Hunter is learning to eat on his own now days. He had mashed potatoes & gravy tonight. He did try feeding himself with a spoon, but after a while he got tired of that and gave up. This is the after effects of it. He really did enjoy his dinner and amazingly he ate quite a bit of it. But need less to say, we had a bath tonight.

He is growing up so much and so fast. He has learned to drink from a straw. He hasn't quite figured out that if he doesn't tip the sippy cup (with a straw) he will get more out of it. It's a work in progress.

Another one of Hunter's favorite things to do these days is to undress us. He doesn't like socks being on his feet and he's convinced that if his socks are off, everybody else's should be too. He will take off his socks and then make the rounds around the room to mom and dad and pull ours off too.

Did you see it???

Did you see the sun today? In our neck of the woods, it snuck out from behind the clouds for a little bit. It made me so happy! I forgot how much I take the sun for granted. We haven't seen this thing for a good 2 weeks now and I was starting to get a little depressed. It's that sundowners thing. But for a brief moment in time, I saw the sun. What a glorious thing. I'm so greatful Heavenly Father has blessed us with such a simple but very vital planet! So, if you haven't seen the sun for a little while, I hope you enjoy this sun. :)

It's Josh's fault!!!

So we got a phone call and I sure do wish I would have answered it. It was a member of the bishopric calling to ask us to speak in church! I HATE HATE HATE speaking in church. The last time I had to do it was just right after we got married and it was about 5 minutes and then I was done. I prepared for 2 1/2 weeks and had 3 pages full of stuff and it was 5 MINUTES!!! If I would have answered the phone I would have said no. I'm seriously stressing over this ordeal. I mean I sat and bawled through church last week because I don't want to do this. Nonetheless, the topic is COURAGE! (which I'm obviously lacking) This is not a plea to come and listen to me because believe me there won't be much to listen to and I'd rather not have people come cuz then I'll be even more nervous about it. But this is a plea for help. If you have any brillant ideas, send them my way. I'm supposed to base my talk off of Elaine Dalton's conference talk. I don't have it in front of my but I think it's called A return to virtue. Any help will be greatly appreciated! And wish me luck and say LOTS of prayers for me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAM!!!

I hope you have a good day.

Love ya!

Cheeseball

We had a potluck at work on Christmas Eve and so I took a cheeseball. Here's the recipe. It was so wonderful! I thought the combination would be weird and I was worried about it, but it was delicious!

Ginger's Cheese Ball (Recipezaar.com #19721)

2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (16 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
2 Tbsp green peppers, chopped
2 Tbsp onions, chopped
2 Tbsp seasoning salt
2 cups pecans, chopped and divided

Mix all ingredients, withholding 1 cup of the chopped pecans, into a ball.
Roll the cheeseball into the remaining pecans.
Refridgerate.
Serve w/ crackers.

Christmas Morning

My parents got Hunter this 4-wheeler bike. He loves it! He wanted to open presents while riding his bike. (the present he is opening is a vacuum, which he loves)

My parents got him some new slippers too. They have sports balls on them.

This is what Santa brought him. It did have legos in it, but then Hunter discovered he could sit in it instead.

this is when he first woke up and came out to see what santa brought him.

Josh got a blue tooth, so now he won't get mad when I call hime when he drives. He also got the game Blockus and some new socks. He got an air hog helicopter that flies. It's pretty cool.

I got new pots and pans, set of knives, and a parrafin wax bath thing. I'm so happy! My mom got me this beatiful wall hanging with the temple on it and it says together on a journey to eternity. And she gave me a cool clock and so did my sister. We were definately spoiled this year and are so greatful for what we got. Thank you everyone!

The only thing to make our Christmas better would be to spend it with our "big" family. We love and miss you all!

Merry Christmas!!!

This might be a long one-

A little story-So, I got off work today about 2:30. I had to run to Rite-Aid to get Hunter some milk so that he doesn't run out on Christmas day (cuz that would be the end of his world). I don't know the story of events before I got to the checkout, but here's what happend once I got to the checkout line. There is a dad with a little boy who was maybe 4 or 5, 6 at the oldest. The first thing I hear the dad say is, you're not going to get Christmas if you don't behave. Now, I know as parents, we tend to use that threat to children, but this guy was extremly rude about it. They kept walking outside and the whole time this little boy keeps saying no, no and is just bawling. I don't know what he did to make his dad upset, but dad was very rude. Just as they got outside, the store door hadn't closed all the way and I heard that dad say, you are so embarrasing! He put the boy in the car and dad stood outside the car and had a cigarette. I felt so bad for this little boy! I understand that as parents and as a child things happen, and sometimes we don't always make mom and dad happy. But for this dad to tell his son that he is so embarrasing! It broke my heart. I know that my son sometimes has a little temper tantrum in the store, and yes people look at you and stare at you, but I could never tell my child they are embarrasing.

On a happier note-I am so thankful this Christmas season for all the wonderful blessing I have. I have too many to count! I am so greatful for my little family. We may not be very big yet, but we sure do have a lot of love! I love Hunter so much. He is such a joy and adds so much life to our family. He is getting so big and growing so fast and learning so much. I usually try and be 10 steps ahead and I'm usually 5 behind him. He adds so much to our family and we couldn't live without him.

I'm so thankful for my husband and all that he does for me. He is so great and makes me feel so loved. He is such a hard worker and tries so hard to make everything perfect for me. I love him so much!

I'm so greatful for family! Mine and Josh's-My family is so wonderful. They make me smile. I'm so thankful that I could marry into the family I did. They have taken me in as one of their own and I love them so much and couldn't ask for better in-laws. They're amazing!

I'm so thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ! I'm so greatful to my Savior who died on the cross and suffered for me. What an amazing gift! Definatley one of the greatest gifts we could ask for! I'm so glad that I can spend eternity with my family and I love them dearly!

I hope everyone has a safe and Merry Chirstmas!!!