what a beautiful mess

Well he is not actually getting big as in gaining weight, but he is beginning to crawl. I will lay him on the floor and let him play and when I come back into the room, he is in a completley different place. He will get up on his knees and rock back and forth and push off with his feet. He is such a good baby and so cute!!! After tomorrow, he will officially be our last child! I love the children I have and while I would love the children I could have, I"m perfectly content right now!!!

I thought that this was a really great video from YouTube. It might take two times to watch to really get the whole message but it is worth it. I know it seems a little different at first but just keep watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA

So I gave Annabelle some Tabasco sauce for lying to me. Not a huge deal. Just a little teeny bit on her tongue. I thought it would be better than soap which can be potentially toxic. So after a fuss, I got it on her tongue. Do you know what she asked me after? "Am I going to die?" So I am now one of the worst mothers ever!!! I feel so bad. The fact that she thought I would give her something that would make her die just makes me want to curl up and die myself. She is so sweet and tender. I try to remember that she thinks just a little deeper than my other children. She is always asking questions about everything, wants to know about everything. I think that she will no longer be lying to me though!!!! The girls started gymnastics this last week and loved it!!! Anna does cartwheels everywhere. They both love it more than dance so they'll stay in it as long as they want. Stephen is feeling a little left out so he has decided to try boxing. Trevor is feeling pretty darn go...

Today I am being released from my calling as YW 2cd counselor. I'm really sad to be done with this calling. I loved it and so far it has been my favorite that I have had. I never thought i would enjoy working with ttwelve and thirteen year olds but it was wonderful. The girls had such sweet spirits. I have never seen a group of girls that got along so well. And I had an awesome assistant. Stephanie has really been a great friend and I loved spending Tuesday nights with her. So Im hoping that I get another calling again soon. I don't really like being without one. I think they make me try harder to be good!! By the way, my camera is broken right now so until it gets fixed or I get a new one, there won't be many pictures. No worries though, that will only be for a couple of weeks at the most!!!

This last picture is Aunt candice pulling out Emilys tooth. She wouldnt let her own mother but of course Candice can!!!! They others are a few more from our trip. That is how Joshua looks most of the time, well besides right now cause hes got a bad case of diaper rash!! The kid poops all the time and i just cant seem to keep up with it!!. He goes to the doctor tomorrow morning so im hoping he has gained some weight. I know he definitley feels like it. by the way, a big thank you to Stacey for lending me her book Twilight!! BEST book or books, i have read in a long, long time!! I promise i will return it to you!

We were finally able to go to St George at the end of August after a long tme of not visiting. We had a lot of fun being able to see our family and spend the time with PJ before he leaves for Iraq. He leaves this sunday. We are really going to miss him and already are anxiously awaiting his return. If you all can keep him in your prayers, it would be really appreaciated. We did have quite an eventful trip down. We got about to Inkom (a town just about 2 miles out of pocatello) and our vans transmission went out on us. It wasnt really a surprise. When you have older cars or just cars in general, they break down. It is a fact of life that we are learning. So we ended up having to be towed back to town and my good friend Stephanie came and got the kids and I. We all met back at home and could not decide what to do. We really did not want to miss the weekend because it was the only time we could go down to see PJ before he left. Plus my parents did not know PJ was coming home early so it w...

Emily has finally lost her two front teeth!!! She was very excited and pleased when the tooth fairy left her a little surprise beneath her pillow! The tooth fairy sure sets high standards nowadays!! We will be broke just from all the teeth there will be to pay for!