Ethan's Talk

Topic: I can know that the scriptures are true

In Moroni chapter 10 verses 4 and 5 we are given a promise.

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

These scriptures are saying that we can know for ourselves if the scriptures are true, by reading them, then asking our Father in Heaven, and he promises that he will give us an answer.

I have made a goal to read the Book of Mormon before my baptism in June. I have been working hard to remember to read each day and I know Heavenly Father will bless me for my hard work.

Boy vs Mirror

Exhibit A: The Boy

Exhibit B: The Giant Mirror

At approximately 3:12pm on the afternoon of January 19, 2011 Exhibit B came crashing down with Exhibit A under it. Some how Exhibit A ended up on the right side of the now face down Exhibit B, but Exhibit A still seemed to have been injured.

I saw the mirror falling and rushed over to Luke. I have no idea how he ended up on the side of the mirror and not underneath. He was of course screaming bloody murder. I called Brian to see what he thought I should do since I was in panic mode. After 10 minutes I did a check of Luke, moving his arms and legs and squeezing the bones. He seemed to be favoring is left leg/foot area but was still so upset I really couldn't tell. I set him down to see if he could walk and he couldn't. So, I called Brian and told him to come home so we could take Luke to the hospital.

I dropped the big kids off a my friends house after they got home from school and met Brian and Luke over at the hospital. Luke isn't a big fan of people he doesn't know so having doctors and nurse poke and twist him wasn't his favorite. He went in to have some xrays which he hated even more then the poking and twisting.

The doctors came back and said that nothing was broken but if he still isn't walking on Monday they would refer him to an orthopedic doctor in the area.

How sad does he look

Lost & Found

Yesterday I was cleaning the usual 2000 pieces of paper off the dining room table when I saw this little dog walking down our street. It is very cold outside and the freezing rain was starting again so I went outside to get her. She started shaking as we got closer to the house so I opened the door and told Ethan to turn the music off and tell everyone else to be quite.

Then I brought her in and the kids were in love. She was a little nervous and Luke was very loud but everyone else was being quite and calm. We played for a little while and then I called her owner. He came right over so we only had her for about 20 minutes, but the kids loved every second.

After she left Ethan was sad and asking for a dog, and talking about how he misses Zeke and Pearl. It was heartbreaking, but maybe in time his dreams will come true!

Luke was in heaven! He loved Sadie and kept running around like a crazy man.

He is getting better at sharing! HA

Olivia kept calling her and then moving back when ever she got close.

Mine, Too!

Every Monday night I get together with some friends to watch The Bachelor. Last night was no different except I had to run a few errands before hand so I drove myself, and didn't pick up Shellie on the way to Emily's house. We watched the show and then talked until 2am, so nothing different then any other night.

As Shellie and I were walking out to our cars we noticed it was kind of raining a little bit. Once we weren't under the covered walk area we both about bit it and fell to ground, because of the sheet of ice covering the side walk. We walked as carefully as we could to our cars, scraped the thick ice off our windows, and were on our way. Only we weren't really on our way because I was sliding all over the place. Long story short Shellie was following me home to make sure I made it and well, I didn't! I had to call Brian at 2:3o am to come bail me out. And he did! And it would have been much more romantic at a much earlier hour, with much warmer weather, and me ending up in own bed instead of on Shellie's couch!

I guess he is my Knight in Shinning Armor, TOO!

Knight in Shinning Armor

olivia's

mine

happy sunday

Snow Day

"School is now closed" has to be my favorite message to get. I was especially happy to get that call today since my mom is in town, and I wanted the kids to get to spend some extra time with her. I think it turned out to be a great day.

We had a lazy start, and really is there any better way to start the day than lazily? Then everyone worked on homework/school work. We had lunch and then headed out into the snow. Since Santa was so kind we now have more sleds which makes it way more fun for everyone. After about an hour of sledding my mom went and got my snowboard from the garage. The kids were so excited to give it a try. It was awesome! They all did a great job balancing and riding down the hill. I wish I would have gotten it on video. They did keep panicking that they were going to run into a tree, but other then that they did so good! After I couldn't run up and down the hill anymore we made the kids come inside. Olivia made everyone hot chocolate and my mom brought in a ton of snow for snow cones. We didn't have Kool-Aid so we used Pink Lemonade and it was delish! We finished our day off with Pizza for dinner. It was perfect!

Luke sporting swim goggles in the winter!

The swim goggles were actually started by this little lady!

My mom with Luke and Ethan

There goes Luke and Mamaw

The bowl of snow...yumm

Lukie and his hot chocolate

Luke Goes Potty

The past month or so I have been showing Luke where we go potty. He has gone a few times but it was mostly just luck and me catching him when he was acting like he was going to go potty. However, the last couple of weeks he has been saying "potty" as he is going. Usually I can't get him to the bathroom in time, but we were getting close. Then tonight he was in the bathroom saying "potty" and we got him up on the toilet and he went poop! I got the camera and the candy as fast as I could! It was so awesome! Ethan, Olivia, and Kai were totally annoyed that I didn't wake them up so they could cheer for him.

WAY TO GO LUKIE!