emileeisms

Last night Jack and I were having a heck of a time getting Emilee to go to bed . She just wanted to be a big girl like her mommy and stay up late . ( so frustrating ) . She said that she wanted her teddy ( thank goodenss that means she is about to crash ) So Jack said where is teddy???? and Emilee came up to him and held out her arms really wide and said Daddy any ideas ??? We just looked at eachother and shook our heads thinking where did she get this . Oh Emilee you are getting so big and to smart . My how the time goes by , I remember like it was just yesterday I became a new mommy and had my little princess . Now i have both my prince and princess and they aren't babies anymore well they are but i have this horriable habit of getting baby hungry when my kids turn one . Hence how we got matthew so quick .it is amazing how Emilee was the age of matthew now when we brought him home . Oh i need another one . Call me crazy but hey if i have survived 14 months apart what is 2 years .

it is ok you can call me crazy

ITS AUTUMN TIME ITS AUTUMN TIME

I love this time of year , the cold , the smells , the Carmel corn and candy corn and the warm cider . I love the trick or treating ( no not because i get to take my kids candy ) but just the excitement of the cute kids in cute happy costumes ( I'm not a fan of the evil scary costumes ) . This year was the first year we decorated for Halloween and it was fun to hang pumpkin lights and orange lights . To light my pumpkin spice candles . OH what fun .

I'm not a huge fan of summer i don't handle heat well at all so this is my favorite because it is cold . This year is exciting because my sister Jenea comes home in exactly 2 months . oh i can't wait . she is my hero and I love her and can't wait for my kids to meet their aunt nina ( emilee's name for her )

I also like this time of year because it is my anniversary and it makes me reflect on our marriage and love for each other and makes me realize how lucky i really am .

Tonight is our ward talent show and Emilee is going to sing popcorn popping , the other day we were practicing and Matthew started doing the actions in his own little one year old way . it was sooo stinking cute . video will follow if we are successful.

Enjoy the cold and the warm love that family gives us .

things im greatful for

This past weekend i went to Time Out For Women in philly and I had a wonderful time . There was a lady there Emily Watts ( i think that was her last name ) and she gave a talk on feeling like a guilty mom . I have felt like this so many times and her talk was what i needed to hear .

Anyway i thought i would just say what im grateful for in this post

I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the role it plays in my life and my familes life

I am grateful for my parents who even through the hard times have been one of my major supporters

I am grateful for my children Matthew and Emi who forgive me every day for my shortcummings and love me unconditionally

I am grateful for my husband who works so hard to support his family and who ALWAYS makes his family number one

Thanks babe

Iam grateful for my friends who are so loving and who are not judgemental of my families shortcummings

I am grateful for the chance to be a stay at home mom , i think it is sad in todays world how some women really put that down . ( I am in no way shape or form putting down moms who work staying at home is hard and is not for ever one .

I am grateful for this country we live in while it is having some issues at this point we are still free

I am grateful for temples and the peace they bring to us ,

This weekend showed me how important our purpose as mothers is and how we need to cherish it , Heavenly father trusts us with his children and we need to love and teach them in this crazy depressing world

BITING

Our little princess has entered the world of biting . And i have tried everything to get her to stop . I have tried gently biting her back , i have tried time out , i have tried losing a toy every time she bites ( the other day she lost 7 toys ) and nothing i mean NOTHING is working . So all you moms out there with toddlers which i believe is all of you that read this . please please give me some suggestions , poor matthew has marks all over him . Thanx

4 years

Wow i can't believe that Jack and I have already hit four years of marriage . He is so wonderful and loving and hardworking . Tonight we had a chance to go out just the two of us which is a rareity because of his work schedule . he was so sweet to go to eat dinner and see a movie after working all day and leaving for work at 3 in the morning . What a stud i have . We saw Fireproof and i highly recommend the movie it was clean and real . it was about marriage and the importance of for better or for worse . It was so nice to see jack and mines life recently in a movie . as most of you know this past year has been HARD but we made it and if we can make it through that we can make it through anything

J= joyful.
A=adorable
C= cute , caring ,
K= kind

M = motivated to make his family work and strong
O = open minded
R = respectful
R = romantic
I = intelligent
S = can i say this sexy oopps


Jack October 1 2004 was one of the happiest days of my life the next would be when we were sealed and the day that our 2 beautiful children were born

We are the luckiest to have you as our husband and father

I love you with all my heart and you are my world , my strength and my being

I love you Baby