Halloween Pics - a little late

A Post Authored by Rebecca

Poor Rebecca. Yesterday Rebecca hurt(perhaps sprained) her wrist. She says she was trying to reach her cookbook and lost her grip on what she was holding and fell. I came in just in time to see her falling through the air. She hit the floor hard. At first it looked like she had passed out, but luckily she didn't.

Funny Irony

I came downstairs to get something from our unfinished basement and found the (sadly) typical disarray of clutter lying about that seems to occur on Sundays while mom is napping and dad is at meetings- Popcorn kernels & blankets all over the floor by the couch, an empty cereal box some child decided to snack on, some game pieces and the vacuum. The funny thing was, next I saw some papers someone got out of my preschool files entitled "THE JOY OF ORDER AND GOAL STRIVING." I guess I still need to work on what I should have learned way back in preschool. I like order, but apparently my children don't. But fortunately, there is hope. I have gone 3 straight days without "losing my cookies" so someday soon we are going to get our house in order:0)

Why Rebecca Wants a Baby Sister

Someday I'll actually post all of the pictures I took for Halloween, but for now you get to read a morsel from "Rebecca's blog." She decided to start typing her own blog in Microsoft Word including imaginary comments from her friends and family. Here's a little clip explaining why she wants a sister in the house - not a brother.
. "I REALLY want the baby to be a girl! I don’t think I could live with another boy in the house. Sure he’ll be cute when he’s a baby. But by the time he’s 5yrs. I’ll be 14, which means I’ll be interested in boys. He could walk up to my boyfriend and say, “Are you gonna’ marry my sisto?” How embarrassing! And when he’s 7 I’ll be 16 and then he can tease me about all the boys I like. If it’s a girl that’s a whole nother’ story. Anyways, I really want it to be a girl."
She forgot that she can't have a boyfriend at the age of 14:).

Sunday Night at the Movies + random happenings

Our family has lately discovered the fun of YouTube. Since our antennae is too wimpy to pick up any TV even w/ a new converter box, we've had to resort to new forms of entertainment. My boys want to listen to Miley Cyrus "The Climb" and Taylor Swift - "You Belong with Me" and watch the BYU football highlights. I wish I could video Dan's version of You Belong with Me sung with his cute raspy voice. I love watching fun and amazing piano performances. Tonight we found some fun clips from Mormon Ads and Mormon Messages. This one by Gordon B. Hinckley about lessons taught to him by his dad as a child was my favorite. It made me cry - but that doesn't take much these days.
Other Good things this week:
Its amazing how much technology can bless our lives. In fact, today while I stayed home sick from church, I was able to hear the entire Sacrament Meeting with a little hearing aid device checked out from the library. I was so grateful because the speakers were Dan's primary teachers and their talks were just what I needed to hear. I was reminded of the blessings in my life - like 2 kind friends who surprised me with dinner this week when I felt too sick to make anything decent for the family.

Daniel surprised me this morning by bringing me breakfast in bed. He had gotten himself all dressed up for church in his suit and came in with a bagel with cream cheese for me. He said he wasn't quite sure how to do it but he tried. His hands were a bit messy with cream cheese, because he spread the cream cheese on the outside of the bagel, but his gesture of kindness just touched my heart.

Rebecca has been getting up earlier than Jared & I lately. This morning I could hear her sweet animated voice through the heat vent as she read stories to Emily. She will be a great mom someday.

Jacob has been so motivated to read this week ever since he discovered that he can earn up enough points to by a football at the A.R. store. I'm grateful for his school teacher Ms. Sanders who really seems to have a gift at inspiring great readers.

Jared & I went to a Jazz Bands concert for our date this week. It made me think of my dad and how he inspired me to appreciate all kinds of music. It was also so nice to have a break from the stresses of life. I am so grateful to Jared who has really been carrying the load for me while I've been so nauseous. I couldn't have married a better man.

Nausea with Neal Number 5

I never thought I'd say I'm glad to be throwing up, but after a few early miscarriages I've learned that nausea is a very good sign in pregnancy, and I've been feeling plenty of it lately. Hopefully our little "Neal Number 5" will arrive the beginning of June. It seems that the best cure for nausea for me is to eat every 15 minutes or get really involved in music stuff that it takes my mind off it. By the end of the day I don't want to look at anymore food. But fortunately I've had weird healthy cravings in the mornings. With Rebecca I craved ice cream, Carnation instant breakfast and crackers. But this time, I've been downing a lot of spinach, V8, bagels and pears. Pregnancy sure does weird things to you. I think Rebecca's a little scared of having kids after she's seen what the last few months have been like for me.

If I Had My Life to Live Over

I stumbled on this site while looking for a song to play on my violin for Christmas in church. There are a lot of inspiring messages and songs, but I think this was my favorite one today. It made me cry, but it seems like it doesn't take much to do that now that I'm a mom. The only thing I really don't agree with is the part about not buying practical things. Practicality just runs in my blood and I don't mind it. It probably saves me a lot of money :). I really liked the part about inviting friends over even if the carpet has stains. I just cleaned ours this week, but I think some of those stains will never come out. I make plenty of plans to have friends and neighbors over for dessert or games or double dates but it has been a really long time since I've actually done it.
Good things:
I didn't get the swine flu - just a mild case of the flu
I got better in time to watch my kids sing in the Primary Sacrament Presentation today
Rebecca is old enough to make me breakfast when I'm too sick to do it
My husband washed all of the dishes even though he was kind of sick too