Thanksgiving Weekend

This Holiday weekend has been a busier one than normal... First I participated in a craft fair with my sister in law... It was held in Ogden, Utah; and to our disappointment there was not a huge turn out. We did, however, sell one onesie and we had a special order request which turned out to be a bigger project than we had hoped for, but with this special order we ended up breaking even with the cost of all our supplies. It was a good experience and I am looking forward to doing another one. It was also nice to spend some time with the SIL.
On Thanksgiving we ended up going to both of our grandparents homes for Turkey Dinner. We decorated cute Ginger Bread Houses, which were already pre-made by Phils sweet Aunt. It is always nice to be able to visit with family and we are grateful that Phils grandparents provide a place where we can all visit with one another. After only a couple hours of being with Phil's family, we packed the kids and ourselves into the car and headed to SLC to spend some time with my family. I always love visiting with my grandma. After dinner almost every time we all get together we usually watch a movie before heading out, and this year we watched Hancock. I thought it was a cute film. It wasn't what I was expecting it to be, but I liked it.
The day after Thanksgiving I hosted a bridal shower for my soon to be SIL McKell. She is going to marry Phils brother Michael in December. We are excited to have her be part of our ever growing family. It was nice to have all of Phils side of the family over.
I know this post is going on and on, but so much has happened... To continue we ended up going to the Temple Square lights on Friday. Beth had never been before so it was nice to have her with us and of course it was nice to have Russ and Mike and his soon to be bride McKell there too.
On Saturday(yesterday) Lisa and I went over to Phils grandmas house and finished our special order. We ended up embroidering t-shirts on Phils grandmas embroidery machine. She ended up doing most of the work. It probably took us about 6 or so hours to finish all of them and even though Amanda had a ton of things to do she stayed and embroidered all the shirts until they were done. Not only did she not have to let us use her machine she fed us lunch and showed me how to make an adorable little dress. Drezden ended up wearing it all day yesterday. I am excited to start sewing and for people willing to teach me some tricks!
Well, I guess that is about it. I am sure I have left a lot out, but I have so much to be thankful for and a wonderful family, I love them so much!!! Well, until next time... Oh, and I saw Twilight and I really liked it. I am excited to see the next one! Maybe I will read all the books again!

Happy Birthday to Vanessa

I know I am terrible at posting on our family blog, but today I have something special to post about. It is my Wife's birthday!!! She always does such a great job on my birthday of making me feel special, and I love her for it. Every year I always try to do the same for her, but always fall short. I think she had an okay birthday anyway. Thank you to everyone who gave her a call to let her know you were thinking of her. She really appreciates those calls.

She told me not to spend a lot of money on her present, so I got her a bunch of boxes of Hot Tamalies. Those are one of her faverite candys. I stacked them up in a pyramid so when she walked down in the morning she could not miss them. My faverite part of giving her presents is seeing her smile. I took a picture of the stack, maybe I can get Vanessa to upload that to the site.

Vanessa loves her little kids, but I thought she could use a break from them. This is the part where I fall short. I thought I would be able to handle the two of them and let her relax a bit. This is really hard because whenever I would be feeding Sullivan or paying attention to him, Drezden would slip off and try to play with her Mother. She loves her Mom so much. There were also a few times when Drezden would get a little grumpy so I would be trying to make her happy and Sullivan would decide it was his turn - and would do his best to make it known the only way he knows how. Luckily I have an understanding wife who was willing to step in - despite it being her day off - and help out her struggling husband. I think next year I might just get a babysitter.

The last part of her present is that she will go see the Twilight movie when it comes out. Last year I got her one of the books and she loved them. Hopefully that will make up for everything today.

Photo Shoot!!!

Here is a pic of Drezden playing with my wallet. It is one of her many favorite things to get into

Here is Sullivan just hanging out in his swing

Drezden!

Sullivan!

I probably should not tell you all that this is Drezden's pooping face

Sullivan was being really smiley for me

Drezden likes to try to close herself in the fridge
Just Baby Sullivan again

This is her getting out of the cabinet... She wants the camera now!!! haha

A comforting email with the words of Elder Neal A. Maxwell

A comforting email with the words of Elder Neal A. Maxwell has passed among Latter-day Saints in California with these prophetic words delivered in 1979 while he was a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

“Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'

“This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.

“Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."

Looking Back

Here is a photo to compare mine with. I know it may not be the best, but it takes a while to look through all the photos I have. I hope to beable to find photos of Phil to compare with too...

So, I have decided to post a few pictures of me as a baby and compare them to my children. Sometimes I wonder if Drezden looks like me when I was her age. I do have to point out that I think she is a much cuter baby than I was!

The one above is of my twin brother and me. I think we are about 1 in this picture.

Above:This is me about 1 yr
Below: My newborn photo(I am sure you all can tell)

Kids Cleaning and Laundry Galore

Oh the joys of domestic life! I guess it's not all bad... Although, I will have to admit that I have been failing in the cleaning department... and cooking... well, it seemed like I had everything down when it was just Drezden and I, and then I decided to have another child(which I love dearly). I am still adjusting to having two children and I think I am beginning to get the hang of things again. I know this because I am finally able to keep the front room clean again. YAY!
Well, motherhood is calling... Drezden needs something, time to go ;)

Craft Fair

So, my sister in law and I are going to have a booth at a craft fair in Washington Terrace on November 22. It will be both our first time doing anything like this. We haven't yet decided what we will sale, but we have a few ideas... Like nursing covers, homemade soap, things for babies, decorative journals... I am not sure what else, but we would like to make something that is easy and inexpensive. Do you guys have any suggestions? We would love to make things that people would buy...

Questions and Answers Tag

Here are the rules: I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to six others. The questions are as follows:.

1. Where is your cell phone? Floor
2. Where is your significant other? Work
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Sarah
5. Your father? Dead
6. Your favorite thing? naptime
7. Your dream last night? forgot
8. Your dream/goal? Decorate
9. The room you're in? Kitchen
10. Your hobby? kids
11. Your fear? Dark
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? somewhere
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? Outgoing
15. One of your wish-list items? Couches
16. Where you grew up? California
17. The last thing you ate? fruit snacks
18. What are you wearing? Clothes
19. Your TV? On
20. Your pet? Cat
21. Your computer? Tempting
22. Your mood? Relaxed
23. Your car? Hyundai
25. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? Okay
28. Love someone? Phil
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When is the last time you laughed? Yesterday
31. Last time you cried? Forgot

I tag McKell, Jaymie, Emily

2 months and counting

I think he is adorable! He is getting so big. Well, not soooo big, but he is growing. He will be 2 months on the 11th. Time is just flying. I can't believe Drezden is already 17 months old. So, here's to 2 months and more.

a couple updated photos

This was taken right after she was dropped off after being at grandmas for a week... Doesn't she look tired? She must have had too much fun while she was away...















If you look to the right this was taken right after I gave her a plastic knife to use while eating... She is crazy. The hose was stuck, well we couldn't pull it out so she decided to try and help it come loose.