I Love These...

The problem is I want them all. If you are having a baby or decorating a child's room, don't go to Euphoriababy.com.....

Today

-Boston pooped in her underwear three times.
-Boston colored with black crayon all over her dresser.
-Boston wrecked every bed after I had just made it.
-Boston took decorations off my bookshelf and broke them.
-Boston dumped her lunch all over the counter and smeared it.
-Boston poked me in the eye so that I couldn't see (This was an accident, but does it really matter at this point?)
-Boston took all the books off her bookshelf and started ripping them.
-Boston went to time out.
-Boston wet her pants after doing so well at the "pee part" of potty training.

-Boston told me she loved me.
-Boston gave me hugs and kisses.
-Boston snuggled with me in my bed and told me stories.
-Boston loves without reservation and forgives without question.

-Even though my sanity left me a long time ago, I think I owe her the same.

This post is for the recording of the memory. I love you Boston.

Scout? She has been an angel as always.
Oh how I love being a mother to my little girls.

The Zoo and a Little More Pink

On Labor Day we took the girls to the zoo, and had a great time. Boston is our animal lover, and has been talking about the baby giraffe for a week now.

A little sun, icecream, and animal smells drifting through the air-
Not much more to ask for-

Hope your holiday was just as great.









P.S. We will add a little more pink to our family when we welcome a little girl the first week of February. Ben has officially been outnumbered for a while now, but he is such a great dad for little girls. He is so patient with all the drama, pink, frills, tea parties, matching dresses, and he is even getting pretty good at doing hair. We are excited for this little baby to be a part of our family! And now you know why I haven't been bloging so well. I have been puking instead. I am feeling better now, so hopefully each post won't be months apart. Thanks for still checking in on us every now and then.

Little Guava Jellies

This post is WAY overdue as most of mine are these days, but Scout had her first hula recital at the end of May, and I have been meaning to post pictures. She loves her hula class. Dancing "just like Daddy" is one of her favorite things to do. And I love that she loves to do it.

Grand Marshall Morgan

Free potted plants, popsicles, candy, drinks, flyers, and even two bags of dried cherries.

Who'd have thought Santaquin, Utah could put on such an extravaganza?

But the best part about the Orchard Days parade was surely the Celebrity Grand Marshall and his beautiful sweetheart sitting by his side!

We love you Grandpa and Granny Nell!

Do It Anyway

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you.
Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness people may be jealous.
Be Happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Give the world your best and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.
It never was between you and them anyway."

-Mother Teresa

Just wanted to share.
It is a good reminder for me.

Toni

"She's about this high- She's taller than I-
Sometimes she helps me tie me shoe. She's
my sister. And she plays with me ...la la la
la la" (I don't remember the exact words here.)

This is the song that my sister Toni and I would
sing with arms around shoulders when we were little.

I clearly remember singing it for my Grandparents on
both sides of the family and I think we were persuaded to
sing it for others as well. Just thinking about it makes me
laugh because the tune is hilarious. I wish I had a recording.

I have always looked up to Toni. She sang a solo in the
elementary school Christmas program. She always got the
lace tablecloth to play Miss America, and I got the blue
checkered one. She actually looked cute in stretch pants with
stirrups on the bottom. She wore Dad's old football jersey to bed.
She was always tan. She introduced me to Birkenstocks. She
had cute handwriting. And she got a Trapper Keeper for her
ninth birthday. If only I could portray my jealousy about the
Trapper Keeper. I actually think Zack Morris had a similar one on
Saved by the Bell.

There's more.

I look up to Toni because she is kind. She is a noble mother. She
will sacrifice anything for what is right. She serves me in ways only a sister can. She has always looked life square in the eye and met the challenges with faith. She believes and knows good will win. When Ethan, her second son, was born, I remember a part of his blessing. He was told that he should "look to his Mother and stay close to her because there was much to learn from her, and she would help him know what to do." I still remember that phrase because it was another time in my life when I was so glad she was my sister. Now she will be the mother of a fourth little boy, and I know he will be as blessed to call her Mom.

Toni's Birthday is today.

(Another reason why I was jealous of her. She could have summer Birthday parties OUTSIDE. I learned when I was about seven that no matter what I did, my Birthday would always be in November.)

I want to tell her that I love her, and I will always look up to her. Even though that song we sang when we were little was CHEESEY, and we laugh about it now, there is a line that I still love to sing, and that is, "She's my sister."

Happy Birthday Toni-
Love, Your Sister