We had my cousin Kira's birthday dinner on Sunday. She chose french toast with buttermilk syrup & breakfast casserole...it seems to be a popular bday dinner choice in our family! I love seeing Kira every Sunday & am so glad to have her as my cousin. Happy birthday Kira!

Later that night Mom & Meg & I played Quiddler and Clue. It was even cold enough outside to build a fire! I love my family! We have so much fun together and they do so much for me.

Olivia

My cousin Amy just had a baby...they named her Olivia & she is so cute. I'm excited for her & Marcus and I know that their daughter Bailey will love having a sister. Olivia is totally crying in this picture...I'm not sure that she likes me yet! :)

Valentines Day

I am finally posting about Valentines Day! I am way behind. This year Linc & I actually didn't do anything to celebrate...I know, so sad. He had to work that night and then we kind of forgot to celebrate that weekend. Maybe next year will be better. :) I did get some really cute valentines from some kids in my ward. My mom went all out and gave us this really cute Valentine's Day gift with our favorite treats and gift cards to Walmart and QT. Free gas & groceries...yeah! It made my day! :)

Lincoln made a vision board for us to hang in our bedroom and put pictures of our goals on. We saw it on Oprah & liked the idea. Yes, Lincoln likes Oprah even though he'll never admit it. I thought the board looked pretty cool!

We haven't had anything really different or new happen lately, but here are some great people I've been around lately...

Ashley Young's birthday was last week! Happy birthday
Ashley! You are an AMAZING girl with a HUGE heart.
You are so much fun, so positive and SO service oriented.
Thanks for being such a fabulous person!

I was able to babysit my mom's next-door neighbor Maggie today.
She is hilarous! I love her enthusiasm and I love how into singing and dancing she is. She had a couple friends over to keep me company too. We had a lot of fun together!



McKenzie and Savannah had a lemonade stand outside. McKenzie was so excited to pay her tithing last Sunday from the money she earned selling lemonade. I love seeing kids learn gospel principles that will bless them throughout their lives!

I have issues!

Ok, so it is 3:23 am, Lincoln is sleeping away and I am on the computer...AWAKE. Unfortunately, this isn't the first night this has happened, or even the 10th night this has happened. So...I need advice!!! Have any of you had a hard time sleeping & if so, did you find a cure? I have tried Benadryl & Tylenol PM...the Tylenol helps more, but not as much as you would think. And I don't like the medicine hangover feeling I have in the morning from it. Just a random fact...did you know that Benadryl and Unisom are the EXACT same thing? Pretty crazy, since they charge way more for Unisom! I felt guilty for taking medicine to fall asleep, until my bishop told me that he takes cough medicine to fall asleep. :) They gave me Ambien after I had Jackson, and I turned into a freak. I was hallucinating and Lincoln almost called 911. Hmm, that actually is a pretty funny story. I'll have to tell it sometime! ANYWAY, I would like to find a more natural approach to sleeping. Does anyone have any ideas? I am clueless!

IT'S BACK!!!

That's right! Lost Season 4 started last week and I am so excited about it. I know, it's weird that I am blogging about a tv show. I don't know what it is about this show but it completely captivates me. The writers and directors are geniuses! It is insane how perfectly detailed this show is and how every little thing has some hidden meaning. I'm telling you...it's crazy!
On a funny note...I am perfectly honest with Lincoln about the dreams I've had about Jack. Well, just one dream. In my dream I met Jack & he took me for a helicopter ride. I fell in love with him and so I went to Lincoln (in my dream of course) & asked if he would mind if I married Jack and he could marry Jack's wife (his ex-wife in the show). Just switch spouses, you know? It was pretty hilarious. When I told Lincoln about the dream, he asked who played his ex-wife. I told him & he said that that would have been fine if we had traded, because apparently Lincoln really liked that girl when she played on the tv show Ed. So those are our dark secrets. It's good I haven't had another dream about Jack, because Lincoln might not let me keep watching the show. :) Ha ha!

President Hinckley

These are two of my favorite pictures of President Hinckley. He & his wife are just the cutest couple ever! I hope Lincoln & I are half as cute as them when we are old! :) I also love this picture of President Hinckley and President Bush. It's really cool to see the leader of our church and the leader of our country together like that. I am so excited that President Hinckley has been reunited with his wife. He lived such a great life! I really look up to him and his example of optimism and persistence. What a wonderful man! I will miss hearing his powerful testimony.