Valentines Day

yes, it is true!! I love holidays!! Oh, my how I do. I love to decorate and have fun!! On Valentines day I made heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. Yummy...no, I did not put red food coloring in the pancakes. My kids are so picky they probably wouldn't have eaten them. The kids got some cute little stuffed animals and candy. They love it!! I got Shawn an exercise ball that he has been wanting. For dinner that night I made heart shaped scones for Navajo tacos and then the best part.......chocolate covered strawberries!!!! Yummy!! Shawn was sweet and brought home some roses for me! I love Valentines Day!!

Update

I just noticed I never blogged about Nicholas's birthday! Yeah that was 2 months ago!! Here is the cake I made for him.

December seemed to fly by so fast as it usually does. I love Christmas and wish it would last a whole lot longer!! We had a surprise visit from Santa !! He came to our house 5 days early and left us a few things. That was truly amazing and wonderful!! I love Santa and his helpers!! We were able to go down to St.George and visit my family. That was a lot of fun, although we went down in the terrible snow storm and that was so scary. I was begging Shawn to stop in beaver and get a motel, but we kept on going. I will never go down in a snow storm again. Its just not worth it.

Starting back up to work in January was a little tough. I liked hanging out with my kids and just having fun. I do love working at the preschool. I work with great ladies!! It makes work fun to go to!! I went down to St.George again with Kim from work and we had fun. I was able to go and visit my sister in law who has been sick from fighting breast cancer. She had her new little grandbaby with her. My niece Kaya had her baby and what a cutie patutie he is!! I love newborns, they are so dang cutie and snugly. That was a fun trip!! Shawn even missed me when I got back. :) Friday night I had a girls night out with friends and it was a blast. I really need that!!

Today in church I felt like the messages being taught were just for me. I feel like I was sent messages from above. It has been tough for us with things going on in our lives, but with a great group of friends that I have, they keep me smiling! :)

Sweet Dreams!!

Wouldn't you love to go to bed with your head resting on this pillow? Better yet, I would love to be wrapped up in this blanket!!

What the Heck!!!

What the Heck!! I am getting so tired of everything breaking down in my life! In the past 6 weeks here is the list of things that have gone wrong.........Washing machine breaks down, unfix able, The oven door broke, in my hands while I was baking. Thank heavens that was fixable. The water heater breaks down, unfix able, needed a new one. At least I know this way cute plumber who installed it for me. :) Shawn finds out he is out of a job. Not so good news, especially during the winter and upcoming holidays. My car keeps breaking down. A new battery later and I thought it was fixed, but sadly no such luck. I wonder how long I can drive my car with the check engine light on before it blows up. It is getting really hard to stay positive when this kind of stuff goes on. I guess its times like these that you really need to stop and count the blessings you have. I am thankful that Shawn is such a good handy man that he can fix most of the problems. So long as everyone is healthy and happy with a roof over our heads, nothing else matters right?

I'm to late!

Ok this year I wanted to be the first one on my street to put up their Christmas tree. I tried so hard to get the kids help me put it up last Sunday but all I heard was..... its to early, or its not even Thanksgiving yet. Well, wouldn't you know it, the neighbor put hers up yesterday!! I am putting mine up this Sunday no matter what anyone else says!!

100th Post!!

Today is my 100th post on my blog! What better day to write it on then 10-10-10!! Yahoo! Wouldn't it be great if I was actually writting it at 10:10 pm! I don't think I will stay up that late to do it. In honor of my 100th post I am going to find 100 things I am grateful for. I noticed at conference a lot of the talks were on gratitude and attitude. I think I need help in both these areas right now. I seem to focus more on the problems I am having rather than looking at all the wonderful things I have. So here goes.........(sorry if this gets long and boring) :)
Things I am grateful for:
1. My Savior Jesus Christ
2. My Heavenly Father
3. The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
4. My Testimony
5. Shawn
6. A husband who honors his priesthood
7, 8, 9, My children
10, 11, My Mom and Dad
12-15. My Brother and sisters
16,17. I have a wonderful Mother in Law and Father in Law
18-20. Awesome Sister in Laws
21. I love that Shawn can fix anything around the house!
22. I have great friends!!
23. Playgroup on Wednesday!! That is a must and keeps me going!!
24. I love my ward
25. I have a wonderful Bishopbric
26. The scriptures
27. Primary songs, I love them!!
28. Donny!!! I could just end it here cause I know there are 100 things that I love about him!! :)
29. My kitty, even though at times he drives me nuts
30. I am so grateful I have a job!
31. Shawn has a job!
32. A job where I can take Nicky with me.
33. Electricity!!!! I would have never made it through life without it!!
34. The pioneers! (they never had electricity!!)
35. The Prophet
36-47. The General Authorities (that was a good one cause it counts for 12) lol
48. I have a house to live in
49. a bed to sleep in!
50. I am grateful that I am half way through this silly list, its way harder than I thought it would be.
51. Television, I do love to watch TV
52. Food!! I do love to eat, as you can tell lol
53. Clothing!! Believe me you do not want to see me naked!!! lol
54. Jewelry!!
55. Education
56. Telephones!!
57. The Internet
58. Vacations
59. cars, I really hate walking everywhere
60. Relief Society.....I would have put this up further on the list but I just thought of it.
61. Washing Machines!! It is kind of a pain having to do your laundry at the laundry mat!
62. Holidays!! I love holidays
63. Decorations to decorate for the holidays
64. Prayer
65. Temples
66. Holy Ghost
67. Stores so I can go Shopping!!
68-71. The Armed Forces
72. Movies. I like to go to the movies
73. Netflix
74. Animal Crossing! the best wii game ever I love it!
75. Microwave
76. Indoor plumbing!! Yes!!!!
77. Shoes
78. Rain, I love cloudy days they make me happy. weird huh.
79. Winter, its my favorite
80. Spring, I love to see the flowers start to bloom
81. Gardens, its fun to eat what you grow
82. Crafts
83. Make-up!! I would look so gross if I had no make-up on!! I'm telling you I would have never made it if I were a pioneer!
84. The pioneers!! they are worth repeating
85. Blogging
86. Diet Coke!!
87. Tithing!! I have a true testimony of tithing !!
88. Schools, I need a break from my kids for a while
89. Hair
90. Air conditioning
91. Heat
92. Sunsets, they are so beautiful
93. Mountains
94. Trees and flowers
95. Pictures
96. Books
97. Disney stuff, I love it all
98. Star Trek
99. I am grateful for anyone who is actually reading this!
100. Yeah I'm grateful that I am done!!!

Swiss Days!

Over the weekend we went to Swiss Days in Midway. I love to look at the beautiful houses there. Such a beautiful little town, that must be the reason why I feel like I must go to Swiss Days.
Every year on labor day weekend I get excited to go to Swiss Days, and every year I come back saying the same thing.... What a joke....what a waste of time. It was so Hot and so crowded. The booths were the exact same as any other craft fair. The stuff at the booths were so expensive. It took us all afternoon to drive there and wait and wait in the traffic to get a spot to park and then you have to walk and walk just to get to the booths. It is so crowded you barely can even look in them. The best part was walking back to the car and stopping at 7-11 where we got a Slurpee, and watching Shawn making a mess of his. I probably can look at last years blog about Swiss Days and it will probably say the same thing. See ya next year Swiss Days! Oh, by the way.....there is a craft fair this weekend at the Mutton Hollow Craft barn here in kaysville.....anyone want to come with me!?