St. George

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I forgot the camera and only got a few cell phone pictures that turned out ok.
It was the best trip!!! I had so much fun hanging out with my family. I got to see my nephew Jesse poop on the potty. He's been doing it since he was 5 months old. Now he's almost 11 months.
We ate at Golden Coral for Thanksgiving dinner.
We all stayed in the same Motel. 9 rooms~ 39 of us. We all hung out in the same room as much as possible.
On Black Friday we got to go to the Temple. We had babysitters arranged for all the kids. All the adults went to a session at the Temple. It was Molly & Scott's first time through. My parents, all my living Grandparents, all of my siblings and their spouses -except Sam who is 18 were there. It was amazing.
After the session, Molly and Scott were sealed for all Eternity as husband and wife. My Grandpa Waite sealed them. It was the perfect day.

* Perfect trip *
Wish it weren't over.

Lists

So I've had this wallpaper on the floor of my bedroom, still wrapped up and ready to hang for over a month now. I finally broke into it the other day and hung about 1/8th of it. My room looks like a construction zone with that, the furniture moved around, and the ladder still sitting out. I decided I just don't like wallpapering. I don't want to do it. Only problem is, I've got to now that I started. What should I do? I could be working on it right now, but I decided I could blog instead. Give me advice on how to get myself to just do it. Thanks.

In the meantime, I will procrastinate a bit more by writing a meaningless post about things that bug me and Things that make me happy.

Bug- Reminder calls from doctors offices.
Delight- Dogs in cars.
Bug- Loud cereal or popcorn eating.
Delight- Lotion caked on my feet.
Bug- The little bit of grub that gets stuck in the corner on the floor under the cabinet, that I can't get the broom to catch.
Delight- Getting flowers or candy
Bug- People reading over my shoulder
Delight- Snuggling
Bug- Telemarketers/door to door salesmen
Delight- Seeing men shopping at the grocery store with kids
Bug- People who are impatient with kids or judgemental of their parents
Delight- Lists

Well now Charity is screaming. So I can end this and procrastinate more by just comforting her. See ya.

Ready for this?

The night before last we had a slumber party with mostly cousins. (Last Sunday we had some friends over for dinner and ended up inviting their two kids as well.) We had 12 kids here- including our 5 of course. It was wild. If you don't believe me, check out a couple of "aftermath" photos I took-
Yep. It was fun. It really was! The only un-fun part I guess was putting the house back together, but it was worth it. We'd do it again.
Charity turned 3 months old this week! She's doing really well and is still the best baby.
I found this old picture of my dad and my mom's dog that they gave to Tucker while they were here last. They loved this dog. I mean, I don't even dress up my girls as cute as they dressed up this dog.
Finally, I've got to give you warning that this next picture is not for the faint of heart!!!!
It's a picture of this lady's foot that is seriously injured. I've been helping her out a lot the past few weeks. This woman has been through so much and her story is just heartbreaking! And I'm not even referring to her foot.
You wouldn't believe it, but she actually stepped on glass and it got seriously infected. She waited too long to go to a doctor because she didn't have insurance. By the time she went in to the hospital, it was to the point where she needed surgery. She's had several on this foot now and they aren't sure if they will be able to save it. She will likely have to get it amputated. But she really wants to fight it and keep her foot. So please keep her in your prayers! Her name is Tammie.

Ramblings

I have tried to post each Sunday and missed it this time around. I just was dry and am still dry on ideas.

Today I just felt like writing about stupid things. Hope you're cool with that.

Two questions I've had on my mind lately:

1- The 3 Nephites that are still alive today. Did they get to have their families live forever with them? Or did they watch them all grow up and die :( then marry again...and again... or just all lonesome or what?

2- That lame Meatloaf song "I will do anything for love, but I won't do that". What exactly is "that"? I really want to know.

Things that I don't care about as much these days:

1- How fat my butt is.

2- TV. I've never really been big on TV, but now I'm feeling even less big on it.

Things that are making me feel great these days:

1- Steve. I am so happy to be his wife and how great our relationship is. Plus that super cute love note he left me this morning written on toilet paper. Yeah, toilet paper.

2- Charity. Babies are seriously the best things ever. She's currently snuggled up on my chest sleeping. Bestest feeling ever.

Things that annoy the heck out of me these days:

1- My chronically messy basement.

2- MICE. (We've got at least one more mouse in the house. We caught one. We've spotted another three times. Can't seem to catch it. I am afraid it's too smart to get caught. What's worse than nasty mice running free in your house? Smart, nasty mice. I know what you're thinking: "You could have seen 3 mice, not 1 mice 3x's" and to that I say "Shush!" I have enough mice nightmares as it is.)

Anyhow, besides ^^ I am happy and feeling good about life in general.

Big Announcement

Two actually.


Last night my sister Anna, a few of her buddies and I went to see So You Think You Can Dance live!!!It was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!! My eyes were literally filling with tears a few times during the show. Happy tears. I have never seen such amazing dancing live before and was just blown away. It was hard to stay in my seat and not get up and move. Truly. And Anna's friends were so much fun to be with too.

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Ok. To my 2nd big announcement. I was thinking before that I wouldn't announce this for at least a few more months, but changed my mind. Mostly because a few people know and I decided I wanted to be the one to break the news to people, not anyone else.
So here it is.
Steve and I have decided to adopt. Yep. Here's a slew of questions and answers I'm sure you're asking:

Q- Are you nuts?
A- Yes.

Q- Where are you adopting from?
A- Ethiopia.

Q- What kind of kid?
A- A boy between the ages of 3 and 6.

Q- How long have you been thinking about this?
A- Over a year.

Q- How serious are you about it?
A- Very. We've prayed about it for a long time, gone to the temple a couple of times, fasted a few times about it and so on. We've done a lot of research as we've started to think it was right. And yep, it's right.
We're so serious that we have picked out an agency (based in Atlanta), and submitted our application along with the hefty application fee that made it all feel much more real.

Q- How long until you get the child?
A- I'm thinking it will be about a year till we bring him home. Could be less time, but more likely a little more.

Those are probably the most likely questions you're all asking. But if you have any more, go ahead and ask.

A special day

The woman of the hour
All the wonderful people who came out for the event
The ties

Charity with Grandma Bishop, Grandma Waite and Great Grandma Gene

The happy couple