Petco Field trip

For Preschool the kids learned about pets, so today we went to Petco and saw the animals. At this particular one, they have a doggy day care where they had literally dozens of dogs running around behind the glass. The girls loved it.

Anna's Salon

Last night Aaron was working late, and I wanted to watch the republican presidential debate. I know, I'm a dork. Anyhow, I needed the girls to be able to entertain themselves for a while so this is what Anna came up with. Luckily Brooklyn was a pretty good sport. Needless to say I was able to watch most of the debate while Anna attempted to put every bow we had into Brooklyn's hair. Enjoy

Fat free Friday

In honor of fat free Friday... (everything is fatfree on Friday :) )I decided to make homemade Cinnamon rolls for the first time. Boy is it a long process, and with a 3 year old and an 18 month old constantly wanting to offer their tremendously slow, I mean expert help, it seems even longer. I think that Aaron was pleasantly surprised. He shouldn't get too used to it though.

Family night

Tonight we talked about Thanksgiving for family night. For the closing song instead of singing a primary song, Anna proceeded to make up a song about turkeys. Enjoy!

Anna singing

Staying in

The weather has turned quite cold and raining today. I decided to make cookies today with Anna after Brooklyn went down for a nap. I love to have her help me in the kitchen. She is such a big help and is always so proud of herself when she does things all by herself. Her favorite part is helping me clean up.... by licking everything clean!

What do you think?

I succumb. It's all my sister fault. She started to play around with creating her own html and so that got my creative juices flowing. Aaron and I spent about 2 hours last night trying to figure it out and couldn't. So frusterating. It started to just become about being able to just figure out how to do it. With the help of my sister Angie this morning I realized that I was copy and pasting the wrong link into the html. It was fun once it starting working. It has taken some time to get it this far but I think it is fun. Enjoy!

My Thanks

My dear friend Samye has "tagged" me to write about things that I am thankful for. I am actually so grateful for this opportunity because I have been reflecting lately on all that I have and the responsibility that I have to give back to others because I have been so blessed. I don't usually journal on my blog for a couple of reason. #1 I don't have the writing skills or wit that many of my fellow bloggers have, and #2 It is a little scary to feel so vulnerable to those who visit blog. So I will do my best!

1. My Husband: Aaron is my rock. I am so lucky to have a man that works so hard for our family. He is currently working full-time, studying for the CPA Exam, full-filling church responsibilities, helping me at home with our girls, and just being a great man. I am blessed that he is my companion and partner. I love you.

2. For my Beautiful daughters, Anna and Brooklyn. They are my biggest joy and challenge. Is that possible? I am so blessed to be a mom and to have the responsibility in teaching and learning from my kids. I am often over-whelmed at how scary our world is. It reinforces to me how important my JOB as a stay at home mom really is. I look forward to our family growing in the future.

3. For the Gospel. What can I say. I love this gospel more than I can express. It is because of my faith and covenants, that I am able to be with my family forever. Wow!

4. My health and that of my family. I feel so blessed that I can wake up with my kids and Aaron and get on with our day and enjoy all the beauty around us. I think about parents who have kids who are very sick or other problems that make even the most basic tasks very hard. Next time I complain about Brooklyn throwing her food on the ground after she's finsihed, I remember that I could have to help a child who can't walk or speak.

5. My Freedom. Watching the news makes me very anxious sometimes. I become very overwhelmed at the great evil that is out there in the world. I have to remember that my Father in Heaven is in control and that if I live right everything will be alright in the end. We are blessed to live in America.

6. Yummy Food: This probably seems like a weird one but I am really grateful that I can go to a grocery store that is stocked with delicious and healthy food. There are so many people who just don't have enough to eat, and don't have the variety that we do. It makes my job at making dinner so much easier. and I just love to eat :)

7. A warm place to sleep at night. I am so blessed to be able to lay my head down each night and know that I can sleep in a warm safe place and that my girls can rest in a warm bed safe from the elements.

This is vary random and I could go on and on but those above just about cover it. I am going to Tag: Erin, Aubrey, Denise & Alison

Halloween fun

We have had a crazy week, but I wanted to share a few pictures of our fun. PS: Anna is doing better from her hives. Phew!



Frosting cookies for family night


Ummm.. I love pumpkin seeds


Carving pumpkins


Anna & Brooklyn hiding under daddys desk after trick-or-treating at his office


Sisters



Anna our snow princess