Pain Free in Texas

1.24.2011

Bring It On!

I would do well to look at today
through the eyes
of a 5 year old.

"Bring it on world...I am rockin' in these socks!"

1.15.2011

Resolutions

We decided to ring in the New Year a little different this time around.

We went to bed early...ish.

We woke up early...ish.

We wrote down our resolutions.

And then we tied our resolutions to balloons
and
sent them off ahead of us into the New Year.

We are going to do our best to "keep up" with them...

Happy New Year!

12.08.2010

Our last attempt at a family picture was when Sam was only 12 months.
He is now five years old.
It was time...

I am so grateful to be the mother of this crazy bunch.
They are my life's work~
there is
nothing
else I would rather be doing.

Ben & Eliza

Eliza

Ben

Sam

Natalie

Ben~Eliza~Sam

6.13.2010

I'm Sorry

Sam accidentally broke Ben's new space shuttle model.
Ben was obviously upset when I came on the scene.
Sam was apologizing over and over...
I gently reminded Ben that he needed to
forgive
his brother.

Sam again said that he was so so sorry.
Ben gave a muffled, "it's okay..."

Sam thought for a second and said,

"your welcome!"

Ya, we still need to work on that...

6.09.2010

Ben's Baptism Day

This is one of my favorite "traditional" pictures.

Ben's baptism day was such a great day!
He was baptized after church on Fast Sunday.

When we sat down for Sacrament Meeting,
he handed me
a little piece of paper that he had
written
his testimony
down on.
He told me that he wanted to bare his testimony.
He was one of the first to go up and did such a great job.
Watching my children's
testimonies grow
is one of the
sweetest rewards
of parenthood.

Saturday night he asked us to wake him up early.
It was already so late that we told him,
"no, because he needed his sleep".
Sunday morning,
early,
he came bounding into my room...
dressed and ready for church.
He said that he had gotten up,
found his clothes
and got dressed in the bathroom
so he wouldn't wake up his brother.
He came out to the kitchen to get breakfast
and saw the clock...

1 a.m.

I asked him what he did when he noticed the time.

"I just went back to bed with my church clothes on!"

He was so so excited!
I can tell that he is really making an effort
to be helpful and make good choices.
Such a great guy!

I can't believe that my
SECOND CHILD
is this old!

For some reason the drain wouldn't stay plugged in the font.
When they went into the water...
it did not even come up to
Ben's waist!

Ben was quickly baptized!

Nate said that in the
short time
they were in the bathroom
changing into dry clothes
they heard the
font
drain-
COMPLETELY!

3.30.2010

Quarantine

Strange thing visited our house this week.

Chicken Pox.

Although all of the kids have been vaccinated-
apparently they can still get chicken pox.

No Fever
+
No Itching
+
Just CONTAGIOUS red bumps
----------------------------------------------------
NO SCHOOL

So what do you when you find little red chicken pox all over your chest?