Halloween in Pictures

Rachael as "50's Poodle Skirt Girl"... 

Claire as "Good Pink Witch"... 

Hillary as "a Genie"...

Dustin as "an iPhone"...

Kole as "Superman..." 

and Avery as "Cinderella". 

Happy Halloween!!!

Pumpkin Guts

A Day at the Park

Motivation

~Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says "Oh, crap, She's up!"

FAQ'S

Or more specifically, my answers to much too frequently asked questions that I get everytime I go out with my two little ones.  I think I could practically have my end of this conversation recorded and play it back to the random people we meet.


Yep, they're twins.
Nope, not our first.  They are our 5th and 6th.
Uh huh, I have BOTH hands full.
A boy and girl.
Nope, not identical (REALLY???)
Avery and Kole.
Nope, no matching names.
They're 13 months old.
Born at 33 weeks.
Three weeks in the hospital.
Natural, born 40 minutes apart.
Yes, 40 minutes is a long time :)
No, twins don't run in either family.
Considering we have 4 other children, no we weren't trying for twins.
Yes, a very big surprise.
(A small laugh, to humor them)
Yes, they are very good babies.
Oh really, how old are the twins that your sister/neighbor/friend twice removed has?
How interesting.
Ah, well, I better get going.  It's almost their naptime (not really).
Yes, I think they're cute too.
Thanks.

Toothless Tale

Today, Keith and I were enjoying a nice, quiet morning in Sacrament Meeting…um...yeah right.  Let's try this again.  

This morning, Keith and I were in Sacrament Meeting, wrestling with the twins, trying anything to keep them happy and making sure the other 4 kids were being reverent when Hillary turned toward me with a trail of blood coming from her mouth.   She quickly explained that she had been wiggling her loose tooth out of boredom and decided to push it forward as hard as she could.  I handed her a tissue and we quickly made our way to the bathroom.

I was happy to find that her tooth was laying horizontally in her mouth and when I showed it to Hillary she asked me to "Get it out, Mom!  Get it OUT!!!"  All it took was one little tug and out popped her teeny, tiny tooth.  She was so excited and was screaming so loud I was sure that others could have heard it from the chapel thanks to the echoing of the bathroom.  

What a story she got to tell in Primary today….and here is the end result.

What If?

The Book of Mormon and Cell Phones

Consider what would happen if we created our Book of Mormon like we treat our cell phones…

We would…

carry it around in our purses or back pockets.

turn back and go home if we forgot it.

flip it open several times a day.

spend an hour or more daily using it.

use it to receive text messages.

treat it like we cannot live without it.

give them to our children to use.

keep it with us and use it when traveling.

use it for emergencies.

With the Book of Mormon, unlike with our cell phones, one plan fits all.  There are no usage or roaming charges.  We always have reception and there are no weak signals.

And best of all, we don't need to worry about our Book of Mormon being disconnected.  That is because many heroic men have already paid the bill.

*Taken from FamilyHistoryReport.org