Sunday, December 28, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
SANTA!!!!
We just had our annual Downey Christmas party last Saturday. The kids look forward to it every year because Santa comes and bring a little present. I must say that this year was a major break through for our family because I didn't have one child scream on Santa's lap. It was wonderful!!! Dominic and Zaxen were very curious, so I loved these pictures of both of the twins just checking out Santa. Oh, and Dominic is on the top and Zak is on the bottom for those who can't tell them apart. Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Someone to live up to
I wanted to do a little post to say how grateful I am for an amazing mother. My mom gave my girls these american girl dolls for Lexis birthday, and the best part is she made the girls and their dolls 2 matching dresses. Needless to say the girls think it is the greatest thing ever to get to go church matching their dolls. Well this is just one of the many things that my mom does for my kids. She is always so aware of each one of her grandkids ( she has 16) and makes such a special effort to have an individual relationship with each one. I have always been so amazed by her and the person she is, but I have grown to love her so much more after seeing how great she is to my children. They love her so much!! My sisters and I often joke that we hate that our mom is so amazing cause it puts a lot of pressure on us to become like her. It is more than I could ever live up to. Thanks mom for being so wonderful!!!
Please tell me I am not the only mom who feels overwhelmed
So I have been doing a lot of thinking this month about how I am feeling like I can't keep up with all the things that I am supposed to be on top of. Are there any other moms out there that feel the same way I do? Well so I started to make a list of the responsibilities of a woman. Here are some of them
*Get everone out of bed and dressed in the morning
* Do the girls hair
* Make a healthy breakfast :)
* Get breakfast dishes done
* Get the girls off the school on time with homework done
* Get a healthy well balanced lunch made :)
* Get lunch dishes done
* Make sure the bathroom toilets get cleaned and the floor mopped
* empty all garbages
* Get all laundry done and folded and put away
* And don't forget to pre-treat all the stains from the day
* Get the carpets vacuumed
* Get a healthy nutritious dinner made.
* Try to have the whole family together for dinner :)
* Get dishwasher unloaded
* Get dinner dishes done, and wash all the walls washed around the high chairs, including light switches.
* Dont forget eveyones daily vitamin that is so important
* Get everyones teeth brused, and takes their flouride
* Get kids in the bath and wash hair
* Get kids in their jamies
* Make sure that you read to your child for 20 minutes every day, since that is recommended :)
* Stay on top of all the diapers that need changing.
* Make sure you spent quality time with each child daily.
* Make sure you spend quality time with your husband daily
* Get all ironing done.
* Do all the grocery shopping ( except for the occasional trips Dereks takes for me on his way home from work. Thanks Babe!!)
* Make sure the kitchen floor gets mopped.
* Change the sheets and get them all washed
* Tidy up all the little messes that take place throughout the day
* Constantly be teaching children how to make good choices.
* Calm disiplining :)
* Take dinner to the new little mommy down the street
* Get your lesson planned for Sunday
* Don't forget to plan your weekly Family Home Evening.
* Have family scripture study daily.
* Pray with your family daily
* Get your visiting teaching done.
* Cut coupons and shop sales
* Make sure the dog is fed and bathed
* Write in your journal
* Keep up on scrapbooking
* Make a call to an old friend
* Make sure you spend time with Grandparents and extended family
* Keep your car cleaned out and washed
* Make your house a home
* Now don't forget that one of the worst things you can do on top of this is let yourself go, so make sure you excersize 5 times a week, and get all dolled up every day :)
* Get the yard work done.
* Never get grumpy or impatient
So after looking at this list I think I am allowed to feel a little overwhelmed some days and also maybe drop the ball on a thing or two. ( especially getting all dolled up every day. ha ha)
But the thing that amazes me the most is I think I am the happiest I have ever been in my whole life. I love so much what I do, I honestly feel like I am living the dream to be able to stay home with my 4 darling little children. So I just wanted to post this to see if anyone can relate of add anything else to this little list. My hat goes off to all the ladies out there!!
*Get everone out of bed and dressed in the morning
* Do the girls hair
* Make a healthy breakfast :)
* Get breakfast dishes done
* Get the girls off the school on time with homework done
* Get a healthy well balanced lunch made :)
* Get lunch dishes done
* Make sure the bathroom toilets get cleaned and the floor mopped
* empty all garbages
* Get all laundry done and folded and put away
* And don't forget to pre-treat all the stains from the day
* Get the carpets vacuumed
* Get a healthy nutritious dinner made.
* Try to have the whole family together for dinner :)
* Get dishwasher unloaded
* Get dinner dishes done, and wash all the walls washed around the high chairs, including light switches.
* Dont forget eveyones daily vitamin that is so important
* Get everyones teeth brused, and takes their flouride
* Get kids in the bath and wash hair
* Get kids in their jamies
* Make sure that you read to your child for 20 minutes every day, since that is recommended :)
* Stay on top of all the diapers that need changing.
* Make sure you spent quality time with each child daily.
* Make sure you spend quality time with your husband daily
* Get all ironing done.
* Do all the grocery shopping ( except for the occasional trips Dereks takes for me on his way home from work. Thanks Babe!!)
* Make sure the kitchen floor gets mopped.
* Change the sheets and get them all washed
* Tidy up all the little messes that take place throughout the day
* Constantly be teaching children how to make good choices.
* Calm disiplining :)
* Take dinner to the new little mommy down the street
* Get your lesson planned for Sunday
* Don't forget to plan your weekly Family Home Evening.
* Have family scripture study daily.
* Pray with your family daily
* Get your visiting teaching done.
* Cut coupons and shop sales
* Make sure the dog is fed and bathed
* Write in your journal
* Keep up on scrapbooking
* Make a call to an old friend
* Make sure you spend time with Grandparents and extended family
* Keep your car cleaned out and washed
* Make your house a home
* Now don't forget that one of the worst things you can do on top of this is let yourself go, so make sure you excersize 5 times a week, and get all dolled up every day :)
* Get the yard work done.
* Never get grumpy or impatient
So after looking at this list I think I am allowed to feel a little overwhelmed some days and also maybe drop the ball on a thing or two. ( especially getting all dolled up every day. ha ha)
But the thing that amazes me the most is I think I am the happiest I have ever been in my whole life. I love so much what I do, I honestly feel like I am living the dream to be able to stay home with my 4 darling little children. So I just wanted to post this to see if anyone can relate of add anything else to this little list. My hat goes off to all the ladies out there!!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Lights at temple square
The day after Thanksgiving we took the whole family to see the lights at Temple Square. It was the perfect night. But by the time we got home the kids were exhausted!!! Thats why I loved the picture of Kali and Lexi asleep it was taken about 2 minutes after I put them to bed.
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