THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

1. His contagious laugh

2. His positive outlook on life

3. His testimony of the Gospel

4. Melt your heart smile

5. Willingness to do anything for anyone

6. Works miracles with a hammer or any tool for that matter

7. Hard working

8. His love for his children and me!

9. Can build anything

10. His focus on our blessings

11. His concern for others

12. His Love of the Savior and desire to be like Him

13. Patient

14. Ability to relax

15. Always knows just what to say

16. His love and concern for his extended family

17. Can do large math problems in his head

18. Ability to listen

19. Can visualize ideas/problems/structures etc.

20. Loves to spend time with us

21. Uncanny sense of direction

22. Supersonic hearing (this can have it's faults)

23. My hero

24. Gorgeous blue eyes

25. Sensitive to the Spirit

26. Honors his priesthood

27. Helps with household chores! (A ton!)

28. Always puts others first

29. Knows how to feed an army/large family gatherings

30. Great cook; breakfast lunch and dinner

31. Down to earth

32. Humble

33. Always thinking of me

34. Can laugh at himself

35. Has common sense

36. Will do anything for me including things he feels he can't do (ie dance)

37. Would give you the shirt off his back etc.

38. Has an eye for design

39. Is interested in my day; good or bad

40. Loves to hold me

41. Can whistle a tune

42. Can whistle loud to get others attention!

43. Gets the kids up and going so I can exercise

44. Makes the kids lunch in the morning

45. Great Scuba diver

46. Adventurous

47. Will travel with me/family

48. Romantic

49. Spontaneous

50. The first to apologize

51. Tells great stories from his childhood and youth

52. Makes up songs to familiar tunes

53.Has a great memory

54. Each day he says many sweet compliments to me

These are just a few of the reasons I love this great man and am so grateful to have him as my eternal husband!

I LOVE YOU! HAPPY VALENTINES DAY HONEY!

Magic Kisses

I'm finally back! I have spent every spare moment and then some on working on my parents, in laws, and sister-in law's gifts and finally got them DONE, Yay! I guess you could say I have a little OCD in me, some would say a lot of OCD but who are "they" to judge.

I have noticed lately that everytime my kids get hurt instead of running to me for a KISS to make it all better they run for the BANDAIDS! Since when did bandaids make everything all better. I mean come on Mothers are supposed to kiss the owie all better. I guess if you're bleeding a bandaid is good to STOP the bleeding but when did they become so magical that all is well after the bandaid is placed on the owie? I don't even stoop to getting the fun action figure or fun bandaids just the plain old run of the mill ones. Even Cortlynd has to put a bandaid on her finger because it is "hurting", no open wound, no cut, no blood! The last time Gavin came in crying I said, "Do you want me to kiss it all better?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "That doesn't help" he cries. So I say to the "All Powerful Bandaid" I will fight you to the death! The death I say! I won't let you take my magic from my kisses!

I was greatful to find that I do still have the "magic touch" when it comes to scary dreams. Graham came in our room the other night crying that he had a bad dream. He went to Darren's side of the bed as they all do because Mom doesn't always let them in bed. It was such a bad dream for him that just being with us was not enough for him to go back to sleep. He kept crying so my sweet husband suggested to sing a song. They both proceeded to softly sing 3 songs together but that still didn't help he was still crying so he wanted to get in the middle to be by me. I held him tight and suggested he say a prayer. Which he asked if I would say it for him. After my prayer he said "I can't close my eyes because I keep picturing my scary dream." I asked if he wanted to talk about it which he did. Then I said he sould think of good things to think of but that didn't help either. I finally had a thought to remind him what I have told him before when he is scared at night. "I am filled with faith not fear." That was all it took he said it 3 times and his breathing slowed and he fell back to sleep in my arms. It was amazing to witness the faith of a little child!

AHH THE EXCITEMENT AND INNOCENCE OF YOUTH!!

If your family has never been "Booed" it is quite the fun experience for the kids, but I didn't realize how much fun they actually had. Hunter was babysitting Graham and Gavin while Darren was at Bishopric meetings and Cort and I were at YM's when we got Booed this year. When Darren got home the boys were soooo excited to share with him what they got to do. They were so proud of themselves because they followed the directions and made copies of the papers and delivered their "Goodies" to not only 2 families but to 3. The part that I think is the cutest is what they gave as a treat. Family 1 got 5 cinnamon bears in a little plastic baggie, family 2 got a handful of peanut M&M's and family 3 got 3 fruit snacks! They were quite determined too. They told us how they would ring the doorbell and then hide but they wouldn't come to the door so they kept doing it until they came! They caught a couple of times too in their attempts to be sneaky. They even scared one family (whose husband was out of town) who called another neighbor to send out their older boys to see who kept ringing and leaving. Those boys scared our boys who were hiding in the bushes. Don't you just remember how fun it was to be so excited over little things like this and really sharing from the heart with others? I hope to remember this and be excited over the little things. FYI we did redeem ourselves and took homemade cookies (enough for the whole family) the next night and they again loved hiding and giggling in the dark as they waited for our neighbors to answer the door and find another surprise!

Memory Trading

Ok, Ok, I am trying to do this blog thing! This is the second time I've been tagged by my sister to start a blog and actually post something on it. Lets hope I can figure it all out with all my amazing "computer skills". I can't wait to hear your memories because with the way that my memory is these days I can't seem to remember where my cell phone is or which child is supposed to be at which activity.

Here are the directions:1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, if we’ve actually met in person or not, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you don’t want to play on your blog, or if you don’t have a blog, I’ll leave my memory of you in my comments.