Favorite Holiday

So you love Christmas, really, few don't! Halloween and Thanksgiving were a tie, with one vote apiece. I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas, but the older I get, the more thankful I become and the more I see the need for us all to develop an attitude of gratitude so we can be happy and spread joy to all around us. People who don't count their blessings are miserable human beings. Plus, Thanksgiving is hands down the best meal of the entire year! There's no other meal I crave all year long and can eat the leftovers for as long as they last. And it's a certified pie holiday, so who wouldn't love that!

Catch-up

So much to catch-up on! I'm tempted to just skip to today, but there's so many cute pictures that I can't resist! So here's Diva and Superstar at USA Skates. We went to get Diva's ice skates sharpened. It was an expensive store, but it had some fun stuff. I called Daddy and told him maybe we couldn't afford for Superstar to be an ice skater. My niece came to wreak havoc on our house a couple of times this week. She's fun to have because she really loves me right now, but my house is definitely not baby-proof anymore. How does that happen? I always thought once you baby-proofed your house it just kind of stayed that way, but boy was I wrong!

Last week we had a tragedy in our ward; our bishop's daughter was killed. It was hard to take, but I can't imagine having to do it without the strength and comfort the gospel provides. Without the knowledge of our Savior and the love of our Heavenly Father and his wonderful plan of happiness for us, I think I'd be in the loony bin. I am so grateful for loving parents who taught me the plan. We were able to take the Young Women to the temple that week and it was so great to feel the comfort of the Spirit there for all of us.

Bush People

Bad Bad Blogger! So Sorry, I've been a major slacker. 2 weekends ago we had General Conference and we watched it at Luke and Diva's house which was relaxing since Superstar was the only kid there and he's so quiet by himself. Luke has done such a good job with the front yard that it inspired me to do some front yardwork of our own. It was Columbus Day the day after, so Daddy was off work and helped me chop chop some overgrown bushes, trees, plants, what were these people thinking? Whoever had the house before us went hog wild with the plants and they're planted on top of each other everywhere with so order whatsoever. Daddy has wanted to rip them out for a LONG time, but I'm always so reluctant to kill something that's actually green and surviving. But Luke's yard inspired me, thanks Luke! Anyway, Daddy borrowed Luke's chainsaw and took down the bush that they planted our mailbox in the middle of and some other stuff. Luke only let us borrow it on condition that I could not touch it since apparently I'm a "delicate flower." Whatever!!! How sexist is that?! But whatever, it's kind of cute they want to protect me from the big bad chainsaw. ;) I had to settle for doing battle with the clippers, which was kind of therapeutic, actually. I was so filthy from literally climbing under bushes, ripping stuff out that I had to include this picture of Superstar and I post-shower all clean and cheeky!

You feel loved...

So the majority of you feel loved most by Acts of Service. There was a tie between words of affirmation and quality time. Interestingly enough, no one voted for physical touch. Just in case you're unfamiliar with this concept, I got it from the book The Five Love Languages. I have a sister and a sister-in-law who are really into it and I have to say that when you love people in their love language it's much more effective. I'm kind of a mix. I love people to do things for me, so I think sometimes that's how I show love for people is by acts of service. But I've learned that some people just don't appreciate that, so I have to learn to love them some other way. It's funny too because I would never say my love language is physical touch, but I love being hugged, so maybe that tells me something. I also love the words of affirmation, because if someone tells me something nice about myself, I light up like a Christmas tree and glow all day, basking in the compliment. So anyway, have fun trying to figure out the love languages of yourself and your loved ones.

Monday Rally Go Angels!

Last night we went to the Angels Rally at the stadium. Daddy likes to go because it's all free. I like to go because of the parachuters and the fireworks. The rest of the stuff in the middle is kind of boring, but we took Luke with us and he said it was more fun than sitting at home. Superstar was kind of bored and there was this little baby in front of us that was exasperating her mother. She wanted me to hold her, I could tell, but David said that would be weird, so I didn't ask. Sometimes I get a little too excited and Daddy has to reign me in and tell me to chill. Of course sometimes he's a little too chill and he needs to pump it up!!!

Ice Skating

So Saturday was Superstar's first time on the ice. He'd been wanting to go ever since we first went and picked up Diva from her ice skating practice. So we signed him up with a class from the city to see if he likes it before we invest too much into it. So he loved it! He wasn't exactly a natural; he was very cautious and didn't want to let go of Daddy, (I was so disappointed I forgot my socks and couldn't skate with them!) but he never wanted to get off the ice and keeps asking when we're going back.
Of course, Superstar was disappointed because Diva wasn't there. She and Luke were at the ward campout, which we were sad to miss, but didn't want to miss Superstar's first lesson. He just asked me again if we can go ice skating tomorrow with Diva, and last night he asked where his skates were. If this keeps up I'm seeing ice skates in the future for his birthday. I picked up a brochure for the birthday party package they have at the ice rink, but it's only for 10 kids, including Superstar, and with all the nieces and nephews, it will be hard to invite hardly anyone else, so we'll have to see about that. The real drama of the day was that my camera died, so Grandma came to my rescue with batteries. Then the flash was acting up and I couldn't get any pictures, so Grandma went and got her camera and I took a few pictures, but then her memory card was full. I got a few, so I was okay. I had to have pictures of my baby's first time on the ice!

Greatest Fear

So the results show that the greatest percentage of your fears were about rejection. That one was mine. No one said public speaking which is supposed to be really high up there on the stress list, but I guess most of you are professional Mormons. The runner-up to rejection was death. I respect your fear, but let me give you my thoughts on that. Once you're dead, you don't have to fear the rest: spiders, rejection, heights, all of that. So death should be the end of all fear and I like that. Here's to overcoming our fears so we can embrace life more fully!

Don't forget to vote on the next poll!

In the Doghouse

So here's Superstar in the doghouse. He just loves to play with Baldo in the backyard. He runs around and digs in the dirt and jumps on the trampoline with Baldo and then yesterday climbed right in his doghouse. At first I was like, eeeeww! But then I just grabbed the camera and took his picture. Good memories.

So last night we had the second missionary discussion with Luke's friend and it was awesome! I got to share on faith and hopefully something I said will help him. He's getting baptized! So exciting. :)

Where's Malldo?

Last night was our youth night and we played Where's Malldo? I was so excited! I'd been waiting to play this for years! So what you do is have people dress up in disguise and the youth have to try and find them in the mall. Super fun!!! It was hard to find them! There were some really good disguises and then some people who looked like themselves but didn't prove very easy to find for the youth. It was funny to watch them. I made lots of goodies. Zucchini bread, peanut butter cookies, peanut butter and cream cheese swirl brownies.

So I've been kind of in a funk this week and haven't posted, but today I posted 6 times, so that should make up for it!

TAG!

I've been hit! So fun!

The ABC’s of ME!
A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: My husband
C- Cake or Pie: Pie! We didn't even have wedding cake, just 50 pies. Go Pie Month!!!
D- Day of choice: Saturday
E- Essential Item: lip gloss
F- Favorite Color: aqua, yellow
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: bears, worms are creepy.
H- Hometown: Not sure, but I was born in Loma Linda.
I- Indulgence(s): none, I'm cheap!
J- January or July: January, it's Superstar's birthday! And being hot makes me one grouchy Mama!
K- Kids: one little superstar!
L- Life is Incomplete Without: family and friends
M- Marriage Date: Feb. 5, 2000
N- Number of Siblings: who can really say.
O- Oranges or Apples: oranges, but only the really good ones.
P- Phobias or Fears: small spaces or being trapped
Q- Quote(s): Mama, I love you.
R- Reason To Smile: somebody loves me!
S- Season: Spring!
T- Tag Three +: Cherish, Lindsay, Ronda
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I'll do almost anything for free food.
V- Vegetarian or Meat Eater: MEAT
W- Worst Habit: Being lazy.
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: ultrasounds, so fun!!!
Y- Your Favorite Food: corn on the cob at the beach!
Z- Zodiac: Pisces