The Circus Came to Town!

Featuring our tight-rope walker, Kylie. There were also lions, tigers, clowns, cowboys/girls and strong men.

"Getting cards in the mail...

...is the best", says Kylie.

Especially when it includes stickers and money.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Gordon. We love you!

School Pictures = Bang Cut

Whenever we had school pictures, my mom gave us a bang cut (not trim) the day before. We decided to keep the tradition. Kylie got off easy:).

No, no, no!

Often we hear Ashlyn calling for help after she has fallen asleep and this is what we find: Last night, we heard her yelling, "No! No! No!" and thought we would find her stuck again. Instead, she was lying there talking in her sleep. David said, "This isn't good." We are sure she was having 'nightmares' of Kylie taking something or David teasing her.

Tagged!

3 Joys
1. the Gospel
2. Family
3. Exercise

3 Fears
1. Something terrible happening to my family
2. Drowning
3. Not being able to exercise

3 Obsessions
1. Exercising (duh!)
2. Being a good mother (I think I need to be more obsessed about this)
3. Sad to say - emailing

3 Surprising Facts
1. I love to mow the lawn
2. I hate being rejected by anyone
3. I saved my sister twice from drowning

8 things I am passionate about (really, I don't think there are 8, but I will try)
1. Living the Gospel
2. Learning
3. My husband
4. My children
5. Improving my running time
6. Feeding my family healthy food
7. Food storage
8. Not letting my kids watch more than 30 minutes of TV a day (that one is hard these days)

8 Words or Phrases I use often
1. Honey
2. We are running late (really, we are not, I just say that to get everyone out the door)
3. Ashlyn!
4. I am not sure
5. What colors do you see outside? (when we are driving and the kids are wanting to watch a movie)
6. Like I said (I do this in a conversation and hate it)
7. Please, stop
8. I know. I deal with it every day (when David is complaining about the kids)

8 Things I want to do before I die
1. Have more children
2. Run a marathon
3. Visit Venice, Italy
4. Be a Spanish Translator
5. Be a temple worker
6. Learn to really sew (I pretend to sew now)
7. Get a Master's Degree
8. Celebrate mine and David's 70th wedding anniversary!

8 Things I pray for:
1. Missionary opportunities
2. Faith
3. Patience
4. The safety of our family
5. The guidance of the Lord
6. My family's specific needs
7. Specific needs of others
8. To be a better mom & wife
(9). Forgiveness

8 Things I have learned:
1. Work, work, work
2. Be self reliant
3. Don't compare your life with others
4. It's how you train that make you a better athlete
5. Ummm...Gator football is a season and the best one (did you know that was a season?)
6. Live in the moment; don't always looking forward to the next day, month, year, etc.
7. Sometimes it is best to put myself in timeout when the kids are driving me nuts
8. If you put the Lord first, everything else will fall into place

I am now supposed to tag 8 people, but I can't assign anyone to do anything in fear they may reject the assignment (see above). But, I would love to read anyone and everyone's!

General Conference

We love being able to stay home and watch General Conference.

I am not great at capturing the Sunday morning breakfast of the Amazing Apple Pancake, fruit and hash browns, but I did catch a few pictures of the children. A children's choir sang in the 2nd session of Saturday. Kylie and Ashlyn were captivated by them. They watched in awe and sang along (I apologize for the video being so dark). What another fabulous conference weekend!

The Burrito Wrap Still Works!

That is until they realize that they truly cannot get out.

Really, we do love our children and we are pretty sure they love us:).