The Forgotten Carols

At Conference this past October, Cody saw an ad for "The Forgotten Carols." We have been several times before but since we've been married, we haven't had a chance to go so it's been probably 4 years since we've seen it. We didn't think we'd be moving at Christmas time back then so not pinching every penny at the time, he got us tickets! We got to go last night and it was exactly what I needed right now. Such an uplift. They were having technical difficulties and couldn't start on time so Michael McLean came out and did a little pre-show. He told a fun story about a song he wrote that just spoke to his heart and then he played it on the piano and sang it to us. It was a medley of "You're Not Alone" and "Hold on, the Light Will Come." I swear he was looking right at me. I needed to hear that so bad and I just cried through the whole song. I'm almost crying right now just remembering it. I wish I had the excuse of being pregnant since I'm so emotional but I'm not. I'm just bracing myself for whatever lies ahead with finding a place to live and money woes, etc. Last night got me ready for whatever is ahead of us. Michael McLean is one of my favorite entertainers and I just love his music. The story has expanded A LOT since the last time I saw it. It's a full-on play now and there is no Katie Thompson (the lady who used to play Constance) and that makes me sad but it was still beautiful and I feel ready for the Christmas season now! I'm grateful for people who don't ignore the Spirit... Cody getting those tickets had to be inspired... and Michael singing those songs- I just know they were meant for me. :0)

ADDICTING...

I never even used to look at blogs. I would only go to my sister's and Katie Price's every now and then just cause I love em and miss em. But now that I have a blog, I think I'm getting addicted. It's kinda fun to see pictures of everyone's cute babies and read how things are going. Thank you to Jayci, Jenny, and Tara for insisting I start one. Alisha.... YOUR TURN!!! :0)

8????

The twins were 2 1/2 when I met them. Exactly Rian's age. They just turned 8 and got baptized!!! What? They had just barely turned 4 when we got married. Time flies. It was a wonderful day though and we're proud of their decision.

WE NEED A MIRACLE!!!

So I know this is a big blessing but it's also scary. Here's the situation... We moved into Irma Bigler's big blue dollhouse in Mantua when Rian was only 2 months old. Irma had gone through a divorce and was wanting to move to Arizona with her family for about 2 years and invited Cody and I to come housesit, free of rent, we were just supposed to pay utilities and do upkeep. Well, she apparently decided it was nice having people living here again because she never left. We would've never even considered moving here had we known, but in any case, we've been living with her for the past 2 1/2 years! She is a very nice woman but it's hard living with someone who isn't family and who has many very different ways and opinions of how we should do things. It's been well beyond time for us to leave for quite awhile now but financial situations have prevented this. Cody's school loans are due, we pay a big chunk of our monthly income to child support, and we just seem like we're always back pedaling trying to make ends meet. I know this isn't uncommon. But last night, Irma told us her divorced son is moving in with her at the end of December, beginning of January. This means we need to be out before then. This is a huge blessing in the sense that it will finally make us find a way to get out of here but as of now, we have nowhere to go. We need a miracle. I am running my own dance studio now so I am helping with the income situation and that means we might be able to afford something that isn't too expensive. Maybe around $500 to $600? We aren't picky where it is. Cody works in South Ogden area so we would love to move further that way... but not Ogden. We've done Ogden before and we were miserable. Any surrounding areas are fine though. Anyway, if any of you out in the blogging world happen to know of anything, please think of us. We need a miracle.

The story of "Lulu"

When I was 8 weeks pregnant, Cody had a dream that we were having a little girl and in his dream, he came up with the most perfect name for her! He even told himself in that half-conscious state between dreams to remember the name so he could tell me in the morning. Well when he was completely awake, he realized it wasn't as perfect as he had thought and it gave us both a good laugh. But it became her nickname throughout the pregnancy. The twins would kiss my belly and tell "Lulu" that they love her. We would all pray that "Lulu" would get here safe and so on. When she was born, Cody was sitting with me in the recovery room and told me we need to give this kid a name. I was all drugged up so I wasn't much use. I asked him what she looked like and he said, "She looks like a Lulu." I told him we couldn't name her that so we came up with Rian Desiree, which is both mine and Cody's middle names. However, she really does look like a Lulu and the name has just stuck.

She is the light of our lives and the best thing I've ever done. She goes through about 15 outfits a day because she just loves to play dress-up, she always wants me to make her hair pretty, paint her toes, play care bears with her, dance, dance, dance, and she sings "I am a Child of God" to herself all day long. I'd probably have a great job, be helping us get out of debt, and living in a nice big house if we had held off on the starting of a family thing but there is no way I would be this happy and I wouldn't trade the mommy experience for anything in the world. As I finished typing this, she just told me, "Mommy Jennifer, I lub you." How could it get better than that?

Sexy Beast

He's a dork but I love him.

Family Pictures

Sometimes we are lucky enough to get a picture will all of us in it but they never turn out so here ya go...





Any professional photographers out there wanna take on this challenge and get us a good picture?

Daddy loves his baby

I'm my daddy's sweetheart,
He whispered it to me.
But please don't tell my mommy,
Because she used to be.

Baptism

The twins were baptized on Saturday, November 8th. We are so glad they chose to do this and it was a very special day. We got Logan his first new suit and Oakley, a pretty white dress. We did a photo shoot in their new clothes and of course Lulu had to jump in some of them.

My pretty girls

Rian's one year pictures

This is my baby's one year pictures. I'm still trying to figure out this stupid blog stuff so maybe once I do I will be able to post some more recent pictures but until then... admit it... SHE'S CUTE!!!