Change with added good looks!

Kids are so funny, when I would volunteer in Kasidee's school the kids would ask me who I was voting for! And also let me know who I should vote for and who I shouldn't and why. These kids are 8!!! It was a well aired election, and my kids seemed to have an opinion also, just not for the right reasons. Kasidee had done a packet on Obama on Inaguration Day. When the question was asked what she found most interesting about President Obama she wrote, "He is VERY handsome."
The girls has good taste. I guess she'll only vote for the cute ones:)
Also at FHE the other night we were talking about tools that we have here to help us return home to Heavenly Father and I said, "he's a very special man, and we are so lucky because he lives here in Utah" And Kasidee yelled "OBAMA!". Uh, no.
The prophet.
That man is on her mind!

Walking with the Dinosaurs

My Dill is a Dino fanatic. He received many books about Dinosaurs this year- which we read daily. And collects every Dinosaur toy made! I'm very impressed with the amount of information a 4 year old can hold! So of course when we heard this show was coming we couldn't pass it up. I drug my feet a little (not wanting to spend the money) but we decided it would be just a mom and me date and left Kasi and Derek home (don't worry they saw Paul Blart, The Mall Cop instead:)) The show was great- very educational. And if you asked Dillon he would say "the Dinosaurs fighting each other was awesome"! We begged (it didn't take much) our fun friends Camille, Jack, and Dill's BF Luke to come along! Other people were laughing at how enthusiastic our boys were to see the show, and I would say they were definently the loudest cheering group!

My Baby is 4!!

I'm a bit behind in the blogger world! I had a total brain meltdown with the holidays, 2 birthdays and a baptism! The baby of our family turned four Dec.30th! My silly Dilly is such a sweet boy. We had a Dinosaur party and it was a blast, We dug for fossils, made masks, and did the dinosaur stomp. I attempted to make the dinosaur cake- in Dill's favorite color of course- red! I think I am in denial- I wish he could stay little forever. But as he reminds me quite often- "I'm a big boy now, I'm 4!"

The kids get to pick where we go for dinner on their birthdays, Dill has a more pricey taste. We went to Tempanyaki! $100 bucks later, and all for a onion volcano!



4 of my favorite things about Dill-

*His lisp
*He LOVES to snuggle with his mommy!
*He makes me laugh
*His need for sleep. He'll say, "Mom,I'm ready to take a rest!"




Kasi and Dill made the cupcakes for his party-

Baptism

We had some road bumps and trials in trying to prepare for Kasidee's baptism. Luckily I have a wonderful friend in the Primary presidency who helped me figure everything out. It was definently a learning experience for me and Derek. But when all was said and done Kasidee had a great experience and that's all that matters. Kasidee had her baptism interview with the Bishop and he said, "this girl knows her stuff." As a family we really prepared ourselves to really understand why we should be baptized. He asked her why she wanted to be baptized. And Kasidee replied, "Because I want to be a member of our church and have the Holy Ghost help me." I was worried she was going to say, "Because my friends/cousins are." She really is growing up.
Kasidee was baptized with her best friend, her cousin Bailee. She was very happy to share that day with her. Kasidee smiled from ear to ear on her baptism day. I just love her so much!

Kasi and Bailee


Kasidee's cute friends congratulating her


Ella going to town on the all you can eat buffet

A brand new year, a brand new start.

I was reading an article in the Ensign about goal setting. I can't remember which of the Seventy wrote it, but- He said we should always be goal setting and always trying to progress ourselves. Not to wait for the New Year, and that is why he is where he is (in the Seventy) and I am where I am. I do appreciate his advice and will try harder to make goals throughout the year. He also said to make goals you can actually accomplish! Ideal right?! So don't put on your list *become filthy rich, put *I'm going to save $ amount per week, per month, whatever.
So for FHE the other night we all set goals, individual ones and also as a family.

Kasidee-
*Have a better attitude
*Move to level M in reading

Dillon-
*Try to not throw fits ("try" is the keyword)
*Be better at putting my toys away

Brittany-
*Keep my cool with the kids
*Serve better as a leader in YW (read scripture's 5 min. a day, say prayers, smile.)
*SAVE my money
*Excersize. (not the "kill myself" excersize. the "I feel good" excersize)

Derek-
*Still working on his list

Family-
*Read the Book of Mormon
*Be nice!!

Elves at the Village

We went on an elf scavenger hunt- Kasi and Dill had fun seeing all the cute scenes. I printed off a list and we had to find certain elves, and then got a treat at Sweet Aftons. I love spending time with my kids:)

Gingerbread Houses

We had a blast putting together our gingerbread house. Derek was being a bit of a perfectionist-he had to come to terms with a 3 yr old and a 7 yr old putting it together. Later we watched a Paula Deen christmas show - her gingerbread house was awesome. Derek is making some plans to renovate next years house.