Oh Happy Day!

Things I am currently happy about.
1. We did our taxes and we are going to make it to graduation without any major damage.
2. My classroom looks really cute right now. (The students are another story. We will save that for a different blog.)
3. My husband made dinner tonight. (He does this many nights but especially tonight I am happy because i have been on the computer for a couple of hours and he hasn't complained.)
4. Just so you all don't think that I am a loser, I have been on the computer redesigning my blog. It takes more work than it should. Anyway, I am happy to have my three column blog up and running. Now I just have to think of things to put on it.
5. We are going to the open house for the Jordan Temple this week.
6. We have had family prayer and scripture study for almost a full month now. Quite a feat for us. Yea!
7. My mother-in-law printed off a family calendar I made and sent it to us. Thanks Mary.
8. I am on my way to Hawaii. . . oh wait. . . that's my parents. Well, I am happy for them.
9. Life is good.
10. Life is great.

Sweet Little Ben

I made a goal to blog once a week. Ummm. Here goes.
Today I caught Ben lying to me. We were eating dinner. Something Ben absolutely loathed. I told him if he ate it all he could play Mario Kart. So, we all ate, except for Ben. We all headed off in different directions, except for Ben. Minutes passed and Ben suddenly arrived at my door with a huge smile on his face. "I ate it all." Nate began to congratulate him on the success, but something was off. If you know Ben then you know he has an amazingly sensitive gag reflex. He loathed this food so much I knew there was no way he could have eaten all of it. "Ben, are you sure you ate it. You didn't throw it away in the garbage can, did you?" At this, his face fell and I knew I had hit the nail on the head. "But, it made my throat hurt." UH huh. Cry your river somewhere else. He was very upset about not getting to play Mario Kart. . . I tried to help him feel guilty about lying. I think I succeeded on a small scale. I did feel some power in the fact that he now thinks I have some kind of sixth sense about when he is lying. Maybe he'll think twice next time. Sweet Little Ben.

Not a Baby Anymore

Nate, Ben and Rachel are off to a JAZZ game tonight. It's just Emily and I together. We are having a lovely time. Funny, Emily cried when her daddy left. But, with my promise of a trip to the store and treat and maybe more she brightened right up. . . and she hasn't stopped talking since. As we wandered through the Walmart her voice was alive with comments about everything she saw. She normally has to compete for attention. I feel sure she knew that I was there to give her all of my attention for the night. We bought her some bathtub foam alphabet toys. She is singing the ABC song at the top of her lungs while playing in the bathtub. She is a doll. She has transformed while I wasn't looking. What a blessing it was to be just the two of us tonight. My baby is gone. I will miss her. But in her place is the sweet new little spring flower. Amazing.

The Birthday Boy

In exactly twenty minutes (he was born at 12:09) Nathan will celebrate another birthday. I could go on and on with cheese in describing how I love him but I won't. I will just say this. On my best day he is the one I want to share it with and on my worst day he is the one who makes everything better. There isn't a husband or father who can outshine him. He is amazing. Happy Birthday Sweetheart.

Once There was a Snowman

Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman. Once there was a snowman, tall, tall, tall.



In the sun he melted, melted, melted. In the sun he melted, small, small, small.