It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...NOOO

Today we woke up to our second sight of snow in the last couple of days. There was more snow earlier, but it has started to melt. The news says we got about 2 inches...WHAT ISN'T IT OCTOBER. I think it will be a LONG winter. I think I will start planning a trip to somewhere warm for Christmas!

Long Way to Go!!

Last Saturday, Sister Beck (The General Relief Society President) came to Minnesota and gave a fireside for all 8 stakes here. It was wonderful to feel of her spirit and be rejuvenated. At the fireside, she told about when she had gone out to eat with another sister after she had given a fireside. The waitress at the restaurant asked if they were nuns. She said no, but why do you ask. The waitress said that they seemed spiritual.
After the fireside, the two other women who went with me, decided to go out to dinner. As we were all walking into the restaurant, I told the other two to put on their most angelic face so our waitress will ask us if we are nuns. As we walked in the door the server asked if we would like to be seated at the bar. The three of us started to laugh and said a table would be fine.
I guess I have a long way to go before someone sees my spiritual side.

Crazy Day!

Yesterday was one very eventful day! Andrew started Kindergarten and Danny had his 1st birthday. I'm not sure who it was harder for to let Andrew go to school, me or Jacob. Andrew will go to school Monday, Wednesday, & Friday all day long. School starts at 8:10 am - 2:50 pm. I think this is a LONG day for a Kindergartners, but what do I know.

As we were driving to school I was telling Andrew that I had bought him lunch and he needed to eat all his pizza. He said, I get a WHOLE pizza. NO, I laughed, you get a slice. He was scared he would have to share his lunch with everybody if he got a whole pizza. I then started to name off all the rules at school.

#1 Eat all your lunch

#2 Listen to your teacher.

#3 Be nice to your new friends.

#4 Know that Mom loves you and misses you A LOT!

Then Andrew said, Mom don't forget #5...Have faith in Jesus Christ.

That is right. Rule #5 is to have faith in Jesus Christ.

When we got to school Andrew was excited to put his stuff away in his locker and Jacob had to try out the locker too.

As we were leaving the school, Jacob let me know that this was NO fun! About an hour after we had been home, Jacob asked if we could go get Andrew. I told him we would go when school was over. Jacob said, "no, lets go get him NOW." This is going to be a LONG year for Jacob!!!

When I went to pick Andrew up he said school had been AWESOME. He was telling me that there was a boy named Ben in his class who had a hard time listening to the teacher. Andrew said a prayer for him in his head that he would be able to listen to the teacher...What a spiritual day.

Andrew also said that a girl had brought cup cakes for her birthday, but Andrew told his teacher that he couldn't have one because he has a cavity. I didn't know that he was so worried about his cavity. Good thing we are getting that taken care of the end of this month. I wish I could be a fly on the wall and listen to half the things the teacher hears all day.

I told Andrew that he had been to Kindergarten and now he could stay home with me. He thought I was crazy and was too excited to go to the library on Monday to stay home. I'm glad that he loves his teacher and is excited to learn.

Because of Kindergarten and a ward party, we celebrated Danny's birthday today. He wasn't too sure about the cake.

Once he tasted it, he thought it wasn't too bad. Andrew and Jacob couldn't wait to get their share too.

Danny has been such a fun baby. It is sad to see him walking and getting so big so fast. He loves his brothers and is trying his hardest to keep up with them. He isn't a big fan of eating, but will still drink a bottle so that is what fills his belly most days. He loves to have free reign of the house being able to go up and down the stairs to get where he wants.

We love you Danny!

Yesterday I was talking to my mom on the phone. She told me that today Lance, my brother, is going to run 31 miles for his 31st birthday. Lance and I are born on the same day, just 3 years apart. He enjoys running, obviously, so he wanted to do that on his birthday. That got me thinking that I should do something on my 28th birthday that I enjoy. Running 28 miles would put me in the hospital, so I ran 28 minutes. I didn't really enjoy it, so what to do that I enjoy.
I could scrapbook 28 pages...I would never get that done.
I could play 28 piano pieces...that would never happen because I 3 boys who love to help play the piano.
I could go play at the park with the boys for 28 minutes…that would be fun.
I could watch TV for 28 minutes...that will defiantly happen.
I could talk to my family for 28 minutes...I hope that happens to day.
Finally after thinking about what I really enjoy doing...eating cookies. I think I will go buy a bag of cookies and eat 28 of them. That is something I really enjoy. Now I just have to decide which kind to buy. That is a tough decision!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LANCE AND ME!