YES, I am LAME!
I went to see TWILIGHT last weekend with some friends and have become OBSESSIVE all over again. I read the first book over again this week and I read the excerpt from her blog "Midnight Sun". Twilight from Edwards perspective. Soooooo GOOD, by the way! I just finished it, so I will exist now, not just BELLA SWAN!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE!
JOHN- "I'm still hungry what can I have to eat?"
LISA-"You can have some toast and jam on that white bread." (Today was bread baking day and we were all out of home made bread. We had a loaf of enriched, white, "glue" bread...... (I call it) because Easton had diarrhea for a few days and we needed some easy to digest stuff.)
JOHN- "Your not going to believe it, but that sounds completely unappetizing!"
LISA- "HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD!" ( I really shouted that!)
Let me ENLIGHTEN you on the last 5 1/2 years of my marriage. BREAD has been an on-going BATTLE (in the most mild sense of the word). I am a 100% whole wheat bread lover. And think that everything else is blasphemy. John (up until now) was a white bread ONLY kind of guy. We have always had two different loaves of bread, two different kinds of pancakes and waffles and such. But now thanks to white wheat ground fresh for the flour.......we are a 100% WHOLE WHEAT family. I never thought I would see the day! I jumped up and gave him a big hug and kiss!
Thanks Mom and Cara for the recipe and know how!
I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!
JOHN- "I'm still hungry what can I have to eat?"
LISA-"You can have some toast and jam on that white bread." (Today was bread baking day and we were all out of home made bread. We had a loaf of enriched, white, "glue" bread...... (I call it) because Easton had diarrhea for a few days and we needed some easy to digest stuff.)
JOHN- "Your not going to believe it, but that sounds completely unappetizing!"
LISA- "HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD!" ( I really shouted that!)
Let me ENLIGHTEN you on the last 5 1/2 years of my marriage. BREAD has been an on-going BATTLE (in the most mild sense of the word). I am a 100% whole wheat bread lover. And think that everything else is blasphemy. John (up until now) was a white bread ONLY kind of guy. We have always had two different loaves of bread, two different kinds of pancakes and waffles and such. But now thanks to white wheat ground fresh for the flour.......we are a 100% WHOLE WHEAT family. I never thought I would see the day! I jumped up and gave him a big hug and kiss!
Thanks Mom and Cara for the recipe and know how!
I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
A CHRISTMAS HOUSE!
I LOVE decorating my home for this CHRISTMAS season! We started a tradition last year with decorating early. We are always gone for half the month of Dec. visiting family so we don't get to enjoy the SPIRIT of CHRISTMAS in our home for very long. My amazingly talented, crafty, perfect sister in law got the idea for the wreath above from good ole' Martha Stewart. We made them together and it turned out beautiful! I can say that because I copied an idea!
Putting up the tree was fun this year.....with Easton helping. He felt so big. Isaac danced around in my tree skirt, aka: vampire cape! It was HISTERICAL! ( But then it usually is with him).
I got this jar at ROSS for $10 bucks! You heard it! I am just going to switch it out through out the year accordingly! I LOVE IT!
HAPPY DECORATING!
I LOVE decorating my home for this CHRISTMAS season! We started a tradition last year with decorating early. We are always gone for half the month of Dec. visiting family so we don't get to enjoy the SPIRIT of CHRISTMAS in our home for very long. My amazingly talented, crafty, perfect sister in law got the idea for the wreath above from good ole' Martha Stewart. We made them together and it turned out beautiful! I can say that because I copied an idea!
Putting up the tree was fun this year.....with Easton helping. He felt so big. Isaac danced around in my tree skirt, aka: vampire cape! It was HISTERICAL! ( But then it usually is with him).
I got this jar at ROSS for $10 bucks! You heard it! I am just going to switch it out through out the year accordingly! I LOVE IT!
HAPPY DECORATING!
What do you get when you pair up loud, crazy air craft and family fun?
That's right baby NELLIS AIRFORCE BASE AIR SHOW!!!!!!
The Ferrin's are all die hard Air Show fans. John goes every year. This year they came down to join us! It was so fun to be together. I am not sure I am quite the die hard fan. I felt like for five hours I saw the same thing and heard the same obnoxious loud sounds! But the THUNDER BIRDS were worth seeing! It was amazing and actually very patriotic!
John had a booth set up to inform people about the Veterans Clinic at the Dental school. Him and his buddies got a little distracted during the photo shoot. BOYS WILL BE BOYS!
I am so proud of John and all he has done for this! It is ALOT of work!
Papa Ferrin and Austin with Easton.
Exhausted and full of sugar! LOVE IT!
THE END!
( They were just hugging! REALLY love it!)
That's right baby NELLIS AIRFORCE BASE AIR SHOW!!!!!!
The Ferrin's are all die hard Air Show fans. John goes every year. This year they came down to join us! It was so fun to be together. I am not sure I am quite the die hard fan. I felt like for five hours I saw the same thing and heard the same obnoxious loud sounds! But the THUNDER BIRDS were worth seeing! It was amazing and actually very patriotic!
John had a booth set up to inform people about the Veterans Clinic at the Dental school. Him and his buddies got a little distracted during the photo shoot. BOYS WILL BE BOYS!
I am so proud of John and all he has done for this! It is ALOT of work!
Papa Ferrin and Austin with Easton.
Exhausted and full of sugar! LOVE IT!
THE END!
( They were just hugging! REALLY love it!)
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER!
I was at the park yesterday watching the boys play and I was FILLED with so much love and amazement for my little boys. Isaac was leading Easton to every slide at the park, yelling "Come on Easton!" Then he would get them all situated sitting next to eachother and put his arm around him and they would go down the slide together. They did this laughing over and over again. I actually started to CRY. It was one of the sweetest moments. I wish I would've had my camera.
Then I got to go to the temple that afternoon all by myself ( it would've been better with John......but alas, school).
I was driving the 40 minutes home in the quiet of my car just thinking about my life and how blessed I am and HOW MUCH I LOVE those boys and their dad.
To top it all of my friend Lindsay invited me over to watch that new Emma Smith movie. Talk about an INSPIRING, AMAZING woman and story. I left wanting to be more faithful and hard working at my part in the PLAN. I love truth and goodness! I want to seek and follow it and work for it all my days!
I was at the park yesterday watching the boys play and I was FILLED with so much love and amazement for my little boys. Isaac was leading Easton to every slide at the park, yelling "Come on Easton!" Then he would get them all situated sitting next to eachother and put his arm around him and they would go down the slide together. They did this laughing over and over again. I actually started to CRY. It was one of the sweetest moments. I wish I would've had my camera.
Then I got to go to the temple that afternoon all by myself ( it would've been better with John......but alas, school).
I was driving the 40 minutes home in the quiet of my car just thinking about my life and how blessed I am and HOW MUCH I LOVE those boys and their dad.
To top it all of my friend Lindsay invited me over to watch that new Emma Smith movie. Talk about an INSPIRING, AMAZING woman and story. I left wanting to be more faithful and hard working at my part in the PLAN. I love truth and goodness! I want to seek and follow it and work for it all my days!
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
EASTON MARK FERRIN
This boy is a heart melter! I feel like I will explode everyday because he is talking so much and it is so adoreable! He has such a big mouth, full of gappy teeth and surrounded by such pouty lips. And he heavily pronounces his "ch" sounds with his lips sticking out. I love him more everyday.
To name a few of his sweet talk......
Every time he accomplishes anything he shouts loudly, "I DID IT!" or "I GOT IT!"
He randomly adds the word "too" to everything he says. ie: "I am going to get down too." "I need water too."
He constantly asks, "What doing mommy?"
He always says, " so bad" with alot of feeling. ie: " Mommy, hurry so bad!"
"What's that?" is asked about 500 times a day.
I have had a little cold this week and every time I cough or sniff or blow my nose he asks, " You ok mommy?" in this sweet little high voice.
He plays my own game with me when we are reading a book, he askes me where each object is ( that he already knows the answer to) and then when I point to it he says, " Oh, there it is!" Just like I do to him when I want him to learn colors and animals and such.
To top it all off I just left my post to go put him in bed and I had him down in my arms and rocked him singing "I am a Child of God" and when I was done he said, "I want a big hug Mommy." So I put him up in my arms and hugged him tight and rocked while he preceded to hum the entire song back to me. I could've died and gone to Heaven right then.
This boy is a heart melter! I feel like I will explode everyday because he is talking so much and it is so adoreable! He has such a big mouth, full of gappy teeth and surrounded by such pouty lips. And he heavily pronounces his "ch" sounds with his lips sticking out. I love him more everyday.
To name a few of his sweet talk......
Every time he accomplishes anything he shouts loudly, "I DID IT!" or "I GOT IT!"
He randomly adds the word "too" to everything he says. ie: "I am going to get down too." "I need water too."
He constantly asks, "What doing mommy?"
He always says, " so bad" with alot of feeling. ie: " Mommy, hurry so bad!"
"What's that?" is asked about 500 times a day.
I have had a little cold this week and every time I cough or sniff or blow my nose he asks, " You ok mommy?" in this sweet little high voice.
He plays my own game with me when we are reading a book, he askes me where each object is ( that he already knows the answer to) and then when I point to it he says, " Oh, there it is!" Just like I do to him when I want him to learn colors and animals and such.
To top it all off I just left my post to go put him in bed and I had him down in my arms and rocked him singing "I am a Child of God" and when I was done he said, "I want a big hug Mommy." So I put him up in my arms and hugged him tight and rocked while he preceded to hum the entire song back to me. I could've died and gone to Heaven right then.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
HAPPY DRESS-UP DAY!
MY LITTLE JACK-O-LANTERNS!
OUR JACK-O-LANTERN! We carved it for the trunk or treat. I wish I had a better camera! It looked AWESOME! It was Igor with his vile of brew!
HARRY POTTER! (And not just on Halloween-most days!)
MY LITTLE COWBOY!
FRANKENSTIEN (Minus the bolts.....we couldn't make them stick.)
SNOW WHITE!
AT THE TRUNK OR TREAT! Soooooo fun!
"Goblet of Fire" Harry and "Sorcerer's Stone" Harry!
I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!! I LOVE DRESSING UP! WE HAD FUN THIS YEAR! NOW IF ONLY THE CANDY WOULD DISAPPEAR BEFORE I EAT IT ALL!
MY LITTLE JACK-O-LANTERNS!
OUR JACK-O-LANTERN! We carved it for the trunk or treat. I wish I had a better camera! It looked AWESOME! It was Igor with his vile of brew!
HARRY POTTER! (And not just on Halloween-most days!)
MY LITTLE COWBOY!
FRANKENSTIEN (Minus the bolts.....we couldn't make them stick.)
SNOW WHITE!
AT THE TRUNK OR TREAT! Soooooo fun!
"Goblet of Fire" Harry and "Sorcerer's Stone" Harry!
I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!! I LOVE DRESSING UP! WE HAD FUN THIS YEAR! NOW IF ONLY THE CANDY WOULD DISAPPEAR BEFORE I EAT IT ALL!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
GRATITUDE!
I am feeling over come with gratitude these days. I feel that the Lord is helping me to see what I have and enjoy the now. I hear so much how crazy it is for my friends with 3 or 4 or 5 kids and they are in school and soccer and ballet and dance. The moms always say how much they miss the days when there kids were just home with them. I am trying to learn from them and to soak in every moment I have with my boys here at home with me. We have nothing going on (besides Isaac's preschool twice a week) that we don't plan ourselves. We just play these days. This beautiful weather takes us outside a lot and even if we aren't out there I just feel so peaceful with my doors open and a breeze blowing threw the house. I love the phase I am in with older boys who play together and tell me what they need and sleep together in the same room and keep each other company.
The Lord has also helped me to see that I am truly nothing with out him and am a fallen, lost soul with out his grace and mercy. Therefore, I should feel grateful everyday that I am here on earth in a body that works, doing what I choose to do with the knowledge necessary to have eternal joy! And that through NO merit of my own I can enter into eternal rest. What more could I ask for! I am determined to conquer my negative thoughts and truly be grateful for each day even if it's hard!
I AM truly grateful!
I am feeling over come with gratitude these days. I feel that the Lord is helping me to see what I have and enjoy the now. I hear so much how crazy it is for my friends with 3 or 4 or 5 kids and they are in school and soccer and ballet and dance. The moms always say how much they miss the days when there kids were just home with them. I am trying to learn from them and to soak in every moment I have with my boys here at home with me. We have nothing going on (besides Isaac's preschool twice a week) that we don't plan ourselves. We just play these days. This beautiful weather takes us outside a lot and even if we aren't out there I just feel so peaceful with my doors open and a breeze blowing threw the house. I love the phase I am in with older boys who play together and tell me what they need and sleep together in the same room and keep each other company.
The Lord has also helped me to see that I am truly nothing with out him and am a fallen, lost soul with out his grace and mercy. Therefore, I should feel grateful everyday that I am here on earth in a body that works, doing what I choose to do with the knowledge necessary to have eternal joy! And that through NO merit of my own I can enter into eternal rest. What more could I ask for! I am determined to conquer my negative thoughts and truly be grateful for each day even if it's hard!
I AM truly grateful!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
ISAAC FUNNIES!
When we were in AZ, my little brother Matt was like Isaac's big brother..... teasing, provoking, joking with him. Matt loved getting a rise out of Isaac (which isn't hard to do.) So, one day Dena was playing the "you're cute game" with Isaac. She would say, "You're cute Isaac" and he would say, "No, You are." So, Matt thought he would join in and so he told Isaac that he was cute and Isaac says, "You're not cute, you're a stinky farmer!" We laughed forever. And now Matt is known as the stinky famer.
This morning right when Isaac woke up he had this big smile and he told me he had a dream about Jesus. I asked him if Jesus talked to him or hugged him and he said. "No, there were only big people there......like Grandma Carpenter." Grandma Carpenter is Isaac's great, great grandma and she turns 100 years old in Dec. Then he told me that they were at Chucky Cheeses. So I started to laugh and said, "So you and Jesus and Grandma Carpenter were just hanging out at Chucky Cheeses." And he told me,"No, it was all white and it was like it was outside."
So, maybe I am reading into this, but first of all there are only adults in heaven and every one is in white and Isaac's "Heaven" on earth is Chucky Cheeses. He loves that place! It makes you wonder. If it was a vision type dream let's hope it comes true for my Grandma who desperatley wants to go home to her husband and children who she has been seperated from for a long time.
Then, today I asked Isaac to bring me some dishes from the table and he was pushing them from one side to the other and then rode on his scooter over to the other side where he had pushed them. I reminded him of what it was he was doing and he said, " I know, I'm getting a different angle and picked them up and brought them to me on the scooter. How on earth does he know about angles, or maybe he has heard someone else say it. I know I don't talk about angles!
When we were in AZ, my little brother Matt was like Isaac's big brother..... teasing, provoking, joking with him. Matt loved getting a rise out of Isaac (which isn't hard to do.) So, one day Dena was playing the "you're cute game" with Isaac. She would say, "You're cute Isaac" and he would say, "No, You are." So, Matt thought he would join in and so he told Isaac that he was cute and Isaac says, "You're not cute, you're a stinky farmer!" We laughed forever. And now Matt is known as the stinky famer.
This morning right when Isaac woke up he had this big smile and he told me he had a dream about Jesus. I asked him if Jesus talked to him or hugged him and he said. "No, there were only big people there......like Grandma Carpenter." Grandma Carpenter is Isaac's great, great grandma and she turns 100 years old in Dec. Then he told me that they were at Chucky Cheeses. So I started to laugh and said, "So you and Jesus and Grandma Carpenter were just hanging out at Chucky Cheeses." And he told me,"No, it was all white and it was like it was outside."
So, maybe I am reading into this, but first of all there are only adults in heaven and every one is in white and Isaac's "Heaven" on earth is Chucky Cheeses. He loves that place! It makes you wonder. If it was a vision type dream let's hope it comes true for my Grandma who desperatley wants to go home to her husband and children who she has been seperated from for a long time.
Then, today I asked Isaac to bring me some dishes from the table and he was pushing them from one side to the other and then rode on his scooter over to the other side where he had pushed them. I reminded him of what it was he was doing and he said, " I know, I'm getting a different angle and picked them up and brought them to me on the scooter. How on earth does he know about angles, or maybe he has heard someone else say it. I know I don't talk about angles!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Home for 2 weeks for my sister Dena's wedding!
I don't have any pictures of her yet, but here are some of her reception! It turned out beautiful! When she told me her colors I invisioned these topiary's (spelling?). She let me do all her flowers- the center peices and boquet! I love doing weddings! It is so fun and fulfilling for me and Dena looked amazing! Everything about it was perfect and beautiful and we had so much fun! More pictures to come!
I don't have any pictures of her yet, but here are some of her reception! It turned out beautiful! When she told me her colors I invisioned these topiary's (spelling?). She let me do all her flowers- the center peices and boquet! I love doing weddings! It is so fun and fulfilling for me and Dena looked amazing! Everything about it was perfect and beautiful and we had so much fun! More pictures to come!
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