My Cup Runneth Over

My family and I have had a very blessed month.

1) We were having car problems. One place diagnosed our vehicle as having two things wrong with it and a cost of $1100. I was devastated. We paid our $100 diagnosed fee and I began looking around. I found the best price to be around $700. Much better but not great. So I took it in. They began looking at the car and said it was something completely else than what I was first told. The total cost was $430!! YEA!!!

2) Having one vehicle can be kind of a pain. As I was debating how I was going to get my car from point a to point b and then home again with two kids was really stressing me out. My b-sitter stepped in with out even being asked and said hey I'll follow you there to drop your car off and then I can take you home. THANK YOU. It was great not having to walk home with two kids even though it would only have been about a 1/2 mile walk. Then while the car was in the shop I had two co-workers step in and offer/give me rides. The one was able to drop me off after work at the shop since the car was fixed. I love great people who are willing to go out of their way to help someone else. I pray they will be blessed in their efforts as well.

3) Last week at school I checked my teacher mail box. Inside was an envelope with "TP" on the front of it. Inside was $200! Because of this money our savings (which isn't much) is now back up where it was before we had car problems. What a blessing!

4) RB last night saw a guy at the side of the road who needed a jump on their car. After jumping them once and then five miles later jumping them again he ended up taking them where they needed to go. They parked their vehicle at the Texaco and RB drove them to Pocatello, ID. Yes, he was gone for 3 hours but it was the least we could do after receiving the extra money we got.

5) Since we got our car back from repairs we still had an obnoxious noise. It was only when we were going between 30 and 60 miles per hour. We were dreading having to take it back into the shop and pay more to get it fixed. Well this morning RB called me and told me he hasn't heard the noise at all. Sure enough after I drove it I haven't heard the noise either. Hopefully it fixed itself and all is well with our vehicle.

6) When RB called me he told me of another great blessing. He filled up his car in Pocatello, ID before heading home. He drove 85 miles back and then another 20 miles this morning to his car pool. After arriving at his car pool his gas meter thing still read we had a full tank of gas. Wow.

The Lord has truly blessed me and my family this month! I am truly grateful for all he has blessed us with. I know he is looking out for each and every one of us. Some blessing are easier to see and recognize but I know he blesses up each day. We just have to look for them. I pray we all can recognize those blessings and have our cups running over every month!

Old Post

I started a post in Aug. and never finished it. Then when my sis sent me some pics. I decided it was time to finish the post. When I published it, it published clear back in the Aug. posts instead of the Nov. posts. So anyways, here is a link to the post that I did so you can enjoy it.

The Past

My Night

My afternoon/night started with my return from school at 3:30pm. I walked into my house and heard a dog bark. After further investigation I found the dog tied up in my backyard. I had forgotten we were dog sitting again this weekend. Yes, it is the same dog as before, Lady. Now my love for dogs has not grown any since the last time we watched her so you can image my surprise when she was here. After MJ played outside for awhile she decided we needed to go for a walk with the dog.

Being the wonderful mother I am (ha, ha), I agreed. Lady was super excited and we started our adventure around one block. Lady is much stronger than I. I am pushing the stroller and holding onto the leash at the same time. When Lady would take off so would I. That meant so did the stroller. We were two wheeling it many times trying not to tip Lil over. Finally MJ decided she could push Lil as long as the dog wasn't close to her. Yes, you heard right. She's the one who wanted to go for the walk WITH THE DOG, and she's afraid of it. She would freak out and scream every time the dog got near. About half way around the block MJ was tired of pushing. This actually worked to my advantage. MJ would run and so would I with the dog. Every time the dog got close she would take off again. The second half of the block did not take nearly as much time as the first half.

After we got home I reheated waffles, the frozen kind, and sat down to eat. (RB had a meeting tonight and didn't get home until after 6:30.) MJ decided to pray. For the first time she prayed by herself. MJ is the type where she has to do something over, and over, and over and over again before she will do it on her own. She did so good. She thanked Heavenly Father for our blessing, and then asked him to bless a whole bunch of people. Then she paused and asked "what other words can I say?" I prompted her to bless the food and then she closed. It was great. She loved it.

Sorry this is a novel tonight. After RB got home we were downstairs and MJ was pushing around my big exercise ball. It hit the pool table and Cocoa Puffs went flying everywhere. I was amazed and shocked to see these chocolate balls all over my floor with no cereal box in sight. Upon investigation we found a pocket of our pool table full of Cocoa Puffs. MJ had made a little stash for herself so if she ever got hungry while downstairs.

Overall my night has been full of fun and adventurous activities. Hope your night is going well too!

Happy 2008 Halloween

Halloween this year was great. We had a really good time walking around the neighborhood and going up the famous Century Drive. I must say Halloween in Tremonton has been a whole new experience for me. I have never received some of the great things that we get. Don't get me wrong, I love the pop, and drinks, and treats. It's just that I never thought people gave stuff like that out. It's cool.

MJ loved going house to house knocking on the doors. RB and I didn't dress up though. We get to dress up for school and we were all pooped out from doing that. MJ was Areal that swims in the water, and Lil was a beautiful butterfly. Lil hated her wings. She threw a fit every time I put her in her costume.


Lil finally got happy when Daddy came home.

This is her pouting. I love the lip!

This is Areal that swims in the water (or sea).

Now I have to tell you this. We borrowed this costume from our babysitter. It came with a red wig. Now the wig was really tangled and I couldn't figure out which way was up or down. So RB suggested using the hair coloring spray. You have to understand I have NEVER dyed my hair. I also have very clear images of people from past Halloweens trying to use the spray and it not coming out. So with all of this in mind I was a little apprehensive to color MJ's hair.

After trick or treating I sent MJ straight up stairs to the tub. There I brushed her hair first, like the instructions say, and then I washed it. It took two shampooings and all the red was out. I was a very happy mother. There was no way she was going to sleep with the red in and get it all over her pillow so I was very glad it all came out. After our bath we had pizza for dinner and then I went to bed. I was in bed by 8:30. It felt great!

Hope your Halloweens were just as good as mine. Have a great after the Halloween day. We are going to have a Christmas dinner, Christmas music, and games party.

Up close and personal

It seems like every time I look at our blog there is another embarrassing photo of me.
So I thought i would let you get to know the rest of my family a little bit better. What I mean by a little bit better is here is some great shots of their nostrils.