Rice Krispies anyone?

Little Man was being very quite the other day. I walked into the kitchen and found this:

The faith of a 3 year old

It has been forever since I posted. Life has been crazy! My sweet little Peanut has defiantly added to the craziness at our house. This post is going to be pretty detailed, it is mainly so I will have a record of what happened. On Sunday night, Peanut found part of a contact lens on the floor. I am not sure how old the contact was, or where it has been hiding, but Peanut found it. Since both her mother and father wear contacts, she has observed the ritual of putting them in. Peanut decided that this would be a great idea and proceeded to insert the contact into her eye. Since it was only part of a contact, and also very dried out, her eye began for sting instantly. She couldn't tell me exactly what she put in her eye, and i being the great mom I am, told her that it was an eyelash and she would be fine. After about ten or fifteen minutes of her still complaining and me not being able to find the source of her irritation, questioned her more thoroughly. This is when I discovered that she actually inserted something into her eye! Who does that? Of course that would be my daughter.
Mike was at work and it was now 9:00 pm. I was debating on taking her to the ER or waiting out the night. Peanut was in so much pain. I asked her what mommy could do to help. Her response was so simple and trusting. She told me that she wanted a blessing. I am so grateful that she has such a strong testimony and faith in the gospel that she knew a blessing would help. Since Mike was at work I called on our neighbors to come over and bless her. I am truly grateful to have the great neighbors I do. This is not the first time I have called on them to help our family. I am so thankful for the power of the priesthood. Peanut sat so well for the blessing, and was blessed that she would be okay. Immediately after she fell asleep, and rested until Mike got home. He was able to work his magic as a Father and remove the contact from her eye. It was only about a fourth or maybe a third of a contact. The edges were very ragged. The contact was soft when we removed it, but that was after it had been in her eye for 3 hours.
What a great example this little girl is to me. She was such a trooper and tried her hardest to be brave. I am so grateful that she is okay and that her eye stopped hurting immediately after Mike removed the contact. I let her lay next to me in bed that night. While we were lying there I asked her what happened that night. This is how the conversation went:
Mom, "What happened tonight?"
Peanut, "I put something in my eye, and it hurt really bad."
Mom, "What happened after that?"
Peanut, "Shannon said a prayer, Mommy prayed, and I got a blessing."
Mom, "What happened after everyone prayed for you?"
Peanut, "My eye got better, 'cause Heavenly Father loves me."
What else can I add to that testimony. It was not a fun night, but what a great learning and growing experience. Love you Peanut (and all the craziness you bring into our house)!!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

Can you see the cute heart in Peanut's hair. This is how it looked on Valentines Day. My friend made the cute beaded headband. I thought it turned out super cute, so I had to snap a photo.



It is a challenge to get all three angels looking at me and smiling at the same time. This is about the best I could get. I love how Little Man is craning his neck.

I didn't have to work one day last week, and this is the outcome. Bugs wanted her hair curly, so we pulled out the curling iron and the hairspray. She looks so grown up. I love how clear her blue eyes are.

Happy Birthday!!!

I know this is late, but I wanted Mom to know how much we love you. Hope you had a fantastic birthday!!!! I know that we had so much fun.

Reading stories with Grandma before going to dinner. My kids would listen to my mom read to them for hours, and believe me sometimes they do. Mom is so sweet to sit there and read whatever they bring to her.

Aren't these two cute! Little Man and his cousin waiting so patiently at the restaraunt. Love the little smiles.

This is just before we drove down to my families for the weekend. All three of the kids left their glasses on the whole way down (about two hours). Little Man loves his glasses.

Peanut looks so innocent. Don't be fooled! I love this little girl. She gives me a run for my money, but she is so sweet and cute. Lately all she wants to do in share with her family. It doesn't matter what she has, she wants to share. I love you Peanut!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy birthday Mike!!! I love you so much. I hope you have a great day. You do so much for our family. Thank you for all of your sacrifices and hard work. We love you!

Look who turned 6!!!

My little bug is growing up! I can't believe that she is 6, where has the time gone. She is such a great helper and a wonderful big sister. She definitely keeps me on my toes. Some of my favorite says of hers are: " I am kinda crestfallen" or "Mom, you could have said precisely instead of yes." "My lips are sad, they need a kiss". At school the kids in her class were able to ask her some questions. One little boy askedif she got a lot of toys for her birthday. Her responce was "more than I expected!"
I did a very simple cake this year. Bugs told me exactly what the cake should say. She was slightly disappionted that the writing was on a tag and not on the cake. She got over that pretty quick.

A few days before Bugs birthday, we went to Disney on Ice. The girls were so excited. They had a lot of fun. I tried to get some pictures, but the camera was not cooperating very well. I did the best I could. Little Man did pretty well. He got scared at the begining when the genie came out of the lamp (they let off fireworks). After that he settled right down.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!! This year we had two days of Halloween. On Friday, Bugs got to wear her costume to school. She was so excited. They even had a parade of all the kids in the school. She was so cute prancing up and down the hallway in her Belle costume. That night the PTA hosted a carnival and the school. The kids were able to play lots of cute little games, and eat pizza. It was a fun night.
Then this morning I loaded the kids in the car and took them to Mike's work. We reversed trick-or-treated. My kids gave the kids at his work candy. They were so cute sharing the candy, and making sure everyone got a piece.
Peanut wanted to be a princess, just like Bugs. She is Sleeping Beauty. We even had a cute crown for her, unfortunately that has been misplaced. She was very distraught when we discovered it was missing. She even called Grandpa in tears asking if he knew where it was.
So Little Man was going to be a football player (his dad is trying to influence him already). However, I saw this great binki at the store and couldn't pass it up. Maybe next year he will fulfil his father's dream :) This year he is a vampire. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Little man did not want to sit for pictures. He wanted to be off playing. I mad him sit down, so he started to cry. Recently, if he doesn't get his way, he hits whatever is closest with his head. Sometimes it is the floor, sometimes his sister, this time it was the pumpkin.

The girls wanted to show off their loot. We didn't have a lot of luck when we first started out, but then it got better. I think they have enough candy to last until Christmas, that is if I don't eat it first.

Peanut climbed on her pony while waiting to go to Bugs school. I thought that it was so sweet, I had to get a picture.