Here's the after photo of Becca

She's a cutie.

Random news

Just a couple bits of random news.
1- Jonah let me pull a tooth of his out tonight after FHE. He was really brave about it. I like pulling teeth.
2- My best friend Megan Mattson moved in to a house really close by! I am excited about that.
3- Celeste's friend (who is also 8 years old) left a note for her saying that she wasn't feeling well because she "started her period."!!!!! I don't believe it.

Jehovah's Witness

So I can't sleep. I'll tell you why. I can't stop thinking about my visit with the Jehovah's Witness ladies I had today. They've come over a few times and I actually get amused by it. I told them straight up the first time they came that I would welcome their visits because I'd like to share my beliefs with them. It's been an interesting experience. I think I've grown from it. Today was a bit frustrating though because I wasn't able to express myself the way I had hoped. And now that I've been thinking about things more since they've left, I want them back to tell them what more I've thought of. And so I can't sleep! Let me tell you some of the things I've learned since I've been meeting with these lovely ladies.
#1- The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints is DEFINITELY true!
#2- I need to increase my understanding and knowledge of the Bible. How can I claim to be a member of Christ's true church and not know the Bible as well as they do? Bad girl!
#3- The Spirit is the best teacher.
I guess I already knew these things, but visiting with the J.W. makes this knowledge even firmer in my mind.
There is no disputing one thing. That is the distinct feelings I get. When I study the Gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I feel peace, happiness, comfort, enlightenment. When I learn about other religions, I get all kinds of interesting feelings, but none of them are the ones that I have come to enjoy and crave. I find other religions to be fascinating and curious. But frankly when these ladies have taught me their beliefs, I feel blah, confused, and not really happy. So to me, this is a no brainer. Follow the beliefs that enrich my life and bring me joy.
I just feel like telling everyone that I do have a strong testimony of my church. I love it. I could go on and on about the experiences I have had that have confirmed this knowledge to me, but I'll spare you. I am grateful for my church. I really do love it!
I do have a deep respect for the Jehovah's Witnesses though. I appreciate their devotion to their faith. They know the Bible better than most people I think. They are asked to do a lot of door to door preaching. They do not celebrate holidays or birthdays. That can be tough for a kid in school. Celeste has a girl in her class that is Jehovah's Witness and it can be a challenge for her I am sure with all that she passes on at school and among friends. I respect that. They are very good people.

Stars

Yesterday was the Primary Program at church. It was awesome! I love the Primary Program. It is my favorite Sacrament Meeting of the year. We laughed so hard we cried. The kids all had parts. Eden in particular was hilarious. She had the whole congregation laughing pretty hard. And she was the talk of the rest of the meetings that day. She got up and during her part she talked about Family Home Evenings and how she likes when we sing our family song. My siblings and parents know what I'm talking about. This song has been sung in the Bailey family for 3 generations now. Grandpa Bailey started it I believe. Eden showed everyone how we hook thumbs together and then proceeded to sing the song. At the end of the song it says "Oh family, we love you and you and you...." as we point to each family member. She kept singing "you and you and you and you..." over and over again as she pointed out to the audience. It was great. We were proud! That's our girl. Becca roused some laughter too. She stood there and breathed in the microphone like Darth Vader, then saw us and waved. She was pretty adorable. Celeste was quite serious but did her part great. And Jonah said his well and had it memorized. I hope I never forget these glorious days of my children at this stage.

Bye bye hair

I knew it would happen sometime. Becca would cut her hair. And she did it yesterday. Fortunately she didn't cut a whole lot off and it made it easy for me to take care of. Unlike Celeste and Eden who cut theirs really short. I was sad to cut her hair. But truthfully, I had been thinking about cutting it anyhow. It was getting so long and she didn't like getting it brushed out. So here are some photos for you to see our little Becca Boo's new look.

Here she is before. You can see the sides that she cut.

During the cut.

The after photos seemed to have been lost from my camera somehow. Sorry! We'll get some up later. She's at preschool right now.

Sam

I just killed time on YouTube. But I have to justify myself a little by saying that I mowed the lawn, trimmed the edges, and weeded. The house is very clean and all the laundry is washed! Plus I went grocery shopping. I can be a bum for a little bit right?
So anyhow, for some reason I decided to type in my brother's name to see if he had videos up. (Sam Waite.) I know he likes making movies. He has a couple he did for English projects that I was impressed with . But, I found this prank call that made me laugh pretty hard. It is only about 3 min long. But the last 30 seconds were funny. Check it out.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v1p-AzaJ1JA
I am not sure how to do the whole link thing. So if this doesn't work, Tim, tell me how to make links to comments. You do it all the time. Otherwise, just highlight it guys, then hold down Ctrl "c" then paste it in the navigator Ctrl "v"

I'm it!

So Anna got "tagged" by Becky, (Emily's sister in-law), which made its' round to me. I have to now post 6 random things about myself. Does anyone care? But I will go for it anyhow.
1- I like to keep my toenails really short. It started from dancing on pointe and needing to keep them that way. But now, even years away from the real dance world and toe abuse, I still cut 'em short. I don't want any space allowed for crap to build up under the nails. Anyone got a problem with that?
2- I keep 8 journals, 5 videos, and 5 scrapooks. I am a believer in record keeping. And I am a self diagnosed OCD sufferer. I keep a journal for various things. I have one for each of the kids, one for me and my happenings. I have one for exercise, one for service and one for diet. I've got a video for each child and one family video. Same with scrapbooks.
3- I need lots of hugs, kisses, hand holding, words of affection and so forth to thrive. Fortunately, my family generously oblidges.
4- I've got a multitude of "issues". But I guess I was supposed to say something new and random. You all knew that already.
5- Steve and I have been married for over 9 years and I just recently decided that I will no longer let him see me go to the bathroom. I want to be attractive to him and I was running out of ideas of how to do so.
6- I like and need change. I like change of all kinds. Big and small. I get tired of things the way they are often. I even like to change the way I sleep in bed. Currently Steve and I have been sleeping in our bed with our heads at the footboard instead of headboard to shake it up a bit. I know I'm a freak.
Ok. Now I have to tag 6 people.
Anna already tagged most of the bloggers I know. So we'll see what happens with this.
Dalana, Kamber, Mimzy, Sherod, Mom and Emily you are now "IT".
(Have you been tagged already Emily?)

Happy Birthday Blythe!

Our princess Blythe is now 6. What a woman. This girl has got pizzazz! I never use that word. Blythe is the definition of it though. Blythe, we love you and hope you have the greatest day ever!

Brenda's got a blog now.

Check out my sister in-laws blog. What a wonderful week for the blogging world. It's like a revolution!

Giddyup

Here are photos of the kids riding ponies at Thanksgiving point. In Utah we also got to see Brent and Jen too. No photos unfortunately. But we got to go to Tyler's football game and see him score a touchdown! That was awesome.

Photos from our trip to Utah last week.

This is Allie at her dance class. This was so cute and fun to watch!!!
I've got video that's great.

The kids and I went to BYU's Bean Museum and creamery on Thursday with Janice and kids. This museum was pretty cool and the kids had a blast! I recommend this place. It's free too.

We went to Thanksgiving Point's farm/petting zoo on Tuesday with Anna, and her preschool kids. She has a little group in her ward that trade off doing preschool. It was her week. This was a lot of fun too!

The lucky winners are here!

I had a drawing and these are the names that were pulled fair and square. Andy, Anna and Emily M. Congratulations! You are in for a real treat. Watch your mail boxes.

PIF last call

I'm doing my drawing tomorrow for my PIF. I don't have half the popularity of my beautiful sisters obviously. But if there is anyone out there that wants a lovely package of my favorite things, leave me a comment.

Another blogger joins the crowd!

I can't believe it! My MOM has a blog. She needs to get some interesting things up. But I've put her link on my side bar. Now get to it Mom.

Sabra Solo-Top 10 Week

I love this dance! And I love this dancer. I had to go back and pick it up. Enjoy.

New bloggers!

I am so thrilled to announce that my brothers have joined the blogging world! (Andy has had one going kind on for a while.) But Tim and Sherod and wives have them now. Pretty cool! Go to my side bar and check their links. I have the best brothers and their wives are pretty awesome too.
Sam if you are out there, you are the last sibling to join the blogging world. We are waiting for you!

PIF

Ok. So it is time for me to do my own Pay it forward since I won Anna's. Yippee! Here's how it will work. I'm gonna do it the way Anna did. If you want to enter my PIF, you only need to leave me a comment. I will do a drawing with the names of the people who commented on this post on Sunday. I will only choose 3 names. (I am not expecting a whole lot of comments anyhow.) But the winners will receive a package from me with some of my favorite things. Anybody can enter! I will be fair with my drawing. You do not have to do your own PIF if you win, but I encourage you to do so. It's fun!
Good luck people!

I'm getting out of here!

I am so excited because tomorrow I am leaving for UTAH! I am anxious to see family and get away from responsibilities at home. The kids are coming along but Steve has to stay home :( We'll miss him. I think I'll be back Friday. While I'm there I'll have to start my PIF. Keep watching.
I'm outa here! Whoohooo!

Happy Birthday Tim!

It is my brother Tim's birthday! He is an amazing person. He is one of the funniest people I know. I love being around him. He makes me laugh so hard. I really love and admire him. He takes such good care of his wife Brenda. She is unable to do her hair and makeup because of her health and he always does her up so beautifully. He works hard and lives a good life. He is a joy to anyone around him. I love him and hope he has a fantastic day.

John turns 12!

What is wrong with this world, that kids grow up so fast! John is our nephew and we just love him so much. We are very proud of the person he is. He is such a good person. So pure and gifted. I stole this photo off of Dalana's blog. You'll have to check out her post about him. It was sweet. Happy Birthday John. We love you!

Emily

Still want long hair? I think this is the funniest picture!!!!!!!

New Family Photo

Last time we took a family photo was over a year ago. I didn't want to go to a studio so I had Megan come over yesterday and shoot us.

Anna

Anna is my oldest sister and she rocks! I just want to advertise for her PIF. That's Pay It Forward. If you've seen the movie, you'll know about it. But go to her blog and enter her PIF. It's gonna be great!

Aren't they perfect?

I got bored today and decided to have a photo shoot with the kids. It was fun. Now I have something else to post.
I love my kids to death. They are wonderful.

Rowdy Roadrunners

Get Ready!



Get Set!



GO!



We usually take the kids running on Saturdays. We call it "Rowdy Roadrunners." At times we have had others join us. Yesterday we had the neighbor girl. We did it on Thursday this week since we can't tomorrow.
Celeste was the winner of the day. Running her mile in about 8:45. Great job Celeste!

My inlaws

My inlaws are probably the best to walk the earth. I feel so blessed to have them. They have always treated me with great love and respect. They are always serving others. Right now they are full time missionaries and are doing a fantastic job. I admire them both deeply. I am very grateful to them for all they have done for our family too. I love them with all my heart.
My father in-law had an accident and injured his knee over the weekend. He is in some serious pain and I just feel terrible about it! If you could include him in your prayers, I'd appreciate it.