Printing Blogs

I have loved updating my blog if for nothing else than to keep some sort of journal. My awesome cousin Melanie referred me to a site created by her cousin who created software to help organize and print blogs for journaling. Just go to www.blogs2books.blogspot.com to download the software for free(!) (she does accept donations). I'm excited to have a way to save my little "journal" and thought some of you might want to as well. :)

**Edited to say: PS...I just tried it and its pretty awesome. It allows you to download a specific time period or all of your posts, you can change the text and formatting and it saves the pictures and screen shots of your videos, and then you can just save it to a file on your computer. Sweet!

I Am a Mother

Have you seen this picture before? I saw it in an old Simon Dewey calendar and loved it so much I had to cut it out and frame it. I love this picture because while I know Jesus had a mother, its easy to forget that even she raised a child that was our Savior. I love being a mother and know it is what I was meant to do. It hurts my heart to see how little importance is placed on mothers in the home in today's world. If you haven't read Jane Clayson's book, I Am a Mother, I highly recommend it. She speaks of motherhood and reminds us that a mother's job is no less than any career. I'm so grateful I get to stay home with Easton and overwhelmed at the same time to think it is my responsibility to raise him to be a righteous young man. Luckily I'm surrounded by examples of awesome mothers. It is amazing to experience the love that a mom has for her child. Now I'm going to go wipe the nose that just sneezed spit up everywhere. Woohoo! :)

Two Years of Wedded Bliss...

Tomorrow, February 25, Randon and I will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe its been two years! It seems that time has flown by and yet it seems we've been through so much in those two short years. Our wedding seems like yesterday, it was such a great day. I feel so blessed to have met Randon, thank heavens he crashed that plane ;), and to have been able to be sealed to my best friend for eternity. I can't imagine making this journey with anyone else. I love him so much and I'm so thankful for how good he is to me and how hard he works for our family. Plus he's got a sexy bod. :) I'm such a lucky girl!

I love you, you hunka hunka burnin love!!

He's been putting up with me ever since...

Painting: Round 1

Now that we are in our house, I am so eager to get everything decorated and lookin awesome. But apparently the responsible thing to do is get practical things first, like a washer and dryer...maybe some blinds.. Its overwhelming to think of everything I'll have to check off my list before I can start looking into things that are a little more aesthetically pleasing. Anyway... I figured I could finish my little laundry/mudroom and feel like I'd done something fun in my house. So...I hired my awesome mom to help me paint. She is a pro. I chose a color she has in her house that just makes me happy. It looks a little darker and little more mellow than it is in the picture. I want to hang cute black and white pictures of Easton on the wall and use some black accents. We'll see. What do you think? It was actually kinda fun...thanks Mom! Next, the kitchen!!

Bag Tag!

I was tagged by Emily, and loved this idea. I admit, I went to clean out my purse and put clever things in it before I took the picture, but I decided to be honest and let the cat out of the bag...I keep loads of trash in my purse apparently.
I have lots of extras cause I carry my purse inside of my diaper bag. So...
-All the baby paraphernalia like diapers, wipes, formula, burp cloth, butt cream, thermometer (why its in there I don't know), gripe water (love this stuff!), tylenol, baby nail clippers (like I'm going to randomly give Easton a manicure and a rectal temperature while I'm on the go...) etc.
-Random things I didn't know where in there like... Becky's Christmas card picture (I guess I just want to keep you close to my heart Becky:)), keys to the truck that I rarely drive (that makes me wonder where my keys are), weight watchers stuff, Easton's socks (?), ibuprofen in a pink thing (was recently asking around for some when I had a headache and had some myself and didn't know it...one of the perks of being organized I suppose...having what you need and knowing its there...) an old shopping list, a big ol' pile of garbage
-Enough binkies for the whole neighborhood
-Sunglasses, phone, lipgloss (all the same color and no chapstick, not very efficient), wallet.

I would love to see what you all carry around! I tag EVERYONE on my list. Unless you don't want to of course. :) Plus Becky so she'll start a blog. :)

A Little Treat for Ya'll

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Thanks Aunt Chantel!

We love the hat! I love that its supposed to fit a 2 year old. We've got one huge noggin! Hopefully that just means he'll be smart! :)

Double Ear Infection. Party On.

You Should See the Other Guy...

So...Randon works sometimes at the boys ranch, actually its called Westridge Academy which is sort of a youth correctional facility for boys. Well this past Saturday some whacko boy attacked Randon. They are trained to restrain the boys if necessary and had just undergone a new training for a less aggressive restraint, apparently so boys wouldn't get hurt as often. Well apparently this way doesn't protect the staff very well. He was bitten on the face and hand as you can see. I'm just surprised Randon didn't kill this kid, when it comes to some of those boys calling him on, it takes all he has to keep his cool.

Quite the Storyteller