We May Not Have It All Together...But Together We Have It All: Since When...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Since When...

Welcome to my modge podge post. I haven't posted in quite some time, and I have really wanted to. So my thoughts have been...Since when did this time of year get so busy???? Isn't this the time of year that we have a little less of this...

(notice how Kam is crying with one eye closed and one open - it's his "pay-attention-to-me cry", he's trying to see if it's working with that one eye open!)

and a LOT more of this... (CLEANING OUT FROM THE HOLIDAYS)

And this... (I usually try to find time to indulge in a book or two this time of year, but...not this year).

And a lot more of blogging, scrapbooking, movies...!

But for some reason, this winter hasn't slowed down...not even a bit. However, in all our hussle and bussle, we have had a couple of fun activities.

First, WHO KNEW that ducks need to be fed in the winter time too??? I always thought of it as a spring-summer-fall activity - but winter??? Those ducks were mighty hungry too. Kam and I went with Jarin to his preschool field trip to feed the ducks. It really was so much fun!

AND,...have you ever tried this OUTSIDE in the WINTER??? We went to Riverdale Hot Springs, where the water is naturally hot. It's fun...until it's time to get out. BBBRRRRRR!

I'll let you in on my greatest gift ever (well maybe not EVER, but it's pretty great). A few years back, Ira bought me a water-proof case that goes around my point and shoot Canon camera. I have been snorkeling, tubing, swimming, boating etc. with my camera. I have gotten some really fun pictures with it. Definently worth every penny.

So now I'm still waiting for that slow time of year to find me. If anyone finds it (the slowness), please send it my way. I've been looking and looking, and just can't seem to find it anywhere!

These two boys (and their older siblings, of course), are a big part of the chaos in my life - but they are also the greatest joy. So if it meant trading them to have a little Rest & Relaxation- NO WAY!...I'll keep the CHAOS!

(but a few days of trading is negotiable...any takers????)

6 comments:

Ari Anna Johnson said...: AW snow on the ground looks like fun!!! Glad you caught us up!! I was wondering where you went ;); February 10, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Becky said...: That picture of the ducks is AWESOME! I need one of those underwater covers for my camera...my kids love doing that and the disposable ones don't work that well. CUTE pictures!; February 11, 2010 at 7:04 AM
tysonandmandimoser said...: Do you think that's what happens when your kids get big? Maybe the bigger they get the bussier your gonna get. How was Riverdale? I haven't been for a long long time, but I heard that it's much cleaner under the new management. Let me know, maybe one day we'll try it out again. Great pictures!; February 12, 2010 at 3:44 PM
shaley said...: We love going to Riverdale, we go there much more in the winter than the summer, because honestly, there's much better places to swim in the summer! But winter there is great. I loved your underwater pics, I might have to check into that!; February 13, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Maria said...: Rest during this time of year...? Ha, not when your married to a CPA. - Jordan; February 13, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Drapers said...: I love the pictures of the ducks. When you find that slow time, send it my way!; February 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM

Kute Komments!

Jarin: "I've been waiting all day for Kamden to grow up...when will he grow up like me?"
4-2010

We were driving by a farm which was being fertilized. Jarin sniffs a big sniff and says, "Mmmm...that smells like my strawberry nose" (the strawberry nose was a yummy smelling gas mask from the dentist)!
Jarin: "Is is "fat man or bat man"?
Jarin "My heart is dirty and needs to be cleaned." Then I wash his face, and he says, "My heart is clean!" (He watched me put lipstick on once, and thought my top lips looked like hearts. Now he thinks that lips are hearts). Which makes me wonder what he thinks when he says, "The Holy Ghost makes our heart feel good."
Jarin asked with a great big smile that melts my heart, "Mom, are you being grumpy with me?" (yes, I was - but that started us both laughing instead!)
We were having a family home evening helping Emilie to prepare for baptism. We talked to her about making good choices and right vs. wrong. We were trying to prompt her to give an answer when Ira asked her, "What's opposite of right, (he asked it in the context of right choices), and she answered, "Left." (you should have seen the look Ira and I gave each other - it spoke volumes!)
Same family home evening... we were talking about the Holy Ghost. Jarin (being very tired and very sensitive at the moment anyways), started going balistic on us. Not only did he say he was scared of the Holy Ghost. And not only was he crying because he was scared, but he was SOBBING, and it continued for about an hour (which is when he fell asleep still crying)!! Then first thing out of his mouth when he woke up was that he was scared of the Holy Ghost! We think we are doing the right thing by teaching our children, but really - we have taumatized Jarin! I can only imagine what was going on in his little imagination. Did I mention that FHE finished earlier than planned?
Ira was feeling the baby move at a particularly active time. He said, "Is he moving furniture around in there?" (some days it sure feels like it!)
There was a baby being blessed in church Sunday, and Jarin saw the priesthood men in a circle, and loudly proclaims "Look mom, their playing ring around the rosies!"
Emilie asked me, "Since our eyes are blue, how come everything doesn't look blue to us?" I explained how we see through the black circle in our eyes. She said, "Then the blue is just for decoration?"
Jarin walks around the house constantly saying, and singing "I am a Child of God, and He has sent me here." And when anyones voices get too loud, he sings, "Love at home... Love at home..." I'm not sure he even knows the meaning of what he's singing, but it stops the contention and usually starts a few giggles.
Ira was talking about leap year, and Emilie asked, "What is leap year? Is it when we leap to school?"
Ira asked Emilie if you put plastic wrap or foil over a pan going in the oven. She said tinfoil. Ira said "Good thinking Emilie." She responded by saying, "No, I didn't think...my teacher told me." (thank goodness for teachers, so we don't have to think!)
Jarin asked me if he could have something, and I had told him no. He responded by asking again, then answering his own question as if he were me, "Of course you can sweetheart." (it's no wonder he gets whatever he wants - how cute is that?)
In church today, a half a second before the sacrament prayer was being said, (so it was very quiet in the room), Jarin observed that his dad was sitting on the stand, and calls out in his loudest voice, "That's my daddy up there!"
Brayden said, "I've learned to never mess with a pregnant person."
Today I told Jarin he was a sweetHEART, and he said, "No, I have a beautiful HEART, and mommy is beautiful too." (a comment like that, he can have whatever he wants!)
This one was said a year or so ago, but it was one of the best we've had ever - so it bears repeating! Emilie said to mom, "Someday I am going to marry my prince, just like you married your prince."
Jarin said, "We don't say 'monkey butt' do we?"
Jarin see's a bumble bee and says, "It's a bum-bum bee".
Emilie singing, "Loose, footloose, kick off my church shoes."

Hmmmmm...

I copied this from my sisters blog, but it's just too perfectly perfect to not be reminded of as often as possible!

Hmmmm....
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.'Well,' she said, 'I think I'll braid my hair today!'So she did, and she had a wonderful day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head.'H-M-M,' she said, 'I think I'll part my hair down the middle today!'So she did and she had a grand day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head.'Well,' she said, 'today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail.'So she did and she had a fun, fun day.The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head.'YEA!' she exclaimed, 'I don't have to fix my hair today!'Attitude is everything. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

INSPIRATION

"A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation." Joseph Smith

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone. The things you do for others remain as your legacy."

"Fix it up...wear it out... make due...or do without!" - Gordon B Hinckley

"In righteousness there is great simplicity" - William R. Bradford

"The most important thing parents can do for their children is to teach them to feel The Spirit and recognize when it is no longer with them."

Elder M. Russell Ballard: "There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children...What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."

The adversary would keep us busily engaged in a multitude of trivial things in an effort to keep us distracted from the few vital things that make all the difference."-Ardeth G. Kapp