My little brother!

Today is the day that my little brother is going into the MTC. and from there he will be going to the Dominican Republic. I am sad that I was not able to go with my family to see him off as I had to return to Caifornia yesterday. I am so gratefull for my brother and the example that he is setting for my little boy. I will miss him so much, he brings so much joy to our family with his humer and his awesome spirit. I know that the poeple of the Dominican Republic will fall in love with him and the joy he brings to all that is around him. good luck david and we love you!

I was able to come home for a little over a week from california. it's really nice to have a break from taxes and just be home for a while. we had so much fun playing in the snow on saturday.

NEW FURNITURE!

not really, Simon made all of this and needed somewhere to set it up for pictures. it's really cool, not exactly my style, but it looks good. check out more stuff they did @ lignimago.com

The true meaning of christmas

As I was talking to Christin on the phone tonight, I realized how much this season means to me.
despite all the craziness that is going on around me and all the worries of money, health, family, friends, church and work, I still have this season to bring me a sense of peace. I thank my Heavenly Father for the Gospel in my life, for the support of my family.
Being a mother also brings a whole new meaning to the birth of Christ and I am so grateful for that small glimpse of that eternal perspective. I hope everyone has a meaningful Christmas!

trouble makers

so we went over to mom's the day after thanksgiving and Josh and Logan had a blast getting into trouble.

here they are throwing cake at eachother

than they decided to go into grandmas bathroom, fill the bath up, and dump cat food in it!

DJ's birthday present to himself

So DJ decided to get himself an early birthday present. A really big one.

the other night he came home from Wal-Mart with a 50" plasma.the thing is huge!! it takes up the whole room! I told him now we have to get smaller speakers and a different stand.

BOWLING!

So yesterday was memorial day and we wanted to go to the zoo, but it was RAINING so we decided to go to the tree house museum. BUT by the time the boys woke up from their naps and we got all ready, it was after 4PM and they close @ 4. SOOOO, we decided to go bowling ( there aren't many things you can do with toddlers when it's raining).
So we had a great time, Josh beat Logan 72-81. DJ was very disappointed!