Tag!

I was tagged by my aunt Glenda. It has taken me awhile to get to it, since we just got back from a little vacation. So here goes . . .

4 things I am passionate about:
My Family
The Gospel
Trying to be better
Teaching my children to be kind and sweet

4 books I've read & enjoyed:
The Twilight Series
The Notebook
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter

4 words/phrases I say often:
That is not your business
Are you kidding me?
Where does this go. . . . ?
Come on kidlets

4 things I want to do before I die:
See my children grow up and have children.
Go back to England and see where my family is from.
Go on a mission with Bryce.
Travel the world.

4 things I've learned over the past:
You forgive and forgive even if the same thing happens again.
Just keep trying and never give up.
Patience really is a virtue.
Things happen in Heavenly Father's time, not ours.

4 places I want to see:
Ireland
Isles of Greece
All of the islands of Hawaii
Russia

4 things I currently want/need:
sleep
another vacation
Somebody to go shopping for me in this heat!
I need a pool to cool off in.

I tag: Tree, Mindy, Rorie, Emily, Cory, Melissa and anybody else who wants to participate!

Happy Birthday Auntie!

Today is my sister Tree's birthday. We are far away and wanted to wish her lots off birthday wishes. We miss you and are so glad that we saw you only a month ago. We hope to see you soon.



Here is Leilani singing "Happy Birthday" to her auntie Gijah! I think it is adorable, so I had to share this with everyone.

Much love sistah! We love you tons!!!

Am I crazy?

I probably am crazy and I have always known this about myself. This morning I started a new adventure, cloth diapers!

My wonderful sister-in-law has been doing cloth for awhile and my oldest sister used them for her oldest child, so I thought I can do this if they can do it.

It has taken me awhile to get it all together, thanks to the help of Courtney. I have it all and I put Leilani in one this morning and have already changed her. I know I will be changing more but it sure beats the price of diapers these days, especially with another baby on the way.

When Courtney talked about cloth I thought she was crazy but now I guess we are together.

They seem pretty easy to do, I just have to do more laundry. Drying them isn't bad, especially where we live!

We are trying to watch our expenses and this should help a lot. I also love the idea of helping the environment, at least a little.

Crazy in the desert!
Maybe the heat is getting to me???

Brady's tag

Brady was tagged by his friend Myra and here are his answers. He was very excited to do this, but didn't quite understand how it worked until we were done. There are some interesting answers, but remember he is only 3! Enjoy!

1. What is something mom always says to you? Put your dishes in the sink.

2. What makes mom happy? Playing trains.

3. What makes mom sad? When you don't clean up.

4. How does your mom make you laugh? Tickles.

5. What was your mom like as a child? Me, Brady.

6. How old is your mom? 1 year old.

7. How tall is your mom? Fifty taller.

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play games, playing tag with my mom. (This tag). Going to the store.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Clean up the floor.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Tag.

11. What is your mom really good at? Funny.

12. What is your mom not very good at? Turning the tv on.

13. What does your mom do for her job? Take care of me and baby Lani.

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Ice cream.

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When I get to play outside and when she brings down the Play Doh from my closet.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Wonder Red from Super Why.

17. What do you and your mom do together? Play instruments.

18. How are you and your mom the same? Taller.

19. How are you and your mom different? I am a boy and mommy is a girl. I get to be a daddy when I get bigger.

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Play games and wipe your boogies.

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? When he goes to work.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? The airport to pick up daddy.

Brady tags: Samuel, Jacob, Afton, Bryn, Cody, Keola, Analei and anybody else who wants to play.

More Birthdays!

Happy Birthday Becca! I love this picture and use it often as you know, but I think you are so cute! I hope that you have a great day and know that we are thinking of you and love you so much. You are such an amazing person and sister and I am glad to have you in my life to show me how I should be. I love you!!! Give my love to your darling family and I hope to see you sometime!

Happy Birthday to Jessalyn too. She is the big 9! We miss you and wish we could see you more, hopefully we will see you soon!

Happy Birthday to Kristen, yesterday. You are finally the big 3-0, welcome to the club! We were out and about yesterday but we remembered. I hope you had a great day.

Love to you all and wish we were there to celebrate the big day.

Suds 101

A little lesson to be learned about the dishwasher. I asked my neice Keola to finish up the dishes and start the dishwasher. She asked me where the soap was and I told her under the sink. I didn't think anything about it until Brady comes up to me, "Um, mommy? There is something spilling in the kitchen."

I immediately ran to the kitchen and saw my dishwasher spitting soap suds out. It was so funny to me because the same thing happened to some roommates of mine in college and I knew exactly what she had done. She used the wrong soap, the "dish soap" instead of the "dishwashing detergent."

Poor Keo! I had to let the dishwasher run its cycle and she had to stand there and clean it up. I felt bad for her, but now she knows the basics of suds 101! My floor was nice and shiny when she was done!

I love you Keo and will miss you, your sister and mom greatly! Thanks for visiting!

32-9!

Happy Belated Birthday! So I have been slacking a little on my blog. . . I have heard it from various sources, "Are you going to post again?"

Here I am. I uploaded over 200 pictures off of my camera from the past month so I am sure that I have plenty to share. I have felt a little overwhelmed with my calling, been out of town and haven't felt the greatest with the heat and being pregnant.

I made a cake for Bryce and my neice Analei for their birthdays. Ana's was on the 3rd of the month and Bryce's was on the 13th. Neither of them received a cake on their birthday. They turned 329, Bryce 32 and Ana 9. I should have done 932 but I didn't want it to look too old!

I love this picture of Lani enjoying her cake, since we rarely have treats like that and she loved digging in, a lot better then she did with her birthday!