Reflections

At Buddy and Noodle's school (and several school schools around here), there is a contest called Reflections with several categories to enter. The theme this year was "Beauty is..." Both Buddy and Noodle entered the photography category and Noodle won!! So now her picture goes on to regional. Yea!! That's so exciting for her - heartbreaking for Buddy though. But he handled it well! He won a couple of years ago.

Buddy entered this one, entitled "Beauty Is...A Self Makeover."

Noodle entered this one entitled "Beauty Is...A Mother's Love"

We're excited for her and to see how far she goes. This is a picture of a lady from our ward with her baby. Without making this too long, she nearly died 2ce when she had him in July. She flat lined 2ce and had to have 8 pints of blood and 4 (I think) of platelets. When they first check the baby and he couldn't move his left side. But the next day he was completely fine. It was VERY scary. But gratefully they both are fine!

School Pic's

This year I opted to NOT pay for school photo's and impossed on Hubs's sister to take them for us. Once again, she has out done herself. She always does such a fabulous job! Thanks so much, Gina. You're the best!

4??? Are you sure?

Today my baby is 4. I can't believe it. I keep thinking she's only 3. I have to say I'm quite emotional about the whole thing. I'm just not ready to have her be 4. I feel like I didn't treasure every moment, because I thought we'd have at least one more. So now that it looks like we aren't, I feel like I've missed so many things. Lewlew is so different from Austin and Emma. She's quite her own. She's also different when Austin and Emma aren't here. She's much more clingy and less whiney. I love the time we have alone. She LOVES flavored chips. I think Dorito's are her favorite, but it might be Pringles. She LOVES chocolate milk. She has MANY Polly Pockets and plays with them everyday. Her lastest "phase" is Strawberry Cake - a.k.a. Strawberry Shortcake. She likes doing things with her hands. Lately she's loved puzzles. We put together puzzles several times a day. She likes Darby, Pooh, Tigger, and Piglet, Hannah Montana, Scooby Doo, and playing the "puter." Her voice sounds like she just took a hit of helium and she talks really fast. She's really sweet and I'm so thankful to have her.

Here are a few pictures of Lewlew through 2009.

Thankful List - in no particular order

I am thankful for:

My husband
Our kids
My mom
My BFF (next to Bret of course!)
Friends
Our ward
The Gospel - every aspect
My Savior
The Atonement
Joseph Smith
The Pioneers
My toothbrush
Toothpaste
Heat
My health
My eye sight
My Hearing
My sence of smell - no matter how strong it is
Our home
A/C
My sence of touch
My sense of taste
Ability to read music
My education - however limited
That I'm a SAHM

I could go on and on. These are just a few off the top of my head. Every once in a while I get really thankful. We are so blessed. We have so much more than many people - and not just monitary things. I think it's good to do this and not just this time of year - all year round. Happy Thanksgiving!

New Moon

Just wondering who has New Moon tickets, when you're going, and who has NO interest in it at all. Just for the record, I really like the Twilight series (and "The Host" as well), but I am NOT, however, a big fan of Rob Patinson and really not Kristen Stewart. I do think Kellan Lutz is a hottie. Having said that, I am really excited to see the movie. Would you like to know if I have tickets already?????