Don't ever use BenGay for Toothpaste!

Yes, that is true! I sent the kids in tonight to brush their teeth! I was cleaning the kitchen and all of a sudden I hear Carson screaming. I go running (well if you would call it running being 8 months pregnant) into my room and he had grabbed the tube of bengay and brushed his teeth with it. I have to admitt I was a little mad at my other kids for not watching him a little better, but we called the poison control and the sweet lady informed me that he will be fine! Just going to have a hot mouth for a little bit! Oh, the joys! All is well!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

We finally got the tree up and decorated! Boy, it seems like this year it has taken us extra long to get the decorations up on the house. The kids have begged me all week to get it done! Finally on Thursday night we got everyone around the tree and the kids put on the ornaments. It is very pretty and I am sure will probably not be taken down until the end of Jan or the beginning of Feb. Maybe we will just add some hearts to it and call it the "Love Tree"! Here are a few pictures of us decorating. Hope all is well with your families. We had a ward Christmas Breakfast this morning and our Bishop encouraged us to sing a Christmas song every night before we say our family prayers. I really thought this was a wonderful idea. Maybe we could all try this. May we all have a wonderful Christmas and remember to put Christ first this season!

Happy Turkey Day!

Well, another year of stuffing ourselves to the top! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Lunch was at our house. We had so much food that I think we could have feed the whole town. Mom & Randall were still here. Packing up a truck to go to Logan the next day. Thank you Randall for all the times you washed the dishes. He is really good at that! I also caught him reading a book to Mallory! Busy Beaver! I had all my siblings here for Thanksgiving and their families. It was nice to have everyone together. We also had my Uncle Charles, Aunt Stacey, & my cousin Lafe and his sweet family. What a wonderful day it was! Then later that evening we went to the Randall Family Dinner. So needless to say we were STUFFED!!!! We are so thankful for the many things that we have been blessed with. We have five beautiful, healthy children, who keep us moving everyday! We have such wonderful family and friends! We hope this Christmas Season that all is well with your families and that the spirit of Christmas feels your homes.

That's what Friends are for!

I have really been thinking lately about my friends and family. The people who influence myself and my family everyday! Oh how lucky I am to have such great people in my life. The last couple of months has really opened my eyes to this topic. I have a dear friend who was diagnosed with cancer. She was a wonderful mother to eight children and she just was a shining example to me. She was always involved in her children's lives and also in the church. She was my neighbor when we lived in Gilbert. And we had lots of fun times. This horrible disease took her very fast. She lived for three months and fought a hard fight. She has gone to be with our Father in Heaven but I know that she has taught me and many others lots of lessons. My life has been truly impacted from knowing Shelley Conway and she will never know how many lives she has touched. I pray everyday that the spirit of our loving Father in Heaven will be with her wonderful husband and their eight children. May we all remember to hold our children and take time for those little moments of reading a book or playing a game with them. They are so precious and need our time and love.