My Mom's Day gifts...

Jake spoiled me this year on Mother's Day, although he said they were "needs." After a year of a broken screen, I finally got my new camera and pictures seem to be a lot better centered!

I also got some new frames. My friends were laughing at me that the last time I had my prescription renewed and a pair of new frames, was 1999!!! So this was way overdue, especially since they got into the hands of a 2 year old and ended up like this...

Here's the new pair...

The old Camera...

The new one...

Thanks Honey!! I love you!

Check out Logan's school graduation, http://www.logansnewworld.blogspot.com/

Things I am going to miss about LA...

5.

Our many Girls' nights!

When our husbands started Dental School here at UCLA 4 years ago we started a tradition to have a girls' night during each week of the guys' final exams weeks. These girls have been such a support as I have been on such a roller coaster these past few years. I find myself wondering how I am going to survive without them. I will miss you, I love you all!!

So cool...

Jake took the boys to a Galaxy soccer game (David Beckham's team) and Jake's friend hooked them up with meeting one of the star players, Landon Donavan! The highlight was when he gave the boys a pair of his signed shoes, personalized with each of the boys' names. Tanner was so excited. Logan was just confused why someone would give him shoes that didn't fit him! Thanks Donavan...the boys now think you are "way cooler the David Beckham!"

correction...

on the May 21 post...

Our temple is only 3-5 MINUTES away here in LA, not 3-5 hours! Thanks for catching that Liz! :)

It's FINALLY time!

I can barely contain my excitement.

Please no calls during this time! :)

Things I am going to miss about LA...

LA temple

4.

A temple only being 3-5 hours. Our nearest temple in Florida is approx. 2 hours away!Orlando temple

The New Kids are retuning to the block!

Anybody else want in on tickets for their upcoming tour?
Or am I the only psycho one excited?

Time to bring out all those over sized buttons again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tKRzPcGjbQ

Iron Man, Tanner!

Tanner turns 6 next week, and we celebrated with an Iron Man party. After weeks of trying to decide the theme, he finally settled on Iron Man...without even seeing the movie. When I was pressuring him to make a decision, because time was running out, he said, "Mom, it is very important what my party is about. I want my friends to think it's cool, I have to make the right choice." So Iron Man it was. It was extremely hot today, so we had a BBQ and utilized the community pool. Ashley Poole decorated the cake and did an amazing job, the kids thought it was fantastic.

Things I am going to miss about LA...

3.
Being able to watch live tapings of TV shows. We have gone to:

-So You Think You Can Dance (three times)

-The Price is Right (when Bob was still there)

-Dancing with the Stars

-Ellen Degeneres Show

Things I am going to miss about LA...

2:

*Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show. It gets me through all the traffic delays! :)

Happy Mother's Day...

Well, another Mother's Day has come and gone. I gear up all week and work extra hard so that I don't have feelings of guilt as I "take a break" for the day and watch as my sweet husband struggles with three (sometimes not-so-cute) boys. As I am sitting here blogging, Jake is in the kitchen doing dinner for just the two of us, now that the kiddos are in bed...not asleep, but in bed, and I find it hard to not step in and just make it myself. As I mentioned in last year's Mother's Day post, I actually look forward to all the homemade cards and gifts that I receive each year and love how each year, they become more thoughtful. Tanner made me a "Queen Mom Crown" and told me "I don't really know how other mothers are when they are with their kids, but I think you are probably the best mom in the world." I hope he still thinks that when he's 16!

I have been very blessed to be surrounded by friends who are great mothers and wonderful examples to me. I am grateful for my role as a mother and although I sometimes feel like I will be the reason for my children needing therapy as adults, I am thankful for each new day that I get to try again to be a good mother. I may be the first one to admit that I've used the phrase, "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!", but having imperfect children is what allows me to grow and try to develop those divine qualities that we've been commanded to possess as mothers. Seeing the world through my children's eyes has taught me to slow down, have patience and forgive others quickly. My only hope is that I will be able to teach them as much as they have taught me.

Happy Mother's Day to my own wonderful mother and to my great mother-in-law. I hope your day was special. I love you.

I'm stealing my post from last year and using it as my thought for the day: :)

It's Mother's Day again! A day when I get to be the Queen and I take full advantage of it. I make sure I get the full 24 hours and some years I have declared it "Mother's Weekend"--to which no one seems to argue. It's a day when I get three fantastic meals, cooked usually by my husband and this year, my two oldest boys. It's a day when I sleep in like I did before I had cold, tiny hands tugging on my arm to wake me up. It's a day when I love to get flowers, even if they are picked from outside my apartment window by someone so young, he still thinks I'm the smartest, prettiest, funniest person he knows. It's a day when I get so excited to open homemade gifts and cards colored with crayons, when 6 years ago I thought I'd hate that. It's a day when I feel love and admiration for my own mom as well as regret for giving her such a hard time during those awkward teenage years. It's a day when when I stop complaining about what pregnancy has done to by body and show gratitude for what it has done to my heart. It's a day when I realize being a mom has taught me more than all my prior education ever could. It's a day when I give thanks to my Heavenly Father for trusting me enough to have this scared calling as a mother for three of his most precious human beings and ask forgiveness for not doing a better job. Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms and future Moms, I hope your day is special!

My Mother Taught Me About...

1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION..."Just wait until your father gets home."
2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING...."You are going to get it when we get home!"
3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE..."What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you! Don't talk back to me!"
4. My Mother taught me LOGIC..."If you fall out off that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
5. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE..."If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
6. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD..."If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."
7. My Mother taught me HUMOR..."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
8. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT..."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
9. My Mother taught me about GENETICS..."You're just like your father."
10. My Mother taught me about my ROOTS..."Do you think you were born in a barn?"
11. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE..."When you get to be my age, you will understand."
And last but not least...
12. My Mother taught me about JUSTICE..."One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you....Then you'll see what it's like!"

-taken from AhaJokes.com

found this...love this

"I wonder what would happen if we treated our Book of Mormon
like we treat our cell phones.
What if we carried it around in our purse or pockets?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we spent an hour or more using it every day?
What if we used it to receive messages?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it as we traveled?
What if we used it in case of an emergency?"

Things I am going to miss about LA...

1 (in no particular order):

*How interactive the audience is during a movie, at the theater. I love how they hoot and holler, along with their applause, at the end...if they liked it.

Cinco de Mayo

The boys and I visited Olvera Street and enjoyed churros!

Only 24 days until the move...

Let the fun begin!

Slightly obsessed...

I get so excited when I see Ms. Keaton every week at Tanner's B-ball games. I feel like we are old friends, even though we've never talked! My husband was behind me in all of these pictures laughing at me as I pretended to take pictures of my son...when I was actually snapping shots of Diane. Do you think I could get some $$ for these from a gossip magazine? Diane Keaton at the local YMCA, that's worth some dough...right?

Logan gets Star Struck!

Rachel, from the TV show Signing Time (http://www.signingtime.com/), came to the LA Baby Expo a few weeks ago. My sister was in town so we took Logan and her son to go check out the show. Logan thought it was so cool to see her and kept on asking where "Hopkins the Frog" was. Rachel was very sweet with Logan while he clammed up and got embarrassed!

Chase enters nursery today (at church)! I can barely contain my excitement!

Happy B-Day, D-Bert!

Hope your day is special!

We love you, Aunt D!