Happy Birthday

I have had a beautiful life filled with happy moments and opportunities. I have been blessed with a loving family, incredible teachers and mentors, and with fantastic friends.

Things I still do: eat Oreos, Total cereal, Nesquick chocolate milk, dance, play the piano, lose things like keys (although not as often), take many photos, and write lots of lists. Some things may change about people you love, but many things do not.

After reading memories from my children and family, I am thrilled that I have given people reason to laugh. However, I hope I have improved my driving skills after all these years...don't reply to that either siblings.

Thanks for all the thougthful gifts, calls, and cards. Love to everyone.

Happy Birthday Baby T

Well, my baby is growing up! Today he is 3. He is really talking now, is still loving books & puzzles, sleeps in a big bed, eats all kinds of food, wants to be like his brothers and play Legos, likes to sing songs, helps me cook, loves to count, and to my surprise green is his favorite color. He is one funny kid and we adore him. My favorite phrases are "thank you mom" , "mom, can I tell you something?" AND of course "mom, I love you" Happy Birthday!

Something we do

What do we love to do? READ.

Do you know the saying? Richer than I you will never be, I had a mother who read to me...My children are so lucky because they have grandparents, aunts, and uncles who have been reading to them since they were born. They even read to each other. I made the photo with mini prints because I look dreadful in most but Eric thinks it is sweet when the boys and I are sitting so close engrossed in a book (or Lego magazine). He is right. It is sweet.

Eric's mom played book fairy this past weekend. She read to my boys and left the book in our bookcase. Now we have a new book that I love. I won't share the title just in cast she is playing book fairy in her travels to other families. Thank you.

November Birthdays

Well, I was waiting for a phone call from T&K so I could announce the birthday here...and I still will. (very excited) November family birthdays involve the big Trey turning 3. I will give him his own moment. I also have my cousin Dave to send a birthday wish to. I do have tons of friends in November. My Vegas friends Lisa, Alicia, and Justin. My first friend at BYU Jody Wirth a lot:) She will see the humor in it if you don't. My dear friend and roommate in Jerusalem Michelle. And my wonderful friend Whitney who I lived with after I graduated from college. Happy Birthday!

It has started snowing

Last year I couldn't bear to cut down the beautiful fall mums...however, when spring came there was some serious clean up that had to be done. Note to self: do the fall flower clean up. SO the flowers are gone now. One of my neighbors told me that tulips are the bulbs of faith. You plant them and wait hoping that you will see beauty in the spring. Well, I planted 89 bulbs this year for fun. Not all tulips this time. I will let you know. If you live nearby then you can drive by. The saying goes, "If you don't see anything, don't say anything." Yes, of course I made that up but honestly if you don't see some beauty in the spring DON'T say anything to me.

Thankful to Eric, my boys, my parents, Eric's parents, and my friends for helping, listening, and encouraging me in this gardening thing. I do love flowers, I just don't know what I am doing.

First weekend of November

This weekend was wonderful! We had a great time with Grammy and Grandpa visiting. We were able to shop, eat, make treats, talk, clean up the yard, cheer for BYU, and of course the Traitor book on disc. We also got to travel to Richfield to see sweet Ava and her family. Thanks for the memory of being with you.

October Music

Just in case you thought I had left T's class having no fun Fridays...here are some of the songs we did. I only got to go two times this month becuase of field trips and fall break.

I put different spooky stickers on each child in the class. We sang Oh do you have a spooky ghost (spooky spider, spooky pumpkin, etc) Then stand and turn around. Sung to Muffin Man tune. At the end sing oh do you have a spooky sticker then everyone stands and turns around.

We sang 1 little, 2 little, 3 little pumpkins...All for Halloween Night.

We sang Oh we're all dressed up in costumes trick or treat sung to Oh she'll be coming round the mountain. I think I mentioned this but I will again. Go and buy the Piggyback songs to sign. Children love sign language and it makes singing more fun too. They learned how to sign trick or treat and Happy Halloween. For signing Happy Halloween we sang Happy Halloween to ____, sung to the tune Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah. Just have children come to the front in groups of 4's and then switch. Fun.

Then we sang three different songs to Christmas tunes.
Oh witches brew (Oh christmas tree)
Deck the patch with orange and black (deck the halls)
On the first day of Halloween a dear witch gave to me.
These can all be found in Marvin's favorite Halloween Songs.

Sorry so late and absolutely no help at all to all those who had Halloween Parties to throw. A little crazy with visitors all month and colds this last week. Now on to the month of November:)