Snow post

Of course when you get this much snow dumped on you in one day you need to write a post about it!  We went to bed Saturday night with no snow and woke up Sunday morning with 6-8 inches of it... After church I let the kids go out and play in it... I took a couple of pictures but for the most part I was out tromping around it in after the kids...  the other pictures are of the aquarium trip we took with the kids the day after Thanksgiving.

My favorite cell phone fotos...

So... here are my favorite pictures off Jer's cell phone.  I found them when we were cleaning off his card the other day.

Temple Trip

We just had the funnest temple trip.  We took the day and went up to play games and hang out with Jer's brother's family in SL (John and Diane).  Which... I haven't played that fun a game of Mafia for years!  After the kids were fed and in jammies we headed off to do sealings at the SL temple.  There's something special about kneeling across the altar from your spouse and listening to those promises that were given to you at your own wedding and knowing that you're making it possible for others to have those blessings.  Then we went to eat dinner together at a restaurant in the Joseph Smith building... It's called The Garden and I'd never eaten there before.  I got the vegitarian lasagna and YUM. Thanks John and Diane for the night out and Thanks Ruth and Kate for tolerating our kids!

Thanksgiving....

What can I say?  It was fun and we ate a lot!  First we went to my parents house to help cook and set up because my mom and sisters were working or out of town... so it was my dad, Uncle Reid, and me... I will say that I love Reid's cooking.  Yummy stuffing!  My mom got home in time for good food and for Uncle Lee and his family (Trista, Braxton and Davin) to come.  Grandma Wilcox was there too.  (I think she would have preferred to be at home.  She was tired and rather bewildered at whatever was going on.  She even told me not to take pictures of her because they were just pictures of someone that was happier where they were.)  Then we cleaned up our big mess and talked for hours... before I took a small nap and we left for the Robertson's.  We had Jay, Becca and her fam, John and his fam, Emily and her fam, Amy and her fam, and Jim and Judy all there... it was fun and the kids were noisily content to be with each other.  I do have to admit that after all the work and noise of the day I was really ticked off when Jer's sister came into the room... tells everyone off for not helping mom and dad with the dishes... and then promptly leaves to plan her black Friday all night shopping trip and leaving her two brothers and their two pregnant wives to clean up after the 30 some odd people that had eaten.  I wouldn't have minded as much her just coming in and saying, "Hey guys, help out..." if she had helped out too... oh well.  And I usually don't mind cleaning up at the Robertsons... but I had just cooked and cleaned up Thanksgiving at the Wilcox's... I was kind of tired of it.  So I got grumpy.  But all in all... it was fun to hang out with the families that are our dear friends and remember all the things that we are thankful for... including dishwashers and not having to cook over camp fires.  Thanks all for a great Thanksgiving!

The grass is greener...

I got Sammy out of bed.  He was smilely and happy... but when I went to change his diaper he started struggling and pouting... and said, "Daddy... Please!"

A little late...

Here are some pre-Halloween pictures that I wanted to post but never did.

Sammy and Grandma

My mom was cuddling Sammy in her arms the other day and she said, "I love you!"  and Sammy said, "Too!"  My mom said, "You love me too?"  And he nodded his head with an emphatic YES!

Ada's prayer

So... here's a post to laugh at... especially you McKay...

Every night in our family prayers we pray for Uncle McKay far away and that he will be safe and be guided by the Spirit.  And in Ada's personal prayer before bed the other day she said, "And thank  you for McKay and bless that he won't be bad..." Don't know if that's what she thinks guided by the Spirit means... but there you go... McKay... bless that you won't be bad!

Good kids

I'm so proud... last night, my kids were GOOD... I mean really good.  Jer and I try to help clean the church once or twice a year... sometimes with little kids it's been hard to do or takes a long time... I remember sticking a sleeping Ada baby in the corner in her car seat... letting Ada follow us around as we went or play with balls in the cultural hall... and trying to keep a crawling Sammy in site as we go... but this time, they both were not just happy... they helped out.  Sammy pushed the big garbage can around after me so that I could dump trash into it... and Ada followed along with one of those floor sweeper things... how cute!  And they were really patient considering it took about 2 hours to do the whole building... I had been kind of dreading taking them with us... but it was really good!

Birth or not

There is a couple that has put their almost 20 week old baby's life on the internet for everyone to decide.  It makes me sad that they would even think of aborting a healthy baby just because they aren't sure that they're ready to be parents.  Please go to their blog and vote for them to give birth... I think that if they had an overwhelming YES response... they might have a chance to meet and fall in love with their baby. 

http://www.birthornot.com/

You can tell you're pregnant when...

You're standing outside and smell someone cooking bbqued chicken... and you go home and eat dinner and it didn't taste nearly as good as that chicken smelled.  Ironic.