Delia's Christmas Pictures

Here are a couple of pictures I took of Delia. I took a lot more, but left my CD at home(I'm in Utah right now)This is her new christmas dress. I think she looks cute. Christian thinks her hair looks funny. Be honest, does it?

Christmas Music Recommendation

I am a big fan of Christmas Music. Of Course I like the Traditional and classics like, Nat King Cole and andy Williams, but I have found an album by a new artist that I have really come to enjoy. He is a lot like Michael Buble, whose christmas album I have, but Micheal only has 5 songs on his. This new artist is Matt Belsante. He is fun, refreshing, and puts a new twist on the traditional songs. It's not weird like some others are. I think you would really enjoy it, of course in additonal to all the classics! Sometimes I like to hear something new every now and then during the Holidays. You can hear samples at Amazon.com Let me know what you think.

Count Your Blessings!

I have not yet posted the things that I am so grateful for and with this Christmas season I thought I would post some of the things I am grateful for.

1. First and foremost my Savior Jesus Christ.
2. The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
3. My absolutely wonderful husband! He is such a hard worker and really takes pride in providing for his family. He is such a good father and I love him very much. I am a very lucky woman to have him in my life.
4. My beautiful daughter Delia. She is everything I hoped for and more! She and Christian mean the world to me!!
5. FAMILY, not only was I blessed with great parents, but I also have great in-laws too!! I don't know how I got so lucky, but I love his family so much and we get a long so well! I am wanting all of them much closer to me than they are.
6. My husband's great job. I am so grateful for the job Christian has, especially with the economy right now. We are very blessed to be where we are.
7. Buying a house. We are grateful to be able to buy a house in the next couple of months.
8. Great friends. I am so lucky to have so many friends who are so supportive and love me! Every one's friendship means so much to me.
9. Books! I really love to read. I may not be a fast reader like all of the rest of you out there, but I love it.
10. digital cameras!! I can't imagine going back to the old way! You get to choose the exact pictures you want, which makes for great scrap booking! ;)
11. The whole line of Scrubbing bubbles!! I love the products, they clean so well and so conveniently.
12. King Size Beds..oh the room!! (I want one!!)
13. To be living in America!
14. Amazon..what would I do without free shipping.
15. To have NO Credit card debt!
16. COWS! without them we wouldn't have great steaks or cheese!
17. Hot running water. Not only for washing the dishes and the laundry, but for long bubble baths! (we were without hot water for the first 5 days in NM)!!
18. The ocean, where without I couldn't dream!
19. The color black. Just wear this for 2 months after the holidays and you won't feel guilty about all the yummy holiday food you ate! ;) gotta love it.
20. Nail polish remover, for without I wouldn't have been able to get a key chain sticker super glued to my finger, OFF! (long story)

Just to name a few! It is so important to count our blessings everyday. Heavenly father has blessed us with so much. Merry Christmas!

Pre-Nursery...Your Thoughts??

Okay, so I really want to hear everyone's thoughts on the sub-ject of Pre-nursery classes. I know that I am not the only parent in this situation, which is why I wish to discuss the topic. When Delia was born I asked to Bishop to give me a calling the was "low-key" because of me being a new mom, which of course he was willing to do. Now of course being a new mom I did not realize that it would be harder holding a calling in their toddler years rather than their baby months. Although I liked the calling I had (Activies committee for the ward) it didn't involve me as much in the church as I would have liked...which was someting I realized after delving into it. When we moved to Farmington, NM a couple of months ago and the bishop made his usual "new-comers" visit asked us about our previous callings to get an idea of what calling to give us. I practically begged the bishop to give me a god calling because I was yearning to get more involved in the church again..not knowing how hard it was going to be with Delia. Delia was not walking at this time and was a little difficult at church, but manageable. Once I started my calling (teaching the sunbeams) she became harder and harder to handle. While at first I was excited about my calling, I found myself not happy and dreading going to church because Delia was just too hard. I hate to say it, but it is the truth. Which brings me to the topic of Pre-nursery. I know the church has things the way they are for specific reasons, but what are your thoughts for a pre-nursery for say 10-18 mos.?? It is so hard for moms to do their callings or even accept them because of their pre-nursery toddlers. It is the hardest for teaching callings. If their was a need for it in a ward or even a stake..do you think that would be a bad thing to request? I've tried taking her into nursery early when both christian and I are teaching and that wouldn't fly, especially since they already have 16b kids in there with only 2 leaders!! I can understand, but it still leaves me with no other option. I team teach with another primary teacher and I find myself on the days I don't teach walking the halls with her and sometimes even going home. To make matters worss, church is during her nap time 1-4 pm. Would it be a bad idea to write President Monson about the situation and ask him about his thoughts on it? Not necessarily asking him to do it, just his thougts? Anyone wish to give their thoughts on the subject?

Fields of Gold - A musical quiz

So my friend Mindy G. had this on her blog that she got from another friend's blog and I thought it sounded interesting. Wow, it is amazing to see how much of the personality of our lives revovles around the music we listen to! Some of them are a little creepy and iffy, but fun...

The questions below are some that we often may wonder, but what better way to answer them then with music. Here are the Rules- 1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, MP3 Player, Playlsit or whatever on Shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds! 4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.

If someone says, “Is this okay?” You say? "Best of My Love" -the Eagles

How would you describe yourself? "You're the Only woman" -Ambrosia (Well, I guess in this case it would be "I am" I could take it as I am the only woman for christian ;) I like to think so)

What do you like in a guy/girl? "Blue eyes" -Elton John ( I do have to admit that Blue eyes are my favorite, I'm glad Delia has them, but I love Christian nonetheless)

How do you feel today? "You're the biggest Part of Me" -Ambrosia (This fits because I have been thinking lately at how much I love and appriciate me husband..awww)

What is your life’s purpose? "Sacrifice" -Elton John (looks like I've got my work cut out for me ;)

What is your motto? "How Deep is Your Love" -the BeeGees (I am a serious sucker for romance and maybe the question I am always asking unconsiously)

What do you think of your parents? "So into you" -Atlanta Rhythm Section (A little weird, but I guess it fits)

What do you think of often? "Too much Heaven" -the Beegees (I guess lately I have been thinking about how blessed I am, epecially the belssing of my little family)

What is 2+2? "Make it with you" ( A really good one, because if we keep working toward eternity together, we will make it ;)

What do you think of your best friend? "For the First Time" -Kenny Loggins ( I started bawling, because I am on an emotional happy high, but this was one of christian and I's wedding songs and it contiues to be true throughout the years)

What do you think of the person you like? "Handy Man" -James Taylor ( this is a weird question becuase don't we potentially "like" everyone? But any way christian is pretty handy)

What is your life story? "Fire and Rain" -James Taylor ( I always seem to be hit with little trials I don't expect, but when I turn to my heavenly father, he seems to "wash" them away like rain to fire..lol, cheesey I know)

What do you want to be when you grow up? "Little Jeannie" -elton john (I got a little teary eyed on this one too because it has a lot of significance in my life and my parents used to sing it to me becuase it sounded like "gina" and I guess I grew up being just ME )

What will you dance to at your wedding? "How sweet it is" -James Taylor (all I can say is awwww..)

What will they play at your funeral? "Desperado" -The Eagles (seems apropriate enough)

What is your hobby/interest? "Carolina in My mind" -James Taylor (I really like to travel and want to see the world, so I guess this fits)

What is your biggest fear? "Goodbye Girl" -david Gates ( A little emotional on this one too, the song is about a woman who has been dumped so many times is afraid to love again, my fear, yes a little personal..but hey it's the truth)

What is your biggest secret? "Sister golden Hair" -American (Yes, I have "golden" hair, but it's no secret!)

What will you re post this as? "Fields of Gold" -Sting A good one because it is one of my favorite songs!!)

TAG: Tracy, Summer, Heather Weston, and anyone who wants to give it a whirl!

Post Halloween Pictures!!

Ok, So I took a lot of pictures of Delia lastr month, but I guess that's alright...right? Christian and I went to an "adults only" party and left Delia with a babysitter. It was a lot of fun! We were pirates..ARRR! I made christian's costume a couple of years ago and I converted my Witch costume into a pirate one. The picture of us is courtesy of sharon (okay so I actually so stole it from her blog!) Thanks Shar ;) She had Amy Brimhall, a photographer from our ward, take pictures of us all. What a fun idea! We really had a good time.Delia was also a pirate for halloween, like last year! So I had to add on to her dress because it ws too short. She looked so freakin' cute!! We had a combined ward "Trunk-or-treat" with dinner, games, and everything. I was so much fun. After the festivities, we went over to Aaron and Mindy's house for a little get together with friends. We had a great time!Hope everyone's Halloween was Ghoulishly Spooky!!

The Pumpkin Patch

About 2 weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch complete with a hayride! It was really fun to go and let Delia run around amongst the pumpkins. She had so much fun! Afterwards we played in the "Corn Pit" ...yes, that's right a pit fill with tons of corn kernels!! I had never seen anything like it!! It was hard to walk in and we buried Delia in it as if it were sand. She also had fun going down the slide because there wasn't a huge drop at the end, just corn kerenels! She only tried eating the corn once!! She was so good. I'm glad she enjoyed herself. It is so fun to see your kids getting older and watching their personalities Develop. I was really happy to hear they had a cute little pumpkin patch for kids to come and pick out pumpkin. I think this will quickly become a tradition!

Boy do I LOVE this Child!!

Okay, so Delia may be a little stinker, is always getting in trouble, and makes me so frustrated, but she is my everything! She is really a smart little girl. I know that most, if not all the things she is doing right now is right on track, but I thought I would posted them just for the fun of it. She is 14 months just about and I can't believe how much she really does know.

1. Get on and off the couch by herself.
2. Climb up the stairs and on everything else.
3. Gives things to mommy and daddy and is even silly ans sneaky about it.
Eample: We ask her to give us the small lego back, so she goes to hand it to us and pretends to give it to us and quickly takes her hand away. she really thinks she has outsmarted us, but we just laugh because it is sooo funny!! the other day I was trying to type on the computer and she alwyas climbs up on the couch to sit next to me. She started to put her foot on the keyboard, so I moved it. She did it again, I told her, "no, no" and again she did it, again I moved it and firmly told her NO! then out of the corner of my eye she is slowly moving her foot towards the keyboard with a big grin on her face. I look over and smile at her and she quickly moves her foot and starts giggiling LOL!! What a sneaky kid, she cracks me up! She loves to be so silly.
4. Hide and seek, when I say "where's Delia" she crouches down behind whatever she is near and waits for a second to pop out and giggle.
5. Gives Hugs and kisses.
6. Say "A-Wo" (hello) on the phone, but everything is a phone to her..she carries on the funniest conversations.
7. Reads books. She loves to turn the pages and read it out loud in her language. (this is one of my favorite things to watch her do!!)
8. Can sign EAT.
9. Can drink through straw, like a juice box, but no sipee cup..weird kid.
10. Brushes her hair like mommy.
11. Puts on daddy's shoes.
12. Puts on mommy's shirts..(of course not the right way..it's so funny to see her walking around with one of my shirts wrapped around her)
13. Can open the DVD player and take the DVD out!! She has only does this a couple of times luckily.
Well, thats all I can think of right now. But she is really a fantastic child aside from her terrors throughout the day. I love her so much and love watching her learn and grow.

Awwww...Delia Janene!! Some mommy advice Please!

I usually let Delia play with her toys in the front room while a I take a shower and she usually does fine, but today...Awww I want to pull my hair out! She got into the tissues on my night stand and one by one took them out and thrashed them. I was able to save maybe half of the pile, but the rest were shreds. She likes to shred toilet paper/tissue for some odd reason. She is always getting into things, our biggest concern...the grabage!! We have tried to tell her no! But she keeps doing it! even right after we told her no!! She grabs things like egg shells and cereal bags with crumbs in them!! We even got a lidded garbage can and nope she figured that one out all too soon. I feel like I am constantly disciplining her and saying no! and she doesn't seem to get it. Am I being to harsh or is this normal and she won't get it until she is 2. What is some advice you moms can give me to teach my child that no means no, so she won't get into things...like the garbage!