To have Guns or not to have Guns.

If you have a little boy I am sure you have posed this question. Is it OK to let them play with toy guns, swords, and other toy weapons? Let me just say that even if I had tried to keep them away from our house it wouldn't have done any good. Austin can and does turn everything he touches into some kind of weapon. His latest was turning a ruler into a "flame thrower", he launched Legos from it and knocked things down.

So on Monday night Austin was in charge of the lesson for Family Home Evening. We try to let the kids do their own thing, but require that we have some kind of Gospel meaning in it. So when it came time for the lesson Austin made everyone go to the kitchen table with paper and pencils. We were suppose to draw pictures of guns. Then he says "We are drawing these pictures so we can appreciate that we have guns, because in Nephi's time they only had bows and arrows." At least he got a gospel message in there.

Happy Birthday to Kambree

She turned 3!!!!! And doesn't she just look the part.

3 Wonderful things about my 3 year old.

1. She loves to give BIG hugs.
2. She is a girlie girl.
3. She loves to help do any kind of chore.


Before I know it she will be in school and leaving me at home all by my self. Where does the time go.

Funerals are great for family reunions.

This past week my Grandmother passed away. (We all called her GG) Her funeral and viewing were up in Idaho. I was able to see so many of my cousins that I haven't seen in 4 years. Since the last funeral. So sad! But we are all kind of spread out and it makes it hard to get together just for fun. But I thought it would be fun to post a few things I remember most about my GG.

1) She taught me how to play Rummy, and how to win.
2) We had to walk to school, and our favorite thing to do was to stop and GG's and warm up by her fire. She always gave us candy.
3) She grew the biggest roses ever.
4) My earliest childhood memory was riding on her big tricycle/bike.
5) We would go over to her house on Sundays and watch Hee Haw and eat popcorn.
6) She had fun coloring books.
7) She loved to go to garage sales.
8) She always looked at my finger nails and compared them to hers. Hers were long and pointy, mine were short and stubby.
9) Her house is the best place to watch the Inkom 4Th of July parade.
10) I don't ever remember her NOT having gray/white hair.

I will miss her, but am glad she is with her sweetheart and my Dad.

10 ways you know your kids are growing up.

1) You know your kids are growing up when their foot is almost the same size as yours (she is 7).
2) You know your kids are growing up when your 5 year old son puts his arm through yours and says you are his date.
3) You know your kids are growing up when your baby no longer wants to take naps.
4)You know your kids are growing up when your oldest needs a bra and deodorant (a must!).
5)You know your kids are growing up when you get a full 7 hours of sleep.
6) You know your kids are growing up when your child asks you to pick a zit for them.
7) You know your kids are growing up when your son asks for a pocket knife for his birthday(so he can get some carving skills, his words not mine).
8) You know your kids are growing up when you no longer have any desire to replace the cracked and broken sippy cups.
9) You know your kids are growing up when your husband does the laundry and can't tell if the jeans are yours or the kids.
10) And last but not least you know your GIRLS are growing up when they are excited to watch Knight Rider because the guy in it is HOT!

Calling Dr. Ashby

This is our little Dr. My sister-in-law can sew amazingly well. My brother is in Med school in Pennsylvania and they had Kambrees name for Christmas. So of course my sister-in-law just wiped out this way too cute Dr. outfit. With surgical hat and all. Now we are all her patients, every day, all day.

Shoveling snow.

As Dad and son are shoveling the snow, the boy says "A man has to do what a man has to do". I guess snow removal is a MANS job!

Miracle boy.

Yesterday was Austin's 5Th birthday. He is our miracle boy in so many ways.

When he was born he had 2 knots in his cord and it was wrapped around his neck. The Doctor said if he had waited 1 more day to induce me the baby would have been dead.

Austin is a boy in a family full of girls, but he is all boy. He has so much energy and yet he gives the best hugs and kisses. He is a great brother also. He loves preschool along with anything from Star Wars, Speed Racer, Cars or Peter Pan. He wants to grow up to be a Firefighter, a Police man, and a Cop. (I guess in his mind those last 2 things are not the same.)

We love him so much and are grateful he decided to come to our family!