Muscles and a picnic

We picked up this Fantastic 4 costume at a yard sale last Sat. morning and Bryant has fallen in love with his new muscles. He wore them all day long. A little funny story, before lunch Karalee was saying the blessing and I noticed that the boys weren't being very reverent. I asked them if they closed their eyes during the prayer and Bryant said "No, I was looking at my muscles."

Last week we had a girl from our ward come over and they had a picnic for lunch in the back yard, not because I am a fun mom, but because I had just mopped the floor and I didn't want them to spill anything on it just yet.

So true

I recently found a quote in the book that I am reading that is so true. But first a little background as to what is happening in the story. A mother was trying to deal with her son in public while he was throwing a fit about getting some Cheetos. She tried to divert his attention else where, but when that didn't work she just gave them to him. She later heard other mother's criticizing her for giving in to his fit.

"Motherhood is the only job in the world where your every decision is questioned and doubted and criticized. No matter what you do, no matter what choice you make, someone somewhere is convinced that you are doing irreparable harm to your children. And she probably has a vocal, militant group of like-minded mommies on the Internet backing her up."

Dancing

The other night after we finished watching a movie Bryant started dancing to the song that was playing with the credits. He is so cute when he dances that I wanted to record it on camera. Surprisingly even Spencer joined in on the dancing. He is a pretty good dancer, but gets embarrassed to dance in front of us. I think his love for being on camera won out over his embarrassment.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Today is my Mom's birthday. She is such a wonderful mother and a very talented woman. I am so thankful to be her daughter and for all the valuable lessons she has taught me.

Need help with taxes?

My brother asked if I would also advertise for him. He is an accountant at a large company, but is looking to pick up a few clients on the side this tax season.

Great Quote

I recently finished another book by Richard Paul Evans called "Grace". I love this quote from the book. "To choose the path is to choose the destination. But sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking." I have thought a lot about this quote since reading it and thought I would share it with all of you. It helps me to remember to be careful with the choices I make.

A New Business

My sister and her husband recently started a new business called Vital Solutions MD. They help people lose weight using HCG. She asked all of her friends and family to help advertise on our blogs so that is what this post is all about. Check out the link under the picture of Karalee on the side of my blog if you are interested.

It's a ...

Yesterday at my doctor's appointment I found out that I am having another baby girl. I have been going back and forth for a long time as to whether or not I wanted to find out if I was having a boy or a girl, but what made me decide to go ahead and find out is that I really wanted another peak at the baby on the ultrasound just to make sure things are still going well (I worry a lot) and I knew the doctor would do another ultrasound if I told him I wanted to find out what I was having. The ultrasound looked good and the baby looks healthy. Now we just need to decide on a name for our new daughter. A name that is not too popular, but not made up sounding. Any suggestions?

What I spent

I spent $8.29 on the shopping trip I posted on Dec. 23rd for those of you who played along. My friend Cindy was the closest.

8 Years

Chad and I celebrated our eighth anniversary on January 2nd. I feel so lucky to be married to Chad. I knew he was a great man when we got married, and he continues to get more wonderful the more I learn about him. He is such a fabulous husband and father. I look forward to being with him for eternity!

One of our wedding pictures

This is probably my favorite picture of us together. It was taken a few months after we were married. I remember that I was already pregnant with Spencer when this picture was taken.