Great to be 8

Jake recently turned 8, and so of course I had to spiff him up and take him out for some pictures.  He is such a handsome little guy, and it is so easy to take good pictures of him.  I love how his smile speaks volumes about his personality.  love you buddy, and love the decision you have made to be baptised. 

Family Togetherness

We took the kids to see this movie in 3D today. It was a pretty good movie, the kids seemed to like it more than Ray and I did. The 3D movies tend to give me an upset stomach and leave me feeling a bit light headed (must be that I am getting old). We ate lunch at Sam's Club, stopped by Macy's to get some Sword Shark Steaks, and some whole wheat, grabbed a couple of pizzas from Papa Murphy's for dinner tomorrow, and then headed home. Love being with my family even when Jake and his dad are butting heads, and driving me a tad crazy.

Love My Life most All Of The Time..... :)

Updated by Dates

I updated my blog, but I added them by the dates they occurred.  If you have any desire to back track, you can find new posts in the beginning of April and maybe some in March as well.  Thanks!!!

Blessings from Heaven

On Thursday, April 19th, Jake was outside playing with friends and riding his bike.  His chain had fallen off, and I told him since soccer games were starting at the park and the roads were getting crazy that he should just put the bike away and play on the tramp.  Well a little while later our neighbor came over and said that Jake had been hit by a car (Jake had taken his bike and parked it, and then got Ellie's bike out to ride).  When I looked out all I could see is a mangled bike and a shoe in the road. I yelled for Elena to wake dad and tell him Jake had been hit by a car and I took off running over to find my boy.  He was on the side of the road crying.  He told me that he was riding around the neighbors truck which was blocking the sidewalk, and saw this car about to hit him but he could not get out of the road, and that she did not see him and she hit him.  She hit him so hard it tossed him into the air (probably about 6 or so feet) knocked his shoe off of him, which I'm told flew even higher in the air, and her car went up over the bike.  Our neighbor told us they think she was probably going at least 30 miles an hour (in a 25mph zone).  Ray and I quickly scooped up Jake and took him to the Emergency Room in Brigham City where they did some Ex-Rays and checked him over pretty good.  We were told that he had NO broken bones, and no major damage but just small scrapes and bruises on his body.  The doctor told us that our boy was pretty dang lucky that he was not injured more.  Jake told the ER nurse that he thinks his grandma's were "pretecting" him from Heaven.  I am so thankful that he was not hurt worse.  I am feeling pretty blessed to have my boy up and walking and doing so well.  I think sometimes we take life for granted by getting caught up in the simple little daily tasks that leave us feeling frustrated or overwhelmed.  I think from now on I am going to hug my boy tighter and kiss him longer, and forget about the little things that can get annoying.  Jake was so cute while he was laying in the hospital bed in the ER he looked up at the nurse, and in this timid little voice said "has anyone ever died in this bed?"  the Nurse replied nope I don't think so, and my boy then relied "oh good".   Guess he realized right then he would live.  :)  I imagine that Jake's Grandmas will spend lots of time "pretecting" him from heaven during his life, he is ALL boy, and loves danger.  We have been blessed with many phone calls wishing him well, several people have left him balloons, Popsicles, cookies, and his school class made him a bunch of get better cards.  It sure has made him feel pretty special and extra loved. 

Nothin' but Horse Play I tell ya!



Elena and Jake were goofing off a while back and this is what I caught them doing. She thought it would be pretty funny to put Jake in one of her shirts that looked like a dress on him, and then put her black boots on him, and put some ponnies in his hair. He thought it was pretty funny.





She then preceded to put one of his outfits on. I think she had to jump off the bed to get his basketball shorts to fit her. They almost looked like they were painted on her.



She then gave him some flowers and asked him if he would marry her. (he said no) You notice how fast he took out the ponnies. I almost didnt have time to take a few pictures



She then kissed him and told him she loved him, which obviously made him very happy by the look on that cute little face of his. I love watching my kids have fun with her, it is always nice!!!

Happy Easter

 We had a fun Easter.  It was quiet and at home, but none the less it was enjoyable.  We went to church as a family, and then when we got home I had the kids come in to the living room to see what was left in their baskets.  Jake got an outfit, toy, and candy.  Ellie got a shirt (cost as much as Jake's entire outfit), perfume, and candy.  Elena got perfume, and candy.  She had more fun hiding eggs outside than anything else.  She had told me a few days earlier that she was too big to celebrate Easter so I think she was surprised to see what she got.  I sent the kids out to search for eggs that Elena had hid, and then we came in and enjoyed a nice Sunday dinner together.  After dinner we watched an Easter show together and enjoyed the rest of the day as a family.  :)

Spring Break- Day 4

We didn't really do much on Day 4.  Most everyone was off celebrating their Easter, and since Dad was asleep because he had to work, and we could not travel out of town to see family because it was our turn to clean the church we decided to just have fun at home on the tramp, play some fun board games, and watch some movies in the front room, and do a picnic.  The kids had fun but wish they could have gone to Southern Utah to see their cousins.  

We were the only family to show up out of 6 families assigned to clean the church. The kids and I felt a bit overwhelmed at first, but had a great time doing a service the day before Easter, and the kids felt very proud to have been the ones to clean the building for Easter Sunday.

Getting geared up to do some cleaning. They each chose a job, and they did it well. As we were just about done with the church (all we had left to do is to clean the boys bath room, and then mop the bathroom floors and kitchen floor, one of the families that were supposed to help out showed up to play basketball and asked if they were supposed to be there cleaning. I told them I believed they were and so they helped us finish up the yucky parts and then we headed home. I sure was proud of my kids for not complaining at all that we were stuck doing it alone. I sure do have good kids!!!