I'd Like to Bear My Testimony

So Addie walked up to the wood-burning stove we have in our basement and started talking 'at' it. I wasn't sure what she was doing until I really listened..

"I'd like to bear my testimony, I know the church is true. I'm thankful for Jesus. I love the gospel. We're thankful for all that we have. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

What? Did she just bear her testimony to the stove?

Pretty clever when you actually notice that the knob to open the flue looks just like a microphone.

Now that's one smart cookie, with a pretty darn cute testimony.

It Was Finally Time

Yup, I decided that Ryan's hair was getting a little too scraggly, so I took the clippers to his head last Friday and we ended up with this. Ben actually wanted me to leave his hair long because it was really easy to tell who was who (with one having short hair and the other long). In fact, he came home from work, swept up Ryan in his arms to look at his new 'do', and then turned to me and said, 'this is Ryan, right?'

Not too shabby, eh?

I'm pretty proud of the end result because this little guy's head was constantly moving! The job was not easy!

I tried SOOO hard to get these guys to look at the camera at the same time. To no avail, it did NOT work. I wanted to see if you thought they looked identical. I don't think so but I also spend LOTS of time with them and am able to see their different personalities shine through. The above picture is Ryan and Nathan is below.


And one of them both in the tub. Cute little buddies!

Simple Conversation

(Enter Addie with a long sleeve dress on)

Addie: Mom, I'm cold.

me: Okay, hunny. That dress looks like it's pretty warm, but you can change if you want to and put on something warmer.

Addie: Okay.

(Exit Addie)

(Enter Addie again, 5 minutes later, with a short sleeve shirt on and a miniskirt)

Addie: That's better.

She makes me smile...

(These pictures were taken at the Cheyenne Botannical Gardens. It's such a pretty place this time of year!!)

Enough About Me, Let's Talk about You. What Do You Like About Me?

20 years ago I was,
1. 11 years old
2. in 6th grade
3. seriously, who can remember that far back?

10 years ago I,
1. graduated from BYU
2. was called to serve a mission in Adelaide, Australia
3. recently returned from a BYU study abroad trip to the Holy Land

5 years ago I,
1. was not even married!
2. was teaching 1st grade to a bunch of 5-6 year olds at Orem Elementary
3. bought a piano and had it hauled up to the 3rd floor of the condo complex that I lived in (now I just need to learn how to play)!

3 years ago I was,
1. celebrating the birth of my daughter Adelaide
2. living in Orem, Utah in the condo Ben and I bought together when we got married
3. trying to convince Ben that we didn't need to start having another child yet

1 year ago I,
1. gave birth to twin boys and my oldest had just barely turned TWO!
2. had just moved from our condo in Orem to our first home in West Jordan!
3. made another best friend

So far this year I,
1. have moved from West Jordan, Utah to Cheyenne, Wyoming
2. have seen Nathan and Ryan turn 1!!
3. witnessed my older sister Sarah get married in the Salt Lake City Temple (she was beautiful!)

Yesterday I,
1. turned 31 and had a party with family to celebrate (well, as much as you can party on the Sabbath)
2. watched conference
3. got tickets from Ben (my bday present) to see Celine Dion perform LIVE in Denver on November 19th (yay!)

Today I,
1. am doing LOTS of laundry
2. got up early and ran 3 miles!
3. am happy because the boys are napping as I type this

Tomorrow I will,
1. take my kids to the library
2. get up early and exercise again
3. wait and see what happens!

p.s. Thanks to all of you who called or emailed me yesterday on my big day. It meant a lot and I surely do luv and 'ppreciate ya.