These heating pads were a fun little winter sewing project for me and the girls.

Christmas shopping with Dad

It has been 20 plus years since we have started this tradition of shopping with my dad every Christmas for my mom. It is something I look forward to every year. I love spending time with my dad and sister, we always have such a great time.
As a little girl I would look forward to the day my dad was coming to check us out of school and we would get to spend the whole day shopping and eating out. This is such a fun tradition. And Jon has now started it with our girls.

Lashes

I decided to get eyelash extensions and I told the girl doing them that I would like them to look kind of natural. I woke up the morning after I got them and looked in the mirror and I thought they were a little bit crazy, a little longer and thicker than I was expecting. I got a little teary eyed thinking I looked kind of weird. And went out to make the kids breakfast. I asked the kids does mom look crazy? Calvin said, " no mom you look pretty." Lily said, "well... maybe a little crazy." And Ava said, "you just need some lipstick." I love my kids and they're funny personalities. Here's a picture so you can decide.

Style

My little Ava has such a fun sense of style. She's spunky and cute and fancy. She loves to get dressed for school each morning and she never fails to surprise me with her choices. She is so dang cute I just love her.

First tooth

I can't believe my little three-month-old Lana cut her first tooth today. It seems like the other kids didn't get their first teeth until they were six months old.

Yoga

I have really found a great love for yoga over the last year. It helped me through my pregnancy and it helps me with different stresses and it makes my body feel so great. Since I have had Lana, yoga has been a real blessing. And I absolutely love the new teacher at the gym I go to. I count yoga as one of those great blessings in my life.

Jon's big change

About a week after I had Lana a job opening came up at the corporate office for central Utah water Conservancy District. Jon kept getting the feeling like he should apply for it and everyone kept telling him that they were considering his name even though he hadn't applied yet. The position was for an electrical technician in the O&M department. We went over the pros and cons several times. The pro being a set schedule Monday through Thursday 10 hr shifts. The con being that Jon really wanted to be the maintenance supervisor at the plant one day and had been waiting for that job to open but it would probably be a couple more years before that happened. Also he really loved working in the plant and he loved everybody there. But shiftwork was kind of getting hard on the family. And his body. He went to the temple and prayed about it and felt very strongly that he should apply. After interviews and such he got an offer that he felt was right for our family and he accepted the job. His boss wanted eight more weeks with him, so he didn't start his job until November 3. He has been there a couple weeks and he has really enjoyed it. He is also in school taking a refresher course to on AutoCAD. So we haven't experienced the full benefits of the new schedule yet but it is better than the last eight weeks of swingshift that we did. That was really hard with the new baby and kids in school. Trying to get dinner and homework done and help a fussy baby in the evenings by myself. So I am very excited for a normal schedule. It is Monday through Thursday 6 am to 4:30 pm. We are so grateful for our blessings and we hope that this job will be great for our family.

As we were starting Tarzan Ava said,"okay guys he's going to be maked with only undies on."