Decorating

My relief society has started a fun monthly home decor group. On Thursday a lady who decorates spec homes took us to one home she decorated and talked about the basics. Then she took us to another new home that wasn't decorated and she had tons of decorating stuff there. She divided us into groups and gave us each an area to decorate. It was fun and I think things turned out cute. Here are some pictures of her decorations if anyone needs ideas.

Temple Trip

On Saturday I was able to go to the temple by myself while Terry stayed home with all five kids. Good job Terry. It was nice to be at the temple again. It has been 4 or 5 months since I was able to go because of having Isaac. I kept seeing a quote I had on my fridge by President Hinckley that if we would get to the temple more often then our homes would be better places. Boy did I need to get to the temple. And now that I think of it, since Saturday I really have been a lot more patient with my kids (until Ainsley refused to stay in her room last night so I had to get a little fierce). Sunday night I knelt down to say my prayers and couldn't think of any mean things I had done to my kids that I felt I needed to repent of. That almost never happens.

While I was in the temple our session got stalled so we had to sit and wait for about 10 or 15 minutes right in the middle. These two ladies sitting behind me started whispering after a while and no one else was making a sound so it seemed everyone could hear these two. I thought it a little funny because in the course of their whispering I found out one lady had been assitant to the matron and her huband had been in the temple presidency. Shouldn't she know she shouldn't talk? Anyway, I thought it was amusing.

Here is a little picture of Isaac who is being blessed this Sunday.

Parties

Abby and Ainsley were invited to two birthday parties last week. The first was a cowgirl birthday party. I have part of Abby's costume, but the battery to the camera died before I could take Ainsley's picture. But they had fun. Then they went to a princess birthday party a few days later. I think it is fun they are close enough in age that they can go to the same parties. Hopefully they will think it is fun as they get older.

AAAAAAAH

I just read in our local news that a violent sexual predator has moved in a few houses down from me. And to think that I was just telling Ellie today that I felt comfortable letting her walk around the neighborhood without an adult. Of course this news scares me. I am already a paranoid person so knowing there is someone close by with a history of this behavior is going to make me a nut case. My neighborhood is supposed to be a nice neighborhood.

Okay so since I wrote the above entry, I have looked into where this guy is exactly and he is a little farther away than a few houses. He lives.4 miles down the street. Still a little too close for my comfort, but at least I can't see his house from here.

Crazy Kid

This week I haven't felt very patient with my kids--mainly my 3 year old. She is crazy. She has so much energy I think she goes berserk because she doesn't know what to do with it. I finally realized on Valentine's Day after she had been eating candy all day that I think she was on a sugar high. She could not settle down and she was in to all kinds of trouble. So I have banned her from sugar (yeah right).




When we have scriptures at night we try and get her to hold still and settle down. But as soon as I say "Hold still" she starts flinging her body around and rocking back and forth on the couch as fast and as hard as she can. When we tell her to be quiet she says okay and then starts whispering to whoever is next to her. Maybe to her that is being quiet. Finally when we tell her she has lost her chances and she needs to go to her room, she tries to negotiate by saying, "That is my last warning okay? I"ll be good."




In spite of her crazy energy I love her and get lots of laughs from her and her fun personality. .

Temple Dedication

I was able to go to the Rexburg Temple Celebration on Saturday evening. If I was a fancy blogger like so many other people I would track down a picture to go with this, but it just seems like it would take too much time. But the celebration was fabulous--as my friend Jenny would say. It was so fun to see all the dancers--mostly from BYU-I and hear the beautiful choir. Suzette sang in the choir, lucky girl. I had two neices and a nephew who were in it too. Parker danced and Kaylee and Kami were wheat walkers.

If someone wants to see clips of it you can find it on youtube.com and do a search for Rexburg Temple Celebration and it will bring up four or five numbers to watch. Anyway, in the program they talk about settling Rexburg and I felt so grateful to my ancestors who braved the harsh climate to create the foundation for a great city/county. My favorite part of the program was the end wehre it shows "angels" ushering the children towards the temple and my sister said originally those angels were dressed in pioneer clothes. It is comforting to think that our ancestors are still working for us and trying to help us as much as they can. There is no way I could do justice to what I saw, so I won't try to describe it but the spirit was strong there and I was so grateful to be able to see it.

On Sunday, Terry let me go to the temple dedication. I had originally told him he could go because I went to the celebration the night before while he watched the kids. But on Sunday he said I could go because this dedication was more personal for me. So I went and loved being a part of that.

Hernia

I think this might be mean to do, but I am going to do it anyway. Isaac has a herniated belly button and it is huge. The doctor says that it should correct itself by the time Isaac is two so we aren't worrying. Terry and I decided we should take some pictures to document this problem so Isaac can see what he was like.



The side view picture looks like a volcano in my opinion. This hernia is interesting because you can feel his intestines and sqeeze it and hear the gurgling of his food moving through. Anyway, I have never seen anything like it and I like pushing it back in and watching it pop back out. Poor Isaac.



Isaac has been smiling a lot but I have a hard time getting a good picture of his sweet smiles. His face comes out looking all contorted. Maybe he is taking after his mom in not being very photogenic. :) But here are some pictures that turned out pretty well. And I'll post the one that looks funny.