See what I do!

I just wanted to share a project that I am working on. It is a baby book about my oldest daughter and will do ones for the other two before baby #4 is born. I am a consultant with Heritage Makers and love, love, love my business of helping others preserve their memories and stories. Heritage Makers is an amazing company with amazing products: books, cards, posters, postcards, playing cards, family folds, custom playing cards and now 12x12 pages. All of these products can be custom made by you! The publisher is simple to use and I love to sit down with my clients and help them get started on their stories. If you like what you see please let me know and I will set you up with a free Heritage Makers account. Heritage Makers is truly one of the best things I have EVER done in my life. I love their mission of "storybooking" and their products are second to none! Please take a minute to look at my website: www.memoriesofgladness.com

Professional Pics of the kids from a couple months ago...

Beware the moon!!

So, the kids and I went to Bajio's for lunch today and had quite the experience. While the kids were waiting for me to finish my salad Slater got up and was walking around a little. Suddenly the girls said, "Mom, look!" I turned around and Slater had his pants and underwear down to his knees and was bent over mooning his cute little white bum for all to see!!!!! I was mortified to say the least. It was one of those situations where I was as mad as anything and on the other hand I couldn't stop laughing. The girls laughed for almost a half hour straight. I tell you, that boy keeps us in stitches sometimes!

Just for fun...

I stole this fun tag from a blog of one of my friends. I thought it would be fun to see what you think. All you have to do is copy and paste to the comments section and add your answer. How well do you know me? Also, post this on your blog and see how many people know you!

Take a stab at my middle name?
Do I smoke?
Color of my eyes?
Do I have any siblings?
How many?
What's one of my favorite things to do?
What is my least favorite thing to do?
What's my favorite type of music?
Am I shy or outgoing?
Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules?
Any special talents?
How many children do I have?
If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what is one thing that I would bring?

So, it is official...

...we have decided to find out what our baby is when it is born!! Just the other day I thought..."What the heck! It will be fun to have this last little one be a surprise. I have already seen this baby at least seven times now and it still won't show itself...I don't want to be bummed again if we can't see what it is." When I told Dave that I didn't want to know what this baby is he was totally supportive and wants the surprise too. Ellie was a surprise so it will be fun that our first and last babies were surprises! Just thought I would let you know. The kids don't think it is so cool...they really want to know what we are having. So, the first week in September we will know...until then we are having a darling little "it"!

Outside fun!

The first three pictures are pictures of the kids out at my mom and dad's house. They were helping Papa pick up the grass after he mowed. The kids love going out to their house and they love running around in my parents huge yard. The other day they were able to help Nana and Papa with planting more in their garden and loved it.

A couple of weeks ago the kids were outside on a very windy day trying to fly Slater's kite and in the one picture with slater in his glasses do you notice the kite string is stuck on his glasses? Notice his funny ear? The other picture of Slater with the helmet is cute...notice his ear there? Hope you enjoy a few of these pictures!

Blessings...

I haven't posted in a while. Today I am very grateful for my blessings. I am so grateful for challenges and for the power of prayer. Sometimes life stinks but by putting our trust in the "Man Upstairs" we can feel peace and love. I have been going through a lot of things the last few days and feel so blessed to have my good family: A husband that I love and adore SO VERY MUCH!!! Children that are so wonderful and precious to me. I have amazing parents who love and support me and brothers and sisters that I can enjoy and do things with. I don't mean for this post to sound like a "testimony meeting" but I just feel overwhelming feelings of love and gratitude today. Challenges make us stronger and can help us more understand the unselfish sacrifice of the Savior. Today is a good day.

I really do plan to post some pictures soon. I have some fun ones of the kids.

We had an ultrasound and...

it looks like we will be having a mystery baby! Last week I was in the hospital for a painful cyst and the ultrasound tech said, "Oh, it looks like a girl...oh wait, the baby moved and now it looks like a boy." She said that my Dr. will have to figure it out. So, we went in yesterday for the sex check and the Dr. said, "Yep, I'd say it looks like 95% girl...oh wait, the baby moved and now it looks like a boy." The Dr. said I would probably have to wait about 10 more weeks to find out. Ahhhhh! I was so bummed to not know what this little person is. I guess I am having to learn patience in many ways with this pregnancy. I have had a lot of issues and concerns and I guess it shouldn't surprise me that we couldn't see what it is. Oh well, I sure hope 10 weeks will go by fast so I can get ready for this little person to makes it's appearance. My sister Megan with her first baby was told that it was a girl...when she delivered the "girl" it came out almost a 10lb baby BOY! I really don't want a surprise like that...I want to know for this last baby! I guess we will all keep on guessing as to what it is!

Long time no post!

So, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. It's time to update on what's going on in our household. I guess first of all I am so ready for Spring!! Will it ever come? One day we will have nice weather and the next it will be pouring rain or snowing...I don't get it. I am so looking forward to some nice warm weather.

The kids are staying busy with school. Both Ellie and Emma just finished up their jumprope class. Both of them have really excelled in their jumping rope and speed. It is fun to see them improve and succeed. Miss Ellie went to the Civic yesterday to watch a play called "Old Yeller". She loved it. This girl loves to read and has started reading Harry Potter and can't seem to put it down. Emma on the other hand doesn't seem to enjoy reading as much. She likes to find excuses and would rather find a really easy book to read really fast and be done. We have to continue to encourage her to read and that she reads well. We have been reading our scriptures every night and the kids actually enjoy it! If we miss a night of reading we get chastized by the girls for not reading! I am grateful that they are gaining a testimony of the importance of reading the scriptures and what's even better is when they ask questions and understand what we are reading. Slater even takes a turn and we help him to read. Of course he just repeats but it sure helps with the speech problems that he has. Practice makes perfect!

Poor Dave has been working like a mad-man. He has been putting in 14 hour days at the site and at Sam's Club. We are trying very hard to get our debt gone and he has been working so hard to help reach that goal. He did apply for an IT position at BYU-I and he hopes to get it!! It would be an amazing job with great benefits and a good atmosphere. We were able to get him a suit last week which he hasn't had in a very long time. I must say he looks so handsome in his new fancy suit! He looks handsome even if he is in his pj's. I just love him!

I am finally starting to feel this little baby of ours move. What a blessing and a thrill to know that we are having another baby! This one will most likely be our last so I hope to enjoy every minute. I have a wonderful new Dr. and I love visiting their office...the office staff is awesome and I love my new Dr. I am glad to be in a new office for this last pregnancy. We find out what we are having on the 5th of May.

Mr. Slater is such a little joy! He has been talking quite a bit about the baby and says that my tummy will get bigger and bigger, then the baby will come out and that he will get to hold "her". He says "her" alot! I guess we will see if it is a "he" or a "she" soon enough. Slater seems to be doing better at speech therapy all the time. He still struggles with alot of words and sounds but we do see improvement all the time. We are proud of him and know that he can overcome his speech struggles.

I am loving my job as a Heritage Makers Consultant!!! I love, love, love this amazing company and what it does to help people write their stories. Heritage Makers books, cards, posters, etc. are awesome products! I love helping others discover that everyone has a story. Please go to my website (www.memoriesofgladness.com) and check out HM and what they are all about. I have had some great success the last couple of weeks and I just want to shout out to everyone how important it is to preserve your stories and not just the pictures. There is an old Indian Proverb that states something like this: "When someone dies it is as if a library burns down." Isn't it true?

Of course pictures are so important because a picture tells a story. I know that when I look at pictures of my grandparents or others who have gone before I just wish I knew the story in the picture. "Pictures without stories are like memories lost". Wether it's a HM book or another form of preserving your memories get them written! That is what I am trying to do. It is sometimes not easy but I know it will be worth so much to my children and grandchildren. I am so proud of my mom because she is in the process of writing her own personal history. Right now I am encouraging my dad to write down his mission experiences and one day I want to go through his pictures with him because I know it will trigger the stories and experiences. I know that when my parents and Dave's parents are gone I want my kids to know what their grandparents experienced. Anyway, thanks for letting me ramble on about my passion. I can't help it!

Looks like I better run and get some things accomplished today. I have a mound of laundry just screaming at me to wash, fold, and put away. Yuck!

Oops!

I posted the wrong address for the blog templates. It is http://onecuteblog.blogspot.com Sorry!