January 19

1. So many blessings to be grateful for everyday! I love my family!
2. I get to spend every day with my Jayne! She begs for a trip to walmart everyday. She loves any time we leave in the car. She wants me to make her a "home lunch " everyday just like Lucy. She is always wanting to go to the park and gets me to take her to the discovery park even though it is January. (But it's fun to be the only ones there.) She loves to cuddle up at nap time and read her favorite books, Goodnight moon, & I love you because you are you. She runs around the house all day naked no matter how many times I get her dressed. She has me tend her dolls all day long while she goes and runs her errands. Shes dumps a box of cereal out everyday behind the couch and hides while she eats it. IT MAKES ME CRAZY! She is still coloring on the walls and doing all sorts of naughty things. I love her!
2. I love any time I get Emilee to talk. I love it when she is in the kitchen helping me make dinner or in the laundry room helping me fold clothes, mostly because I can get her to open up and hear about her life. She has been spending a lot of time down in the basement doing her homework and her own stuff and I wish she'd like being around the family a little more. I keep telling her that the basement isn't her own apartment. I like reading her texts and getting a glimpse into her world. She had all the beehives over Sunday night to read the Conference Ensign and I always find her reading her scriptures down in her bed every night. I am proud of her. Another term of Straight A's. :)
3. I love how my Lucy knows what she wants and holds strong. She insists that I make her a home lunch everyday because she hates the school lunch. She will only wear a skirt and leggings to school everyday and is very particular about her hair. She always comes up with the most random outfits & hairdo's that don't work with her hair. I signed her up for dance down at Lindon City and she loves having something of her own to do. She wanted to wear her ballet clothes, her hair in a bun and take a snack in a bag just like all of her friends do that dance at the dance club!!! She has also started a reading program afterschool. She told her teacher proudly that "she was soooo busy!" I'm so glad that she still likes me to hold her!
4. I'm glad I have my one boy! I have his picture of when he was a baby right next to my kitchen sink. I keep dreaming of another little boy. I thank my lucky stars everyday for him! He is totally consumed in his sports world. I have to constantly remind him that there is more to life than sports center, fantasy basketball, practice, & the latest stats. I take him and Abbie to the rec center or church every night to shoot around a bit. Sometimes we take plastic cups and bowls and set them up for different drills for them to run. He is SURE he will be the next Jimmer and there is no way anyone can convince him otherwise. School is just a bother to him except for reccess. He wants me to stay in the car after we get home from school to "talk to me privately." He always tells me the latest about which girls like him and the great moves he made at reccess. Doesn't like everyone to hear because he doesn't want to sound like he is bragging. He is so excited that he gets to play basketball with the decons this year.
5. Abbie is growing up and always has the best attitude. She will do anything I ask with a smile. She is working so hard at school going to double dose early morning and going to reading tutor after school twice a week. I can tell that she is proud at how much she is learning. She has started city basketball too and worships her big brother. They are great friends and have a lot of fun being together. Abbie is the best sister to little Jayne and Jayne adores her! Jayne will only sleep if Abbie is nose to nose with her. Abbie is kind to everyone and has a billion friends...older, younger, and all the girls from her grade. The other night she asked if she could invite a cute little girls with downs from school over for a late night. I wish I could be more like her. :)
6. I love Jason! I am so thankful that he found me my back brace. I look forward to his phone calls during the day to say hi. He is consumed with the presidental race right now and is Mitt's biggest fan. He is watching Fox News any chance he can get and takes it personal when someone slams Romney. He tells me about his diet everyday but can't pass up a cookie, donut, hamburger, diet coke, or anything really that tastes good. He makes me laugh. I have a good life because of him. He works so hard and takes good care of us all. His girls can't wait for him to walk in the door each night (Including me!) so that he will chase them and tickle them. He is my gratest blessing!