Proof

Proof that you can be whatever you want to be. I don't know to many other 11 year old girls that will wear a poofy dress, flats, and ringletted hair to school all while running around the bases in a competitive game of kick ball before school! That is my Addybug!

(I drove past the school this morning and watched her steal second, in her poofy dress!)

Happy Birthday Tan Man!

My little man turned 9! Time is going way to fast! I tell Tanner everyday that I am lucky because I have him! He is always so sweet to me, which I totally LOVE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANNER, WE LOVE YOU!

"The Sisters" waited until Tanner was asleep, then they decorated his bedroom with streamers and balloons and taped candy all over the walls and his bed! He thought that was totally cool!

We went to dinner at B J's and Tanner was pretty excited to get a FREE Birthday Pazookie!

We spent the day at Makudu's Island with all of the local cousins!

The 4 boy cousins always have a GREAT time together!

Sometimes you just need an incentive!

About a month ago I read a post on the Apron Stage blog about adopting others holidays. This post talked about things like Lent, Good Friday, and Ash Wednesday. Because I am not Catholic I didn't know much about what these were. I did a little research on on the Internet, and I now know a little more than I did a month ago. The post talked about Easter, and how really it is the most important holiday we observe. If it weren't for Easter and the significance of what Jesus Christ did for us, we wouldn't have or need Christmas.

So while my Catholic friends were coming up with what they could "give up" for 40 days for Lent I decided that I would join them! I have now been SODA free for almost a month now! I have not even messed up once, which is more than any of my Catholic friends can say!

It's been awhile!

I was just thinking I haven't posted anything on my blog in over a month. I can't decide if it is because I haven't found my life to be blog worthy lately or if I just lost the little bit of creativity that I have been trying to cultivate my whole life! I read other blogs and love the way others are able to describe what they are thinking. I have a hard time putting my thoughts into words.

I did however have a GREAT weekend. On Saturday I had the chance to go to the Temple and see one of the girls in my ward, that I love dearly, go through the Temple as she prepares to be sealed for time and all eternity this Friday. The Temple was so peaceful and beautiful, and the smell of all the flowers was heavenly!

Then, on Saturday night we went to the adult session of our Stake Conference. It was double awesome. First I got to see and hear William Joseph play the piano (yes, he is in our stake and played the piano for the rest hymn) it was amazing! He is incredible! I have to admit I got pretty excited when I saw him there! And then after William Joseph played the piano, we got to hear Robert D. Hales, of the Quorm of the Twelve Apostles, speak. He actually came to our stake conference, which is really incredible! He gave a great talk. I was a little sad when he quit talking, I wanted to hear more!

Sunday morning was the main stake conference meeting. My really good friend Bethany gave a GREAT talk on How to make our Home like the Temple. To read the talk she gave go here . Then Elder Hales spoke again. When the meeting was over the kids and I got to shake hands with Elder Hales, which was really a great moment for all of us! We all agreed that he had the softest hands we have ever felt. I think shaking hands with an apostle is one of those memorable experiences that you never forget. I still remember shaking hands with Paul H. Dunn when I about 10 years old. We saw him at the ZCMI mall in Salt Lake. I really wanted to talk to him, so my mom encouraged to do so, and I did. I wonder if my kids will always remember how they felt yesterday, shaking hands with an apostle.