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Project 365 | Week 5

Monday, January 26, 2009
jan26Today was JJ’s 7th Birthday. I can’t believe how fast time has gone. JJ was so excited for today. JJ’s favorite color is yellow, so we made a yellow cake with some chocolate frosting with some great sprinkles and added his favorite spiderman action figures. One of the things that JJ is really good at is matching games and he loves them. So we finally got him MEMORY and a fun little stuffed puppy (he’s been wanting a dog) – it’s an e-pet, so we are going to get him set up online so he can play the fun games that they have that go with the puppy. We had pizza for dinner since that is one of JJ’s favorite meals. It’s so wonderful to see JJ so happy – his smile goes from ear to ear. Beth was completely jealous of all the attention JJ got today, but I’m glad we were able to make it his day. I think he had a good time.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009
jan27My poor little Beth is sick today. She was so sad to not be able to go to school. But she was all sniffles and coughs. So she sat and watched several episodes of the old My Little Pony shows (I used to watch them on Saturday morning when I was a little girl).

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
jan28I love my kids’ little feet and they take after me with not wanting shoes or socks on. Even in the winter we walk around the house without anything on our cold little toeses.

Tonight I had to put the kids to bed before Joey got home from work. But the kids were still awake when he arrived, so he went in to say goodnight. Beth hugged her daddy and whispered, “Daddy, I knew you would come.” She just says the sweetest things.

Thursday, January 29, 2009
jan29Bethie’s cold has turned into the flu. My poor girl. The day began with having to clean up her throw-up off the floor. Plus she was warm to the touch all day and was obviously sick because she actually took a long nap, didn’t eat hardly anything, and actually let me hold her without squirming away every couple of minutes. So basically I accomplished nothing all day – just sat and held my girl, which was actually the best thing in the world.

Friday, January 30, 2009
jan30JJ & Beth LOVE matching games. When JJ got home from school today, they started fighting over JJ’s birthday present, the MEMORY game. They just wouldn’t play together and I was trying to get some things done. So I found some matching games online for JJ to play while I set up the Memory game in the kitchen for Beth. They played for a couple of hours without any more fighting and it was great. Even better, I was able to stand in the hall and get both of them playing their games in the picture. 🙂

Saturday, January 31, 2009
jan31I had the opportunity to spend a few hours with my college roommates today. I actually grew up with Amber in Orderville and we went to Dixie College together. We met Brianne there and we had some amazing memories in St. George. Amber was only there with us for a year and then she went on to Weber State, while Brianne and I spent another year together at Dixie. Brianne now lives in Massachusetts with her husband and 2 kids. Amber spent several years in Memphis while her husband went to school but they moved to Price, Utah this last year with their 4 kids. I think I’ve actually seen more of Brianne than Amber in the last 10 years. But anyways, for the first time since I think my wedding (they were both bridesmaids) – we were together again. We have kept in touch through our blogs, but it was really nice to just be with each other, have some food, and reminice a little bit. Thanks Brianne and Amber – I had a wonderful time and I miss you everyday!

Sunday, February 1, 2009
feb1I had another amazing opportunity to be able to go to church with Brianne today and see her daughter be blessed. My friends are spread out all over and I have only been able to go to a couple of baby blessings for their kids – so I was so happy that Brianne had her blessed in her home ward in American Fork. Holly is so cute and beautiful. This photo is of my daughter Beth Colleen and Brianne’s daughter Holly Colleen a few days ago. Thanks Brianne for inviting me – I really enjoyed being there.

Beth has been sick all week and now JJ is too, so they couldn’t come with me to church – so Joey stayed home with them. I think they are feeling a little shut-in and so to occupy them for awhile we did a little crafting. I found the most adorable Accordian Hearts on one of the blogs I read and they are really easy so we made some to hang around our house. It was a lot of fun. See how to make them HERE.

Here’s my completed Week 5 layout!
week5I used my Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!

Here’s my completed JANUARY layout!
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I used my Digital 365 & AspirationZ Kits to create this layout!

Project 365 | Week 4

Monday, January 19, 2009
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The kids danced in the kitchen while I made dinner. We really like the fun songs by Laurie Berkner. “We’re not perfect, no we’re not. We’re not perfect, but we’ve got what we’ve got. We do our very best. We do our very best. We do our very best each day. Cause we’re not perfect and we hope you like us that way.”

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Yes, a historic day today. The inauguration of the United States’ first African-American President. I can’t say that I’m particular fond of Barrack Obama or the things he’s planning to do and I wish he was a little more like say, President David Palmer (from 24), but it is a historic day. I’m not into politics and sometimes the future of our country and the people worry me sometimes. But there is one thing I can learn from President Obama and that is his motto. EMBRACE CHANGE. That is something I could use more of. The ability to not get so stressed about moving on and hanging onto my mistakes. Learn to let go and grow and learn. Yea, I could use a little more of that.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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When Joey and I were dating we started a little tradition of squeezing each other’s hands three times to silently say I-LOVE-YOU. We’ve shared this with our kids and there is nothing sweeter than when the kids say to us, I LOVE YOU, especially when they say it with their hands.

Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Today was a great day. I love catching up and being with friends. My great friend and roomate from college, Brianne was here in Utah visiting with family. She lives in Massachusetts so we don’t see her too often. She just had an adorable little girl Holly and has a 2-year-old son, Owen. JJ was at school but Beth and I went out to lunch and visited for a few hours and it was just so wonderful. I am the world’s worst communicator and I don’t stay in touch with my friends and family the way I should. I hate talking on the phone and I just never feel like there is much to say so I don’t email or write. But I need to do better. Brianne and I were just saying that we are so grateful for blogs, so we can stay in touch with each other’s lives. We’ve only known each other since 1997, but it feels like forever. I’m so grateful that we became roommates and that we have shared so many wonderful memories together.

Later on we had some peanut butter bars for dessert and Beth got pretty messy. She was sitting on the couch with Joey and as she held out her hands she said, “Dad, look! Now what can I do? What should I do with these?” She’s just so cute! 🙂

Friday, January 23, 2009
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Beth LOVES to stack her My Little Ponies together in all kinds of places, the table, the kitchen floor, her bed…but her favorite place is in the living room on the bookshelf. She’s getting quite the collection and I haven’t even pulled out my old collection for her yet. I think that’s going to happen on her birthday. My sister Charity and I collected LOTS of My Little Ponies when we were little. I’m so glad I saved them so that I could give them to my daughter.

Saturday, January 24, 2009
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I was woke up this morning by JJ. He was so excited to tell me what he dreamed about! He never tells us what he dreams so it was just so cute. He said, “I dreamed about bandaids….and they were ALIVE!” That’s about all he said, but it made me wonder where that came from. I laughed about it all day.

I also worked on some upcoming blog train freebies today and finished 2 mini-kits that I think turned out pretty well. I need to get a whole lot more designing in than I am getting lately. I have just felt so tired for some reason. I am really having a hard time getting up in the morning. Guess I’m getting older and I need to start going to bed earlier. SIGH.

(And now you get a sneak peek at the blog train freebies that are coming in the next little while!)

Sunday, January 25, 2009
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When we moved to Orem, one of the things we started doing was Sunday night dinners with my brother Cody, since he was in Orem going to Utah Valley University. Life gets so crazy and even though we lived so close to each other we just wouldn’t even see each other unless we just set a time to do it. So Sunday night worked for us. When Cody started dating Becki, she began coming to our Sunday night dinners as well. I really loved spending some time with them and getting to know each other and sharing in our lives. When Cody and Becki got married, we stopped the dinners for awhile – life got hectic with Cody going to school and working, Becki working, Joey working, my designing and the kids stuff. Today we finally got our dinners started again. Now we will be having dinner on the last Sunday of every month. We will take turns having it at each other’s houses. Very low-key and still great to visit and be together. We had a wonderful time at Cody and Becki’s house tonight.

Here is my Week 4 Layouts:
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I used my Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!