Thursday, March 16, 2017

Boys

Look at this face.

He's pretty cute right? Thanks! I think so too. Well, yesterday I was going to look at something on the iPad just real quick like. I pushed the button at the bottom and the color was all wonky. Now, I am not ashamed to say that I have no clue about most technology. I don't know how to do very much on these newfangled contraptions. I knew by looking at the iPad that the color was off so I went to the settings thing and looked for color fix-it option. It wasn't on the list in settings. I sat there totally stumped as how to fix it. I looked up and saw little B playing with some cars on the hot chocolate table. Two things: first, I know you were shocked to read that one of our boys was playing with cars. They just love them! Truthfully this one doesn't love them as much as K loves them but he still likes them. Next, we have called it a hot chocolate table for so long, like since B and I got one right after we got married, that I forget that the rest of the world calls it a coffee table. We call it a hot chocolate table because we drink hot chocolate, not coffee. Anyway, so little B was playing with cars and I asked him if he knew how to fix the color on the iPad. He stood up, walked over to me and and said, "yeah, you just push this button three times." I pushed the button three times with no result. He took the iPad from me and said,"here, let me do it." He did it and it magically fixed the color. He handed it back to me and said,"there you go mommy!" I sat there in stunned silence. It's crazy that I knew he would know how to fix it and that he carried out the instructions after I didn't do it right. It's just the time he lives in right?


  The other month really we were all sitting around on a Sunday afternoon and B asked M and K if they could go anywhere in the world, where would they go. M didn't even hesitate,"Paris, London, Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland, China Antarctica, Africa." Once she stopped to take a breath  I told her she better marry someone rich so that they can travel the world together. K said, "Hawaii so I can go swimming." We told him there were a lot of places a lot closer than Hawaii where he could go swimming. He said he knew that but, wanted to swim in Hawaii. Then he said that he wanted to go to China. M got all Huffy and said,"You only said China because I said China." Of course he denied it so B asked him why he wanted to go to China. K sighed a mighty sigh, like he was trying to explain something so simple to complete idiots,  and put his head in his hand. When he looked up at us he said,"because, I want to learn Spanish!" Because that makes perfect sense. B and I about died laughing! Oh how I love our kids and their brains and the funny things they say!

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Blessing day

 This little lady got blessed a few weeks ago. I love that we live closer to family, however, I hate that we're still far enough away that coming to our house can't be a weekend vacation. The only people that were able to come to her blessing were our mom's. Having them come was awesome but my heart was sad that there were no brothers or brothers-in-law to stand in the circle. Not saying that I want a huge circle, I don't. But I love when family is able to come for any reason really but, especially things like blessings. Annnnyway, the blessing was so so good! Some of the things B told her in her blessing were that she has been blessed with a strong, loving personality, even before she was born and that will continue throughout her life. He also told her that there are loved ones beyond the veil that love her and are cheering her on. He said that as she stays close to the Savior that she will be able to recognize the temptations of Satan and be able to overcome them. I love baby blessings! I think they are so special. As B was finishing the blessing I wondered if my dad was there. Almost as soon as I thought it, I felt him so strongly. B told me later that he felt his dad and his younger brother there too. I love that first of all we have the knowledge that death is not the end, and that even though people  beyond the veil are so busy, they still come around. I am missing my dad a lot today. I love knowing that he came to her blessing and that he is still aware of what is going on in our lives.
We had to take a picture of A with my mom. My mom is so talented and she made her blessing dress. My little sister had a baby in December and my mom made her baby a matching blessing dress. I told her that she should sell them on Etsy. A lady in our ward stopped us to look at the dress and agreed that she should sell them. I love that it's so simple. I am not one for frills and lace and so this dress was perfect. To quote my beautiful sister in law, "I can't believe she was conceived, it's inconceivable!" We concur completely, she is our miracle baby and we all love her and are so thankful that she came to our family.

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