Mini Adults

My girls are becoming such mini adults. They want to do everything JJ and I do! They now request that I put their lunch in food storage containers, they put those containers into their little backpacks, wave good bye as they stand at the imaginary bus stop to go to work. When I ask them [...]

Filled Under: Family, pregnancy

Daddy Daughter Date

On Wednesday evening JJ decided to take Sariah and Rebekah out for a Daddy Daughter date.  He planned that he would do this on Saturday and Sariah and Bekah were so excited, they talked about going out for ice cream with daddy everyday. JJ did very well by taking them to an ice cream place [...]

Filled Under: My Children

Mint In My Soup

I learned today that if you have kids who play with your spice jars – changing lids on the jars – that it is a good to smell the spices before you add it to your food! I started a crock pot with some water, vegetables and lentils to make a soup about an hour [...]

Filled Under: My Life

So Nice To Have Heat Again

It seems like so many of my friends have had problems with their heaters this winter. Last week it was our turn. The pilot kept going out time after time so we had a technician from Whipple Plumbing come look at it. Some one came out on Saturday and said there was nothing wrong with [...]

Filled Under: My Life, Reviews

Home Again

Today JJ went back to school and I started babysitting again. Sariah and Rebekah were excited about having the baby back, they love helping to take care of her. We got home late Saturday night, the downfall to coming home then is that we don’t feel like grocery shopping and we don’t shop on Sundays [...]

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One Day Left!

I am happy to say that I have finished sewing Sariah’s and Rebekah’s Tutu’s for Christmas! We leave tomorrow for British Columbia and my mom doesn’t have a sewing machine so I had to finish it before we left. Sariah found Rebekah’s Tutu and put it on herself under the dress she was wearing. I [...]

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5 Year Anniversary

In October 2004 JJ took me to The Roof restaurant and then to the Salt Lake Temple grounds where he proposed. We then married in December 2004. When we first got married JJ and I decided that for 5th anniversary we would go back to The Roof. It is very pricey but last week in [...]

Filled Under: My Husband, My Life

Too Much White Stuff

Just a few days ago after talking to my twin sister on the phone and learning how cold it was in Edmonton and how much snow there was, I told JJ that I was glad I didn’t live in Edmonton. Well now we have A LOT of snow! Its not nearly as cold here 24 [...]

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