Allison and Mom Learn songs for Christmas eve night

Allie and I are leraning some songs to sing for our family night on Chrristmas Eve. She is playing The first Noel on the piano from the Hynm book(top hand) I can not beleive how fast she picked that one up in a half hour. She has a great teacher she looks at the notes and learns it then memorizies the songs. Too bad she won't do that with all of her songs in her piano books. I guess she likes it if she likes the song. Any ways then Allie and the little kids are going to sing Little Jesus. I am going to see if I can get Joseph to play a song also. He does really good at the piano but is currentlly not playing because he as to many other things going on and until his behavior is better we can no over stimulate him or he gets out of control and very emotional. I am so excited for Christmas and to enjoy the season of our Savior.

Josephs Baptism

We have been so busy with the Holidays that I have not been able to take a break and write so I thought that I would take a few minutes before life gets busier. Well I can hardley beleive that my son is 8 and is now baptized and is a member of the church now. I can not beleive how fast life goes. It was just yesterday that he was placed in my arms as a newborn. And now he is again new and clean form sin. I love him. He as grown so much and and has learned so many things. I am so happy that our SAvior has entrusted me to be his mother. I love him. I am amazed at how much he has grown to love his Savior I hope that I can continue to provide the atmosphre for him to feel of the Spirit and the love of his Savior. I love the gospel and the knowlegde that it brings to us. What a peaceful feeling in these times of trouble that we feel in this world at this time.

Was that a yard sale

We were driving to a friends house to drop something off when my children saw a house that has a whole front yard full of christmas decorations. Allison and a Josephs asked Mom is that a yard sale!!!! I thought that was just so cute and funny.

Michael and his desires to onday climb a mountian

Ok so mabe just climbing on to the table chairs couches and the top rail of his crib. I need to get him into gymnastics so that he can do the beam, he will walk across very small boards, like it is no big deal while my heart is trying not to leap out of my throat as I race to grab him. Well Last Sunday he decided to climb out of his crib and lost his balance for the first time and caught himself with his hands, He cryed for about two hours and would not use his left arm much. He finallay started to use it, I gave him some IBProfen and he went to sleep. I hoped that he would be fine but he still would not use his left arm much the next day so finallay on Tuesday I took him in and the Dr. looked at his arm. He said that it did not seem broken he was not crying when he did the stress tests. He sent us to exrays and the results were that he had broken it. He had a buckle fracture on the top of his radius up by the wrist. He was lucky enough that it was not bad enough to cast it so we were sent home with a splint that I could take off and on when needed. Michael has sense learned how to unwrap it so it is a struggle to keep it on. He still manages to somehow suck his fingers. He does not seem bothered anymore by it.

Michael's favorite swiming pool

Well I have to say that michael loves water. When I turn the water on in the kitchen to do the dishes he comes running with excitment to play in the water. When he hears the bath start he comes running lifts up his shirt and trys his hardest to take it off. Sometimes he even just climbes in the bathtub fully dressed waiting for someone to turn the water on. Well he knows that I will not turn the water on unless it is bath time so to my suprise I walk in to the bathroom to find our 18 month old Micheal taking a swim in side the toilet, yes you heard me right Michael climbed into the toielt bowl and was sitting in the toilet just playing away like nothing was wrong. Of course I wanted to gag, luckly I had just cleaned the toilet eairlier that day. He his the only one of my 5 children that has had any intrest with the bathroom, so we keep the door closed.

Family History is a lot of work!!!!!!

Sam, Janae(our cousin),Sally, Lanny, Seth

Jacob and Cousin Rachel

Lanny

Sam, Seth, Sally

Well tonight after the kids went to bed I started workin on a project that is on going. Let me tell you how fun it is. I have been scanning pictures of my family as we have grown up so that we can preserve them and so that all of us kids can have copies via a CD (did I ever mention how much I love the computer and all the many things that it does)!!!!!

I am working on this and another project and hopefuly it will be done by christmas. Any ways I thought that I would give a sample of the pictures just a few of what is to come. enjoy

Sleepy Little Michael

Today was turn to clean my carpet. That meant thatSpencer and Maddie were excited because they were going to beable to watch T.V . on moms bed. Now Michael is attached to me and concequencly he likes to follow me around every where if he can not see me he is sad. I was having difficultty trying to get the carpets cleaned with a cute little short helper so I convinced him to watch tv with his siblings I though that this would not last long. I came back 5 min later to check on the kids and there was my cute baby folded over sleeping like an angel. The other kids were peacfully watching a pbs show. It was just so cute.