elmo's potty time!!

i am in love with elmo. we bought jade Elmo's potty time monday night. yesterday we let her watch it for the first time. she wanted to sit on her little potty almost all day. then we let her watch it a second time last night...and wonder of wonders in the middle of the show she came into me and was tugging on her skirt. i took off her skirt, she ripped off her diaper ran into the bathroom and closed the door. She did not want us in the bathroom or even looking at her. twenty minutes later she cried i came in and duh dun duh!!! she had gone #2!!! i didn't aske her, i didn't prompt her she just went in and went to the bathroom all by herself! i am so excited. Elmo is amazing. if he can get her to be completely potty trained i'm sending them money.
On the subject of growing girls, alana is sitting up! so cute. she is getting up on her hands and knees now, trying so hard. She loves to be sitting up. my girls are getting big! i dont even know what to do with myself.

my birthday...

so, its my birthday coming up and i need some advice. Mom is coming up to watch the kids overnight for us. so what should we do! we have about $100 to spend. we were going to stay in a hotel but...since i HAD to buy these flippin' jeans that i will not tell you how much they are the plans now must change if we want to do anything other than sleep in a super scary crappy place. instead we are probibly going to sleep at grandma walker's house...super comfy...all i need is to not hear my kids all night and sleep in as late as i want. awesome. so, ideas people. i need ideas. what would be best things to do for 24hrs.......k thanks for the help.

heart glasses

for christmas marla gave the girls some amazing outfits but rising above all else were the two heart shaped glasses. both girls love them. here are some pics of the last little bit!

a few good men

We went to Cameron's cousin's son's baptism (wow i know) on saturday. I have to just post a little bit about it. The Walker family is amazing. Honestly. Every member of Cameron's extended family that lived within driving distance came to Jaxson's baptism, i mean everyone! It wasn't just his aunts and uncles, it was his mom's cousins, his grandparent's siblings. Even Lee and Mimi who dont even go to church came. What a show of support and family. I was so impressed. Cameron's family is so wonderful about being together. They make it a point to spend time together. I honestly feel like i've been adopted by Cameron's aunts and uncles. Sadly, i would say i would feel more comfortable calling them for help than i would calling some of my extended family. This kind of dedication is so hard to find. They are gems.
Now the sad part. Three boys were baptized on saturday and the saddest part about the day...not one had a worthy Dad to baptize or confirm them. Not one. It was either grandpa's or uncles who picked up the slack. I was struck by how sad that was and how hard this world is. The Lord expects us to be our very best and so few can actually do it. There seems to be so few good men. And while being worthy to perform in the priesthood is a public display of worthiness i wonder how our women are doing. I just look around and see how much evil there is in the world, how hard it seems to be to keep pure and good. Where are our candles set upon the hill? At the end of the day i found myself committing to be better than i was yesterday, to be worthy to call myself a christian, to be worthy to be counted among His sheep. let us all stand up and be one of those few good men.

some good photos

folded hands...so cute

i love this guy

such a goof

...so i finally got some pics of cameron and i. dont i have a cute family.

christmas

us girls
yaya! presents!
what a mess
happy girl

we decided to open all our presents before we went to Fallon for christmas...we didn't want to transport out stuff back and forth...so we let Jade open a present every now and then leading up to christmas...really we just let her open clothes as stuff. i figured she doesn't really get christmas yet so why not see her joy in opening a present all season long? anway, we left the two big presents from us just before we left. so the monday before we left Jade got her kitchen stuff. she was pretty excited. the funny thing now is that Alana seems to like them more than Jade. funny. I dont have any pics of Fallon, as my camera got left behind (along with my phone charger...awesome) so i dont have pics of actual christmas. we had a wonderful time. We didn't sleep at all since we were all in the same room...it was really...tiring. Cameron had a great time helping my dad and david. he was a cowboy for a few days. :D Jade had a great time with her cousins. ever since we've been home she has started saying 'go home...gammie's"...then if she hears any kids outside she says "Goldie!!" I think she had a good time. Alana had a great time being held by other people. And amazingly enough she was good for my brothers for an entire afternoon. I had a wonderful time being with the girls escp my mom. It was great to be with my whole family, i love them all so much. So christmas was great!

first hair cut

Alana Pooping...
Jade's first hair cut
yes she is wearing her boots

not bad i think