Happy Birthday to Me

Here I am another year older. Yesterday was my birthday. Nothing too exciting. It rained or rather poured all day long and my husband left for Vernal (work) for the week at 3 am that morning. He ordered my birthday present online and I got it last friday. It was a big, puffy, soft robe from Bath and Body Works...I LOVE IT! It even has a hood. I have been snuggled up in it every morning and night. My mom came down last week and gave me a picture frame with a violin in it, kind of like a shadow box, very cool! And my sister-in-law, Christy and her family gave me a gift card to Mimi's (one of my favorite restaurants). Dayv and I will defiantly have to use that this Saturday (provided he doesn't have to work again). He ended up working last Saturday so we haven't been able to do anything for my birthday yet. It's been getting harder to be without him monday-friday (sometimes saturday). I cried yesterday morning when he left. The money has been nice to get caught up on things but I miss him. I know I'm not in the worst position, I'm not a widow nor is my husband overseas in the military and for that I am grateful.

I had another prenatal appointment today. Our baby boy was jumping around so much Pete (my CNM) had a hard time getting a read on his heartbeat. He seems to be more active than I remember any of my other ones being so I might be in trouble after he's born! We still don't have a name picked out. Dayv really likes Abram and I like Tanner. We've also talked about Landon. His middle name will be Leon after my Dad and Grandpa. So, what do you guys like?? Any other suggestions?

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

When the kids and I awoke this morning we found it had snowed overnight. The kids were so excited and immediately after breakfast put on their snow gear and headed outside to play in it. Noah kept running to our front window and yelling "SNOW, SNOW!" It continued to snow all day. Carson played in the snow again at school and then came home and went out in it again with Tahirah! They just couldn't get enough of it. Noah wanted to play in it but hated it when it got all over his gloves and then hated it even more when he decided to take off his gloves! Apparently, we got so much snow because of the lake effect.

Happy Halloween!

I know this is a little late but I wanted to post pictures of my kids on Halloween. We actually had a theme going on this year. Carson had told me he wanted to be a knight and Tahirah said she wanted to be a princess (Cinderella to be exact!). So, I decided to keep with the theme that they had already set and made Noah a dragon (it helped that we already had a costume available for him too!). Dayv was, of course, working in Vernal and did not get home until Friday night so the kids and I drove up to my parents and spent Halloween with them. Lewiston, my parents hometown, has a trunk-or-treat in the church parking lot and then everybody heads over for the annual Halloween carnival. You buy dinner and then the kids can play carnival games. My kids were getting a little tired and cranky by that point so Carson and Tahirah each played a couple of games each and then we went to my parents house and spent the night. This was the first year that Noah got to enjoy his candy and he was just mesmerized by all the strange creatures walking around, not getting scared once. Tahirah on the other hand was scared of anyone remotely scary looking and would not even go up to them for candy. I also saw one of the coolest costumes while in Lewiston. There was someone dressed up as the Headless Horseman. He was on a real black horse, dressed in the appropriate attire with no head and a pumpkin in his hand. It was pretty scary looking in the dark. I wish I could of gotten a picture. It was pretty cool.

New Church Calling

Dayv and I recently received new church callings. Dayv was called and set apart last sunday as the ward Athletic Cordinator. I haven't been "officially" set apart yet but I'm suppose to start this Sunday so I figured I could let the cat out of the bag as I do have a couple of readers in my ward. I have been called as the new Primary Chorister! I was a little taken back at first as it was totally unexpected. I was thinking more along the lines of activities committee or something like that. I can't sing worth anything but I have always loved children songs and one of my favorite things to do is sing with my kids. I have become a little overwhelmed with this calling as I have since joined a primary music leader yahoo group, looked at sugardoodle.net and now have a couple of primary chorister blogs on my list since I got the calling. There are SO MANY ideas out there! It's now not a matter of what should I do but WHICH ONE should I do!! I don't want to overwhelm the kids with too many new things at one time either. Anyway, I'm both excited and scared but I know the Lord will guide me through!

Boys

I found this poem in a book a friend of mine got me called 'Chicken Soup for the Soul - A Tribute to Moms'. The poem is titled 'The Mother of Boys' and I thought it went well with my most recent news. Although I do have one girl I can relate all but one of these statements.

THE MOTHER OF BOYS

I am the mother of boys.
I play goalie as I make supper. I can dribble a ball as I answer the phone and can assemble a train as I nurse a baby.
I am the mother of boys.
I measure a good day not by the weather or the company, but by the number of bugs caught, the quality of the sticks found, and the depth of the puddles splashed.
I am the mother of boys.
Fascinated ears listen to me tell tales of alligators, dinosaurs, and fast cars. I do load upon load of blue laundry; the only pink item to be seen is when a red sock makes its way into the white load. I check all laundry for reptiles and rocks.
I am the mother boys.
I most frequently say, "Not so rough," "Get down, please," and "Watch where you're peeing." I get dizzy watching little bodies run around any inanimate object.
I am the mother of boys.
I wipe forever-dirty faces and hands. At night, I am amazed by the many new bruises and scrapes. I join in prayers that thank God for airplanes and pirates and Smarties candies.
I am the luckiest mother on earth. I am the mother of boys.

Beverly A. Suntjens

Picture Tag

I haven't done a tag for a while so here we go. This one is from Amber's blog.

Post a picture from my computer. It has to be the 4th picture in the 4th file. Give a little explanation of what the picture is. Then tag 4 people. (this is actually the 2nd picture because I only had two pictures in the 4th file.)

This picture is Tahirah taken on Dec. 11, 2005 which would make her almost 9 months. I'm not sure why I took the picture except for maybe the simple reason she was just looking cute! I tag everybody that reads this blog who also has a blog.

IT'S A......

I had my ultrasound today early this morning. The baby wasn't shy at all about letting us know what gender we had in there. We are having a BOY! I guess we will have to tease him afterall about his girly heartbeat. I really didn't care if it was a boy or girl but was kind of hoping for a girl because we already had a girl's name. Dayv and I just have the hardest time with boy's names. So, if any of you have any boy name suggestions, bring them on! Here's his proof: