Congratulations

Congratulations to Ryan and Kristiena on your new family member. A handsome baby boy, born Sunday. We hope he continues to grow strong and gets to come home soon. We love you guys.

Hardest job on Earth

You always hear that being a mom is the hardest but most fulfilling job in the world. Having a 2 year old I have to agree. I often find myself watching other moms and thinking they are perfect, and that I am not. I wonder in amazement how they seemed to have missed out on the tantrums, the fighting, the joys of potty training, and not being reverent. I always think what I could I do better, and how do I raise a child. Then there are the times when I just need a break, but then Emilee does something that just melts my heart.

I love when she just climbs into your lap just because she wants to be there. When she wakes up in the morning asking for daddy, and then telling you he's at work. Then about an hour before daddy comes home she starts watching out the window, and shouts for joy when she sees him. Or how she runs and gives you a hug when she sees you, or just because she wants too. The way she looks to you to save her when she is scared, or sad. How she wants to show you the picture she colored in Nursery, because your opinion is the most important. One of the sweetest things is when she tells you "love you, mostest." Its all of the wonderful moments that makes me realize being a mom is the greatest job ever.

General Conference

This past weekend was The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints general conference. It was a great weekend, especially Sunday. My mom has made homemade cinnamon rolls for the Sunday morning session for as long as I can remember. Now that most of us are married it's still a large tradition. This time all of us were there, Curtis and Brittany came down from school, and all of us married couples showed up. It's a great tradition, that I hope always continues. We were blessed to listen to the council that our Prophet and Apostles shared with us.

I want to thank everyone in my family for making the day such a great day. Thank you Mom and Dad for providing the home in which we listened, and for the great food. Thank you Curtis and Brittany for taking time out of your lives to come and listen with your family. Thank you Russell, Amber, Christy and Robert for also sharing the moment with us. I love all of you, thank you for being a part of my family.

DisneyLand

We visited Disneyland on Thursday October 1st and had so much fun. We were sad to find that Pirates had been closed for maintenance that day. We had really looked forward to taking Emilee on that ride. We still had fun taking her on lots of other rides. She really loved It's a Small World, she loved to see the dancing "babies". She had so much fun meeting the characters, and shopping she was so tired by the end of the night. Thank heavens for the kind employees of Disney. They were so patient with Emilee as she started to get ornery from being tired. When we were standing in line at the end of the night to look at the pictures we had taken, she was really upset. So the kind ladies gave her a special Tinkerbell pin, and a button that said she was an Honorary citizen of Disneyland. I really appreciated the kindness they shared with us. We bought a "couple" of things to remind us of our trip. My most favorite, was from the silhouette studio. We wanted to get Emilees picture done, and didn't know what to expect. They had me hold Emilee on my lap, while the Artist talked to Emilee and sang songs with her. All the while she was cutting out the silhouette, and it only took her about a minute. I was totally impressed and love the picture. If I ever get a chance to go back to Disneyland I will definitely visit their shop and get a picture done again.

Thank you to everyone at Disney for the wonderful memories, we had a terrific visit.