Kids say it best!

I have recently been having a lot of fun typing up stories and memories for each one of my kids that they said or did while growing up. I decided not to keep all of the fun and laughter to myself, but to share a few of the great ones...

Allison was an early talker. Because of this, she said quite a few comical things at a young age. One time, right after we had just started to introduce the idea of using the “big potty,” a friend of Mike’s came over and he used our restroom. When he came out of the restroom, Allison shouted to him, “Yeah, you did it!” Allison was pretty proud of him!

Another time, while Allison (2 years old) was learning to say her prayers, she would just repeat what we would tell her to say. One particular time, I told her to say, “Please help us to spread the gospel” and Allison repeated back, “Please help us to spread the gospel and the butter!” Both Mike and I could not stop laughing during the prayer. I love how concrete little children’s minds are!

This next one is probably my favorite. Mike and I were hanging up chicken wire on the block wall in the backyard (so the plants would attach and weave through it) of our townhome with some screws. While we were working away, the phone rang and Allison (3 years old) answered it. I could hear the person on the line ask her what she was doing. Allison said, “Uh, I am just playing while my parents are screwing!” Thankfully, the person on the phone ended up just being my sister, Sheryl. I quickly explained to her that we were just screwing screws into the block wall.

I know that McKay said some funny things too, but since I was building a house when he was starting to talk, I unfortunately didn't keep as good of records of his cute sayings. However, I do remember one incident that made me chuckle. When McKay was 3 years old, and I was pregnant with Grant, we were at the Doctor’s office. There was a lady in the waiting room who was almost due to have her baby so obviously her belly was big. McKay looked at her and then looked at me and said, “Mommy, she ate too much food.”

Grant is just starting to say a few words, so I am sure there will be more funny moments to come in the future. I look forward to laughing some more as I hear my children continue to show their innocence!

Here we go...

I have resisted blogging for a very long time. However, I have given in! I have never been good at journaling so maybe this will force me to keep a better record of our family happenings!

We have lived in Hurricane for about 5 1/2 years and I must say that I find myself enjoying life here considerably more than I thought possible. We love the weather, Mike's job, our home, and our great friends. I am very thankful that Heavenly Father knew that Hurricane would be a great fit for our family.

Christmas just passed and I must say that it was wonderful. Not because of the presents, but because of the time we were able to spend with family. We spent some time with both of our families this year. After hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year, it was wonderful to be "the guests." While we were at my parent's house we found out that my twin brother, Kirk, is expecting their first baby! We are all so excited for them because we know that they will be incredible parents!

I think it has snowed around 3 times now! Not all of them were big storms, but we rarely see snow so we get excited over the little flurries! We can't believe it...I don't remember a December like this one. The kids have had a lot of fun building snowmen and they even made a snow turtle.

I really am hesitant to write much because I have never been too keen on my ability to express the way I feel when I write. So, for now...this will do.