Fishers of Men

We spent this last weekend with my family in Vernal, as my brother Daniel spoke at church in preparation for his mission. He actually went into the Missionary Training Center today. We can't believe he will be gone for 2 years, but we are so excited for him! So, tonight we were doing family home evening with Kailer and we decided to talk about missionary work. We were reading Matthew 4: 18-19 and to summarize it says something like this, "Cast away your nets... come follow me and I will make ye fishers of men." So, Kai of course is totally into the discussion (fishing pole in hand). He throws down his pole and starts walking away from us.

Me: Kai where are you going?

K: I'm going to follow Jesus.

Rich and I looked at eachother and were speechless! We couldn't believe that he understood at that level what those scriptures were saying. At 2 years old! They are never too young to learn basic principles! What an awesome little dude!

Later he was coloring a picture for Daniel and I hear, "MOM IT'S BROKEN! IT DOESN'T WORK!" I turn around and he's got a white crayon trying to color on the white paper. Good times!

What an advocate!

This is for all those headband wearing babes out there! I know they have all experienced this! Thankfully Meili has a big brother who is a wonderful advocate for her when I'm not paying attention. The other day while riding in the car Kai says "Mommy! Mommy! Meili got a headband on her two eyes!" What an awesome big brother! I have also heard, "Mom! Meili puked all over, Meili has headband on her one eye, and the latest, Mom! Meili has a huge snot bubble!" Love IT!

Oh, and on a side note Meili got to do an awesome photo shoot with a friend who owns a baby boutique buisness modeling her new spring line of flower clips. Check her sweet photos out at http://www.ccbabyinc.blogspot.com/ !

The extent of my craftiness

Here it is Dad, Thanks for the wood flower. A friend of mine was having a class on making hair clip holders and I thought I could just do it myself. Here's how it turned out, pretty spiffy eh?

Beauty

This picture captures the essence of why my life is so awesome and what I get to look forward to when I wake up in the morning. I love it when I capture a truly beautiful pic like this one! We spent the weekend at Valley of Fire state park about an hour from our house. We enjoyed great hiking, beautiful scenery, and some good quality family time. It was a great to be outdoors, it was 70 and therefore perfect hiking weather! Truly a beautiful Saturday!

Oh, I also changed the slide show, enjoy!

Time flies when you're having fun!

Since I posted last we've been doing a whole lot of playing! My sister Brenda from Minnesota came with her family to stay for a long weekend. We had a great time site-seeing at the strip, hiking, bowling, and eating good food! It was great to see her again and awesome to have some one on one time together with her family.

Then It was off to a trip to Utah for the week, mainly because I found I had 7 cavities, (don't forget to floss!) , but also because our townhome was being ripped to shreds, as all the plumbing had to be redone. Also, it was Rich's test week so we don't see much of him anyway. Well, it was my first trip with 2 kiddos by myself and I have awesome traveling kids, for the most part! We made it only on account of the 2 B's : Barney and Binkies! It was great spending time with my sister Michelle and her kids and not so great getting my mouth drilled on! Glad that it is done though. On the way back to Vegas we met Rich in St. George and spent the weekend at Zion's with my parents, sister Deanna, and brother Daniel. It is the last time we will see him until mid March when he leaves on his mission! It's crazy how time flies when you're having fun!