The Magic of Christmas

I love seeing Christmas through my children’s eyes, could anything be more magic? 

  

 

  

 

I am so grateful for all that I have, I am SO blessed.  I have the most handsome loving great husband in the whole world, beautiful, amazing children, and everything I need to take care of my family.  I am so grateful for our Savior, for him coming to earth, suffering for my sins, and sacrificing his life so that I can live again, and have my family with me for all eternity. 

I hope that all of you can feel the magic of this Christmas season in your lives.

On a side note, I think my son’s beautiful hair has now turned into a mullet… ha ha we are true rednecks now.

What is your favorite family tradition?

Rockstar!!

Easton started guitar lessons Nov 5th, he has them once a week.  I am in awe of his abilities, he already recognizes from A up to a high G on the treble clef,  can tell you what note it is and play it on the guitar, and has also memorized Jolly Old Saint Nicholas!  I am pretty sure he is on his way to being a Rockstar!  I love this little man, and am so proud of him, if you couldn’t tell ha ha. :) 

Until I get a video camera you have to endure lots of pictures and only imagine the music. ;)

“Jolly Old Saint Nicholas….”

 

“Lean your ear this way…..”

“Don’t you tell a single soul what I’m going to say.  Christmas Eve is coming soon now you dear old man.”

  

“Whisper what you’ll bring to me…”

 

  

“Tell me if you can.”

Did you hear it, did you hear it?  Oh…  Well I promise it was beautiful and most impressive. :D

Are you ready for Christmas?

Phew Thank the Heavens That’s Over… ;)

I was asked to speak in church today about the internet, and missionary work.  It really opened my eyes.  Did you know that over 1,966,514,816 people use the internet?  That is a lot of people!  Did you also know that 40% of Americans read blogs.  Crazy huh…  As I was researching for my talk there was so much info that it was almost overwhelming.  There have been several talks given about what and how you can spread the gospel through your online profiles, blogs etc.  Here are just a couple:

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=72443645a2cba110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=931e52605a4e3210VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

Here is a quote from M. Russell Ballard’s talk he gave at BYU Hawaii in December of 2007

“Now, may I ask that you join the conversation by participating on the Internet to share the gospel and to explain in simple and clear terms the message of the Restoration. Most of you already know that if you have access to the Internet you can start a blog in minutes and begin sharing what you know to be true. You can download videos from Church and other appropriate sites, including newsroom.lds.org, and send them to your friends. You can write to media sites on the Internet that report on the Church, and voice your views as to the accuracy of the reports. This, of course, requires that you understand the basic principles of the gospel.”

Then later in his talk he said:

“The Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ has no doubt had a powerful impact on your life. It has, in part, shaped who you are and what your future will be. Do not be afraid to share with others your story—your experiences as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. We all have interesting stories that have influenced our identity. Sharing those stories is a nonthreatening way to talk to others. Telling those stories can help demystify the Church. You could help overcome misperceptions through your own sphere of influence, which ought to include the Internet.”

If you haven’t been to mormon.org lately I would highly encourage it.  When you first enter their site, a profile of a member will be there with a picture, then it will slowly scroll through several other profiles, and one about “what is the purpose of my life, who am I, why am I here, what happens when I die?  Every member has the opportunity to create a profile and share their story.  It is awesome, members and investigators can go on and search for members like them.  They give you several search tools, gender, age, ethnicity, continent, previous religion, and a blank box to type in whatever you choose to add to your search, like hobbies, career’s etc.

I know there is a lot more that I personally can do, I can’t imagine my life without the gospel, and the help, answers, and peace that it brings.  I wanted to put a link on my blog to mormon.org because of some of the council that I read.  I searched and searched for a button that I really liked.  They had some super cute ones with the Salt Lake Temple, but none with the Vernal Temple, so I decided to create my own.  If you think it is cute, and would like to link your blog or website to mormon.org you are more than welcome to take it and use it. 

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m an alien

I was editing pictures this morning, and my little Ian walked up by me and said “I’m an alien!”  I looked over at him, and just bust up…  How could I not?  He had taken the swimming goggles that Court had bought for he and Easton this summer and put them on backwards. 

WARNING:  picture overload, to try and make up for my family blog lacking skills.  ;)

 

                                       

                 

Then he pushes the band up, “It’s me Ian Mom,  ta da!”   “Oh there you are I was worried.” :D

 

Then he “magically” transforms back into an alien….

  

   

It’s a good thing alien’s are so stinkin’ cute!!

                                      

Oh wait, what, I mean who do we have here?

              

   

                                        

I’m not sure who the man in the goggles is yet, when we figure that out we will get back to you.

Oh and we will be back later this week with something new Easton is doing.. :)

This Little Man of Mine

 

This little man in my life is growing into such a big man. 

This morning I was going through Easton's book bag to make sure I got everything that needed to be signed signed, when I noticed it felt a little bit heavy.  I opened the small pocket, and to my surprise there were a few sets of his Lego's in there.  His Lego Indiana Jones car, a Lego Airplane, some random Lego's, and then about five men.  With the Lego's there were also three jolly ranchers.  I took the Lego's out, and then went to tell him because I didn't want him finding them missing at school later and not know where they went.  

Here is our conversation

Me:  Easton I took the Lego's out of your book bag you little raccoon, what were you doing with them in there?  (Don't worry Racoon is my pet name for them, please advise if I am scarring them for life...;)  )

Easton:  You left the candy though didn't you mom?

Me:  Yes I left the candy.

Easton:  Because I was taking it to give to a little Kindergartener that is mean to me.

Me:  What?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (I was in shock...  What?  He hadn't come to me and asked me what to do, or even told me what was going on, and yet he figured out a perfect way to solve it.  And what!?  There is a child being mean to him and it is only the second day those Kindergartener's have been there!)

Easton:  It's this mean Kindergartener, and he pushes me and shoves me.  I thought if I took him a candy then he would be nice.

Oh my heaven's, can I tell you how proud I am, no humbled..  that would be the better word.  My children continue to teach me every day.  How he thought of this, and knew that it would work I have no idea, but I am in awe.  What a smart and grown up little man!