Saturday!

If we are home on a Saturday it is a work day and then a play day. I am trying to get my kids to learn that we work before we play. Yesterday, we worked on the basement. John and I finished insulating so it is now ready for sheetrock. We are only finishing the family room and the play room for right now. It costs alot - more than we thought. We will probably sheetrock ourselves and then have some professional mud and tape. Although my husband is a professional in all that he does we just don't have time - I am impatient and want to have a princess party for Emmie downstairs for her birthday. Well we'll see how that turns out. I told John when we get the basement finished then we can get cable. Yes, I know what you are thinking, "holy cow, no cable". Actually it is great. The kids love PBS and there are no commercials.
Emmie picked Jason up and put him in her lab and said "take picture, mom." Emmie is really sweet with Jason; at least she has good intentions. Emmie loves Jason because he will play Barbies with her and Will won't. He actually likes to chew on the squishy barbie legs and eat some of the clothers. Emmie and Jason are 25 months apart.

Emmie wanted to print pages off the Internet and color. After a long day and way past a reasonable nap time I was trying to keep her busy so that she would not fall asleep. Recognize the coloring pages? You might if you were four years old in 1985. Yes, they are She-ra coloring pages. Emmie is fascinated with the "Princess of Power". I have a DVD of a few episodes and the He-man/She-ra cartoon movie and she loves it. It totally fits her personality. Emmie is a sweet little girl most of the time, but then in a moments notice she transforms into this defensive fighter super girl. You don't mess with Emmie when she is not so sweet. Emmie is not afraid to defend her territory or her Will or Jason.

Here is John working hard in the basement. He quite enjoyed himself working and listening to BYU kick some UCLA butt. Thanks John for the hard work. You are the best a gall could have.

Jason is 9 months old. Time sure does fly by fast. He has one tooth on the bottom. He is wonderful. He is a little shy around other adults, but he loves to play with kids and goes nuts over other babies. He can move around - not quite a crawl but more of a army wiggle crawl. Jason is so much fun and we love him.

I really need to up date.

This post is all out of order, but it makes sense to me. Like everything else in my life.
We went camping up AF Canyon by Cascade Springs. It rained so much and all night long that we thought our trailer was going to turn into an arc. Here is a family picture of us in all our glory. My hair is fabulous, Emmie and Will are filthy, Jason is wearing Will's sweatshirt, and John looks like a run way model. Just wonderful. We had a great time. Hillary, Tyler, Justin, Grandma and Grandpa Gerber and Kjell came. Brandan and Haylie came for an evening for dinner.

Here is Will on his first day of school. He is a funny kid.

I really need to up date my blog. We got a new computer last Tuesday. It has been great. Nothing fancy, just a Dell. We have been busy, too busy for blogging.

Will started preschool on Wednesday. This is his second year at ABC Preschool. This year there are too kids that we carpool with. Will got all excited that his friends got to go to school with him.

Wednesday and Thursday I was doing church stuff all day. I am the YW Stake Sports Director and volleyball starts tomorrow. This calling has been wonderful. It really has helped me to be more social and forces me to talk to people that normally I would not. I am always learning when I have a church calling.

On Thursday night John and I went to the Provo Temple. Our friend Annie received her endowments and it is awesome to be able to support her. Saturday morning Annie and Richard got sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Yet, again another total awesome experience. And the rest of the day was wedding luncheon and reception.

Yeah, I know, thank me later for this great read. This post really lacked good adjectives - I know it was awesome and really awesome.

I got tagged! And I am tagging..

Answer the questions using one word and then tag four other people. I tag, Andrea, Jamie, Anjalee, and Kristy


1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your significant other? John
3. Your hair? Red
4. Your mother? Nice
5. Your father? Generous
6. Your favorite thing? FUN!
7. Your dream last night? Weird
8. Your favorite drink? Water
9. Your dream/goal? Marathon
10. The room you’re in? Grandma's
11. Your hobby? Hobby?
12. Your fear? Sickness
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Skinny
14. What you’re not? Ugly
15. Muffins? Butter
16. One of your wish list items? Vacation
17. Where you grew up? Lehi
18. The last thing you did? Bills
19. What are you wearing? Clothes
20. Favorite gadget? None
21. Your pets? None
22. Your computer? Gone
23. Your mood? Whatever
24. Missing someone? No
25. Your car? Van?
26. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
27. Favorite store? Walmart
28. Like someone? John
29. Your favorite color? Any
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Period

For Sale

We are selling John's truck. Any inquires..
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Do you want some cheese with that?

Yeah, I realized that my last post was a little cheesy. But, it is so much fun to read through all the old letters with John.

Jason is eight months old today. (I don't have a picture because I am on my mom's computer because ours is not currently functioning the way it was last week. And because I don't belong to the geek squad we are probably going to get a new one. We thought that it might not be worth fixing the old one since it is almost three years old. Any suggestions on new ones?) Anyways, Jason is the sweetest baby. Always so happy, especially now that one front tooth has broken through. Mom is happier too that she is getting more sleep at night, because of the whole teething thing. Just yesterday he refused to eat his healthy Gerber baby vegetables and insisted on eating cereal by himself. Emmie's Princess cereal does taste all sugary and good - no wonder. Jason will probably be crawling in the next month or so. You can tell that he wants to be on the move. He is just still learning and getting stronger. He is so mellow and just wonderful.

The other day John was blowing raspberries on Jason's tummy and he left his tick-tack in Jason's belly button. Silly things happen when your husband acts like he is one of the kids.

Better late than never! Right?!

Happy Anniversary!

Our anniversary was last weekend, six years. For our anniversary John and I do an "anniversary box". (It was John's idea. we started on our first anniversary.) We put an item in the box that reminds us of the last year with a poem or a letter. So this year I put in a star (the north star) representing the constant blessings that our little family have received in the last year. John put in a packet of seeds representing the growth our family; "it has grown into a beautiful flower."

Here is a bit from my letter -"The thing that I think about over the last year is how extremely blessed our family is. We enjoy our health, have money to pay bills, we have testimonies of the Gospel, we are happy, we love each other, John has work every day and there is nothing majorly wrong with the kids that we know of. I am sure that we have blessing that the Lord has blessed us with that we are not even aware of."

John, I love you.