Sweetness

I should have posted this a long time ago but as things go we get busy and I forgot. Josie says funny things to me probably each and every day (like most kids do). You think that you will never forget them but I do. So I am going to try and be better about writing them down so I will remember them. Here are two things that just warmed my heart.
Josie and Trooper really really love each other most of the time. They are both getting big enough to really start to play with each other. It is so fun to see them play together. One morning Trooper and Josie were wrestling on the floor and Josie says to Josh and I, "Trooper is my good buddy, I really love him", One of us said something back to her like "I am so glad that you love him Josie" Then she got this excited look on her face jumped up next to us and said " Guys! Guys! I know something, when he gets bigger, bigger, bigger, I can marry him in in in the Church!!!" She was so excited that she came up with little plan. We talked about who we marry and why we marry and where we marry, but it made me smile and giggle that she loves him so much that she wanted to marry him.



The other super cute one was that the other day we were headed down to Gra'mas house for the afternoon. Josie almost everyday asks me if we can go to one or the other of her grandmas houses. And we really don't go that often--(well often compared to some people but not often enough for her), so she was super super excited. Josh and I were talking on the way down and I could hear Josie talking quietly in the back. So I asked her what she was saying. She said in the sweetest little voice " Mom, I was just thanking Jesus for letting us go to gra'mas house again." I wanted to cry. It was so sweet and tender. I love it when I am reminded of how sweet,and pure and how receptive little children are.

Cats and Dogs

Here are some fun Halloween pictures of the kids. Some from a carnival and some from a Trunk or Treat! I think that both kids had a great time this year for Halloween. I wanted some cute coordinating costumes for them--or for our whole family. Like Wendy, PeterPan and Tinkerbell and Capt Hook or a chicken, an egg and Farmers or a Flower and a Bee and bee keepers--but when it came down to it Josie wanted to be a kitty and I couldn't resist making Troop into a puppy. . . so here they are:

CAN NOT WAIT!!

Ok so I have had a few minutes to surf the net tonight. I am giddy as a little school girl and am laughing at myself right now. I don't think that I have ever posted anything about this topic but I am just thrilled so I am going to!! I cannot wait to see TWILIGHT! Cannot wait! Counting down!! I loved the books as most who read them do. But I watched the trailers on Fandango (I have seen them before) and I got all silly excited again. Then somehow I found myself taking a silly little quiz and this is what I came up with . . . .














Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

I have mixed feelings about this. I took it again and again and came up with some different results but I felt that I needed to go with my first one. hee hee I don't think that I am totally Bella --especially since I know some of you don't like her and she really bugs others--however, I do see myself in her and I think that most girls that do like or love Twilight have to see themselves as her too. So I will take it! Please please take this quiz and post it!! I really want to see who my fellow Twilighters are!!!

TROOPER'S ONE!!!

My baby boy is big!! Trooper had his first birthday on Saturday! He loves puppies and dogs so we decided to throw a puppy party. I made some cute puppy invitations where you pull out the doggy's tongue and it has the information on it. It said "Its a PAW-ty! Wag your tails, bark hooray! It's Trooper's 1st Birthday! Sat Oct 25th at Trooper's Kennel blah blah Come for some puppy chow and doggy treats. Woof your Arf!SVP!"
Troop loves the outside so we had it in the garage--which I thought was funny and fitting! We heated it up with heaters because it has been super cold. We decorated tables with newspapers and stuffed dogs and bones. We served hot dogs with salad and chips(in doggy dishes) and then cupcakes and ice cream. I tried to think of a drink that would be dogy-like and we teased that we should drink out of a toilet-- but we would need a NEW toliet so it wouldn't be too gross for everyone--and then suddenly we got asked to pick one up for my grandma and I thought it must be destiny. So we served bottled water out a a NEW potty! It was pretty funny. We had everyone secretly record their best bark and then played it for everyone so they could try and guess whose bark it was. Then Troop opened his presents and ate his cake and then crashed for his nap! I think he had a ball!! We gave our guest doggy bags with "puppy chow" to take home and I found gram cracker doggy bones too. I hope everyone had as much fun as we did! We love Trooper so much! I cannot imagine our family without him. He is such a boy!! He has the sweetest personality! He is so funny, and happy. He loves to cuddle with his mommy, loves Josie alot and thinks that he can do everything that she can and LOVES to play and wrestle with dad. Man that year sure did fly by--but we cannot wait for the next one! WE WOOF YOU TROOP! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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Run

Yeah!! We just finished our first 5K! A little while ago Josh and I had a discussion about our hobbies together as a couple and well we don't really have very many things that we do together that I would consider a hobby. We LOVE to be together and be with our kids and we LOVE to work together alot, but I don't think those qualify as hobbies . . .So we decided that we would start doing some more fun hobby-like things together. Josh surprised me and we went crosscountry skiing last January together and it was a blast! We might get into that as our hobby but there hasn't been much snow for that. . .yet! So we thought that we would try the 5K running thing. For those of you that didn't know Joshy in HS he was smoken fast and I think still holds some records at Snake River. hee hee I am bragging about Joshy. But I was never really a runner so this is pretty new for me. Anyway we thought that we would try this and kinda keep it on the down low cause well less pressure right? hee hee But I did tell our Martin friends cause they are like professional runners and run like marathons and stuff so I thought that for safety reasons we should ask their advice! hee hee
The Run was on the coldest morning ever! Later that day it snowed several inches so we dressed super warm. We ran with the Martins and I totally stole this picture from Becky! I hope that is ok Beck! I was the last in our little group but I feel pretty happy about it--especially since this is my first race ever and well I didn't train very well either. I think I was 39:06 and Becky and Nick were 34:48 and Joshy was 31:26! I was so proud of him he did awesome! AND he was even sweet enough to offer to run with me so we could finish together but I am glad that he did so awesome and left me all by myself . . in the dust!! This was so much fun! I really think that we could have this as a hobby! Thanks Martins for doing it with us it really made the run funner! hee hee

Potato Harvest!!

Yeah for Thompson Farm they finished their potato harvest!! I think that they finished the Friday before conference weekend even!! That is pretty impressive I think. I can remember plenty of harvests when I was trying to listen to conference in my ten wheeler. Not that you could really cause the reception was bad and the radio was worse. But oh the memories that I have of harvest. It was miserable picking potatoes, riding the combine, the wind, the rain, the dirt boogers but the funny and irreplaceable memories of Jana's shirt getting caught in the machine and being ripped off her body, of being dared to eat a dirt clod and being dumb enough to do it, trying to go potty in the middle of a field with 6 layers of clothes on and and laughing so hard that you didn't quite make it, feeling your truck sinking in feet of mud, driving my truck with the park brake on (oops), having a mouse living in my truck and wanting to die in the middle of a dark field in the middle of the Fort Hall reservation driving a fully loaded truck down the road and your lights go out. Ahh what fun. I don't think that my kids will ever get to experience the real harvest like I did but I still wanted them to get a look at what grandpa was doing. They had a great time. Troop loved the tracker and the dirt and grease and Josie loved all the "Tatos" and getting to ride with Grandpa. Thanks DAD!!

What is with my kids and mud

I have to post this as well. There was one day a while back when we still here having days in the 80 degrees that it rained. It beautiful and still pretty warm outside after so I let Josie go outside with Aspen her little friend. They came back in a few minutes later. Josie was covered in mud (which isn't rare she seems to be a magnet to it) so I washed her off and sent them downstairs. Later that night We saw what she had been up to. I didn't really have time to clean it up right then. . . or even a week or so later. BUT I cannot tell you how many comments and looks I got from this little art project. People would pass me on the road and turn around to look and smile. hee hee so I had to take a picture of it with the culprit. The picture doesn't do it justice. it was really cute, hand prints all the way around.