwayne if he wants to go but you know how football players can be, he's said no so promptly!! Which is fine with me he can put the kids to bed and I can have a girls night out, doesn't bother me. And I'm so looking forward to this holiday season on of my closest friends Allyson is coming down from Idaho for three weeks so I get to see her and her family. I haven't seen them much because they live at the top part of Idaho and they don't get down here much, but her brother is getting married in December. I love seeing old friends, and new friends. I just love my friends. It really helps to be able to talk to other girls your age and not just your four year old all the time.   Thanks again to all my wonderful friends!!!!                      

Birthday fun

I thought I would post today in Purple because it is my favorite color and it being my birthday week this post is mostly about me and some other too of course.!!!J/K I say birthday week because you know how people always wish you an early b-day or a belated b-day and then you get gifts all week long. Well mine started yesterday. I went to a boutique  in the morning with my mom and they had such cute stuff. I hit the jackpot!! I did by some gifts for other people. And then the whole fam went to Macaroni grill which I love. And then my mom and I went to Maceys.

They are having a huge sale, and I love there clothes. So My mom bought me some nice b-day gifts. Thanks Mom!!! Thanks to all my friends who have wished me a happy birthday all ready. So many of my friends and family have b-days  in November. My good friend Allyson's b-day is tomorrow and my moms in on the 22nd. I think that's why I love fall so much! I can't believe I'm going to be 26 yes that's my real age! This last week I had the chance to get together with some girlfriends and chat about girl things and I love the fact that I'm able to do that. I'm glad I have such good friends around me. And I miss the ones who are not. But we do have our blogs to keep in touch.So Happy Birthday to everyone who's birthday in in November, what a great month!!!!