cute pictures of Jacob

Caleb is THREE!

Caleb had a race track cake so he could "drive his cars on it". He was very excited to get BIG BOY toys this year!

fun giveaway!

Hey, my cute cousin is doing another giveaway from her new line of wedding gifts! check it out at anaheragifts.blogspot.com she is amazing!!!

Jacob is here!!!

Jacob Lewis was born on March 28th at 8:54am. He weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 in. long. He looks a lot like our other two boys, and is our biggest baby so far... Mom and Jacob are doing good, just really tired. The kids all like him (mostly), and everyone has been so much help.

Joe's Last match

Well, this wrestling season is over... Joseph has learned a lot, had tons of fun, and he won three of his matches!!! This last match he was awesome!!! He was able to pin the other boy three times in one match! We are so proud of him and all his hard work.

The Depression

For school this month we are talking about the depression times. The kids totally got into it, and wanted to start saving everything in our house that could ever be used again... I was a little against this idea so we just put a sample of all the things they could think of on a poster. They loved the cutting, gluing, and "designing" of the poster just as much. Caleb of course had to have his own paper, scissors, and glue. After that we ate homeade bread and butter-my favorite!

Clearing the snow with Dad

The kids were so excited that Dad let them ride on the tractor with him to clear the snow for the horses. They sat and told me all about it forever... Caleb said that Dad drives the "cow tractor". (from the movie cars)

spring is coming!!!

Yesterday I woke up to 4 inches of snow on the ground... I was very sad and frustrated because I am SOOOO tired of being trapped inside. I really need the sun and the outside air to make me a happy person. (sassy, don't even tell me how much snow you have :) ) Anyway, after the snow melted a little I saw these cute little flowers/bulbs coming up!!! SPRING IS COMING!!! I am so excited! Anyway, just thought I would share me little happy moment.

Josephs first wrestling match

Joseph started wrestling this month! He and Shawn are so excited. Tuesday was his first match and he did really well. He didn't get pinned in either match!

Have-I-Done-Any-Good-in-the-World-Today?

Lately I have been so sad, frustrated, and disappointed with the world and the people in it (including me). I have watched or heard about people taking advantage of others, abusing others, and just being selfish. I have really been disappointed in the children and youth right now. I am a primary teacher and Shawn is in Young Mens, so I get to work with them a lot. It seams that there is a "I deserve it, or I should be rewarded for it" mentality among them all. I am also not blind to the fact that they are being taught that or allowed to be that way by the adults in their lives. It makes me really sad to see all the selfishness.

So, I started working on this in my own life and in my childrens... After only two days I am starting to see how hard this change will be to make even on my little level. It was startling to notice how many things we take for granted or how often I give in to my children because I didn't want them to have to suffer or "wait". I read this great talk on teaching children respect and it is what I am basing my efforts on. I realized that my children are "disrespectful and selfish" because I am not a very good teacher or example of the opposite. I truly want to be able to follow President Monson in his conference talk and think of others first. That is now my latest "new years resolution" for our family - to become less selfish, more respectful, and to do good every day. Anyway, just sharing my thoughts "out loud"....

Have-I-Done-Any-Good-in-the-World-Today?

Stake Temple Night

Tonight I got to go to Stake Temple Night. Shawn and the youth of our ward stayed at the church to watch kids so people could go, so I had to go alone. I was really torn whether I wanted to go at all because I am so tired and uncomfortable these days... But I decided that I wouldn't be able to go for a while pretty soon and I should go. It was just what I needed. I was able to feel the spirit, receive messages that I needed in the chapel meeting, and then go and do initiatories and remember all the blessings that were given to me when I went for the first time. (sitting long enough to do a session is really painful now, so I did initiatories instead) I always have such a good time doing initiatories, and I love remembering how blessed I am by my loving Heavenly Father. I really wish that I could go to the temple every week so that I could feel the spirit, be more calm and loving, and relay that to my family.

The babies cute quilt is done!!!

Well, I took the quilt to my moms a while ago and we did all the quilting... Then my cute mom HAND STITCHED the outside edge so beautifully! (my mom is super woman) Anyway, it is all done and is SOOO cute!