Jilli's prayer tonight: "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for the day, I mean . . .  thank you for the food.  AMEN!"
She's also very into what labeling what boys and girls do.  She'll say things like, "Only girls feed babies" or "That chair is only for boys."  Some of her labels are very funny and I'll have to gently correct her with an "Actually boys AND girls can do that."
Jilli also has discovered that magic of a pinky promise.  I've heard her ask the boys several times to pinky promise with her, but tonight when I went upstairs and discovered that she had emptied a good portion of her clothes drawer and asked her not to do that again, she replied with, "I won't mom," and then sticking her little finger out to me she followed up with "pinky promise!"

Jaxton told me that he woke up during the middle of the night and was super scared.  He said he didn't know what to do and then he remembered that he could pray.  He then said that he kneeled on top of his covers, asked Jesus and Heavenly Father to help him not be scared and then he said to me, "And you know what?  I wasn't scared anymore and I went back to sleep!"  I assured him that he had done exactly the right thing and that I was so proud of him.  I love seeing my kids put their faith into action!

Jaxton’s Primary Talk – Agency is the Gift to Choose for Ourselves – 12/29/12

Think about the choices you’ve made today.  Did you make a choice about what cereal to eat for breakfast, or what tie to wear, or if you were going to listen to your parents?  Since we are all here today, I know that you made the choice to come to church. 

We will have choices every day.  There will be hard choices and easy choices and we may even choose the wrong choice sometimes, but we will always have a choice because we have AGENCY.  Agency is a gift that Jesus has given us so that we can choose for ourselves. 

I am so thankful for agency and that I can make choices for myself.  I know that if we make good choices that we will live with Jesus and Heavenly Father again. 

In the name of Jesus Christ AMEN         

2011 Goals

Everyone did fairly well with their 2011 goals. I'm still working on my 10lbs, but this year I'm more realistic and instead put that I would eat more veggies than sugar.

Here's hoping that 2012 brings us as much happiness as 2011 did!

I don't ever get tired of seeing this little face.

Mac SO loves him some Karate!

Thankful

How thankful we were to have the Bishop's come and join us for Thanksgiving. We hadn't seen them for almost a year and a half, but the kids picked right up and had a great time together. Olivia and Jilli especially took an immediate liking to one another and it was so fun to watch them interact for three days.

Our family feels so blessed. We have each other, the gospel, our home, good health, opportunities to grow and develop, a great job and more things than I could actually list. My heart is full of gratitude to the Savior for His hand in our lives!

Aggie basketball season has officially begun!

Jaxton shared an experience with me that I thought was so sweet.  He said that he woke up in the middle of the night and was really scared from a dream that he had.  So he told me, "I knew the best thing for me to do was get on my knees and pray, so I got out of my covers, knelt on my bed and prayed.  And do you know what happened?  I wasn't scared anymore and I went back to sleep."  My heart swells with joy when I see my children's testimonies and faith grow.

I found Jilli admiring her cousins the other day. She still knows each cousin's name and can point to each person correctly.

Jilli offers the sweetest prayers. It consists mostly of a lot of mumble jumble and then she abruptly announces "AMEN!"

L.O.V.E. this girl!