Happy Easter

Our Easter was fun. The night before Easter we colored some eggs. Both of the kids loved it. We bought a kit that had stickers in them and after we colored the eggs the kids decorated them with stickers. It was cute.

Since we had church in the morning we waited until after church to give the kids their baskets, but we decided to start our own tradition. Justin's family would hide their baskets, and mine would just set them out in the living room. Well, we took Tyler on a Easter basket hunt. We drew pictures and put the pictures in plastic eggs and then hide the eggs at those spots. Then he would open each egg and go to the next picture. The hunt would end when he got to his bed and there he would find his basket. We got it on video! It's really cute!

So the kids really liked their Easter stuff and Tyler had to show off his cool sunglasses. I love watching my kids get excited about the littlest things, and watching them through the holidays. This is definetly what being a mom is all about!! I love it!!!

"No More Naughty Words"

So since Justin has school on Mondays and every other day is busy for him we decided to have our Family Home Evenings on Fridays. Justin doesn't have to work and it works out the best for us. For FHE we had a lesson on burying our naughty words. I got the idea from Justin. He said when he was about 7 or 8 he remembers that's what they did for FHE.

So we talked about what nice words are, and what naughty words are. Then we talked about how Heavenly Father and Jesus wants us to be nice and say nice things. Then we talked about how Heavenly Father and Jesus wants us to listen to our parents, and how we are children of God. Then we read a few scriptures. After that we sat at the table and wrote down naughty words and naughty actions and put them in a box.

We took the kids outside, Justin dug a hole, Tyler put the box in the hole, he helped Justin bury the box, and then they stomped on the hole and said "No more naughty words!" It was really cute.

For our treat we had "dirt." I even buried some worms in there. It was great. After each bite Zoey would say yum!

It was fun and I think Tyler had a good time with it. Hopefully it will sink in a little bit better now.

Holy Temple Homes

This last weekend was General Conference. I love conference. It seems to fill me up spiritually and make me want to be better. One talk that really struck home for me and one that I really enjoyed was the talk by Gary E. Stevensen of the Seventy. He talked about how to make our homes scared like the Temple. He said that we should set standards for our home, and to make it a place where the Savior can abide.

This talk made me think. Can the Savior abide in my home? Is there peace? Is there happiness? Is there love? Is there learning? Can I feel the spirit in my home? I knew there were a lot of things that needed improvement and I knew about it for a while, but after hearing this talk really put into motion. I need to make some changes in my home.

So the goal is to make a happier, peaceful, loving, and Holy Temple Home.

What is your goal?

A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!

Ever since I think about 2002 when Celine Dion was in Vegas doing shows there I have always wanted to go! I love Celine Dion! She has a very unique voice that no other singer could possibly have. Well February 22, 2009 she came to Salt Lake and, I got to see Celine Dion in concert!!! It was the best concert I have EVER been to! She is a true entertainer. That's what her concert was, entertainment. It wasn't like all the other concerts where you would stand up and jump around and dance. You sat in your seat, cheer, clap, sing, and let her entertain you. It was awesome! We stood up as she came out and then sat back down. We stood up for 2 standing ovations, and sat back down when she would sing. It was AMAZING!!

We took some pictures and even took some video of her singing. We probably weren't supposed to but hey this was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. She had the awesomest stage. It lit up and the center would go down. The corners of the stage would go down too. Then she had 2 catwalks on each side that she could go right up to the crowd. Then she had a screen like a box but it was see through so it would show pictures on the outside, but you would still be able to see her too. It was like the pictures were around her while she was singing! She had movable walk ways on 2 sides that would move by themselves kind of like at the airport! I didn't want the night to end! It was the best experience ever!!

Ever since I met Justin he has made my dreams come true. I have always wanted to fly on a plane, go to New York, go to Italy, and see Celine Dion in concert. Well, all I have left to do is see Italy.

That night was A Dream Come True!! Thank you Justin!

I came to earth as part of a family

So this year Tyler is in the Sunbeam class in primary. The first time I took him he just folded his arms and sat down and said "See ya mom!" Ya I started to cry! He didn't even miss me! He didn't even cry cause he was going somewhere different with lots of people. Well to make it worse, Tyler gave his first talk in Primary last week! He was so pumped and excited. I was a nervous wreck! I wanted his talk to be perfect, and I wanted it to sound intelligent. I know he is only 3 and a sunbeam, but still I wanted him to be smart! So Justin took the camera and we took a video of him. The theme is I came to earth as part of a family.

Better Late Than Never!!!!

I know its been a while, but here are our pictures of the Christmas Holidays!

We took the kids to see Santa

In Nephi at the Old Mill Park on Main Street is filled with lights! We took the kids to the lighting ceremony! It was fun!

Our Christmas Trees

I took the kids sleding around on the yard

We went to Temple Square and looked at the lights

Tyler's presents

Zoey's presents

That was our holidays! We had lots of fun being with family! These are some traditions that we do every year and that the kids look forward to. I love my kids and it was fun to see how much fun they were having with their cousins and with us their parents! We love all of you guys!!

A Christmas Tradition

In our family it is tradition to make all sorts of Christmas cookies for the week until Christmas. I love to do it! It's one of my favorite parts of the season. All of us girls wake up early in the morning and make cookies all day. It's lots of fun, just the girls in the kitchen cooking, laughing, and reminising. (ya I probablly didn't spell that right) We made Cherry winks,

Oreo Cookies

Sugar cookies

Waffle cookies

And I attempted to make peanut brittle!! Justin insisted on peanut brittle and I have never made it before! It was very interesting. I am going to try again on Monday, but this is probablly the only year he will get it! So this years tradition was fun, and very memorable!!

Merry Christmas!!