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The first day of summer was hard. It always surprises me how much we all have to adjust when our schedules change. Dallin was gone all day to scout camp, so I thought it would be an easy day (no fighting between him and Nash). But when I dared to take the three younger boys to Target, Nash just could not help the way I needed him to. I would think that with 4 1/2 years between he and Tanner

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Woke at 5:45. Dallin woke too and read scriptures with Kevin and me. (Yay! Progress!) 14 sit-ups, 15 (girly) push-ups. Thought that we should call Dad tonight and arrange to walk with him tomorrow morning after our scriptures and "exercise". Read from the Pearl of Great Price this morning. About Moses and his experience with God. Satan comes to tempt him after he sees God. Reminded me of

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First day of summer. First day of cub scout camp. First day of waking up early @ 6am (or was it 5:30?) for family scripture study and exercise. First day of making lunches and breakfast before the kids wake up! Joel is 4 months old today and I still have 25 pounds to my pre-pregnancy weight. (40 pounds to my pre-Tanner weight!). First day on the path to losing it. So, the kids didn't get

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223512024976962097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215143148499413738.post-32038609797702987052009-11-02T18:46:00.000-08:002009-11-03T13:54:27.629-08:00

Heavenly Father has blessed me by providing a prophet for me to follow. Two weeks ago we had a lesson in Sunday School on living prophets. My testimony of Thomas S. Monson as a prophet gives me assurance of Heavenly Father's love for me and for all of His children. I know that all is well when my family follows the teachings of the prophet and I feel peace in knowing that he guides and directs

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I cannot think of a greater blessing that I have been given than that of being a co-creator with God, in bringing my children to this earth. My children are my biggest challenge and my greatest opportunity. They give more meaning to my life than anything else I've ever done or will do. In this crazy and mixed-up world, I sometimes have to struggle to focus on them and to make each of them my

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Today in Relief Society we learned about gratitude. Gratitude is among the noblest of virtues. President Faust taught that ingratitude is a sin and conversely, gratitude keeps us virtuous. President Monson says that gratitude allows us to lift our selves and others as well. According to President Eyring, it invites the Spirit into our lives. Gratitude allows the Lord to bless us. One study

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little boys who sing silly songs. This afternoon I was upstairs with the window open and I could hear the boys in the backyard. Dallin was supposed to be watering the garden and I could hear Nash singing "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring..." Then he started in with "Miss me, miss me, now you gotta kiss me." I'm guessing that when I see him, he's going to be soaking wet. I

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Tanner: What are they doing to me!!??!This was daddy's idea, and he did a great job. Not a single tear, although he does look a little terrified! Here's a little video for Nana and Papa... (or anyone else who doesn't mind listening to my baby talk)

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If you are not familiar with this phrase or with this "character", you need to see an episode or part of an episode of "Family Matters".In our family, this is what we often say when something goes very very wrong, like when you should cry but it won't do any good, so you have to laugh instead. It's usually when something you do goes amazingly and unexpectedly wrong. So, when I saw this on

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This year we had an interesting challenge on Halloween. I was working in Nash's classroom so I wasn't able to be at Dallin's school parade as I have been in the past. Luckily, my wonderful husband remembered how important Halloween is and got the day off! He took a few pictures of Dallin at his school, then came to preschool to see Nash. Both the boys wanted to be Jedis. Dallin was Obi Wan

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Tanner McKay was born August 1st at 11:48pm.He weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long.We are so happy he's here!!(I should've known he'd be a character!)

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As it turns out, the stroller follows the car seat. So, once I determined which car seat I wanted... the stroller decision was made! Isn't that easy? Here's a picture of my new Chicco Cortina Travel System. The carseat was rated #1 for safety and ease of use by ConsumerReports.org and by NHTSA.gov. (I can get my BOB later, right?)

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Over the past year, my wonderful husband has purchased a lot of food "storage", so I've been trying to find a system for rotating and keeping track of it all.Today I found a couple of interesting websites related to "food storage" and thought I should share...The first is everydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com. It has recipes, photos, and even videos on recipes that look promising, although I haven't

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Help! OR Bob Revolution ........................ Graco Snug RiderAnyone???

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I just found this "little ditty" from our trip to Southern California.

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He practiced and practiced and couldn't quite get it...until he fell asleep!!

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We went to San Diego in early May and I thought I should probably post something from our trip!Here are the boys at the Shamu show at SeaWorld.After the show with our friends from Arizona.At the Mormon Battalion site in Old Town, north of San Diego. We watched a short video, then the boys got to dress up!Dallin and his friend at the tide pools in La Jolla - what a beautiful place! I think this

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So, I've been meaning to post this one for a while now, but here it is... (drumroll please) an ultra-sound pic of our cute new baby!

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Tonight after dinner I sat down to have ice cream with my boys and I realized how thankful I am for ice cream. I don't think it's ever tasted so good. After nearly 12 months without ice cream I recently (finally!) found Breyers Lactose Free Vanilla. (If you have trouble digesting ice cream, you've got to try this ice cream!!!) After finding this ice cream, I no longer sit watching everyone

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Today, I was on babycheapskate and noticed that Amazon is having a sale on Britax carseats. Since we're going to need a new carseat for baby boy, I thought I'd take a look. Imagine my surprise when I saw this carseat in Kevin's favorite color orange! Now, I think I can finally convince Kevin to buy a Britax!

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Dallin's buddy, Addison, plays ice hockey and loves it. And he talks about it and talks about it and talks about it... So guess what Dallin decides he wants to do? That's right! Play ice hockey! The only problem is, Dallin's only been ice skating once, ever. Well, we decided we could fix that! Here are some photos of Dallin in his ice skating class.If you're wondering why his hands look so

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When Dallin was 3 he took a bowling class. At the end of the class, each of the kids got a trophy. This trophy has been such a big deal at our house that Nash wanted to take a bowling class too...just for the trophy. Here he is bowling - I don't know that he cared about the actual bowling one little bit, but he got pretty good (his high score was 93 - with bumpers)!The funny thing is that when

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Speaking of baby/memory books, I just found a scrap of paper sitting on my desk...who knows how it got here, it's dated June 2007. It's a note I wrote to remind me of something funny Nash said that day. We had been talking about emergency preparedness and had recently been to Marine World (aka Six Flags Discovery Kingdom) where Nash got a superhero "fire shield". I remember Nash came down the

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223512024976962097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215143148499413738.post-49568086829426973942008-04-27T13:18:00.000-07:002008-04-28T00:07:19.092-07:00

As a part of preparation for our new little ones, I've always gone to the store and purchased a baby book. I'm not a "scrapbooker" (I could spend days on one page and never be satisfied), but I've always thought I could handle a fill-in-the-blank baby book. A book that tells you "place picture here" and basically tells you what to write. Unfortunately, I have to confess that I haven't even

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My boys love books! We try to get to the library at least once a week, and we usually spend several hours there (if Mom's not in a hurry) just looking at and reading all kinds of interesting books. It always amazes me how my active, energetic boys get so quiet and absorbed when they find a book that interests them. Lately, Dallin has been reading to Nash, and I just love listening / watching

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You know dinner isn't going to go well when you put the meal on the table and the kids start to cry as soon as they see it. That's what happened at my house tonight. It was so sad it was hard not to laugh (just a little).

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Here are some pictures of our trip to Half Moon Bay yesterday. Scott & Maren drove down and we spent the day in Half Moon Bay. First we went to our favorite restaurant (where Kevin ate squid!), then they showed us this beautiful beach where the boys played football...it was freezing! There were lots of surfers and we had fun watching the pelicans fly back and forth across the coast. Some of

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