Are you tired of hearing me report on all the things my kids have been saying lately?

Too bad.

I find joy in their "silly to me but serious to them" comments.

Last night Weston told me that I am half boy and half girl. Because I am a girl, pregnant with a boy. He is partly right! But this baby better not weigh half as much as I do....Sometimes it feels like he does!

Weston has been running a fever. He was awake early this morning laying next to me in bed. Brandon had just given him some Tylenol Cold+Flu. I think it might have made Weston a little loopy. Brandon was getting ready for work and Weston was laying there saying to him teasingly: "Go to work!" and then giggling.

Weston also told me this morning that "if you have hot coco...and you don't drink it....and let it sit there....then...you will have cold coco".

 He is a very profound thinker early in the morning.

Praying for lizards

Kaitlyn said our family prayer this morning.

 Brandon and I weren't very good examples because we both ended up laughing! :)

 Laughter in the morning is a good way to wake up! :)

 *excerpt from Kaitlyn's prayer*

"Please bless Grandpa that he can get a new lizard....uh...liver soon."

I really like this picture...and the quote to go with it. I have it as my computer background right now.

Connor said something funny yesterday...well...more sassy and back talking than funny. But, you know how it is. Things that are funny coming from a 2 year old aren't so funny anymore once they are 5.

So we were driving in the car and Adelin kept kicking and shaking my chair. I told her multiple times to "please stop" and then Connor pipes in with "She's not kicking your chair! It's your SEAT!"

Not so funny typed out....but it was funny in person.

And HOLY COW! I am terrible at remembering how far along I am with this pregnancy! (Funny that I know how much weight I have gained but I can't remember how many weeks pregnant I am.) We have so much going on! But look at that little tracker up there in the right hand corner! Right now, it says we have 65 days to go! "WHAT!?" I am glad we are having another boy. We have everything we need for him. It's someplace in storage....but we have it.

Brotherly Conversations

I am listening to Weston and Connor in the other room.

Weston: Connor, I never told you how Grandpa Flake died. He was walking into his room...and then (I hear Weston fall) Boom! He died. Isn't that sad?

Connor: (in a sweet voice) yes. that's sad.

Weston: You never got to see him.

Connor: (sweetly again) Oh.

Weston: I was just a little baby.

I am glad Weston is taking time to teach his brother.


And now they are off talking about something else. And probably making a mess.

 Weston and Connor get into some of the silliest arguments. Some of them are over things that make me what to yell at them for yelling at each other. Other times, all I can do is laugh. Like this morning.

We were driving home after dropping the girls off at school and we drove past a cow. Weston started moooooing.

 Connor said, "WESTON! You can't MOO!!!"

Weston said, "Yes I can" and continued to moo. Connor got more mad and said even louder, "WESTON! You CAN'T MOO!" ;)

I asked Connor if he was in charge of everyone and he said in his grouchy voice "YES! Me is in charge of everyone!" To which Weston replied, "No you're not Connor. Heavenly Father is in charge of everyone."

I told Weston that he was right and Mr. Grouchy Connor yelled, "NO! Heavenly Father NOT in charge! Me in charge of everyone!" And Weston goes, "I think Connor is just full of prunes."

Right again! lol! I am sure Connor will figure out who is in charge soon enough!

Luckily Connor doesn't usually stay grouchy for long. A cup of hot coco when we got home helped cheer everyone up!

HI!

 
I hope you all are having a Happy Fall and that you had a nice Thanksgiving too! 
I am posting for journal purposes. I have become terrible at writing in my journal or posting on the blog. But, really.....there's not a whole lot going on.

Brandon is becoming a professional interviewer! This guy is one of the smartest people I know....so I just don't get why he hasn't gotten an offer yet. Well. I do get it. I know that Heavenly Father has His time table and He has reasons for what He allows to happen. We are trying to be patient as we go through this process and to learn from it. Some days we do better than others.

The kids are doing great. They are becoming very adaptable. They are very understanding about having 95 percent of their belongings being in storage. I honestly can't relate to what they are going through. I lived in the same house from the time I was 3 until I was 18. I moved away from friends and family when I was practically an adult. They are having to make those adjustments sooner in life than I did. We seem to be taking tiny baby steps...and I am sure that is helping. We move from our house of 6 years...away from neighbors, friends and ward member...and they adjusted to a new ward a neighborhood. Now, they are in another "new" house with no neighbors to play with....but they are doing well. Luckily they love outdoors and on a good day...they will play for hours together...putting on talent shows and having fun. I don't have a way to put the video on the computer....but Monday, they raked up a huge pile of leaves (with some help from dad) and had fun jumping and falling into them...throwing up arm fulls and "swimming" through them!...As great as I feel like they are doing ... I know they will be just as relieved as Brandon and I to be settled into a house and not move again for a long time!

Speaking of moving. We are becoming professionals at that too! We had to move out Nov. 16th-25th. Luckily we were able to go stay at Brandon's mom's place in Mesa...and luckily the kids only had to miss two days of school. We will have to move out again Dec. 22nd-Jan. 1st. It isn't fun, it's still better to live here where we don't have to worry about moving furniture and beds and big items again. It still took Brandon and I six hours to get all of our things out of this house. I am sure it doesn't make sense to some people...and they'd probably have a better plan of what we should be doing for housing and work. I guess it's a good thing we don't all make decisions for each other because we'd never learn anything that way!

My pregnancy is going well. The baby is moving around a lot and growing. I feel huge. My doctor assured me yesterday that I am right on track for size. He actually told me that I am "carrying beautifully". I am going to take that as a compliment!

Well. I guess that's about all for now.

God Bless America

"Now, brothers and sisters, we must do our duty, whatever that duty might be. Peace may be denied for a season. Some of our liberties may be curtailed. We may be inconvenienced. We may even be called on to suffer in one way or another. But God our Eternal Father will watch over this nation and all of the civilized world who look to Him. He has declared, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Ps. 33:12). Our safety lies in repentance. Our strength comes of obedience to the commandments of God.

Let us be prayerful. Let us pray for righteousness. Let us pray for the forces of good. Let us reach out to help men and women of goodwill, whatever their religious persuasion and wherever they live. Let us stand firm against evil, both at home and abroad. Let us live worthy of the blessings of heaven, reforming our lives where necessary and looking to Him, the Father of us all. He has said, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Ps. 46:10).

Are these perilous times? They are. But there is no need to fear. We can have peace in our hearts and peace in our homes. We can be an influence for good in this world, every one of us.

May the God of heaven, the Almighty, bless us, help us, as we walk our various ways in the uncertain days that lie ahead. May we look to Him with unfailing faith. May we worthily place our reliance on His Beloved Son who is our great Redeemer, whether it be in life or in death, is my prayer in His holy name, even the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

~ (Pres. Hinckley, Oct. Conference, 2001)