Awesome!
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/200/5127/
1.27.2008
Very sad news
We just found out that our dear prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley died this evening. He has been the prophet for most of my adult life. We are thankful for his service and will miss him dearly. It is hard to believe that he has passed on.
Happy Birthday Rylee
Rylee celebrated her 10th birthday today. She had a friends birthday party on Friday night - we took them to the YMCA in Taylorville for fun and swimming. They then came to our house for pizza and cake. It was a lot of fun.
Blowing out the candles!
Mckenna, Aryn, Haley, Rylee and Paulette
Rylee is getting an American Girl doll for her birthday. We will be going to Chicago soon to pick it up! She is really excited.
Some pictures of our Idaho trip
Abby, Carson and Cody - all the same age
Melissa and Max, the newest VanOrden member. He is almost 4 months in this picture.
Cody, Grandma "Bell", Carson and Abby
Cody and Carson with their reindeer hats from Abby's birthday party.
Morgan and Mema
Papa and Morgan
Abby (Mel's 2nd) and Carson - best of buddies
All I want to do is cry - She actually posed for this picture, she wasn't really crying just wanted to see what it would look like
Morgan - happy happy happy
Carson, Caden (Michelle's youngest), Papa and Morgan. This is the only picture I got of Morgan and Caden together. They are about three weeks apart and also best buddies.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Carson is officially a sunbeam now! I look at her and can't believe she is old enough to be in primary. She loves her teachers as she calls them "Bro Carmel" and "Bro Mardi" actually their names are Brother Kyle Corriveau and Brother Paul Mardis. They are both brave men to take on our sunbeam class. They have two girls including Carson and five boys who regularly attend. It is a busy class.
Here she is in all of her glory. Whenever I take a picture of her now, she says "Cheese" and doesn't smile very well.
It's about time, don't ya think?
Well, this month has almost slipped by and I haven't taken the time to write anything. Of course, it woudn't be because we lead a boring life, which I promise we don't! Hee hee. Yes, sometimes it is very boring doing the same thing over and over but every once in a while we try and throw in a good time. Work has been going well for me and I must say, I'm not really missing the paper route. Not at all. Mondays are a scary day for me because usually the weekend is a whirl around here, so I go to work with my house in disarray. The older kids have been here this past week and go back to their mom's so tmw when I come home from work, I hopefully will be able to get a bit of work done around the house. Let's hope I'm not too worn out. I have about 10 loads of laundry awaiting me. I'm so excited. I think I'm going to get a jump start on it this evening.
Sundays have been nice around here, with not doing the paper route anymore and our church schedule changed, so we go from 1 - 4 pm. I don't really like this time for church, it means the whole day is taken BUT it is nice to sleep in and be able to work on primary stuff before church. Bryan has been working part-time at H & R Block since the beginning of January so he is gone 2-3 nights per week plus Saturdays and a couple of Sundays. We don't really like to have him work on Sundays but his manager promised not to schedule him much on Sundays so it's not too bad. Today is one of his Sunday's he has to work so he left right from church. I brought the kids home and now have dinner in the oven, just waiting for it to be done. Afternoon church is difficult for Morgan - he is napping right now. As soon as we eat dinner, I'll go wake him up for a couple of hours.
Carson is talking like crazy and she loves to sing. The last couple of months in Sacrament Meeting she sits by me and when we are singing a hymn, she looks at my mouth and sings. It's so darn cute. I love it that she loves to sing! So far, she seems to be able to carry a tune really well. I sure want to encourage that talent for her... I loved singing as a child and still do.
Some Carsonisms:
Sundays have been nice around here, with not doing the paper route anymore and our church schedule changed, so we go from 1 - 4 pm. I don't really like this time for church, it means the whole day is taken BUT it is nice to sleep in and be able to work on primary stuff before church. Bryan has been working part-time at H & R Block since the beginning of January so he is gone 2-3 nights per week plus Saturdays and a couple of Sundays. We don't really like to have him work on Sundays but his manager promised not to schedule him much on Sundays so it's not too bad. Today is one of his Sunday's he has to work so he left right from church. I brought the kids home and now have dinner in the oven, just waiting for it to be done. Afternoon church is difficult for Morgan - he is napping right now. As soon as we eat dinner, I'll go wake him up for a couple of hours.
Carson is talking like crazy and she loves to sing. The last couple of months in Sacrament Meeting she sits by me and when we are singing a hymn, she looks at my mouth and sings. It's so darn cute. I love it that she loves to sing! So far, she seems to be able to carry a tune really well. I sure want to encourage that talent for her... I loved singing as a child and still do.
Some Carsonisms:
- "Mom, that's awesome!"
- "Mom, you made me sad." (When I don't let her do something she wants :))
- "Please, please, please? Please, Mom? Please, please, please!" - Yes it drives me crazy :)
- "Thank you very much!"
- "Mom, do you want to watch Scooby Doo or Dora with me?"
- "Mom, get Morgan off of me!"
- "Mom, he's going to fall."
She is just so funny some days.
Morgan was sick last week and so he has turned into this whining, screaming child when he is not in my arms. If I'm not in the room and he can't see me, he is fine. However, as soon as I enter, he gets this look on his face and just starts to cry. It's so much fun, let me tell you. He is still a cutie-pie though and we'll keep him around for a while. He has earned a nickname - he is Morgan the Menace. He is the biggest tease. He teases Carson, me, Cameron, anyone he can. He thinks he is pretty funny. He won't stop either. He laughs and laughs. Boys are so much different than girls.
1.04.2008
Happy New Year's
Carson, Morgan and I flew to SLC, Utah on the 29th of December to visit our relatives. We rode the shuttle bus up to Blackfoot to stay with Mema and Papa and see all of our VanOrden cousins. It's been a fun week, both the kids have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We have spent some good quality time with all of my siblings. It's always so good to come and visit and fill up my cup from being around family.
It's been nice to have some downtime. I have read like crazy this time. I bought the conference issue of the Ensign and have been devouring all the talks. So far, some of my favorites (I still have not read them all):
1. Enduring Together - by Bishop Richard C Edgley My favorite quote:
2. Mrs. Patton - The Story Continues - by President Thomas S. Monson
3. Live by Faith and Not by Fear - Elder Quentin L. Cook
4. The Power to Change - President James E. Faust - he prepared this talk before he died and it is in the November 2007 Ensign, great talk.
We have a few days left here in Idaho. Tomorrow is Abby's birthday and a party and Sunday we will have a family dinner. Monday we leave to go back to our family who we miss dearly. It's been a great way to start off the new year.
It's been nice to have some downtime. I have read like crazy this time. I bought the conference issue of the Ensign and have been devouring all the talks. So far, some of my favorites (I still have not read them all):
1. Enduring Together - by Bishop Richard C Edgley My favorite quote:
"What happens to one happens to all. We endure together."
2. Mrs. Patton - The Story Continues - by President Thomas S. Monson
3. Live by Faith and Not by Fear - Elder Quentin L. Cook
4. The Power to Change - President James E. Faust - he prepared this talk before he died and it is in the November 2007 Ensign, great talk.
We have a few days left here in Idaho. Tomorrow is Abby's birthday and a party and Sunday we will have a family dinner. Monday we leave to go back to our family who we miss dearly. It's been a great way to start off the new year.
Christmas
Well, it was Christmas and parts of it were Merry, I'm just happy to say that it is over!
Due to lack of planning and forethought on both Bryan's and my part, (see previous post) we DID NOT get one thing wrapped before Christmas Eve! I fell asleep with Carson around 8:45 pm, and Bryan woke me up at 10:30 pm so that I could start wrapping presents. I finished up at about 4:30 - 4:45 am in time to help Bryan complete the paper route. We arrived back at home at 6 am and promptly fell asleep, only to be woken up around 7 am by completely hysterically happy children who wanted to open their presents!
So we put them off for awhile and both of us finally woke up around 8 am and we began our Christmas Day! I was so tired, I didn't even get pictures :( Luckily, everyone was quite happy with what they received and after breakfast, I went back to sleep. I woke up early afternoon to complete our dinner preparations. We went to the Drowns for a festive Mexican fiesta dinner and had a great evening! So even with the rough start in the morning, it turned out well.
Our tree only lasted for a mere 24 hours. Bryan worked diligently the night of the 23rd getting the tree up and putting on the lights. When the kids came home on the 24th, they put the decorations on the tree - it looked nice! Then that evening, before our fondue feast, Carson decided to help decorate the tree and as she was standing behind it, placing another ornament on it, it crashed to the ground. Luckily, she was not in the path of the fall; however, she was quite scared. The tree did not survive the fall as well as some lights and a few decorations. That tree gave a good life though, we bought it our first Christmas after we got married. It was the cheapest one at WalMart, $29.99 and including decorations, I think the grand total was $50.00. So it gave it's all.
Because of our tree's death, Bryan went and found a wonderful, pre-lite tree the day after Christmas for HALF price. We were excited to get it. It's bigger and taller than our first tree and hopefully will last for several years. Can't wait to put it up next year, especially since I detest more than anything putting on the lights. It should make putting up the Christmas tree a much more enjoyable adventure.
Due to lack of planning and forethought on both Bryan's and my part, (see previous post) we DID NOT get one thing wrapped before Christmas Eve! I fell asleep with Carson around 8:45 pm, and Bryan woke me up at 10:30 pm so that I could start wrapping presents. I finished up at about 4:30 - 4:45 am in time to help Bryan complete the paper route. We arrived back at home at 6 am and promptly fell asleep, only to be woken up around 7 am by completely hysterically happy children who wanted to open their presents!
So we put them off for awhile and both of us finally woke up around 8 am and we began our Christmas Day! I was so tired, I didn't even get pictures :( Luckily, everyone was quite happy with what they received and after breakfast, I went back to sleep. I woke up early afternoon to complete our dinner preparations. We went to the Drowns for a festive Mexican fiesta dinner and had a great evening! So even with the rough start in the morning, it turned out well.
Our tree only lasted for a mere 24 hours. Bryan worked diligently the night of the 23rd getting the tree up and putting on the lights. When the kids came home on the 24th, they put the decorations on the tree - it looked nice! Then that evening, before our fondue feast, Carson decided to help decorate the tree and as she was standing behind it, placing another ornament on it, it crashed to the ground. Luckily, she was not in the path of the fall; however, she was quite scared. The tree did not survive the fall as well as some lights and a few decorations. That tree gave a good life though, we bought it our first Christmas after we got married. It was the cheapest one at WalMart, $29.99 and including decorations, I think the grand total was $50.00. So it gave it's all.
Because of our tree's death, Bryan went and found a wonderful, pre-lite tree the day after Christmas for HALF price. We were excited to get it. It's bigger and taller than our first tree and hopefully will last for several years. Can't wait to put it up next year, especially since I detest more than anything putting on the lights. It should make putting up the Christmas tree a much more enjoyable adventure.
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