We bleed blue

ok i dont know why when i write my blogs i cant actually see the pictures until i post but...i cant, so i'll just explain. The first picture is our family preparing for a Jazz game. We all have jerseys and if you can tell cam and I both have our faces painted. so fun. And Cameron got a new hat therefore our family is totally decked out! Anyway, our family now dresses up for the games, to show our support for them, even at home. :D One of the other pictures is the most recent picture of my belly. This was taken last night by Cameron while i was talking to David on the phone. As this is the only picture that even shows my tummy its the best i could do at the moment. I only post this because I've been getting requests to post how I'm looking. Its not a very good shot as i'm bending over, but girls- you get the idea, its growing. I have 7 1/2 weeks left!! dun duh dunnnn! i'm very excited to get there. I cant wait until I meet this new baby. It will be great. As this gets to closer I'll post more about how things are going...for the moment everything is great and we are planning a wonderful home birth. very excited about that. Another pic, is this last sunday when we couldn't go to church because Jadie was still contagious with Hand Foot Mouth. She often does this kind of snuggling with Cameron, making a mess while lounging on him. Finally the pic of Jadie eating has a funny story. She has now learned a new way to get out of eating- put it on her head. She still likes to try to hide the food under her tray but not only does putting the fruit on her head get the food off her tray but it necessiates a bath...and its a great hat so, wheres the down fall? She kept picking up the fruit individually and putting them on her head. then she would push them down as hard as she could to make sure they were going to stay. You cant help but laugh. The other food on her face is refried beans from the enchilladas. That made for great make-up to go with her awesome head wear. My daughter is a girl in every way. Nothing could bring more joy then to watch you child grow. It is amazing to be a mother. I cannot think of a greater calling in life. Yes, it is flippin hard sometimes and doing housework is the pits but...I get to hang out with the cutest girl all day. I get to see her make new faces, and learn about splashing in the tub. I get to see her touch the soup and then rub her own body so she can wash herself in the tub. I get to see her reach up toward me. I see how excited she gets when daddy gets home. And better than all of that I get to pick her up everyday and love her. When she first wakes up from a nap or is going to go down to sleep she lays her head on my shoulder and plays with my hair. If my hair is up she will get pieces out so that she can pull her fingers threw it. When we dance she snuggles and doesn't want me to put her down. How could anyone NOT want to be a parent? With all the hard things, all the sleep deprivation, monotony, whinning and temper tantrums its not enough of crud to make being a parent bad. If you stack up all the hard stuff next to the moments of complete joy and fulfillment- complete joy wins out everytime. I know, I'm on a rampage- but, I just have to put it out there that I am in complete love with this little girl and being a mother is the very best thing I could ever be. I hope that when my little girls grow up they will think of me as I think of my mother, there could be no greater compliment and I could not have completed anything more important than that. So, from the family that bleeds blue to the families that may bleed yellow (yes brothers you) we love you, and remember how amazing your children are because I'm sure you feel the same way about yours as I do about mine.

Some videos, as promised...

so here are some pics of Jade. the first one is of her super cute new jelly shoes. The last one is her new favorite face. thank you cameron for teaching her that. the Second pic is of Ben and Lynn. They can done to visit us this last week and it was so fun. They may have beaten us in rook by one game but we cant wait to see them again soon...at which point we will wipe the floor with them in Rook! ahah Suckers! Seriously, we had so much fun. It was great to have them with us. The last night they were here we went to Jazz game. Yeah it was awesome. I cant even tell you. I was so stoked to be there. To understand my level of hyperness just think...Act-athon and a hoop-skirt. Ok, maybe Dana and Mindy will be the only ones to actually have seen me during the act-athon in high school...but...let me tell you...I can get wild. :D It was my first professional basketball game and it was amazing. Those guys are huge. We played the Rockets and Ming from China is shocking. Just standing under the basket and his head almost touches the net. Not kidding. I know, I know, not all the boys I know love the Jazz but as I am now married to a die hard I have come to appreciate them. They really can be great. Granted Boozer is driving my crazy and they seem to like to lose to teams they should easily beat. Its ok though...our house still bleeds blue. The other surprise we had last week was John and Shelly! They surprised me one night and it was wonderful. I was so excited i could hardly keep my emotions in check. I just about cried when realized it was them. I feel like I dont get to see my brothers enough. I love those guys so so so much and I just wish we all lived in the same state so we could be around each other more. Personally, I feel that i scored big time in the Family department. I mean my brothers are all amazing, funny, smart and handsome. Then they went and married awesome girls. I mean what more could i ask for- oh yeah, lets us flippin' live around each other...stinkin' florida....stinkin' utah... We will all just have to keep an eye on David and Stevie wonder to make sure they dont screw anything up. Anyway, it was wonderful to see my brother and his little fam. Goldie is super cute, or course (what else could happen when you mixed those genes?). I hope we get to see them soon, only next time i'm putting my foot down and they are staying with me...HELLO I'm your sister i totally get dibs first! so here are some videos. the first one, is jade and cameron. she is taking the pillow from him. The second is their favorite game -hide and seek. I have the best husband, he is a wonderful daddy. He loves to play with Jade, and read to her. Its so cute. She absolutely loves him. She calls out his name when he isn't around and she knocks on the door to whatever room he is in so that she can go and hang out with him. i pity the boys who are going to try to date her when she is older because Cameron is going to be one protective daddy.. The last video is of us playing outside with our favorite neighbors. Jade loves the middleton's. And you can tell that Addie likes Jade as well. Very very cute.

update since nov

Well, i haven't posted for a really long time. life is great over here in provo! I thought i'd put some pictures up. Jadie is walking around, i'll post a video soon. Its so cute! she is darling. she brings me clothes she wants to wear, one of the pics on the slide show is of her wearing 4 shirts, 2 tights, and 2 pairs of pants...she's now awake from a nap so i have to go but! here are some pics of her cuteness. We will be adding to our family in May but hopefully i'll post before we have Mae Mae.

DAVIE DAVIE CROCKETTE KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER!!!

So, David, my little brother, came home from his mission yesterday...er, saturday so two days ago. His flight from JFK was delayed so duh dun dahhh he missed his connection to go on from slc to reno! So I got him! We were able to pick him up from the airport saturday night and then I drove him back up Sunday morning. It was so wonderful. I dont think I realized how much I missed him until I finally got to see him again. He is so fun and funny and just great! I was bouncing off the walls all day at just the prospect of him being able to stay with me and then when it happend oh man, I could not wait until his flight landed! He kept us laughing the whole trip down to provo. We stayed up talking late at night and then because Jadie is having some issue sleeping she woke up at 2, 3, and 4. at 3:30am I heard David moving around downstairs. Finally I got up with him at 4:30. I'm pretty sure he couldn't sleep because he was so excited to finally make it home! I was thinking after he left how wonderful family is. They are a built in friend system. Escpecially when you grow up in small house and cant get away from each other. You have to become friends. I love that boy so much. And aren't I lucky that I get to claim him and each of my brother's as friends. Anyway, I just think that I am truly blessed because I have so many friends...my family. And we will always keep in contact and we each are truly interested in the others. It was so nice to see him and I am just praying and hoping he is really going to move up to Provo. Sunday dinners can be reinstated!! He may have changed on his mission in some ways but he is still my goofy little brother. Dave, I'm so glad your back.

Ranting: Give the church a break!

I write today in disgust at what is happening to my church. We are opposed to gay marriage and therefore we are being persecuted. Six churches in Utah have been vandalized and three in California. There have been huge protests outside of our temples. Just yesterday a Book of Mormon was found burning on the steps of a church in Colorado. All of this is happening because we oppose gay marriage. It seems as though those who disagree with us think that Mormons are the only ones that voted on prop 8 in California. I’ve done the math and if every member from the age of 8 up, whether they are active or not, had voted they still would have only made up a small portion of those who voted to pass this bill. The LDS church therefore is not solely responsible for its passage. Even if that were not the case the hate shown toward us is unjustified and prejudice. We live in a democratic society where issues that are brought up are voted on by the general populace. This populace has voted a certain way and that way is to uphold traditional marriage. Where is the news coverage? Is bigotry and prejudice only to be reported if it fits into a non-conservative ideology? The LDS church is not alone in being persecuted either. I find it ironic that those who are looking for acceptance or ‘tolerance’ can give none to those who disagree with them. Tolerance inherently means there is a disagreement on a subject. Conservatives disagree with liberals. We are not telling people they are terrible or going to hell, we are saying that we believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. Do we now live in a society where we can only have freedom of opinion if it agrees with the press or the left wing? What happened to religious freedom? The most disturbing thing to me is that these people, who ever they are, are targeting the places and things we hold most sacred and dear. I do not blame the gay community, I don’t think that there is a grand band saying ‘ok go out and get back at those Mormons’. I don’t know who these people are; I only know they are targeting my church, my beliefs because we believe in the sanctity of marriage. Our temples are our most sacred buildings and our churches are not to be defiled. To target these things, our buildings our scriptures, is to hit below the belt. Each person is entitled to having their own opinion. There are appropriate and inappropriate ways of going about and expressing those opinions. This behavior is disgusting. I’m hurt and angered that people seem to think its ok to destroy property or spew hatred because of a difference of opinion. Must they march around our places of worship, disturbing the services and scaring petitioners? Many do not understand who we are as Mormons. Many do not know our beliefs or what we are truly like. Instead of trying to find out who we are, we are met with prejudice and violence. We do not believe in violence or hatred. We believe you love your neighbor as yourself, you love your enemy. We believe in following Christ. We do not believe we have to sacrifice our beliefs in order to love those who disagree. If anyone who does not know who we are and wishes to find out what we truly believe all they need do is listen to our prophet. They need only go to our website and read for themselves. We do not promote prejudice or hate instead we are against it. This will be the end of my ranting I guess. I just wish that we could have respect for our beliefs as we give that respect to others. When you live in a democracy you, as the people, decide on the laws you will live by. Each of these laws is a moral choice. Therefore our decision about marriage is simply one more moral choice we are living by. Also, when you live in this land, you must, whether good or bad, go with the will or majority of the people. The majority decides the laws etc and therefore when the vote has been made (twice now) that is the will of the people and we need to respect it. Of course it is easier for me to say that when the will complies with my ideology. I just want the bigotry to stop. I just want respect on both sides, we dont have to concede our beliefs in order to respect others though. I just ask 'Where is the love?'

Photo Tagging

Annie photo tagged me... This is from the fourth folder in my pictures and its the fourth picture. This is Ezra, Jesse and Sarah's oldest...We went to my house for Christmas last year- glory glory hallyaluaa! (How do you spell that?). We had a wonderful time. I cant wait for thanksgiving this year! Anyways, Danny brought Rock band and Steven got out all his drum sticks so that there for enough drum sticks to play forever. The little kids loved playing with all the instruments. Ezra right here is showing off his sticks. I dont know if Danny will ever bring that game again for a big family event but it sure was fun. Everyone loved it. Cameron played so much I wondered where he was. Anytime I couldn't find him all I had to do was find Rock Band, and there he was! Thanks Danny for letting everyone play that game!