Sunday Mornings!

Sunday mornings at our house are really crazy! At least 2 showers and it could be more if we didn't have the time to get the kids in the bath Saturday night. Things get even crazer when I have to teach young women, or if Kris is teaching Elders Quorum. Our Young women and Elders Quorum are first and then Sacrament meeting is last, and we start at 9:00am. We never change time because we share the ward with one other ward which is the singles ward which start at 1:00. So to get out the door and have everyone fed, dressed and lessons set up and prepared sometimes is CRAZY! Well this last Sunday to throw another kink into our Sunday morning schedule the Stake Presidency had a meeting for all of the priesthood holders ages 12-up for the whole stake. They started their meeting at 7:45 so that they would be home at 8:45... that's the time we should be leaving to have everything ready for my lesson at 9! Needless to say it was crazy and I was expecting a crazy, mean, and ornery Lindsay to make her appearance, but I was actually calm, cool, and collected. I had the girls bathed dressed and ready to walk out the door, mostly by the time Kris got home. He did sneak out a bit early to help his desperate house wife:) Anyway I was just finishing brushing my teeth when I came out and found Stella like this...

Do you love her bow... Ya Kris had put it on. Then he put her in her chair while he finished getting Molly's skirt on. These skirts are so big that this is what happened. She can't move her arms or any part of her body. It was so funny and her face was just so precious. No crying just hanging out!

How sweet is this face! Oh I just love this little baby!

We were out of the house on time and to church early enough to get the lesson and class room set up and ready! I'm so grateful for my husband. He is such a faithful man and who attends the meeting that our stake presidency feels strongly about, and also be home to help his wife get things ready and to church on time. I am also grateful that I had prepared the night before by setting out clothes I didn't have to search for socks, shoes etc. and I had also got the diaper bag packed and ready the night before everything out and ready to walk out the door. It made the morning run much more smoothly than had I not done all of the preparation.

Courage!

So Sunday it was my turn to teach and the lesson was on the "Courage to Try" I always love to teach but there are just some lessons that just seem to hit home and are mostly for me! This one was one that was just for me. I have been wanting to learn how to play tennis for a long time. A Really Long Time. Kris has tried to teach me but I get to frustrated and so he just told me to have someone else teach me and to relax and not get frustrated with myself. Last year Kris gave me a racket and tennis stuff, but I have still not had the courage to go by myself to a tennis workout. the workouts are full of women that have been playing, they would all be better than me and more experienced and on and on. Well in preparing my lesson I came up with a theme. The cowardly lion. The cowardly lion was only able to overcome his fears by doing those things that scared him most. I came up with ideas on how to handle being afraid and over coming the fear. There were some ideas in the manual but I came up with ROAR! That is was a lion does. They ROAR! To show courage we need first ROAR... I came up with R.O.A.R. Realize Opportunities At Risk. You must first stop and realize the opportunities that you could miss out on, by being paralyzed by fear. This is when I needed to realize what I was missing out on. This gave me that extra push I needed. I was sick all week long knowing that I was going to a tennis work out on Friday, but I went, I conquered my fear and I LOVED it! I was terrible, the worst one there, but I loved it none the less. The funny thing is that I'm a pretty daring person. I have been sky diving, bungee jumping, swimming with dolphins, zip lining in Haunduras, Cave tubing in Balize, served an LDS mission and I loved all of those things and none of them were half as scary for me as going to this tennis lesson. I just come to realize that for every person they have different fears, and I'm so proud of myself for conquering mine. I'm still a little sick about going again this Friday, but not half as sick as I was last week. I'm glad that I R.O.A.R. in the face of fear, and I look forward to R.O.A.R.ing more!

These were little boxes that I made with little lions on the band. They had ROAR on one side and the other had R.O.A.R. Realize Opportunities At Risk. Then you take off the band and the box was full of quotes on courage.

These were fun to make! They are little lions, just in case you couldn't tell. They are lion cupcakes. They were so much fun to make and I just really got on the lion theme.

Silly Molly!

Holy cow! Where did the time go? Really? I can't believe how big she is getting. It makes me really sad. The other day Molly was sitting at the counter and she was talking about herself and she said Molly! What she has never said Molly? Every time we have asked her to say Molly it has come out Marnie! So as a result she has been called Marnie, I still call her that. It's a great nick name, and so cute not to mention she is the one that started it. Now when you call her Marnie she says "No Moooooolllly"! She is so funny when you ask her what her name is she says "Molly Rosaner" It's really quite cute! She is now singing ABC's, I am a Child of God, and any other song at the top of her lungs... funny story about that...

*I was telling my parents that she sings I am a Child of God and my dad hadn't heard her sing it. So I told her to sing it for him, she wouldn't, but then my dad told her he would get her a marshmallow if she sang it for him. He walked out of the family room (to get the marshmallow), but I think Molly was afraid she wasn't going to get the marshmallow because she hadn't sang the song. She ran after him saying "No, grandpa stop!" then just burst into the loudest version of I am a Child of God that you have ever heard. We were all dying!

*I was in the kitchen getting some stuff done and things were really quiet, and that made me nervous. Molly has a habit of wanting to put stuff mostly the roll of toilet paper down the toilet. So I called to her and asked what she was doing and she yelled back. Putting piggies on Molly's toes. (She always refers to herself in the 3rd person.) totally confused by what she was saying I went into the bathroom and this is what I found...

background... she calls her elastics for her hair piggies. Where does that come from, we put her hair in piggies, and so she has been calling the elastics piggies since she could talk.

She had lined them all up and put them on her toes. She is creative I will give her that.

She is growing up and just seems to get bigger and bigger. We are kind of in this no mans land of naps. She is getting to the point that if she has a nap she will lay in bed and talk for hours, not that I mind as long as she isn't running through the house like a crazy person, but It's nice when she will go to sleep at 7 when we put her down. So there have been days we don't put her down for a nap and then she goes right to sleep at 7. Well on Saturday my brother Cameron was up here helping with the basement and I went to get his wife from work and I had told Kris that Molly was eating and to come and check on here in a little bit. I didn't have to go far to get my sister in law but when I got home this is what found...

She was so tired. She can't get off the stool by herself yet, that is a true blessing. It's the only place I can put her that I know she will still be there when I get back. Anyway she had fallen asleep in her lunch, Her elbow is in her pita pizza, bless her heart. She was so tired. She really is so funny! She just makes me happy, most of the time! Kris hadn't heard me and so he didn't know that he was supposed to check on her. I should have made sure everyone knew what was going on before I left. My little girl is growing up! She is such an awesome sister. I could hear her in the family room talking to Stella and she was talking in her high pitched voice! I had to really listen because at first i thought that she saying "Stella you retard!" That's when I really started to listen. I NEVER say that! as I listened closer I could tell that she was saying..."Stella, you sweetheart." She is so funny with her. She calls her sweetheart, honey, and other funny little things all the time. She is always wanting her to "look at me Stella!" or she will say "Mommy Stella's so sweet." She loves her little sister and is so glad that she is here. I really hope that they are buddies. She can be a bit overwhelming for Stella at times, but they are getting to the point that they can play with each other and they really enjoy it!

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FHE with Papa & Vonda!

We feel so blessed to live close to Kris' family. My family is close, but not close enough that we can just drop by or have people come and drop by for us. We were planing to go and see Papa and Vonda, but as we were talking about it I asked Kris if we should just invite them over for dinner and FHE. We called and invited them over and that was so much fun! We loved our visit and lesson and everything else! They were so cute with the kids. Molly and Vonda played catch and Molly thought that was really the coolest thing ever. Molly also love sitting on Papa's lap and just kicking back. Vonda had brought cookies and they were so yummy! Molly was so funny for days after she was talking about "Vonda and Papa come to dinner and eat chicken and rice, bring cookies, that fun huh mommy?" It was really fun to have them come over. We don't get to spend a lot of time with them so this was fun to have them come and spend time with our little family! I know these pictures aren't great, but I love that they all look like they are having a blast!

Sick... On So Many Levels!

My kids have been sick for over 2 weeks and have had this horrible runny nose... Really it's the never ending flowing river. I have had to buy small packs of Kleenex to carry around with me, because it's so bad and you never know when you are going to be in need. I was using all of my wipes on noses that I didn't have any when I needed them for a diaper. Anyway. I went to get Stella up from a nap and this is what I found... I will warn you that these pictures are not for the weak of stomach.



Yes! that would be snot all up her face, and on her eyelashes! So gross. The thing is, you really can't even get the whole picture with these pictures. You had to have seen it in person! I was never going be the mom with gross, nasty runny noses, but here I am:) I am trying to keep it at bay and especially in public. Just so gross!

Kris and Cake!

So I'm not a totally horrible wife. I did make a cake the Sunday after Kris's birthday so that we could celebrate as a family. His birthday seemed to last all weekend long and even in to the next week, with the work lunch! He is always such a good sport and so kind and supportive with me. I get some crazy ideas and he is so great with just rolling with the punches. I was experimenting with is cake and this is what he got...

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave!

I have an incredible family and I feel blessed to have the family (extended family) that I do. I really do come form good stock. One family in particular in my extended family have 5 family members who have in the past and present served and represented our country. I wanted to say thanks to them! We have kept you all in our prayers and have thought about you often. We feel so blessed to have you representing our family and our country! Thank you for all you do! We love you and are glad your back! Welcome home Jo, Mike, James, and Chris (Is he home, I hope so) Thank you so much to you all for all you do and have done! We are glad that you are home with your little families and safe and sound! Bless you for all your hard work and sacrifice. You are courageous and brave men, and women for Amy who has served and all of you wives for doing all that you have done and bearing all that you have had to Baird (I mean bear.) Really you women are courageous and brave. I'm sitting here crying thinking about all that you amazing mothers and wives have been though the past few months and longer and I know you have truly sacrificed. Thank you for your amazing examples of being women of faith and courage. You teach me so much! We love you all and continue to keep you in our prays! Thank you Jo & Cody, Amy & Mike, Liz & James, Chris & Kim, and we can't forget their parents Lonnie & Julie Thank you all for your sacrifices! Welcome Home!