Sometimes.....

Sometimes being a mother is hard, unrewarding, and you wonder if your kids will ever turn out and you pray that you didn't ruin their lives with all your bad parenting (OK maybe I am the only one who worries about that). Then sometimes they do things so amazing that all seems right with the world (and your parenting skills).

Brittany passed a homeless man on the street and had no money to give him and wondered "What can I do, there has to be something I can do for them?"

And this is what she did.

http://fotos4food.blogspot.com/

and then...

http://brittanypeaceloveandphotography.blogspot.com/ (scroll down to Photos4Food entry).

WOW, I am in awe of her. She raised $775 for the Valley House Homeless Shelter that helps homeless families with food, housing, and to start a new life.

~Proud Mom~

I don't even have words.....

First of all, I didn't even know Kaden sat on Santa's lap at the ward Christmas party. So imagine my surprise when looking at the photos of all my cute nursery kids and finding this......

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Happy Jordananuary!!!

Happy Birthday!

Today was Jordan's 19th Birthday! Wow. Hard to believe. I scanned some photos of past birthdays and from when she was little. They are not great because we didn't have nice digital camera's back then. She was such a cute little thing. We love you Jordan and enjoyed spending your birthday with you.

Christmas

I love Christmas! I love decorating for Christmas! I love the spirit of giving and love that is in the air at Christmas. I love that Brittany is doing a fundraiser for a local homeless shelter, I love that she, and all of my children, have a special tenderness for those who are less fortunate. So much to be grateful for.

Got Photos???

If you don't and want some, Brittany is now doing her own photography. Here is her blog:

http://brittanypeaceloveandphotography.blogspot.com/

So Cute!!

I got the idea a while ago that skeletons would look really cute in my chairs on my front porch. Well my sweet husband ordered them for me!! They are so cute!

Here they are making themselves at home!

Trying on Jordan's hats.

This is where they will be sitting for Halloween. It is a work in progress. They are trying to catch some sun.

We ordered some anatomically correct eye balls and I am glad we did. Here they are before the eye balls.

After.

Brad doing eye surgery!


I will post pictures of them when we get them all decorated in their chairs for Halloween!

The new cast and mud volleyball

Kaden's New Cast - Go BSU!

McCoy and Kaden

Kaden's Erkle Impression.

Jake played mud volleyball for mutual and Kaden tagged along, in his cast. Good thing for duct tape.