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Hey Nellie, I thought you might like to see this one. :) Love you!!!

A Very Merry UnBirthday To Jaxon!!!

Today is Jaxon's very UN-Birthday. His birthday is April 17th. I made these pages for the ES Challenges. In case you can't read this it says: For Jaxon's birthday we decorated and made a fun poster. Jaxon won the birthday cake from KMTI and Kent's Market.


The letter was a journaling challenge, I was glad to do! I have been wanting to write letters to my children for a long time. You can read the letter here . Please keep in mind it is a personal letter from me. Happy Un-Birthday Jaxon!!!

Tripple "X" Hair

My cousin had a post on her blog about hair styles and I thought it was a great idea. I am always forgetting some of the great ideas I've seen and done, so I am taking pictures of them and posting them so I can go back and remember them.

Jaxon though it was X hair, so that is what we call it now.

This one was easy! It was tons of fun. In the future, I would use hair wax on the pony tails as I put them in to keep stragglers down. It lasted for about 2 days and it took about 25 min. I think it would get quicker if you did it more often or you had a plan before you start. :) I think the rows go, 6, 5, 3, 2.

Boo Lee Lou Lee

I did this page today for a Scrapjack Challenge. Where you have to include certain elements. Anyway. It was hard, but I think the page looks ok. Of course the Girls look beautiful and the pictures are fabulous thanks to Nana. The photos are from Auntie Katie's Wedding January 27, 2008.

TAG Schmag!

I guess I'll play along.

10 years ago I was
1- Getting ready to be married. Actually figuring out who I really wanted :)
2- Attending my last year of Snow College
3- Working in the Math Lab...my intended major was still Math
4- Going to movies....I think The Mummy came out around this time.
5- Living in a VERY VERY small apartment. 1 bedroom, no livingroom, 1/4 kitchen, and a small bathroom with 1/2 a tub. (yes 1/2 tub!) it was strange and I could now fit the whole apartment in my living room which isn't that big either. :) How did I survive??


5 things on today’s “to do” list
1- Get in the Shower and Get Dressed
2- Make Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
3- Put an effort toward my business
4- Finish up the Laundry so I can get these tubs put back in the shed!
5- I guess I could do some cleaning.
Tomorrow is the 25-thing list!! :)


5 snacks I enjoy
only 5??
1-Brownies
2-Icecream
3- Peanut butter cups
4- Chocolate covered Mint Oreos
5- Choclate Cupcakes
6- oH !!! I so bad want one of those Strawberry-Rubarb Pies with Sauce from Schwans. YUM!!!

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire
1- Get into my New House!!!!
2- Buy a new vehicle
3- Go on a super FUN family Vacation with all the grandparents.
4- Josh would want his own vacation too...with me of course. :)
5- Have a Savings without all the Scrimpting. It's hard enough to save!!!

5 jobs that I have had
1- Zions Bank-Personal Banking Representative
2- Human Resources Administrator
3- LAN Assistant
4- Data Entry Person
5- Math Lab Lady (I was a girl back then)
6- NOW Homemaker and Mommy

At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

I Tag
I didn't tag anyone because I think I am so slow at this blogging you've already been tagged. I know what a LOSER!! But if you want.. YOU'RE IT!!! Let me know I tagged ya and I will put your name here... YEAH Jilly!!!! BTW you're awesome!!!

Jaxon listens to Conference

Tonight we had Family Home Evening and we talked about the prophets. We took the lesson from last week at Deseret Book. We talked about Samuel the Lamanite and we role played the story a little. Josh was the prophet and the kids and I were the wicked people. We threw marshmellows and said "No way" to all of his comments. Afterward we talked about listening and it was a good FHE. But as the kids were getting into bed, Boo had her legs hanging off and I told her to put her legs under her blanket. She said she didn't have any legs and I helped her out. Jaxon said, "When you meet Jesus you will have legs." Then he rephrased himself to say, "when you listen to the prophet you will have legs." After a couple of seconds I recalled the conference talk about the little girl who could not hear and in line at the grocery store met a boy in a wheelchair with no legs. The little girl had talked to the boy and made a comment about becoming whole again. I asked Jaxon if he remembered this and explained a little to him. I compared the boy to Nellie. We talked about how she does have legs, but can't make them work right, and how she talks with her eyes and her head. How she uses her mouth the yell and make some sounds, but words don't always come out. He tried to explain to me some of the sounds she makes and he finally said "She speaks in Sun Language." I did have him repeat this to make sure I clearly heard the words right. I am not sure if he was thinking sign language, but he knows quite a few things in sign. So Anyway, I thought it was special and thought I would share with you. LOVE YOU!!!

Conference was AWESOME!!!

I absolutely loved conference!!!! The speakers were so wonderful and truly aided me in feeling the spirit of righteousness and truth. I truly felt blessed as my family and I participated with conference. There have been times when we "had plans" or something on Saturday and have DVR ed or TiVoed conference to watch it later. It seems like Josh and I were "on the same page" without ever talking of it. We both wanted to sit and watch conference and enjoy the blessings of the spirit with those other members all over the world. It was truly amazing. We still gave each other gentle reminders that we shouldn't play games while watching conference, and when we listen to the music our spirit is edified and uplifted and ready for the next experience. Many great and encouraging things were said. NOT to discourage any of you that may have recorded the event to watch later. Please watch it and feel of the love that comes from Heavenly Father as his disciples gives us counsel, guidance, and reassurance. If you didn't get the chance to record it you can go to http://www.lds.org/ and download things. :) The internet is awesome!!!! Jaxon just knows you can get anything on the internet!!!!



One of my favorite talks was about laughing at things. I did a digipage on this a while ago, and I am really working on this concept of being slow to anger.
If you are interested in reading the journaling, you can go here: MomChallenge

Well....it is Monday and I really need to, you know, do "Mom" things. :) I just wanted to let you know we caught the Spirit this weekend at the Sharp Home!!! Loves to you all.

GIRLS!!

I LOVE these two pages....She looks so at peace. And she was having so much fun! Thanks to Crystal Clark for snapping such Great Shots!!!

Who is ThIS baby??? Her daddy didn't recognize her and her cubbiness. What a beautiful baby girl.
GIRLS!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday Boo and Emily got LOST!!!! And there were sirens at Main Street. I was so panicked that they had walked down there and gotten hit. They are quite a pair! Em's mom and I were looking for half an hour And well Josh came home and I was really starting to wonder about calling the cops. We finally found them. In a neighbors "locked" yard. The neighbors were not home. When the neighbors did get home, I got a phone call....apparently they had gone into the house and out through the back door (they left it open). and poured sand in the pond and all kinds of mischief. Well you know, this has happened at our house while we are gone too. Needless to say our neighborhood will now be locking their doors because of a couple of 3 year old bandits! (yes we love living in a small town)