New Calling!!

So when I went into the bishops office in December for tithing settlement. He asked me how I liked my calling. I told him I loved it and to leave me right where I am. Then he said, "Well I have been thinking alot about you lately." So I said, "Don't do that." I was on the activities commitee and loved it, I have been in there for almost three years. So this last sunday I recieved a new calling in our ward. When the bishop asked me to come in to see him I had all these thoughts going through my head and one of them was my calling that I got. He asked me to be the 2nd councelor in the Young Womens. I am over the beehives and I am really scared! The only thing the bishop was worried about when he called me to this position is that Merrial is also in the young mens and we have really young kids. So he had a really hard time giving me this calling. But he told me that my name just keeps coming up to be in the young womens at this time. So not only am I getting a calling, but Merrials mom is getting a babysitting calling also every Tuesday night. So not that I wasn't all ready busy before I am really busy now! But I am excited about being in there and hope that I can do a good job with these girls and that they will like me as much as their last leader. Right now I feel like the girls don't really want the new presidancy in there, which I don't blame them. I remember when I would get a new young womens presidancy, I didn't want the old ones to leave. You get pretty attached to them. But I will hopefully win them over some day.

Smooth move Merrial!!

So Merrial goes and plays basketball every Tuesday and Thursday night. But this last Thursday night he came home at 11pm like he always does and woke me up and couldn't walk. He had come down on someone's foot and twisted his ankle and he was in a lot of pain. So we iced it all night and elevated it but in the morning it looked like this. So I made him go to the doctor just to make sure it wasn't broken. It was just sprained really bad, so they gave him a brace and told him to stay off of it. Yea right, so what did he do? He went out and tried to do chores, I will tell you that didn't last very long. So now I have an extra child at home to take care of, which is so much fun. I hope it gets better soon.

Brenden's Jr Jazz is over!!

Brenden going up to try and block her shot.

Some of these are really hard to see for some reason. But here is Brenden dribbling down the court.

Taking the ball down the court to make a basket and he made it.

Trying to get a rebound.

Here is his basketball team. We started out with 12 kids and by the end we had 8-9. Brenden loves to play basketball and I thought this wouldn't be a very good sport for him because he is so little but he is a scrappy little player. I also realized, he has actually grown quite a bit lately because he is almost even with the boys in his class. But the girls still tower over him by about a foot. I will tell you I am so glad basketball season is over and I don't know why but I always have to either be the coach or assistant coach. I don't even sign up to do it but always end up one or the other. I think that I am just going to have to start saying no.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

My sweet husband showed up with my favorite flower for Valentines day. I love white roses!! I told him not to get me anything and he still got me flowers. I just want to let him know how much I love him.

So every Valentine's Day I get my children shirts. They know they are getting them and ask for them every year. Brooklyn so far wants to match her baby sister, so I have to do it while she still wants to. Because I know it won't last long. I also decided this year instead of getting them candy to go with their shirts, I got them each a valentine book which they loved. We ended up reading them all morning, which was so much fun to have that time with them.

As you see Brooklyn loves her baby sister and Addison is always trying to get away. If you notice lately, everytime I take a picture of Addison her fingers are in her mouth. Poor baby is getting her molars and is miserable. So any way, I just wanted to tell everyone Happy Valentine's Day! Hope everyone's day was wonderful.

Out of the mouths of babes!!

Okay, so I saw this posting on Carrie's blog but it reminded me of something that Brooklyn said the other day. Her and I were in my bathroom getting ready and she said to me, "Mom when I have a baby I am going to name her sparkles. " I said, "Oh really, I think your husband might have something to say about that." and she said, "No, I will be in charge just like you." It is so funny to see what your children actually pick up from what is going on around them. It just makes me realize even more how careful you have to be. I think that I will start posting things like this when they say stuff because they say stuff all the time that blow me away.

Tag - 10 Things

10 Things I Love:



1. My family.

2. My house when it is clean.

3. Going out to dinner when we are up state because we

have no good places to eat here.

4. Cuddling up with my kids and reading books

5. Holding my baby when she sleeps.

6. Going on family vacations.

7. I love Twix!

8. Being creative and having whatever it is turn out cute.

9. When it is snowing and it is so beautiful.

10. When my kids run up to me and give me a big hug after

I have been gone for a little while.





10 Things I Hate:



1. Being lied to.

2. A messy house.

3. Finishing all the laundry and then you turn around and have a whole

other load just because it is the end of the day. IT NEVER ENDS!!!

4. Driving up state. When you have lived in a small town for so

long it is really hard to deal with all the traffic. It gives me anxiety.

5. When you have worked really hard on dinner and your kids won't

eat any of it.

6. When people always have to compete with everyone.

7. When I get cow manure tracked in my house after my husband and

kids have been out doing chores.

8. That my kids are getting big so fast.

9. When telemarketers call every 10 minutes.

10. When Merrial is watching tv and ignores everything that is going

on around him. Like he isn't even there.





10 Random Things:



1. I have started making bows for girls hair and starting a blog to sell them.

2. I like to reorganize things all the time.

3. My uncle is Grizzly Adams.

4. I have been to disneyland over 1000 times.

5. My dad worked for Walt Disney when I was little.

6. I said that I would never marry a farmer and that is exactly what I did.

Never say Never, it always comes true.

7. I have gotten really bad kidney stones during all three of my pregnancies.

I have just decided it comes with being pregnant.

8. I have gotten my gall bladder and appendix out.

9. I love to read!

10. My weakness is warm right out of the over chocolate chip cookies.

I tag: Mel, Becky, Lindsey, and Stacy.

I have been tagged!!

This is a picture of my two girls when they are the cutest! Addison was only 2 weeks old in this picture and Brooklyn was 3 yrs old. I am tagging Amanda Leonard, Ginnie, Melanie, Becky, Amanda Bennett and whoever else wants to do it. Instructions: Go to your picture file, go to your 6th folder and post the 6th picture and explain!