Hello everyone:) My sister Debbie had sent me an email about a lady named stephanie Nielson from utah. I thought I would share it. www.azcentral.com/news/articles/stephanie-nielson-intro-120609.html


 She is the strongest most amazing woman!!!  I could never imagine going through all she has and will continue to go through! She is my inspiration! Even if its doing dishes or laundry things I hate to do, I now will be greatful that I can do those things! At the end of her story is her blog sight, you should also go look at it. Being a mom and being there for my kids is the MOST important thing to me! And it was obviouse it is to her also! Im sure all moms can relate. So Grab a box of tissues, [literally] And please read her story, and pray for her and her family!

Mj just loves his bike! he is going to be our little stunt man!Josh graduated with his bachelors degree, and here is a picture of ethan and mj, ethan wanted to hold him, and mj was quite content with it.And here is my honey!! We are so proud of him and all he has accomplished!  And mj decided he was so proud of his daddy that he would taxi him around for the night. lol For mothers day mj helped me clean the dishes, and  then we made dinner and put a blanket out and had a picnic in the living room, mj enjoyed throwing food everywhere:) and I enjoyed watching:)

MJ was eating chalk that was smashed on the ground, I guess he really liked the taste!LOLBut... He really likes steak! We had steak the other night and he stole josh's and didnt want to give it back.                                         Its me and josh's 3rd anniversary, so we decided to go to vegas for the day and show mj some animals and take him to the m&m store. Here is a picture of mj and josh under the lions. they were so cute, the next picture is of the lions hugging. so sweet!                    

christmas 8 months early :)

OK.... So my earlier blog said that mj would get a bike for christmas, BUT..... we just couldnt wait! Everytime mj see's a bike he loves it and points and gets so excited. Yesterday I had a big box of gold fish out and mj started pointing to it, so I got him some to eat and when I went to hand it to him he pushed my hand away but kept reaching for the box. So finally I decided to hand him the box so he could show me what it was he wanted.... there was a picture of a fish riding a bike! so he was pointing to that picture. This kid is SOOOOOO smart! needless to say we bought him a bike. josh got it all put together for him and as soon as we started to push him around, if his feet could peddle, he would be a pro! He new when to turn and what way to turn it! without us even showing him how to steer! He is an amazing kid! He loves his bike!     

So my camera went missing for a really long time... But josh found it about a month ago so I was getting reaquainted with it and remembered that it could take two in one pics! mj took off just before it took, he is fast and doesnt like to stop for much these days                                           MJ loves soccer balls, basketballs footballs, bouncey balls! I was able to catch this pose at the park one day, our maybe future soccer player.He is such a dare devil!!! This is his favorite thing to do on his 4-wheeler!Here he is trying to ride the big kid bike. the other day we were in wal-mart and went to the bike section and mj went crazy!!! everytime we would try to leave he would cry and run back to the bikes. So yes santa is going to bring mj a big boy bike for christmas:) I love to see the temple..... we went on a walk through the temple grounds and the kids stopped and posed and played on the stairs. Ethan also told me he was going to get married, so I asked him who he was going to marry... he said "my mom" soooo cute! you know its because he loves her so much!                             Our future missionary!        For some reason this picture was a big blur around mj, but I decided to put it in anyways. Mj had been sick and really wanted to get out of the house, so instead of going to the park and sharing the germs, we went to the temple, lots of area to run around, and its so peaceful! He loves to go walk around there.

MJ is such a good little helper! He always helps me get things clean!                                     We went to the park today, to fly kites and play soccer. It was really fun, Josh met me and the boys there, He helped them learn the rules of the game, and then let "em play:) SO CUTE!

We had a good easter. MJ enjoyed eating the hard boiled eggs before they were colored! {He loves eggs!} And we got him to color for a second on one of them.Here are the kids getting ready to go out and hunt for there eggs.MJ's first easter egg hunt. He enjoyed throwing the eggs I handed him:)And of course we did the traditional confetti eggs. thanks cassie for making them.

Our little family:)                                           AHH and here is little MJ the day after the hunt he discovered that one of the eggs had candy in it. so he turned around in the corner trying to be sneaky, and was trying to open the candy, when I saw him he ran from me, then ha was trying to eat the wrapper so I took it from him and took the wrapper off, and went to throw it away... He thought I was throwing away his candy.. So he started to cry. Then I handed him the candy and he took off to the room and hurry and put it in his mouth. LOL It was soooo dang funny!!!!     Josh and I got him a little cars back pack for easter along with a few little toys and bubble blower. So it was a pretty fun easter this year.