Attitude Adjustment

Karlenn’s lesson in YW today was wonderful!! Thank you so much! I feel like all these lessons are directed at me! LOL I have been getting so much out of them. Last weeks lesson was awesome too, Sister Hansen taught and her lesson along with Karlenn’s today have gotten me thinking about how I am as a mother and housewife. Sister Hansen’s lesson was on Homemaking and Karlenn’s was called Attitudes about our Divine Rolls. I really need to get my butt into gear! I’ve been kind of slacking in the mothering/homemaking front and Mark can attest to that! Ever since I was called to be a teacher in the YW I’ve noticed how bad it’s gotten.

I love my kids, but I feel like everything I have to do is a burden; get up at 6am(sometimes earlier!), change their diapers, get them breakfast, get them dressed, etc, etc. This lesson made me realize that I need to adjust my attitude! Instead of looking at situations, like not being able to sleep in, etc., I need to help them happily. I actually don’t mind about getting up with them, I mean, yes I would like to sleep in my bed without being disturbed until 8 am, but I will usually fall asleep on the couch while the kids watch TV before breakfast. Brynnan is my little baby these days and will run to me the minute he wakes up, lately he’s been waking up later than Jonas, and lay with me under the blanket on the couch. I love cuddle time with Brynnan! He is such a sweet little boy! He’s so funny about my hair now though! The other day I was doing the dishes and he runs into the kitchen, grabs the stool, puts it right behind me, stands on it and starts playing with my hair!! I was like what?! I thought it was funny!

Anyway, back on the subject….I’ve noticed that lately I get so frustrated by stupid things that don’t even matter and I feel like I yell a lot. If I were to take a step back and then look at the situation from a different angle I could react differently and not yell so much. I’m going to work on that this week.

I have been blessed with these children that belong to Heavenly Father and I am so thankful for them! They are a part of who I am and they are the reason I wake up every morning, as well as my husband!:) Thank you for the wonderful lessons! I really enjoy being in YW and hearing the wonderful things you all have to say!

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Wanna know how I got these scars?

Brynnan was drinking Kool-Aid at dinner. It was watered down, and it still stained his face to look like a certain some-one from a recent summer blockbuster.

For those with no imagination, or no idea who I’m talking about, does this make it easier?

BONUS! Guy Fawkes edition:

Monday Night Fun

We had the Heath’s over for dinner again Monday night. It was very delicious! Thanks Mark, for cooking!!:) After dinner we had a little lesson for Family Home Evening, which Megann provided for us. We sang songs and looked at pictures and sang more songs. The boys loved it!! I guess that’s all we have to do to get them to enjoy FHE:) They love to sing and help by holding pictures. Megann brought over little paper plates for each of the kids and drew smiley and unhappy faces on them. The boys liked that song to go along with the plates.

After the lesson we had ice cream and then Jonas wanted to watch a TV show so Mark said ok. I don’t know what’s up with Jonas lately! Usually, if he has a friend come over all he wants to do is play in his room, but lately he just wants to watch TV and movies!!:P So I snapped some pictures of the kids sitting on the couch together:)

Sunday Mornings

This year we have church from 11:30-2:30. We’ve never had church at this time so it’s different for us. We’ve done the 9 am and 1 pm times before, but never during lunch AND naptime!!:P

Anyway, I was just wondering what anyone of you do on Sundays when you have to wait so long to go to church? I don’t like it because I wake up between 6 and 6:30 with the kids and I feel like we have so much time, but the next thing I know it’s 10:30 and no one is dressed or ready yet! We usually watch movies or the kids have favorite TV shows they like, but I feel like we need to spend more time together as a family doing other stuff.

Does anyone have any ideas? My kids get really bored fast, unless they get wrapped up in a toy in their room, which lately doesn’t happen a whole lot. I’ve been thinking I should invest some money in craft supplies like construction paper and stickers, etc. They love to color, but again that only holds their attention for a few minutes. I’ve also been thinking today about how maybe Sundays we should focus more on the gospel and teaching our kids instead of watching movies and TV. Mark’s mom got the kids a subscription to the friend so we could start reading that together, but I’m afraid the kids won’t listen or be interested. I’ve tried this before and they really weren’t. I guess I could always read it beforehand and shorten things up so they won’t get so bored.

Well, I guess I’m just rambling on now. If you have any suggestions that would be great!!:)

Who is the Prophet?

I was asking Jonas today if he knows who the Prophet is and he said, “Mmmhhmm”. I then asked him if he knew the Prophets name. I had to blog about his reply, “The Prophet is for Jesus” was what he told me! LOL I thought that was really cute and funny!

Everyone Poops

So you’ve all heard of this book, right? If you’ve seen the movie Dan in Real Life you know which book I’m talking about. Well, Jonas brought home a Scholastic book order a month ago and I saw that book. I thought it might be good to buy to help Brynnan want to use the potty. I thought it would be a “cute” little book (I’ve never actually read it!), so I decided to buy it. Jonas brought it home the other day and I started reading it…. It is the worst book ever!!!! It is really gross to read, but Mark is really excited about reading it with the kids. Especially with some sound effects, I’m sure!

Food Storage Fanatic

So most of you know that I’m a food storage fanatic! LOL I love the idea of being prepared for the future and I want all of my friends and family to be as well so I share all of that stuff with you here on my blog!:)

Anyway, I was talking to my mom today and she was saying how she clicked on one of the food storage links on the side of my blog, the one for Every Day Food Storage,

and through it she found a link to another really good blog called The Obsessive Shopper.

And the last one, Food Storage Made Easy.

You need to check out these blogs!! They’re so helpful and I don’t have time to check them out for you and explain why ( I’m cleaning like crazy!:P), but I just wanted to hop on here and say that I’m excited about them and I hope you are too:) LOL Oh, and here’s the main site for all 3 of them. It’s called The Fun with Food Storage Network.

Mark and I are going to our wards annual Sweethearts Dance tonight. We’re just going for the dinner. I’m in charge of taking everyone’s picture and printing them out. I hope it’ll be fun! One of my YW girls is babysitting the boys for us so that’s nice.

Have a great Valentine’s Day weekend!:)

Insurance Premiums…. YUCK!!!

Ok, so what is it with Insurance companies? Why am I put into the same category as people that use their coverage NON STOP and use every piece of it??!!! I go to the doctor about 3 times a year. I have normal labs and tests done that wouldn’t drive my premium up dramatically every year. I’m really annoying with this!! Next year I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to pay my premium. I just had to up my deductible to $5000 a year!! Next year I’ll probably have to go up to $7500:P but after that I’m sure my rate will be through the roof!

Please, tell me there is a reason I’m put in the same category as the people that go to the doctor and spend their whole deductible every year!! I mean seriously, does my insurance company really care about me?! ARGH!! I’m really frustrated! We’re considered “Middle class” workers now because Mark gets paid “enough” but does the government take into consideration the bills that a normal citizen pays each month??? Luckily for us we still qualify for a deferment through our loan company because if we didn’t we wouldn’t be able to eat!! And I’m not joking either. Our loans would be $400 a month. Yikes! So hopefully when we have to start paying on those next year (or the year after I can’t remember) we’ll be able to afford them!

Ok, that’s my schpeell for today. Sorry you had to read that, but I had to let off steam! Hope you all have a great day!

Watching the Cupcakes

The Heath’s came over for dinner and desert tonight. Megann brought over a cake mix to make and cook the cupcakes. As the time was nearing the end Lainey and Brynnan wanted to turn the oven light on to look at them. It was so cute so of course I grabbed my camera!:)

CUTE!:)

Brynnan and Lainey thought it was so much fun to take turns watching the cupcakes. Especially since I was taking pictures! After each picture they would rush to me and say, “I wanna see!!” It was so funny!

Yes, they are LICKING the oven. UGH! Who knows how dirty that is!

Stay together! LOL When the timer went off we told the kids to stay back and they all huddled together. It was so cute and funny! Lainey made sure that the all stayed close to each other. You can’t tell, but she’s holding onto Brynnan:) Such a good little friend…and mother!

Lainey and Brynnan were so excited about the cupcakes being done that they started jumping up and down and going crazy! They’re so much a like, but so different! I love that they are such good friends!

So Proud!

Tonight as we were watching the potty training DVD we have to watch every night before bed, Jonas was playing with a little V-Tech writing pad. We were drawing objects that begin with different letters and writing the letters, too. Jonas was doing a good job so I got a piece of paper and had him write out his name…ALL BY HIMSELF (he was having me help him on the writing pad)!!:) I was so excited, that I took a picture of it!

Can you make out that it says Jonas?! He can write J and O really well, but the rest is kind of scribles. He’s doing really well though! I’m so proud of my baby who’s growing up too fast!