Happy 3rd Birthday!

Avery.... she's our blue eyed, keeps us laughing, pull-up loving, panty hating, good sleeping, blanky loving, chocolate milk drinking, fruit eating, strong willed, fit throwing, sweet as can be, dress up loving, so cute she's edible, tiny dancing, hair combing,little stinker. And oh, how we love her!!

Graham cracker houses

So we made candy houses out of graham crackers. Can I just say it is so much harder than it looks!! (Amy Earle, you made yours look so easy!!) Luckily my kids don't notice that I'm not great at making candy houses. They had a great time making them. They are really quite proud of their work. They turned them into candy barns and placed their ponies in the scene.

daylight

Well, we are losing daylight quickly now. December 21 is the shortest of the year so we will have about an hour of dusk. Right now our sunrise is at 10:43 and our sunset is 2:42. We have been here for 3 years now and it still blows my mind how dark it is. Even when it's daylight it is cloudy so very rarely do we get direct sunlight. Yes, I will now be hitting the tanning beds, gotta get my uv rays somehow right?! That said, it really is very cozy and warm for Christmas!

peaceful slumber

 

Brent and I went on a date tonight and when we got back, the children were both asleep. What a great babysitter!!! Anyway, after I took my sitter home and came back I went to make sure my girls both had their blankies and to kiss them. It's great coming home to them in bed but I always miss tucking them in. I stood and watched them and my heart was overwhelmed with love and gratitude for my children and my husband. I absolutely love snuggling my kids while they sleep. No matter how hectic and crazy the day has been there is nothing more peaceful than watching them sleep. I found a poem to perfectly describe how I felt.
"As I stood and watched you sleeping, the moonlight kissed your face. My heart is overwhelmed with your beauty and your grace. How precious and so delicate is your tiny little hand. And the sweetness of your lips and eyes is nothing less than grand. Your spirit and your softness tenderly sets my heart aglow, with a love so deep and infinite that only a mother could know. So tonight I count my blessings for my darling, baby dear, for surely God did hear my heart and answered every prayer."
-Linda LaTourelle

There's always more!

As I sit here tonight, dinner done and kids in bed, I just want to relax and do nothing! But I go pick up the toys and add to the never ending pile of laundry, pack bags and lay kids clothes out for tomorrow. Grumbling "Goodness, it's never ending! There is always more." And I haven't even read my scriptures yet. And then it dawns on me. It really is all never ending and isn't it great. Wouldn't it be sad if it were not! So next time I complain about there being more to do, I'll just be glad. I will enjoy the tiny little clothes that I get to fold and be glad that I have my kids who give me more to do. Always.

Happy Birthday Brent

 

 

 

Brents birthday was last week. The girls helped me make a birthday cake. (Which we did not have candles for!) They think that is the best part of birthdays. It is so fun to have kids around to celebrate things because they get excited over the most simple things. They were so excited to give Daddy his presents. All week they kept telling him they had a surprise but they couldn't tell him what is was. Anyway, I love having them around, what a blessing it is to have families.

Happy Birthday Babe! We love you! What a good daddy and husband he his! We are lucky to have him.