Don't worry eat HAPPY

I know I know i'm long over due...leave me alone..i mean read this then leave me alone....j/k
Look at this lady

Love her! Ms. Paula Deen!! I want to share with you something I learned this last week and here's the story:

Two women who were the best of friends worked at a spa in Hawaii as the cooks. To them there was no greater job in the world! Cooking good healthy food that everyone loved AND living and playing in the most beautiful place on the Earth what could be better? Well one day these lovely ladies got in an argument over something stupid...but still had to do their job together in the kitchen. Feisty as they were to one another they got the food done and on the table. Story over? No, cause what happened was that every person that ate the food got heartburn. Why? well maybe the food was spicy, maybe they all had a little extra stress going on, or maybe, just maybe the bad attitude of the two lovely ladies rubbed off on the food.

I was sharing this story with a friend and she told me that she knew that Native Americans have the belief that the person preparing the food would mold the behavior of those they cooked for. So the moral of the story? Be HAPPY when you cook! Know that your making healthy meals for your family and not only feeding their bodies but their spirits too!

My First Day Blues

My pride and My joy.

Have you ever noticed that the first day of school has a certain smell. I noticed it in the air outside this morning. Maybe it's just me??

They're so excited to go I couldn't keep them if i wanted to.
For CRYING OUT LOUD the dog even wants to go!! Now we have a problem!

Here we go!

My baby boy!!

Have I made you sick yet?? My morning went off without a hitch other then my 3 year old would say "I'm sorry" to her big brother but wouldn't for all the rice in China say "I was wrong" sheeesh!! I blame their Father! I love having my kids home!! I love knowing if their happy or sad or hot or cold. I know they have to grow up sometime but when their this little?? The world is a scary place and my hope for the year is that they'll stay safe and happy.

Obedience and Trust

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My Husband

I have an eight year old who is giving me a run for my money!! I'm hoping it's his age and not my bad genes that are the source of his issues, you tell me. So Smarty has been having issues with listening and obeying which is giving me and Mr.Big some serious frustration.

Case in point:

I asked my son to clean the dining room.

meanwhile I'm folding his and his brothers clothes in my bedroom.

I walked out past the dinning room to put away the clothes in his room down stairs

my son is not in the dinning room and the jobs not done.

I go down to his room and there he is.

I asked him to please pick up his room since he'd obviously rather be there.

As I finish putting away his clothes I turn around and he's gone again.

I go back upstairs and there he is sitting in a chair playing his DS.

**sigh**

This past Sunday I think Mr.Big had enough of Smarty and his wayward ways. He first taught Smarty a little lesson on TRUST. He had Smarty stand on a short table and asked him to lean back. Obviously daddy would catch him and then he could start to explain what trust was. "if you don't do the things we ask then we can't trust you to do the things we ask" "obedience is trust and trust is obedience"

Mr.Big asked him to write about what he had learned and this is what he made:

It says "obedience means when somebody tells you something you do it." then there's a drawing with someone that resembles dad with a bubble that says "do not play your DS" and then Smarty's likeness says "yes dad". Mr.Big closed his discussion with a quote "It is better to be trusted than to be loved."
We'll see how this week goes.....

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

So me, Daddy, Smarty, and Miley took cousins Player and Sassy with us. Whata beautiful morning it was! We went early in the morning so as we walked into the celestial room the sun was coming right in through the windows and it was beyond beautiful. As we walked out they posted a sign that said during busy tour hours the celestial room would be blocked off and they had blocked it off right behind us. I'm so glad we were able to see it!yeah for us!! Okay, I am so not proud of how this beautiful picture came about, ME sprawled out on the ground in my dress with only like hundreds of people standing around but it was really, really the only way to get this picture.
Me and Mr.Big wait where'd my neck go......has anyone seen it?
Look at these two cute girls!! They both decided that this was the temple they were going to be princesses in and get married in their beautiful purple marrying dresses. We ventured next to the reception tent where it was beautifully accented with items from http://www.osmonddesigns.com/ AMAZING!!! So go take a look or stop by their store in Lehi, Ut.

I love these kids!! What a good day and what good company!! Thanks to Sissy K for watching all the little ones. I really wanted to put these pictures up today because of how important the Temple is to me. Yesterday Morning my Grandfather passed away. I love him and miss him already but I'm so grateful for those sealing ordinances in the temple so that I can be apart of his family forever. I have been so sad but today in primary the lesson was on family trees and I talked to the kids about their ancestry and family history. I was able to tell them a little about my grandad and also how he, and i, and my kids, and their kids are and will forever and always be apart of Our Eternal Family.

Have questions?

http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/

Lucky Girl

So I'm still knew to this whole bloggin thinger, but I love it! I'm having so much fun.....now I need to dress this place up a little. I've been shopping around for a new blog design and realize how much a computer tech I am not. I would love to be able to figure this all out myself and create a really sweet page but.... i can't. So in the mean time I'm having someone else do it for me(that's why I went to college right? ;o) So I've been looking and looking and I found this awesome blog that is adorable and has so much super cute stuff! Love it! Please check it out!!! and keep checking back to see if I've done my redecorating!!



http://www.luckygirlblogdesign.com/

do me a favor..... spread the word

Here's my Tuesday Tip!!
I've spent the better part of this beautiful day cleaning out our excursion after our summer full of awesome trips, so my auto dilemmas are fresh on my mind. I have a thought I wanted to share and if you would please pass this on I would be very grateful.
This is my beautiful Excursion that me and my five kiddos travel in when we are all together. So that's me, sometimes my husband, and five kids eight and under.

Now I have never claimed to have perfect children and I do my best at "preventative maintenance" so that I avoid the unnecessary. I'm sure we've all seen those crazy people who like to take up not one but TWO parking places.......well, I'm one of those people. I would now like to explain:

In the photo below I have made an attempt at capturing the wing span of my BMW(big Mormon wagon). Now as you can see my right tire is on the line and with my driver door open i am to the line on the left. Have i made my point yet
Obviously in my advanced age I can carefully open a car door without slamming into the car next to me however my children have not been so fortunate. Here is another photo to illustrate better my point. This came from a post called "Ford Excursion attacked my Celica" oh yes here it is

So please, no more notes no more looks. Yes I do know what I'm doing. I do not take up two parking spots because i think I'm bad, or awesome or because I'm worried about my car. No, no I do it because I'm concerned for yours.
So please let it be known.

Natural and Organic

So soon to come will be many super exciting stories of my trips, and hopes, and dreams but for now you'll have to hear me whine about a recent experience with my sister and some of our Chiclets. Look how cut they are!!!

Now all but 2 of the boys went shopping with me and the beauty queen. We saw many different places and faces and these precious babies were just the little troopers! We got lots of smiles and chuckles for these 7 little kiddos 6 and under until........yes, until we went to the "natural and organic" store.
We didn't even make it into the store before we encountered a woman who would not exit her car until we were no longer in her "area"......yes strange...we were fearless though in continuing on and upon entering the store a slight fight broke out over what else but the little tiny shopping carts. There were only 2 and of course we had 7 children so right then and there we realized the reason behind there only being 2 little carts. Apparently it's not natural or organic to bring more then 2 children to the whole foods store, the stares and glares became more then we could handle. The beauty queen made an attempt to divide and conquer and took some of them up to the restroom where things only got worse. Little Mooner opened a stall and found one shocked and UBER embarrassed woman who apparently doesn't believe in locking bathroom stalls. Mooner does her business and goes to wash her hands where she meets a woman who washes her hands like this:
1. turn on faucet to a low stream and quickly dampen hands
2.shut faucet off
3.get a small a mount of soap and scrub
4.turn on faucet to a low stream and quickly rinse hands
5.shut faucet off
6.tear small piece of paper towel
7.dry

mean while Mooner is taking a bath in the sink right next to her...teehee.the woman tells Mooner that she could turn the faucet off while she scrubs and Mooner looks at her an says "no, that's not what my mom teaches me to do" meanwhile the woman in the stall....is still in the stall, still to embarrassed to show her face.
Upon returning to me the beauty queen says she can't handle the stares and glares any longer and takes all but baby Eva out to the Excursion so that our beautiful, smart, funny,natural and organic children wouldn't be an annoyance to those around us.
Is it just my kids???
P.S. after all this they didn't have what i was looking for.