Fun Day At Knotts

The weather was perfect, around 78 during the day and sunny! We went on lots of rides, James rode his first big roller coaster, I was yelling on it with my eyes closed and James sitting next to me was saying weee... We went on the train ride and some fake train robbers came in with guns and bandannas on their faces, one pointed his pistol at James and said "got any money" James had the most stunned look on his face and put up his hands palms up and shrugged his shoulders, I wish I had a camera for the look on his face, we then explained they weren't real robbers when Andrew was about to cry. Devonn, Carla and the boys rode the log jammer while Quinn, Jazmine, Blaine and I rode the pony express coaster. We watched the Christmas Parade and had great seats on the corner, when Santa came by on his float, James yelled hi Santa and he heard him! Santa turned around and looked over at James and said "Hi son, you've gotten a lot bigger." It was so cool. Carla, Devonn and Quinn went on the new huge roller coaster with an almost complete vertical drop after it launched you 80 miles an hour straight up, it was a long line so we took the boys to Camp Snoopy. We rode the Ferris wheel, I'll tell you I can ride any roller coaster but the Ferris wheel scares me to death, I'm afraid of heights anyway. Andrew was with me and at the top I have my hands gripped to the bar and telling Andrew not to rock the seat and to lean back, once it starts going around Andrew says "nana this is really really great!" We took the boys on 5 rides while waiting. We left a little late and took Quinn home to Huntington Beach, he led the way to a Taco Bell first. Papa asked Andrew if he wanted a bite of his burrito and Andrew said "What's in it?" Blaine started laughing and said he's only two and wants to know what's in it. We didn't get home till 12:45 and had to get up the next morning for Church. Jazmine gave her first talk in Sacrament and did a good job. We had a great memorable time at Knotts!!

Ok Emilee

Here is a pic of the two of you in the early stages, like ours...lol

Come What May

I forgot how much I loved this song and it's message.... two people in a healthy, committed, married relationship that are always there through good times and bad, and never walk away.

Come What May by Air Supply

When she looks at me I know the girl sees things Nobody else can see
All of the secret fears inside and all of the craziness I hide
She looks into my soul And reads me like nobody can
And she doesn't judge the man She just takes me as I am
CHORUS
Come what may, she believes And that faith is something I've never known before
Come what may, she loves me And that love has helped me open a door
Making me love myself a little more

When I turn away She knows those are the times There's nothing left to say
Nothing that anyone can do And so she lets me live it through
And when I'm in my darkest hours of uncertainty
She just simply lets me be And goes right on loving me

CHORUS Come What may...

And when it seems my dreams Have all slipped through my fingers
When they just can't be found I turn around and there they are Shining in her eyes

CHORUS Come What may..

Will Wonders Ever Cease?

Well Jazmine is now reading the Twilite sereis. She borrowed the book from her friend after seeing the movie. I came downstairs and she had turned off the TV and was reading!!!! She read 50 pages in one night, now this is the girl that has never read a whole book much less 50 pages in one sitting.. Go Jazmine....

Time with Andrew

Andrew got to come spend the night with us while his mom and dad went to the Temple. James spent the night with his mima. James got to about 2 weeks ago. Andrew is so smart! We took him with us to Walmart and on the way as we drove past Target, he said, "nana, my mima and papa Frank took me and James to Target but you weren't there." He knew Target as we drove past, hmmm?? Then while we were in the store he kept asking for a santa hat so we went to go look at them, we tried one on him and I asked him if he was sure that mom and dad didn't already buy him one, he said "no, we looked at them in Target but mom and dad didn't get it for us" There was a lady standing right next to us and her mouth dropped open and she said "how old is he? He sure can speak well!" I told her he was only 2 and she was shocked. We played balloon ball catch, we played cars, we read books and then we got on our PJ's and popped popcorn and we all went into the living room on the blue couch and watched The Ghost Whisperer. He actually watched most of it. When the Ghost broke the window in Melinda's house he was glued to it! Then he brushed his teeth, vitamins and allergy medicine and rocked with papa, till he asked to go get in his bed. He went right to sleep. I sure love my grandbabies!!

PS to last post

They announced Cady's arrival at enrichment night!!! The new family in the ward and I spoke up and said yeah that's my daughter's best friend! Several sisters my age said oh, so that's where we have seen her before. :)

Enrichment and another surprise

Well at enrichment I learned how to make some really cute no bake decorated cookies, I made a turkey and a snowman wearing ear muffs. I think when the boys spend the night in Dec. (while their parents are at a Metallica concert) we'll make the snowmen cookies, they are adorable. Well when I came home it was quiet downstairs and I wondered where Jazmine was, so I came upstairs and she and her dad were sitting on the couch reading the scriptures for her personal progress. She would read a scripture and then they would discuss it. I think my jaw dropped open at first but I quickly made it to the bathroom as not to interupt them and washed my hair. They spent about 45 minutes reading and discussing scriptures on faith. She wants to do it again with him on Thursday. :)

Youth Fireside

I almost didn't go but I am so glad I took Jazmine. That was probably one of the most powerful, spiritual firesides I have been to in a really long time. Bishop Dunn Talked about the media, movies, music, myspace, facebook, etc. Sis. Anderson talked about modesty, very candid about checking your reflection for young women bend over in the mirror and what do you see, sit down and check to see that your dress comes down, make sure your sweater covers as you move around etc. and about boys and wearing a t-shirt, unless they are in a body of water, not sagging etc. THEN pres. Soleburg got up and said that the topic he was going to talk about wouldn't have been a topic in his day or in his children's day, he talked about same gender attraction. It was so powerful, he used som many analogies. He talked about eternal truth being different than temporary truth. It rains all the time in Seattle is a temporary truth, conditional, becasue tomorrow it might not rain. Bro. (can't remember the name) has a short let leg, but that is a temprorary truth, that is not who he is. When teen develop strong sisterhoods and a strong bond and can talkabout anything, that is normal but the world will tell you that you are developing lesbian tendancies, that is not true, etc. Why do some people have these feeling, we do not know but we do know that Heavenly Father loves us and expects everyone to keep his commandments. A single person is to obey the law of chastity, abstanance until marriage and then complete fidelity after marriage. If someone nevers marries they still must keep that commandment regardless of who hey are attracted too, he said so much more. And then President Larson spoke on the war that we are in, if youth do not have their feet cemented into the ground Satan will be able to bend them, like bending a tree to grow bent. He used Book of Mormon battles to describe the battles youth face today, he talked about the name calling bigots, intollerable and how false that is, don't lower your standards, don't let Satin bend you. His talk was very powerful too. I am so glad I took Jazmine. I wish every kid in the world could have heard the truth and the words that were spoken, the spirit was very strong.

Cabin on Veteran's Day

We had a great time, no mice, we cleaned it up real good and hooked up a propane tank and lit the pilot so we had heat all night and we got the new fireplace lit, you have to use small little split logs and we used those little fire starter logs and it burned long and hot and the blower just pumps out the warm air so we were all toasty inside. My mom, Sally and Jazmine and Tiffney played Clue after dinner than we played Disney Scene it and then we all curled up and watched Kund Fu Panda, it was funny, it was dark and Quiet!! and we all slept in and then had eggs and bacon for breakfast, the girls went hiking down to the pond while we played Gin Rummy and cleaned out the cedar closet and organized it. It was 28 for the low and 40 for the high, it was dry so we were able to drive down. We left the cabin at 3:00. We need to go up to work sometime, we need to cut and split logs for firewood and I would like to move Chris's shed over by the old outhouse on flat ground, away form the road, the road also needs to be leveled out where the water ran across it and the gutters along the road cleaned out. It was a great relaxing time!!! Looking forward to going up again in the snow!

Nursery

In nursery today Andrew was sitting quietly eating the playdough and Sis. Koonz said Andrew don't eat the playdough that's yucky, he politely said "Actually I think it tastes pretty good" She just started cracking up. We have 26 kids in nursery and lots of new babies and lots of pregnant mommy's. We are going to have a huge primary. They wear me out but they are all so precious!!!

Family 08

Here is our new family pictures and one of mom and dad. Now I really see I need to lose weight! David Bunting did a great job.