potty training

If I have any stubborn children

which I probably will

because they will be mine

I'm gonna hire someone

to potty train them.

They will come to my house

and I'll leave for 2 weeks.

And when I come home

the hard part will already be done.

Because...

I HATE POTTY TRAINING.

Double Rainbow

Have you seen this video?

I want this. 

 

That is all.

Utah Trip

This past weekend Chris and I traveled to Utah for a friends wedding. 

Highlights:

Buying Chris a new pea-coat and looking handsome all weekend

Pizza Pie Cafe

People watching with Chelsea

Much needed girls talk with the Kailey and Chelsea

Scrapbook warehouse with my mother in law

Spending one on one time Kailey

Creating new inside jokes

Seeing the happy new couple

The wedding dress

Dancing with friends

Falling even more in love with my husband 

Things That Sucked:

12 hour drive to Utah with 3 teenage girls

Not sleeping in my bed for 4 nights

Walking in the rain

Not getting enough sleep

Starting my period

12 hour drive home with 3 teenage girls

Highlights outnumber the things that sucked

=

Pretty darn good weekend.

His Only Begotten Son

One of the most glorious messes

in the world is the mess created 

in the living room on Christmas day. 

Don't clean it up too quickly.  

~Andy Rooney

I am so excited for Christmas. And my birthday.  I have a lot of great gift ideas this year.  I think gift giving is what makes Christmas my favorite holiday. Sometimes I get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas when in fact I should be remember the real reason we celebrate this time of year. 

Sometimes I forget that the greatest gift ever given was given 2,000 years ago.

Elder Mark E. Petersen said,

"The angels of heaven joined in a great chorus rejoicing at the birth of God’s Son. Now the redemption of the world could take place. Salvation could come to all mankind. Death would be overcome, for this little child, when He became a man, would bring about the Resurrection. All mankind could then live again.

Christmas gifts? There were none at that time. The Wise Men came later with their offerings.

But God now gave His gift to the world—that of His Only Begotten Son. And this divine Son by His very birth on earth gave Himself as the greatest Gift of all time.     UAdd a Note 

 

He would provide the plan for our salvation. He would give His life that we might rise from the grave and have a happy life in the eternities, forever. Who could give more?"

 Even though we can not give to others what Jesus gave to us, we can still give. We can give time, service, and love. When I think about His Only Begotten Son, it is easier for me to feel love for my neighbors and to serve them. This is truly the season of giving. God gave us His Son and Christ gave His life and through that gift we can know the joy of being with our closest friends and families through eternity. Through Gods Holy Temples we can be sealed to our spouses and together bear children that will always be ours. These are our christmas gifts. Could we ever receive anything better? I hope to remember this during the Christmas season and all year and I hope to be able to share the gospel and my love for the Savior.

When I'm fat, it'll be too late

Every time I hear the dirty word

"exercise"

I wash my mouth out with 

"Chocolate"

 

Why is change so hard?

I'm not eating as healthy as I once did

I'm not exercising 

And my energy level is evidence of this. 

I often feel like I need a nap in the middle of the day

And I got 9 hours of sleep that night.

I've never found anything 

that truly motivates me long enough 

to get through the pain so that I can see and feel the results

I know its a change I have to make 

I say "I'm gonna start today"

and then I find myself making excuses.

I need something that motivates me

What motivates you?

Halloween

The other day my sister in law created her own blog.. and it reminded me of the one I used to have. The one I had forgotten about. So, here I am. Writing. Only because it's been so long. I think I'm done promising to do better. I've come up with a new promise. I promise to write when I feel like it. Till then, you'll just have to wait.


This past Halloween weekend Chris and I carved pumpkins with both of our families. I was able to carve Elmo, tinker bell, M&M guys, and a cute skeleton. Chris carved a really difficult zombie lookin thing and a regular Jack-O-Lantern. The zombie stencil took him about 6 days to finish. That's what I call dedication. 

Blake's pumpkin, Chris's pumpkin, my pumpkin(the best)

Chris's zombie pumpkin

Camping with the Fire Gods

Last Saturday Chris and I are with some friends for lunch

On a whim we decided to go camping for the night

Here's a time line of the next  24 hours

1 Pm - We decide to go on a camping/fishing trip

3 PM - On our way out of town when we realize that we didn't bring our lighter. So we stop at the Texaco and buy a new one.

4 PM - Arrive at our designated location camp and then realize that the gate is locked and they put up a fence

4:15 PM - Decide to take down the barbed wire fence with some pliers.

5 PM - Camp is set up and we head down to the lake

7 PM - With no fish, we head back to camp to cook up the hot dogs we brought just in case

7:15 PM - We realize that the brand new lighter has no butane. It's like we bought a flashlight but no batteries.

9:55 PM - We finally get a fire started.

10:10 PM - We are still singing hallelujah and chanting to the fire gods.

We spent 3 hours trying to start a fire. Funnest night in weeks! 

Sorry everyone! 

I know I haven't written in over a week

but I have a good excuse.

Really I do!

I swear!

1. My little brother needed his big sister to give good advice and love him unconditionally.

2. I'm applying to BYUI and getting all my stuff together and figured out takes awhile.

3. Being married means I have better things to do at night than to sit at my computer.

Eye Candy

I am obsessed with this Dress.

I also love it in black.

It's going on my wish list.

Late Night Salon in My Bathroom

Last night around 10 

a certain husband

decided to give himself a hair cut

with his flippin loud trimmer

and then proceeded to VACUUM it up. 

Needless to say 

a certain wife 

didn't get to sleep till after her bedtime.

She must be exhausted. 

But she will always love him.

Even if he keeps her up at night cutting his hair

and vacuuming. 

Because he will forever love her. 

Even though she hasn't made dinner all week.

And he has to make Top Ramen.

 

It's times like these that make married life interesting