Conference Weekend...

Saturday we went to soccer in the morning and came home and listened to conference while Kevin worked on installing our storm door.  We had all my family over for priesthood session hangout and we had chocolate fondue and cheese fondue.

Sunday Morning Kevin started our tradition of Cinnamon Rolls and we let the kids help!

Conference was so good and I can wait to go back and listen to the talks.

Tayson's first tooth...

Tayson will be 1 next week and he just barely got his first tooth!
He has been pretty grumpy and it looks as if there are several more wanting to cut through but so far just the one has come in. It is his bottom left tooth.

He is such a fun little boy we can't wait to celebrate his birthday!

Dailey Scored a Goal...

My Mom called and asked when Dailey was having a game and we said right now. We will come and pick you up. So we headed to get grandma and go to Day's game.

On our way over I told Dailey that if she played really hard I thought she could score a goal. She said "I don't think I can do it" I told her how fast of a runner she is and I knew she could do it!

She than told me how she didn't like to kick the ball and hurt the other kids. It is pretty crazy in there with all those kids around the ball. I explained about her shin guards and that everyone would be fine. 

So I thought I might pull out a bribe. I told her if she scored a goal we would take the whole family out for ice cream!! She got all excited and said she would TRY. Grandma gave her a big pep talk too!

She got out there and she was aggressive and really tried hard to know where the ball was and she ran hard and had some really great kicks. 

We told Cole he better cheer Dailey on because if she scored we all got ice cream. So when she came out for a break he called her over and he said okay Dailey run and he had her run and he was coaching her. It was so cute and funny.

It was getting to the end of the game and I turned to my Mom and Kevin and said we have to take her out for ice cream anyway. She has played so hard.  Just than she was in the right place at the right time and the ball came over by her and she gave it two good kicks and into the goal it went!!!

She was so excited!! Our whole team was so excited! We don't get very many goals. It may have been only our second goal all season. Her coach said run give your mom a hug!

She ran over and hugged us all and than ran back on the field. They did one more play and than the game was over!!

We went out to Leatherby's!

Later Dailey said, "when you guys are proud of me it make my cheeks go real big" ha ha. She couldn't stop smiling! 

Sit by me...

Dailey has been in preschool for about three weeks. The first week she came home and she tells us a lot about her day which I LOVE. I have to really pull that kind of information out of Cole. Not sure if that's the difference between girls or boys or what.

But she came home telling us about a girl named Brighton. Dailey would say "Brighton, says sit by me, sit by me. " Everyday she came home and when we would ask who she sat by she would say Brighton wants me to sit by her. We were happy she had met a little friend.

Than a week or two later Dailey came home and said Brighton doesn't say sit by me anymore.
She asked another girl to sit by her.

So it begins.. Really this young?

I had to explain that is just fine if she wants someone else to sit by her, and that Dailey can be friends with everyone and she could be the one to ask someone if they would like to come and sit by her.
I also let her know it does not have to be a girl. She can be friends with everyone!

Friends are so important to have and I know there will be a time where I will worry and feel the heartache that comes from children experiencing all the things they go through in their childhood.

And though this wasn't a bad experience and the little girl isn't being mean to Dailey it's still a learning thing for me as a Mom as well as them!

Another experience we had this week Cole told me on our walk home from school. He said his friend Gustavo had put his arms around his head and hugged his head really hard and than another boy did it too. He said it hurt him. I asked if he told him to stop and he said yes. But they wouldn't. Than he said when they went in from recess the teacher gave him a warning for doing it.

So Cole and I talked about what to do if that happens again. I asked if he they were trying to be mean and he said he didn't know. It really wasn't anything big but I got worried if we had taught him all he needed to know and Dailey for that matter in what to do with these situations.

I really want my kids to remember that being NICE is so very important!
I also want them to know how to be confident and stick up for themself too.

Girls and Hair...

The biggest thing that causes some major crying and drama in our house is Hair!
Maybe I am just not doing it right but boy do my girls scream and cry when I do there hair. I put things on this blog so when I'm an old lady I can remember how it was. And than if my kids ask me I can tell them straight up just how it was!

This little gem we picked up at the beauty supply store!! (Thanks Amber)

I wasn't sure it would work but I throw a few spritzes in the girls hair and it is magic I tell ya!
It makes combing through tangles so easy and I love the smell too!

Broken Toe...

Back in August I stubbed my toe pretty bad on our couch. Wish it was a cooler story than that but nope that was it. My toe bruised all the way back half way down my foot. It swelled up on the top of my foot the size of a golf ball. I thought it was a pretty bad jammed toe. I couldn't wear a shoe. Luckily I have been in flip flops. I even wore flip flops to church. Because putting on a shoe was very painful.
I finally now can put shoes on but it still squeezes my toe and after wearing it for just awhile I take off my shoe and it is like I have a sausage as a toe.

I am ready for it to feel better!!! I really want to start running again!! Back in August I wanted to sign up for a half marathon that is coming up this saturday in Hunstville. I really wanted to do it. But there is no way I could have done it. Good thing I listened to Kevin.

I haven't been on a regular running work out schedule all summer. But now I finally feel like I have a grasp on my new life (Kevin's job change) and with Cole in 1st grade and Dailey in preschool I feel we have some routine and I could fit in a run yet this darn toe. I am pretty sure I broke it. I haven't checked it out only because I am told they can not do anything for it.

So here's to hoping it gets better!

Life is Good...

I love Thursdays!!! I woke up in an exceptionally good mood especially for having a baby who isn't sleeping great do to a cold. But Maybe it started off last night by watching a funny episode of Modern Family.


But I woke up and on this cold morning I wanted to heat the house so I made Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins, which double as Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. When I throw them in a muffin tins it makes me feel just fine to serve them for Breakfast. :)



We were less rushed this morning because Kevin drove Cole to school for me.
When he told Cole he was taking him in the Bush Carpet Van he Whooped and Hollard. He thought it was great to go in the Business Van. ha ha.


It's Only 9am and Tayson is down for a nap and my girls are playing princesses together while I finish baking the rest of the batter from our cookie/muffins.
Life is Good. I love when I can appreciate my good life instead of wanting to change things!