Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Sofia Preschool Graduation

Sofia's Preschool Graduation

I still cannot believe my Fia has finished her first year of Preschool.
She has absolutely thrived and loved every minute of it.
I think that fact that she plays "Teacher Pat" and is constantly telling 
me things she learned at school is a good sign.

For the celebration, they had a musician come
He called up one of the father's to help.
Kersten was the lucky one. 
He abhors going up in front of people for entertainment.
He can teach or talk but not entertain.
He is embarrassed for anyone who has to do that.

 The fact that he did it happily shows how much he loves his girl.
I know it meant a lot to her that he showed up for a little bit of the party.
 The whole thing was a water party.  
Sofia is a water girl and so so loved it.
While other kids wandered off to the slides etc
my girl stayed in the water.
Teacher Pat gave them a gift and a certificate to show their acheivement.
There are not many people like Teacher Pat. 
She LOVES what she does and the kids LOVE her.
I want to be like Teacher Pat when I grow up.

Sunday, May 06, 2012

Noah's Baptism Day

 Noah's Baptism Day
Oh, what a glorious day,
on Cinco de Mayo,
My son decided to be baptized. 
He was so excited, his energy was electric.
He chose his Dad to baptize and confirm him a 
Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
There were a total of 7 kids getting baptized in our stake,
they most they have ever had in one month.
Our ward went last and his friend Maci was baptized with him.

My favorite part was when Kersten 
choked up when he was baptizing him.  
His Grandpa's on both sides were the witnesses.
 Here he is fresh out of the water.
So many people came to witness this blessed event.
The Primary President had every one write him a note 
and presented him with a book at church today.

He then received the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Which was Noah's favorite part.
He kept talking about how cool this was.
 He picked out his own suit and tie.
When the Bishop commented that he 
looked like a missionary,
Noah said "Yeah and I look like James Bond too."
We had a bit celebration afterwards at our ward house.
We had taco salad and 
cookies provided by Aunt Christel (she works at a bakery).
Kieran provided a Killer Whale pinata for the kids to hit.
My Bro in Law Jason M made a slide show video of Noah's life till now.
It made me cry.  I cried a whole lot of happy tears.

I can not put into words the joy, peace and happiness
it brings to this mother's heart to witness her boy 
take such a big step in his life.

Sofia bore her testimony at church today about her brother's baptism
He bore his testimony at church.
I choked up.
And then bore my testimony, telling Noah that I especially
wanted him to know what I know is true.
He came up, and held my hand as I bore the truths that I know.
He smiled and waved at the congregation.
He had so many people greet him as one of the newest members of our ward.
It has been such a great weekend. 


Saturday, April 14, 2012

Happy Birthday Noah 8 years old

 Noah turned Eight!
Is that just Great!
The Saturday Morning of April 14 
started out a bit grey outside but beautiful.
We ate Pancakes for breakfast
and opened tons of books and Legos.


And as the afternoon hit it started raining and
ARMY BOOT CAMP
 Sgt. Uncle Nik was in charge. 
Each cadet got a dog tag to welcome them to the army.
Then they were told what would happen for training. 
Sgt. Nik can yell really loud.
He only made one kid cry, 
he did not know birthday parties had so much yelling.
(It was his first birthday party)

 The kids had to do pushups 
 A training course to help their skills
 They were taught gun safety and each got to shoot a BB gun.
By now it was snowing outside but the kids just stood in line.
They did not want to miss their turn.
I just kept thinking that this would be how real boot camp would be.
 Birthday cake:  Army men battling a giant beast.
We also played Noah's favorite donut game.
Eating a donut from a string.
 They then went off to battle and play.
 It was so cold and wet they started setting up 
the army men from the cake and the leftovers and had
a major battle in my front room library.
 That kept them busy for a while.
 Just as Boot Camp ended. The rain stopped.
The boys ran outside to fight.
My bro in law filmed the battle scene.
Spent up till dinner building legos
and went off to dinner at Jason's Deli.
Grilled cheese and fruit for my Noah.
It was a grand day for an eight year old.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Happy Donut Day 2012

21 years, 21 years, 21 years, and 21 years.  Wow, it has been 21 years since my Dad (in full beaver makeup) and I stopped at a donut shop on our way to the eye doctor.  I have such disjointed memories of that day.  There are some that are so so close and vivid that if I reached my hand out just enough I could feel them through my fingers.  And others are so fuzzy, confusing and fearful that I want to push them so far away that I won't have to see them anymore.

21 has been an important and lucky number for me my entire life.  I was born on the 21st,  I got married on the 21st and I got married when I was 21.  So I have a feeling this 21st year is going to be pretty amazing.  This number has brought me so much joy, understanding and peace in the past.  I strive to make it work for me again.

I have a wish that I could be one of those people that embrace their challenges head on with enthusiam and vigor.  I still have not figured out how to embrace or even handle all daily struggles you  have with a chronic illness.  Doing the same things over and over has said to be a sign of insanity.  Doing the things I HAVE to for survival and a healthy body, seem to drive me to a crazy place.  

My whole life seems to be in waves.  A long rolling, stretch of a roller coaster, sending me up to the highest highs and the thrill seeking falls.  In every aspect, I guess the challenge is to learn to do the things that speed you to the funny farm and enjoy the thrilling ride along the way.  

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Happy Easter 2012


"This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
-PSALMS 118:24
My Noah

Classic Sofia

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Love Day 2012

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life
William Wordsworth



We started a tradition a couple of years ago that
on Valentine's Day, our family eats dinner by candlelight.
The kids love it.  It makes an ordinary meal a bit special.
We eat, have cake and blow out candles.
Offer our small tokens of love to one another.
It was a glorious evening.
Noah and Sofia even danced for us.
One of Noah's talents is the Coconut dance.
i didn't know.
And because their parents are in love
We had to kiss
and both took turns taking pictures.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Oh, Sofia is 4!

In Celebration of my beautiful, mischievious daughter Sofia Caroline and the glorious event of her turning 4!  Can you believe my baby is 4.  I cannot.  Anyway I am going to write 44 marvelous things about my daughter.

1.  She Loves Pink.  It's her favorite color.  You should ask her.  She also loves purple and yellow is her third favorite just like her mom.

2. Sofia loves to snuggle.  And wants someone to snuggle her to sleep every night.   She has a great fear at night.  Not of anything in particular.  She just is afraid and wants someone near. Her daddy and Aunt Christel were the same way as kids

3.  She loves to hide.  And when she is ready to fall asleep.  She burrows herself underneath the covers so that nothing is showing and falls asleep.  One of her favorite games is hide and seek.  She begs anyone who will to play with her.

4.  Sofia is a fabulous ballerina.  Everyday all day she is dancing.  Going on her tiptoes,  doing her "Bal-leaps", and twirling.  She plays pretend ballet teacher and ballet class.  She loves everything about it.

5.  She has a lot of imaginary friends.  One named "Headda".  She is a girl and loves to play with her.  You often hear Sofia say "oh, that is just like a Headda".  Her other friend is "Chitaa" sometimes things are "like a Headda and a Chitta" and she laughs and laughs.\

6.  So far Sofia has had 2 husbands.  The first one Sal, died of old age.  And now she is married to the dashing Dom.  He is a good husband, goes to work, watches her kids and they have a LOT of love songs.  And he loves to dance with her and kiss a very long time.

7.  This girl loves to sing.  When she was littler she would sing, I would run cause I thought she was yelling.  As she has grown, she has a beautiful voice and can carry a tune.  Most of her songs she makes up herself.  Yesterday she made up the "song you sing to hot dogs"  and the "Christmas Magic Elf song".

8.  She makes up words and has her own language.  Like she says "that is pet er abba.  or 'her name is deeboe etc and etc.  or like dance like a firea

9.   She never says that something is beautiful, It is always "beautifuller"

10.  When she is saying something she deems important she smacks her lips together between words.

11.  She has a great love for the computer.  She says she is doing her "computer checks".  She loves disney jr.com and barbie.com.

12. She is so beautiful that her Dad and brother faint all the time when she is ready for church or the day.
She was so confused when the boys at school did not faint on Halloween when she was Tangled.  We had to explain that they were little and did not understand true beauty yet.

13. Any time she kisses her Uncle Nik he faints.  And it can happen over and over again.  Luckily Nik got some Kissing proof armor.

14.  Sofia now has armor too.  It is invisible.  But she has pinching proof armor,  tickle proof armor,  Luckily she does not have kiss or hug proof armor yet.

15  When she grows up she wants to be a Mom, a doctor and a ballerina.

16. Dentist is one of her favorite games.  She puts on gloves and a mask, has a flashlight and looks inside your mouth.

17.She says she has Green eyes like Rapunzel.  But her eyes are really blue.

18. Her favorite lunch is Macaroni and cheese.

19.  She loves to eat meat.  Especially, Chicken, Ham, beef, ribs, salomi,  You name it she loves it.

20.Her favorite doll is Bella,  a Madame Alexander Baby that Annie Rutherford gave her when she was born.

21  She also has twin babies dolls and their names are Eliza and Sally.

22. When she wakes up in the morning she instantly turns into a puppy.  Specifically a Chocolate dog, who wants chocolate milk.

23. She taught her mom that to help your body get out of bed in the morning you need to stretch two times.  She taught me that.

24.  She LOVES to color and to draw.  All day everyday you find her coloring.

25.  Lately I have been finding artwork on things throughout the house.  For example:  the laundry basket, the cupboards.  Dad's Xbox.  We had to have a long talk about what is okay to color and paint on.  I don't think it helps that she see her mom painting furniture etc all the time.

26.  Every morning she has to throw a random major fit about something.  Usually her clothes or breakfast.  It gets old but we know what to expect.

27.  This girl is Passionate about life.

28.  She has the most joyous, wonderful, fabulous Laugh.  It is my favoirte sound  to hear her laughing.

29.  Noah always plays a game in the car.  She likes to play too.  It is funny to hear her make explosion noises and kill bad guys with her pink gun.

30.  Sometimes a Cinderella coach and fairies help us fight the bad guys.  Magic wands and blasting fireworks help too.

31.  All day she plays pretend.  She plays house, princesses, ponies,  doggies, kitties, dentist, doctor, teacher, fighting the bad guys and anything else she makes up.

32.  She LoVEs Chocolate, She NEedS Chocolate, She Wants Chocolate.  Chocolate.

33. She calls Bobby pins = Fireworks.  And asks me to put fireworks in her hair.

34.  She loves to pretend that she can read.  And loves loves loves to be read too.

35.  She is not an easy one to distract away from something she has decided she wants or is right.  She is not easily fooled or persuaded.
She made this face even when she was a baby and upset

36.  Sometimes when she is throwing a huge fit and having a meltdown.  If you start to pretend she is a baby.  She will calm down much more quickly.

37.  She wants her belly rubbed all the time.

38.  She is obsessed with "Lips".  That is chapstick, lipgloss, lipstick and all the above.

39.  Lotion and hand sanitizer seem to be two of her favorite things.

40.  She never stops talking.  She chatters away all day long about everything and everything.

41.  If she stays in her bed all night long she gets to pick her clothes in the morning.  If she sneaks upstairs to Mom and Dads bed we get to pick her clothes.  This is fate worse than death.

42. She knows she is beautiful and I hope she continues this.  She says with confidence.  I have long beautiful legs, curly hair and big feet.

43.She still wants me to hold her all the time. instead of asking if I will pick her up, she says "I want to hold someone."

44.  She loves to say:  "Guess What?  Guess What?  Guess What?  until you say a bit annoyed "What?'
and in a very sweet voice she says "I Love You."


Don't forget to scroll down a bit and see her performance on the Stage.