I have been tagged

I've been tagged by my friend Shellie.
Go to your pictures, open the 4th folder and upload the 4th picture in that folder...so here it is:

This is Mara at her swimming lessons, it was her second lesson of the summer.

Mara loves swimming ( being in the water) but hates getting her face wet.

In this picture you can see that her teacher is pulling her through the water- well this is about 5 seconds before the teacher let her go and she went completely under the water, and freaked out for 2 minutes straight.

Mara still hates getting her face wet!!

oops I forgot to tag people......

I tag

Shanny, annie, Lyndsey, Jaime, Jen, and anyone else that wants to do it!!!

calm and being in control

First off, I would like to say how much I love my kids. they are my world!!

I really do try not to get mad or irratated at the things that they do, "occationally" I do loose my cool and act poorly to my darlin child ( Mara)

Last night, I did a very good job of not yelling, saying naughty words or even crying outloud!!

here goes.............

We called Jonah just before we were going to go to bed, we went down intop the kitchen to have a bedtime snack, as Mara was eating her 2 pickles and her drink I decided to empty out the recycling bin.

I went outside and when I came back in ( 1 minute, if that) Mara hurried and put something on the kitchen counter and hid her hands behind her back...

hummmm what has Mara been up too?

well then I noticed what she had done............

she cut her bangs!!!!!!!!!!!!

when I asked her what had she done! she calmly said

"I was just combing my bangs"

" no you were not using a comb but scissors, we do not use scissors, do we?"

"no, :( "

I did not yell at her but I did tell her that she did not look very cute anymore and that she looked funny

how am I going to fix this now?????

I guess she will just be wearing headbands for a while

sitting duck

Jackson is finally sitting on his own for more than just a few seconds.

yippee!!!!!

Ria!!!

so a few weeks ago Jonah took these pictures of Ria while camping....



she got into the bouncer on her own

she is sleeping peascefully on Cuda:)

Cuda is a good sport

FAVORITES!!!

In no particular order.........


8 favorite T.V. Shows

1- House
2- Jon and Kate plus Eight
3- Scrubs
4- Army Wives
5- So you think you can Dance
6- Grey's Anatomy
7- Dancing with the Stars
8- Ace of Cakes

8 Favorite Restaurants

1- Spagetti Factory
2- Olive Garden
3- Cafe' Rio
4- Panda Express
5- Famous Daves
6- Chilis
7- Chic-Fil-a
8-TGIFridays

8 Things that happened yesterday

1-went to work
2- went to Mara's Gymnastics class
3- spent to much money at the fabric store
4- started on my halloween costume
5- got to sleep with Jonah ( he didn't work last night)
6- got Twilight tickets!!!!!!!! anyone that wants to come let me know
7- ate dinner with Jonah, Mara, and Jackson { well Jackson just watched:o) }
8- Jonah was on Channel 13 news- he was voting and they interviewed him
http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7710180&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1


8 Things I look Forward to

1- the weekend
2- playing with my kiddos and my hunny
3- finishing my costume
4- Halloween
5- seeing my family this weekend
6- Jackson crawling
7- seeing Twilight the movie
8- loosing weight

8 Things I LOVE about Fall

1- it isn't winter yet
2- the colorful mountains
3- making yummy food
4- seeing family
5- piles of fall leaves
6- comfort foods ( I know I really need to stay away from them)
7- Halloween costumes
8- Halloween

8 Things on my Wishlist

1- Travel with my family
2- stay home with my kiddos
3- Pay the house off
4- Win the lotto
5- expand our family through adoption
6- travel with Jonah
7- lose weight
8- not to loose anyone else close to me

8 people I tag

1- annie
2- shannon
3- jamie Johnson ( soon to be Renger)
4- Bryce and Heather
5- Amy
6- Shellie
7-Shauna
8-Marye

SLACKER

Sorry for the LONG absence! I have been a slacker;)

I can't wait for Halloween!!

Jonah is going to be a pirate
I am going to be a pirate/Wench( fitting huh?)
Mara is a princess Mermaid ( she has said this since December )
Jackson is a Starfish ( again, Mara said this since December)

I am sooo excited!!!

I will post the pictures next week


I am still working on my costume but everyone elses is done ( the kiddos costumes have been done for a while now, Jonah and mine started just this week)

"Crashed"

this is how I find her sleeping often:)

she loves the kennel- she will go in there and "crash"

I love it!!!!!!

so here is a funny little story.....

I made this arrangement for my mom's grave.

well I took it up to the cemetary on Sunday afternoon. well on Monday night when Shannon went to the cemetary she found an arrangement with only 5 or 6 roses in it, it started out with 36:)

apparentely the deer had a great snack:) deer love roses

I am not made at all- think my mom would have loved to see all of the deer

P.S. you can see more pictures here

http://flowersbybethie.blogspot.com/

My angelic Momma!!

October 6th 2008-

today was a very hard day. I miss my mom very much, I can not believe that she has been gone for two years.

I never thought that it would be so lonely without her here, to see, hug, listen to, and smell.

My mom had the most amazing smell- I close my eyes and I can almost smell it- sweet and inviting, an aroma that no one else in this world has.

She had such a spirit about her, she could brighten you day with just a smile and a loving word.

I am glad that Mara was able to get to know my mom a little bit. Mara talks about her everyday and tells me that Grandma Joyce-y loves her and misses all of us.

Mara misses her grandma and loves her greatly.

Momma- I love you!! I miss you with all of my heart, what I would give to just be able to hug you once more and to hear you tell me that you love me. You are an amazing woman that I will always strive to be like, though no one will ever be as wonderful and amazing as you.

Snowbird '04 ( thanks Janet and Don)
on the family cruise'05 ( everyone but me, Jonah, and Mara went)
Bear Lake '05
Mom's birthday '06
Halloween '05

Mom's Birthday '05 ( yes that is a porto potty- that was our gift for boating)
Mara's Birthday '05 I love her outfit, she was always such a great sport about everything
mom at Mara's first birthday party ( Luau)

these are pictures after the funeral, I loved being able to see all of these great amazing pictures of my mom, in one spot. It took my breathe away- it was one spot that I could completely engulf myself inmoments of my momall of the pictures in the entry way

Our newest Girl

Miss Sariah Joy

she is a cute little boxer
she will be 11 weeks old tomorrow