Latest News for us

I don't have pictures for this post, but I do have lots to say as usual. :-) We headed down to sunny St. George again..well, it's been over a month since we went last, so we figured we were due time for the sunshine. It was amazing! We ALWAYS feel like we are on vacation when we go there-this is why J.D. wants to live there. I wouldn't mind living there, but I get a little too hot in the summer. That sounds crazy right...me too hot? Yes folks, it's true, I have a hard time with controlling my body temperature. I like the fall the best, I am never too hot or too cold because I can control putting on and taking off clothes to be just right. (ONLY IN THE FALL). Every other season I am too freezing or too hot.

We have lots going on in our lives-but just the normal busy. Hopefully in the upcoming months we will have more exciting news...hopefully. I am not going to post all the new happenings that could be good happenings or bad happenings. This is because...well, I just hate being a disappointment or having a lot of 'bummers' on here. I want people to be happy about what I post. Also, I want to remember happy and important things. So if our 'new haps' don't turn out, I would post about a lesson I learned, or post months later about it when I realize why it worked out and how the Lord knows us better than we do kinda thing. Plus, we've been down some rocky ROCKY roads with trying to understand the Lord's way for us and that not going the way we want it to. Make sense?

The regular normal things going on are-LOTS of studying...LOTS! For me, I am trying to get through 2 classes...which I have only 6 assignments to do so, but it's a bit of a stressor when I look at how much my calling, Dawson, cleaning, and trying to take care of myself go along with it. J.D. is just ending his spring break and so ready to graduate. YES- J.D. graduates! I can't wait! He has worked so hard and in May, he will have some gratification. All you graduates can relate I'm sure.

Dawson is so much fun! His new favorite thing to say is, "What the heck!" or "What the heck are you doing?" I'm not sure where he learned it...J.D. and I don't say it very that often, but he's picked it up and loves to say it. He is a little cowboy at heart- he just loves anything cowboy no matter what time of day or his mood. His new favorite show is "Chuggington" from Disney. I have to drag him away from it after too long because he LOVES it. He really just loves trains! His new favorite movie...yes, Jurassic Park. He loves the dinosaurs! So there is my little boy in a nutshell, sarcasm, dinos, trains and is a cowboy at heart. He has been telling me for a while now when he's stinky or wet. He will go hide or hang out by himself when he is going poop. It's so funny! So here are 2 stories,

Last week he went in his room, shut the door and locked it. I easily unlocked it and tried to open the door. Dawson pushed against it to try and not let me in. I got in and he said, "No. Please go out." I got a pretty good wiff of what he was workin on in there, so I knew why he wanted to hide. I left and he locked the door again. 5 minutes later he came out saying, "Stinky! I stinky mom!" He had a diaper in his hand too.

Today, J.D. went to a luncheon after a baby blessing. He took Dawson as well. I had to do sharing time for primary. J.D. said during the luncheon Dawson stepped outside in the hall by himself and was staring out the window. J.D. went out and said, "Dawson why don't you come back in." Dawson said, "No! Go dad. Go!" So J.D. not knowing what Dawson was doing, just let him be. He later learned that Dawson just need his time to do some good in his diaper.

Dawson is playing so good by himself. He is communicating in 5 to 6 word sentences! It blows my mind how well he's been talking. I work on letter sounds with him because he has had a little lisp with his 's'. He has gotten some much better at pronunciation. He is the biggest helper when it comes to cleaning- he will help with no questions asked. He loves to eat now! YAY! He has been eating so well lately! He is a prankster for sure! I can't believe all the funny things he does to J.D. and I already. He's only 2! He is an EXTREMELY GOOD negotiator! Through all of this, he still loves to be rocked and swaddled. :-)

We have a new thing in our home...it's our 'Good things Jar.' No, that didn't come from Good Things Utah... I made it up. haha! This past year we've learned lessons, and still don't understand things that happened for us... The other day I realized that we were starting to focus on a lot of negative things not just for ourselves, but others. SO, I just broke down and realized how it was effecting us. I didn't want that! I want people to look at us and see joy, happiness, and lots of positive! I wanted to remember positive things about ourselves and others. I really wanted to have confidence in myself, and the decisions J.D. and I make. So this is where the 'Good things Jar' came into effect. It's not a thankful jar, it's a Good Things Jar. Every day we have to write at least ONE good thing that happened to us for the day. Even if it's just "Dawson took a nap and I got to study." Simple, yet positive. Then each week for FHE we would read about them. J.D. and I figured that this would really help us be more positive and happy people. I think life can really get to you, but we felt through this that we can work through it a little bit better. My goal is to have a stranger on the street notice how much joy I have in my life. Wouldn't that be amazing? I mean, wouldn't it be so rewarding to have a stranger say, "Wow, you really have a lot of joy." I can't imagine how rewarding and motivating that would be to hear someone say that, but I know I will. :-)

It's the 20th so I need to make a shout out for everyone's birthdays today. J.D.'s dad, our niece Breslynn and nephew Daxon (twins) who turned 2, and my bestie Brie! :-) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!