Perspective

We have these Gospet Art Picture books.  They are mostly the same pictures as in the Gospel Art Kit; but they are bound on rings.

Isaac loves to turn the pages and just have me tell him the stories.

We got to a picture entitled: Christ and the Rich, Young Ruler.

I told Isaac that he asked Jesus how he could be saved and he had listed off all of the things he was doing.  And then Christ told him that he must forsake all his riches and follow Him. And the young ruler then says, " I can not."

I then told Isaac that we can't take ANYTHING with us when we die...... not our clothes, food, house, cars or even any of our favorite toys.   All we can take is our bodies.

Unexpectadly Isaac burst into the saddest tears I have ever seen!!!

"I can't take Boswell!!!!" He wailed!!!

I kind-of panicked and tried not to laugh and said, " I guess Heavenly Father will let you take Boswell."

Boswell is his little dog that he has had since he was 9 months old and he sleeps with it every, single night and takes her on every trip!

 Let's just say it didn't turn out quite how I expected! 

Sinking in.........

So, there are those times as a mother that are so rewarding......they really make up for all the hard, patient testing moments.

I had one last week....

Isaac and I were driving to find the theatre that he is performing in for his play. I had never been there and so I typed the address into my GPS. (Which John trusts with his life and is always telling me to use it. It's like it's this all knowing brain to him). 

So, I was good to go: so I thought..... and then the GPS wasn't right. It took me in circles and to a place where there wasn't even a road.

And, my cell phone was missing so I couldn't even call one of my friends to ask where it was. Of course we were going to be late. So I was getting frustrated and mad at the GPS and then Isaac says, "Mom, we just need to pray."

DING!!!!!

"Oh, your right Isaac! Why don't you say it since I am driving."

So here was his prayer: "Heavenly Father, please help us find the theatre..."  (So simple..)

When he finished praying he said, "Mom, you know you and I both have to believe we will find it or we won't."

MELT!!!!!

I felt prompted to just get the ladies attention next to me stopped at a light and ask her. She told me where it was and it was just right down the street. We found it and Isaac said, "I knew we would find it because we prayed."

I was pretty much in tears by now.

I have said all those things to him at one time or another.... But to see that they have sunk in and he believes it is EVERYTHING to me!

LONG OVER DUE CATCH-UP POST!

Let's start with the new and go back it time........

Here is me playing with my new camera! AMAZING!

Easton being a mean tiger.

If any of you know me, you will know I have a slight eye obsession. So what did I do first with my new camera? Take pictures of eyes!

My friend Melinda and her girls were my models.

Melinda

Jenna

Brittany

Mindy

Isaac

Easton

Me

Now for pictures from our old camera. It is almost embarrassing how bad they are!

My dear friend Emilee came to get her hair done the other day and Amy came to visit while she was here. We all lived together in Henderson when we first lived here. Here are some pictures of all the kids on the luv sac. Her  beautiful girls are Maddisen and Caitlyn. (I know I didn't spell them right. Sorry Emilee.)

Now some more pics form Disney Land!

Here are the pictures I promised of our stow-away lizard!

Playing house with Brittany under the piano!

Birthday fun with our friend Justin!

Girls Night Out during Father's and Son's!

Kari and Lindsay with baby Eden.  Melinda joined us later.

This is my friend Kari you all have heard so much about. Isn't she so beautiful! She is such a wonderful friend. I am so glad I met her at the park! We love doing stuff with her and her daughter Alli!

Eden was busy and the restaurant! Isn't she cute?

The boy's heading out for Father's and Son's!

Oh my I love these guys!!!!!

Here's the stack of note cards John had to study to know for boards! Sick huh!?!

And last, but not least:  Matt's cow giving birth!

Isn't that amazing and disgusting!?!?

THE END

Easton, sitting on the bar stools looking at a picture on the fridge of the two boys hugging says, "Mom, I giving my Izzy (long 'I' sound) a hug. 

To which I reply, " I know isn't' is so sweet and cute?"

"Yeah.... it's cute. I love him. I love my Izzy."

Even thought Easton is growing up, he is still so tender and sweet.

If I had a camera, I would show you a picture of Easton screaming bloody murder while his binki floats up to the sky on a balloon. We did this a week ago and though it was traumatic.... he survived and he seems so much older to me. The sippy cups are gone too. I LOVE IT!

(Had to have atleast one picture)

Waiting for the new camera in the mail........

Summer

So, can I just say how grateful I am for friends!

My friend Lindsay has inspired me to love and enjoy summer.

In years passed I have dreaded the summer......long, hot days with nothing to do but swim. (And what a process that is)!

But Lindsay is always so excited to just spend time with her kids not in school. She is always talking about all the books they are going to read and movies they are going to watch. She talks about all the lazy days, just playing and going on outings.

Let's just say, I have been changed for the better.

Her enthusiasm has rubbed off on me. I have a stack of new books for me to read and a stack of new books for the boys!

I am being more leaniant about our schedule and we stay up later so we can play outside at night while it's still light and not so hot. Both the boys have naps, so they can stay up!

I have this whole new feeling about the summer! I am EXCITED! We went swimming with our friends last week and we were ther for hours, just enjoying the sun. The kids kept themselves entertained and the moms visited! It was so fun!!!!

I feel LAZY! I haven't cooked and planned a real dinner in 2 weeks. It's too hot to eat a big meal. We just do things last minute. I don't go to the gym until 9 am instead of 6 am now and the boys like going to the kid center. 

Thank you Lindsay for letting your positive goodness rub off on me!

Disney Land Photos:

In the freezing water at the beach!

The boys were a little scared in Mr. Toads wild ride.

The Star Wars show was AWESOME! Isn't he scary?

Jared snapped this just before the scariest moment of the scaries ride I have ever been on in my entire life! The Tower of Terror at California Adventure! I hated it and loved it! I love scary rides!

I don't know how to turn these pictures. I loaded them straight from Amy's computer onto my blogg and now I can't turn them. Sorry!

Amy and Wyatt

Could these boys be any cuter? THis was Tarzan's Tree House!

The classic "buried in the sand"!

I never found my cord. I have alot of some more Disney pics on there. We actually decided to just get a new camera. But I don't know how I am going to get the pictures  off my camera! And Jared dropped his camera at the end and that's why these look like this. 

One of the funnest trips ever!!!!

John passed his boards!!!!!

We are so happy!!! We made signs and a list of "10 things we love about our dad" and brought home Krispy Kreme donuts and a balloon! We are sooooo proud of him! It was brutal!

I do realize I am loosing readers by the day with my boring blogging. I just can't bring myself to keep up with it.....so I am not. 

We are back from the place "where all your dreams come true". And it's true! 100%  We had so much fun and are so exhausted from all day everyday walking in the sun!  Of course my camera died the first day...but I am waiting for my sister in law to email me some pics. So, they will come. I promise.

This is such a crazy summer. Isaac's play is grueling practices!!! It takes up alot of time. And we have swim lessons and I am going to AZ again in July to see Wicked. I feel like I have only been home half of my life this year! It has been great though!

So, if you care......stay tuned for a ton of pictures. Wedding and Disney Land!

p.s. I still can't find my cord. When do you resort to buying a new one???????

If my cord to download my pictures(I don't even know what it's called) wasn't missing........

I would do a catch up post and post a picture of Matt's cow giving birth when we were home last.

I would post a picture of our new stow away, house lizard. This lizard hitched a ride on my suit case from my mom's house in AZ all the way to Vegas. 

He now lives in our house because John says he will keep us free of bugs and spiders. "OK, sounds good to me!" We see him every couple of days! The boys think it's pretty cool to have a lizard for a pet.

I would post a picture of my boys in the van with John getting ready to drive away to Father's and Sons Outing! ( That was the only picture I got because John took video while they were there......no pics).

You might see some pics of me and some girlfriends at girls night out while the boys were gone.

There would be some pictures of the special little moments I have seen fit to capture on film. Is it still film?

But until I get my cord this will have to do!

And now it's off to the Happiest Place on Earth!!! (Well, we're actually leaving on Thursday, but tomorrow is get ready day).

Here we come Disney Land! See you all on Monday Night!

OUR FIRST NIGHT TOGETHER........

For 4 very long months our daddy has been MIA.

  I know this is hard to believe, but since January we have not had 1 night when John did not have to study something!!!! 

That is unbelievable to me! He came home and we ate together and the boys played with him while I cleaned up from dinner and then I saluted him and said "I am checking out! "

Out of the bedtime routine that is. I got a heaping bowl full of berries and whipped cream with a few semi-sweet chocolate chips on top and read a love story in bed! Is that heaven? I would say so.  After the boys were asleep then we just sat together and talked and watched A.I.  We will go on a long awaited date on Saturday night!

I feel like our lives will finally take on some kind of normalcy. And I can't wait! I can't wait to play ball out side and walk around the block with John and the boys. I even can't wait to just go to the store together as  family and do projects around the house together!

I am sooooo proud of John! I have never, ever seen such self discipline and self determination!  I admire and respect him immensely! He is everything to me!

 We find out next week how he did on the boards!

Wizard of Oz!

I don't know if I've mentioned this. But several people have asked me about the little play Isaac is in. And actually it really isn't "little". It will be a pretty major production. It's a little pricey, but all the money goes to "Helping Hands". It helps senior citizens in the valley.

Where: Summerlin Library Theatre

When: June 17, 18, 20, 22-27

Time: 7 p.m.

Prices: Children- $8, Adults- $15 (Group rates available)

For tickets call: 702-649 7837

Hope to see you there. The munchkins are stinkin' cute! And Isaac is in the Lollipop Guild group and he's also a flying monkey!

Back Again.....

We had a good trip... I am tired. 

Driving 9 hrs alone is tough. But my mom lent me 

a little love story on C.D. to listen to to help me stay awake.

John takes the boards on Tues and then we will have a Dad and husband again! YIPEE!

Kari's wedding was beautiful and fun......all except for the miss-hap with my dress minutes before the ceremony.......more of that later and pictures. 

I always feel so melancholy when I get home from a trip with my family.  I want to be home and missed it desperately but feel so torn and alone with out all of them.

But here goes life!