Monday, December 29, 2008

Amazing

Aren't They?






Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas to All


In an effort to simplify life I didn't send out Christmas cards this year and I didn't make goodie plates, but please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. May you have a very blessed Christmas.

Friday, December 19, 2008

My Thoughts on a House of Boys

My life is a life of boys. I have a husband who is all boy through and through, two sons who are also boy through and through and I also babysit 3 little boys.
Out of all the people I know I am the last person to have expected that my life was to be filled to such large doses of testosterone on a daily basis (add that to PCOS and you've got one hormonal scale leaning towards the extreme).
I love my boys but some days I can't figure out what I've gotten myself into. Take for example the threat that I issued last week in the car to one of babysittees:
"Hunter, I'm going to take that gun away if you can't be nice to people with it" ---------
Hmmm, how is it possible that those words came out of my mouth in that order, and how is that a reasonable threat, how is it possible to be nice to people when playing with a toy gun?
I love my boys but there are times when I wish that certain phrases didn't have to be uttered, (now that I've sat down to write about it, they are all escaping me).
Maybe someday Heavenly Father will see fit to throw in a little more estrogen to counteract the effects that the XY chromosomes are heaping upon me.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Party!

I think I'm finally recovering from the insanity that was my house on Saturday.
I decided to hold an 'appetizer and dessert tasting party'. The basic idea was to try out a bunch of the recipes that I have in my books under the guise of a Christmas Party. I was cooking pretty much non-stop from noon until 7pm when everyone came. It all turned out decent, I wasn't thrilled with all of it, but I guess that's the way it goes. The Whitmores, Haltermans, O'Learys and the Horrocks all came and we had a great time. If you missed it, you should be sad. There were some of you out there who I sent invites to but you never looked at them -- your loss ;)~ We'll catch you next year. I've posted the recipes along with the alterations I would make on my recipe blog -- follow the link on the side bar.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Thanksgiving


Our family had a very relaxing Thanksgiving, and I am grateful for that.
The boys and I went up to dad's on Monday (I flew with the two of them). I was superbly nervous about how this event would go, but they both were well behaved champs, and I enjoyed it.
I went out to dinner with a long lost high school friend on Tuesday night sans two cherubs. It was so good to reconnect with her and to catch up on each others lives and to know that we are still important to one another. Old wounds were healed and that was a huge relief to me.
A flew up on Thursday morning. We missed him a lot and I was relieved to not have to be a single mom any more.
Both of my sisters were there, and two of my brothers, as well as my grandma. My younger brother has two little ones, Dallin is 3 and he and E had a great time together. Dallin kept calling E 'friend', it was pretty cute. Bailey is 4 months old and a delightful neice to have. She's got big brown eyes and is super smiley. I love her!
My sister and sister-in-law and I braved Walmart and Target the day after Thanksgiving, it wasn't as frightful as I anticipated. The boys went hiking and had a great time.
We flew home on Saturday. I was sad to leave everyone behind, but happy to be home back to my own bed.
So aside from kids being a little under the weather for a few days and the fact that my dad has a dog and two cats, my sister bringing her dog and my brother bringing his dog (a post to come about why I do not want any animals...) it was a prime experience to reconnect with my loved ones and I am grateful for that.