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Sweet Sister

One thing I love so much is how much my girls adore their brother. I was busy and Josh started screaming in his swing, but Lexi took care of it and this is how I found them. So sweet.

President Gordon B. Hinckley

As many know our beloved Prophet passed away on Sunday. I loved his humour and the feeling of love and peace that you felt every time he talked. I remember the first time that I was in the same room that he was, I had taken 15 young women to the Young Women's broadcast in the conference center. To say the least the girls were pretty wound up and talkative as we sat in our seats and waited for the meeting to begin. All of a sudden there was this overwhelming feeling of peace, that is the only way that I know how to describe it. The conference center went silent and the warmest feeling overcame me, I looked way down at the bottom of the conference center and there he was walking to sit down. Tears came to my eyes as I realized that such a small person could fill a huge conference center with the spirit of Christ. My friend Leslie had some very nice quotes on her blog that he has said in the past and this made me get my quotes out as well. Here are just SOME of the wonderful things that he has counseled us on through the years.

“The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding of the grand millennial mission of this, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.

"Do the best you can. And remember that the greatest asset you have in this world is those children who you've brought into the world, and for whose nurture and care you're responsible."
—News conference in Salt Lake City, March 13, 1995


“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. The fact is that most putts don’t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just like people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is just like an old time rail journey … delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.”

'I come to you with a plea that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we go through life we try to “accentuate the positive.” I am asking that we look a little deeper for good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment virtue and effort.' -Gordon B Hinckley

My happy baby.

Oh how we have missed this smile. Poor Josh got croup last Sunday night, nothing big we are used to croup around here now, but then he seemed to just get worse and worse. By Wed he had a really high fever and could not stop crying so of course I waited too late and had to take him to Urgent care that evening. I thought that he just had an ear infection and figured they would give us an antibiotic and send us home, but the Dr. listened to his lungs forever and finally said that not only did he have an ear infection but also pneumonia. My poor baby has been so sick. Not only that but he got two teeth in at the the same time. Today he has been a lot happier and his wheeze has gotten a lot better. He even played and laughed a lot of the day.

What really is important

I have a friend that lost her husband very suddenly last month, she has been writing her feelings and her thoughts in her blog for awhile now. If you have a minute you should go and read it. She has such an amazing testimony even through this horrible trial. She is trying to still live her life for her son but has so much pain inside her heart. Her last entry is very hard and makes you stop and think about what is really important.
I pray for you every day Leslie and I wish that you did not have to carry this pain.
leslieandaaron.blogspot.com

Josh hanging out with his sisters.

Every Friday night we get a movie and a Pizza and have a family movie night. Josh is usually in bed but now that he is getting older and not sleeping as much he joined us for our last movie night. Througout the movie he kept lunging at Lexi and screaming and I could not figure out what was wrong until Steve suggested that he might want his own popcorn bowl since everyone had one, as soon as he had his own bowl he calmed down and watched the movie. The bottom pictures are of them all watching the movie.

Mohawk

Steve said that I always make Josh look like a little nerd they way I do his hair, so this is my attempt to make him look cool.

Happy Birthday

Lexi turned 5 today. I was thinking back about memories with Lex and I remembered a time in Texas when she was 2. We lived way out in the country and one morning I had to run outside to grab something, I was still in my pjs and my hair resembled sagebrush(thanks to the humidity). When I went to get in to the house the door was locked. Lexi was sitting in front of the TV watching Regis and Kelly. I knocked on the door and asked her to open it and she would just yell NO! Then she would laugh hysterically at the tv every time the studio audience would laugh like she understood them. I finally demanded that she open the door and she looked at me and said shhhhhhhhh. So I had to flag some cowboy done and ask him to call my husband because my child would not let me in the house and that was after I ran almost a mile to the nearest neighbor pounded on the door, nobody answered but I can not blame them I am sure when they looked through peep hole all they saw was hair. I have many memories of Lex but it is late and I am tired. I can not believe she is 5. Happy Birthday Alexandria Colleen Dalley, I love you! Oh and Congratulations to my new nephew who will be sharing a birthday with Lexi. he was born today at 8 pounds 6 oz. Ver big, in fact he was so big he broke his arm being delivered. Poor Amanda!

Random Pictures

Just some pictures that I found as I was cleaning out the camera. Nothing special just thought that I would post for the grandparents.

A Mother’s Midnight Prayer

Help me remember, when I feel it’s a chore,

The time will come when I will hold him no more.

Asleep on my chest, the crib refused,

The blanket, the pacifier, gone unused.

What better place is there to lay his head,

Than against my heart, my arms his bed?

For infants grow up and leave us behind

With only memories left to remind.

Of midnight waking and predawn rocking,

Of soft helpless babies unable to sleep.

So, make me patient and keep me awake,

While I cradle this child, and don’t let me take,

For granted the moments I spend in the night

With this baby, a gift, my joy, my delight!

Lexs color

You Are a Red Crayon

Your world is colored with bright, vivid, wild colors. You have a deep, complex personality - and you are always expressing something about yourself. Bold and dominant, you are a natural leader. You have an energy that is intense... and sometimes overwhelming. Your reaction to everything tends to be strong. You are the master of love-hate relationships. Your color wheel opposite is green. Green people are way too mellow to understand what drives your energy.

What Color Crayon Are You?

It is to funny that lexis color and mine are supposed to clash!

Sams Color

You Are an Orange Crayon

Your world is colored with offbeat, confident, and stimulating colors. You have a personality that's downright weird - and you wouldn't change it for anything. Loud and expressive, you voice your opinions fearlessly and strongly. And while you have a strong personality, you can be friends with almost anyone. Your color wheel opposite is blue. Your confidence is something blue people truly envy.

What Color Crayon Are You?

I sa I saw this on You Are a Green Crayon

Your world is colored in harmonious, peaceful, natural colors. While some may associate green with money, you are one of the least materialistic people around. Comfort is important to you. You like to feel as relaxed as possible - and you try to make others feel at ease. You're very happy with who you are, and it certainly shows! Your color wheel opposite is red. Every time you feel grounded, a red person does their best to shake you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

I saw this on someone elses blog and I thought that it was fun. I had my heart set on being a black crayon, but I had to laugh at the one I ended up being just because it sounds so yogaish.

Tagged

Alright this one you have to tell 6 things about yourself.

1. I have the nose of a blood hound. I am serious. I always tell Steve that we should try to get me a job when I am pregnant to be a drug sniffing dog, because it is a so much worse when I am pregnant. I can smell exactly what someone has had for dinner when they are not even standing by me. I get nauseated really fast by smells

2. One of my favorite stores is Home Depot. I know weird, but I love the smell of wood(see smells again). I love to walk around and look at all the stuff and think what I could build with it. I would love to gut a house and build it back up.

3. Food freaks me out. Not food that someone else has cooked or restaurant food, but food that I have to cook. I think that is why I hate to cook so much because I really hate to touch food. Love to eat it just not prepare it.

4. I HONESTLY think that I am taller than what I really am. I get so mad when people call me short because I have never thought of myself as that I have always thought that I am average height. Steve and I always get in to arguments because I try and tell him that i am almost as tall as him, and then he laughs at me and then I have to beat him up. I have finally accepted my shortness after a group of my friends(Amy if are reading this you should feel bad)made fun of me because I thought i was taller than them.

5. I have to make sure that I tell my kids that I love them before they go to school, if I was not able to I have been known to call the school and get my child(Sam) on the phone and tell them that I do. I want them to always know that I love them!

6. I want to see a bear in the mountains. Not attacking me just in its own element. I do not know why, I think that it is because I am so scared of them I just want to see one, I do not know how that will lessen my fear but I have become obsessed with seeing one.
Oh wait remember mom that time that we were walking in the mountains and that bear ran away, we never saw it but we did hear it, remember!!! Good times.

Ok I hope that you are all my friends still. I want to tag my sisters and sister-in-laws. Jess I think that you may have already done this but if you have I know out of EVERYONE you are the most interesting so you should be able to come up with more!

Christmas

I am so sad, I did not get any Christmas pics. So any one that took pictures Christmas morning please send.
We had the best Christmas, my favorite present was doing NOTHING! Steve had work and school off so we lounged around and did NOTHING! We stayed in our pjs all day long, watched a lot of movies, read books, went swimming a few times, and ate a LOT of food.
Christmas Eve almost everyone came to our house this year. I really enjoyed having Christmas at home. On Christmas day mom made a very yummy dinner(thank you mom). We stuffed ourselves and sat around and just talked. We then packed up and went to Idaho to see our Dalley family. Once again ate a lot of really good food. Stacey and I spent the next day just talking which was fun to catch up with their family. We missed the rest of you but from your blogs it seems like everyone had a nice Christmas.
I feeel so sad today and I think that it is because my vacation is over, I had to go to work this morning and Steve is gone also. I miss you Steve! And if you are reading this get back to work so that you can be home at a reasonable hour!

Christmas Fun

Josh eating his present.





Just lounging around Christmas Eve. Sam loves to pull Josh hats up so that he looks like a conehead. She begged me to include this picture.

Scary uncle from the south

So you all remember scary unlce Dustin at Thanksgiving, well scary uncle Paul was not to be outdone, so he grew a wonderful mane of hair. The only problem was that the cousins thought that he was beautiful not scary, hmmmm.




Really was a wig, but he looked good in it!