Basketball

Abigail gets to play basketball for about six weeks this year. She has fun and likes it because it is a pretty fast moving sport. It is pretty funny watching a bunch of 5 & 6 year olds try to make a basket shooting from the middle of the basketball court. Go Abigail!

Like how Abigail's eyes are closed while she tries to make a basket.

Visitor Etiquette

Darin and I got into a discussion about what appropriate visitor etiquette is, so I started wondering what other people think about this topic. I think this depends on how a person is brought up and their cultural influences. So I wanted to take a poll. Answer the poll to your right so I know what you think. Let me give you an example. Darin thinks that it is totally okay for visitors to drop buy unannounced and stay for as long as they want and he does the same thing to other people. He will just drop by people's houses to say hi without telling them he is coming. I think that a person should always call before they come over to see whether or not I am available to visit. What do you think?

A. It is okay for anyone to stop by my house unannounced to visit for any length of time.
B. Only family members are welcome to stop by my house unanounced all other people should call first.
C. I would really prefer if anyone that wanted to come by my house call me first and see if I am available. I have a busy schedule and not all times are the best times to chat.
D. People should visit my house by appointment only. I don't like surprise visitors.

For the Strength of Youth

My church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) just created an amazing website for the youth of our church. It has all kinds of stuff on it that is absolutely great for the youth of today to be able to use as a resource and put on the armour of God to fight the daily battle against Satan. Go to this link to visit the website https://beta.lds.org/youth?locale=eng

I am so glad that God did not send me to this world to wander around aimlessly wondering what I should be doing with my life. He has given us the Holy Scriptures as a guide on how to live our lives to be able to return to Him. He has also given us modern day prophets to guide us in the world today. One of the things that our modern day prophets have given us is the For the Strength of Youth booklet. When I was a youth I was very aware of this book, but I was more annoyed by it than anything. I was annoyed because it basically had all of the answers in it on how we should be living our lives and what we should do when we encounter specific situations and I knew that there were some changes that I needed to make in my life. I have recently gained a strong testimony of the importance of this booklet. If we follow the teachings in this booklet, then we will not fail. It is just like following a tried and true blue ribbon recipe. If you follow the recipe, then you will get pleasing results, if you don't follow the recipe, then the outcome will be unknown and sometimes a disaster. I think everyone should use this booklet as a guide for their lives along with the scriptures of course. This book is an amazing parenting tool too. Click here to go to the website of the contents of the book.

http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=3f46be335dc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=59cf5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

Happy 2nd Birthday Emily & Elizabeth

The twins had a birthday on January 9th. I can't believe that they are 2 already. I guess time flies when you are getting little sleep. We had an Elmo birthday party with grandma & grandpa, aunts and uncles and cousins. I have decided that I am not doing a birthday party where they invite friends over until they turn 5. We are so happy to have Emily & Elizabeth in our family.


Emily in her party dress admiring the balloon bouquet that Heather made.

Elizabeth has the balloons now. A few more and she just might float away.

Getting ready to blow out the "2" candle on their beautiful Elmo cake made by Aunt Kim.

Crazy fun with seven kids under the age of five.