First Day of School

First Day back to school. Josh is now started his last year of Preschool he has been looking so forward to going back. He never even looked back as he was walking with his teacher to his class.

Marriage

After Josh was born Jason and I felt not as close as we were before the baby came which happens when a new born is in the home so we started going on weekly dates that did the trick. Then as life happens if you just sit back and let it we got to busy to go on our weekly date nights. So a couple of weeks ago on the day of our sixth anniversary I was reminded that as a couple you are on a ladder. You can not stay in the middle of that ladder you have to either be going up or going down. So at that moment I realized I had been going in the wrong direction. So we got back to going on weekly dates with no kids, praying together and reading scriptures together because eternal marriage is more than just being married to someone it is living everyday with the knowledge that you are going to be with this person for eternity. Just as our Sealer told us on the day we were married. Treat each other as if you are going to be together for eternity and you will be happy. Now you may think that going on a date every week is to much money for your situation. I say you can always go to the temple at no cost, go on a walk together, go on a picnic. Get back into the those romantic fun dates that you did before you were married, you know the ones that did not cost anything. If you work with friends and family our children can be watched after. We do not have family that live close by so we rely on good friends to watch our precious little ones and in return I watch my friends precious little ones so they can go on a date with their spouse. It is something that has brought us as a family much closer. It has brought me closer to my friends. We live in a world that does not value marriage and does not believe in happily ever after. I can say that as we work together happily ever after can and will happen. I felt impressed to share my thoughts with you I pray that you will feel free to share your thoughts with me.

These are pictures that represent some of the happiest moments of my life.

Change

Okay I really needed a change. Jason tells me it's a women thing to all of a sudden get tired of the way you have set up your home and want to change it all up. Well I made a big change in my home, and it did not include a sledge hammer. My boys are now sharing a room and I've dedicated Eric's room to being the toy room. I was told by my sweet husband that I was crazy to have the boys sleep together and that I was being unfair to Josh But I've discovered that my boys love being in the same room together. Josh does not bother Eric and Eric does not bother Josh so it all worked and and now I have a room where all the toys can go and not get lost under furniture. Let me know if you ever get the urge to change your furniture around It's something I love to do it gives you a great workout and gets your house cleaner, and yes I did it all by myself while my husband was at work and my little ones were helping. It was a blast to take apart the furniture and put it back together as well. Maybe that does make me crazy.

 The boys room

The toy room

Someday I'll get around to painting the boys room but till then at least I know my boys like to be together. :)

food and School

I can put everything that really makes Eric happy in one word. FOOD. Anyone who has watched my son knows just how much he loves food. Everything else is wonderful background to food. So this morning Josh thought what better way to make his brother happy than to lock him in a pantry full of food. Well the result was that Eric was not amused by the act of not so much generosity. After I opened the door he was happy. Well he is four months away from nursery now, I'm not counting down really hee hee. Time has just been flying lately Josh starts school again in a week most of the moms I've been talking to are more than ready to send their kids back to school but I'm not. I love having my funny boy at home where he can amaze me by his ability to figure things out and more. Josh on the other hand is so ready every day for the last month he has been asking if he can go back to school. I hope that attitude continues. This is his last year of Preschool. So at least for the next week I can keep him home with me and enjoy our time.

catch up on what we have done this summer

I finally figured out how to show my pictures on this temporary computer I'm using My parents and brother like the Linux program but it definitely takes some getting use too. So these are the pictures we took on our Family Camping trip up to Lake Tahoe. They're actually mostly of Eric but this was his first time camping and I could never get Josh to stop moving he was almost always in the water or trying to help someone.

 We were camping with Jason's Parent's and his sister's family.

Eric is also learning to walk. He is walking by himself as long as he has his air plane or His brother.

We also thanks to my mother in law have some cute fish. These are the kind of fish I can definitely take care of and Josh loves them.

These pictures were taken in my  small and modest bathroom. You tell just how small it is from the picture of Josh. I hope you've also had a great summer.

Josh

So I was messing around on the computer this morning when my four year old walked up to me and this is how our conversation went.
Josh: Mommy I need to talk to you.
Mommy: okay what do you need to talk about?
Josh: Oh ummmmm Pleeeeeeease!
Mommy: what?
Josh: oh ummmmmm can I have a rocket Pleeeease.
Mommy: uhhhhhhh I don't know.
Josh: Mommy I could take care of a rocket really really good it could be a present.
Mommy: how could you take care of a rocket?
Josh: by blowing it up.

Six years

Saturday marked six years of marriage to my very best friend. The funny thing was that our anniversary kinda snuck up on us this year. We have been so busy with summer activities that before we knew it that special day was here. We celebrated by first me going and finally getting my hair done, it was a mess. Then we went out to dinner and had yummy sushi and then went to the temple and did temple work. It is a tradition that we have done every year since our first anniversary and one tradition that has brought us closer together.