Ummmmm

So Jason read my post about 7 things about myself and brought to my attention that maybe saying "I would cut my child's tongue out", if they ate gum off the ground could be taken the wrong way. I obviously wouldn't do that. I would however be scrubbing their tongue with the strongest soap possible and then do it all over again just to be sure. I'm sure most of you know I was kidding, but just in case.

Christams Spirit

It's my favorite time of year again, Christmas. I love putting all the decorations up and listening to the Christmas music. For some reason everything just seems to make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside this time of year. Tonight especially brought me great joy. This is the first year the girls were old enough to help with the tree decorating. The look of wonder and excitement on their faces as they looked at the beautifully lit tree, melted my heart. I think at times we all forget the true joy of Christmas, but those of us with small children get a chance once more to see Christmas through a child's perspective. I thought this year I would do something fun for the girls, so I bought 24 candy canes to place on the tree. Starting Dec 1 they will get to remove one candy cane every night till Christmas Eve. They are so excited. Tonight we decided to put them on the tree (which really means I got tired of them bugging me about it). I turned on the Christmas music (you gotta have a little Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" playing while you decorate) and let the girls go at it. I noticed they weren't really spreading them out, so I would move them to a better location after they put them on. They didn't like my micro-managing, so I stopped doing it. Of course I should have known that when you let a 4 year old and a two year decorate you don't necessarily share the same vision. Most of the candy canes ended up in the same area at the bottom of the tree. So tonight the "decorating fairy" might just show up to rearrange them. I look forward to the rest of the season and sharing some of my favorite things with the girls, like watching "White Christmas" & "Sound of Music", dancing to Christmas music, drinking hot coco and baking cookies. And hopefully making some new traditions as well. Next step is to get the lights up. This is of course Jason's least favorite part of Christmas (he's afraid of heights). Then our house will be perfect and we can relax till we have to take everything down. Do you think it's tacky to leave it up all year?:)


They are so beautiful. I am very blessed to have such wonderful girls.



I love this little man. Bath time is now his favorite time.



I love his new hat. I makes him even more yummy.

Little Know Facts...Well, at least they WERE!!!

1.YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) – Mocha Odyssey

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) - Mint Chip Snickerdoodle

3. YOUR “FLY GIRL” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) - KWoo


4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) – Pink Dolphin


5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) - Marie Sacramento


6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) - WooKe


7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) - The Black Dr. Pepper

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) - Leo Earl


9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy)- Rapture Snickers

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) - Jean Vasserot



7 Things you might not know about me:
1. When I cook and Jason's not home, I like to pretend I am taping a cooking show for the food network. I don't just play it out in my head I actually talk out loud and pretend there is a camera on the other side of the counter. I even make stupid cooking jokes for the "audience". Jason just recently found out that I do this and he almost wet himself laughing.

2. I have a very serious phobia of needles. I can't watch people getting stuck with one even on T.V. I know it's really just a piece of plastic the slides into the syringe part, but just the site of it makes me want to pass out. When they gave me my IV when I was having Charlie I nearly passed out. I HATE NEEDLES!!! That is why I won't get an epidural.

3. When I was very young I used to pick gum off the street or sidewalk and eat it. I know that it is gross, actually its beyond gross, but I rationalized it to myself (you know, God made dirt and dirt don't hurt). My mom freaked when she caught me doing it one time. I loved it though. I would cut out my child's tongue if they ever did that :0)

4. Jason and I met on a blind date in high school. He was a junior and I was a senior (yeah I like them young). I was going to find an excuse not to go, but ended up going anyway. I'm so glad I did. He was (and still his) HOT, HOT, HOT!!! He is a wonderful man and I am so blessed to be his wife. We stayed up all night talking the first night we met. He's the only guy I have ever know who likes to talk as much as me. I love him!!!!

5. I hate closing my eyes in the shower. I have watched one too many horror movies where a girl is washing her hair in the shower and there is a ghost or some crazy killer guy staring at her and she has no idea till she opens her eyes. Then its too late. I know that only happens in the movies, but I can't help it, my imagination runs wild.

6. I used to be addicted to biting my nails. I would bite them off then chew on it till I got it into a million little pieces and then I would spit it out. I found it very relaxing. This is part of the reason I wear acrylic over them now. It's the only way I don't bite my nails. Just talking about it makes me want to bite them.

7. I love to drive around town and go look at houses. I love to walk around inside new subdivisions and houses that are for sale. It is very relaxing for me. I love the smell of a new home with it's new carpet and fresh paint. I love to imagine how I would set it up and what colors I would use. It's so much fun.

Well, that's me in an nutshell. I hope you all will still love me in the morning, but if not, I still have my hubby and children. I would love to tag some people, but everyone I know who has a blog has already been tagged. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and have much to be thankful for.

Yeah, we're freaks!

I got this idea from Hannah's Blog (Thanks Hannah)

Some things you might not know about our family:

Kelly

I hate veggies. When I eat them I have to eat them like they are pills (I only chew them a little before I wash them down with milk).

I love to organize my cupboards. I also make a list on the door so we know what is in there.

I used to work at a pizza place (in high school) and my hands smelled like garlic and onions for a year.

I have a freakishly great sense of smell (Jason says it's my super power).

I also love to pop zits (mine or Jason's doesn't matter).

My left ear is much lower than my right (now you'll be looking next time we see each other).

When I start a new book I have to read the last 3-5 pages before I read the rest.

Jason



Jason can't stand feeding babies jar food. He seariously freaks out about the mess they make.

Jason can't leave food on his plate. If there is food there he has to eat it (I am trying to break him of this habit).

Jason has only cleaned the bathroom six times since we have been married (we've been married about 7 years).

Jason can't sit through a movie without talking through most of it (like the people in the movie can hear him, duh).

Jason has to have the bed sheets covering his shoulders or he can't fall asleep.


Faith


She always has to have the last word.

She is obsesive about washing her hands and brushing her teeth (she brushes her teeth about 4-5 times a day)

She can move her scalp back and forth.

She likes to pick the bottom of her feet.



Emma

When she is nervous she puts her finger up her nose.

She freaks out when water is poured over her face.

She sucks the last three fingers on her right hand while rubbing her blanket across her nose to fall asleep at night.


Charlie

He can get half his foot in his mouth (not kidding, literaly half his foot).

If he gives you "kisses" beware he will slip you the tounge (he loves to stick his tounge out period).

He grunts instead of laughs when you tickle him.

And the Calling is......

Jason and I had a meeting with the Bishop yesterday morning. I have been called to be the Relief Society 2nd Counselor. I am excited, but definitely scared. I will miss teaching in Primary, but obviously the Lord has other plans for me. Jason also received a new calling. He is now the Elders Quorum 2nd Counselor. He will only be teaching the Gospel Principles class for about another week or two. I know he will miss teaching, but now we can go to the Gospel Doctrine class together.

On a lighter note; can someone please explain to me why kids need a doll that really wets and soils their diaper. Faith saw a commercial the other day for this doll that you feed real food and she really wets and soils her diaper. What stupid person thought that up? Obviously someone who doesn't have children. I went online to research this "thing" and found out the doll costs like $50.00. HELLO, MCFLY. Who spends that kind of money on a doll that is just going to end up in the pile of other dolls they don't really play with anymore. In case that's not bad enough, then you have to buy the food on a regular basis and you have to buy it diapers. I DON'T THINK SO!!!! I already hate buying diapers for my real children, I'm definitely not about to buy them for a doll. I would love to smack the person who thought up this idea, it was probably a man:) Just thought I would leave that for you to ponder.

This Crazy Thing Called.....

I start this post with a whole new respect for my parents. We all need to take a moment to thank our parents who did so much for us. Today as I talked to my Father on the phone I could hear the sound of joy in his laughter as both Faith and Emma proceeded to have meltdowns. Now while this in itself is not a big surprise ( all kids have those days), but you wouldn't know that just a few minutes before they were playing happily together. It is the curse of the phone. It never fails, no matter how happy your kids are, once you get on that phone they need a drink, or someone hit the other, or they are STARVING!!! Either way it's always something. There is a ray of light in this, it is that one day they too will have children of there own and I will be able to laugh with joy.

October was a month filled with excitement. Jason, the kids, and I all went to the Temple to be sealed on October 27. It was a very spiritual experience for Jason and I. Jason and I were both teary-eyed, especially when the kids came in. The girls looked like angels and seemed to almost float into the room. Charlie was as handsome as ever (just like his Daddy). At one point during the ceremony Faith (in her most angelic voice) asks if we are going to heaven. I could have just eaten her up. After that I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. The joy of knowing our family is sealed together for time and all eternity is not fully expressed in words. After the ceremony we had a little reception with all of our friends. It was so wonderful. I only wish our families could have been there as well. We really loved sharing our day with close friends.

The day prior to our Sealing we attended the Ward Fall Festival. What a great time we had. The kids got to wear their costumes to this event. It was also a Chili Cook-Off. I entered my chili and received the Third Place Prize. It was a fun evening filled with chili (and later with gas), candy, cake, and costumes. Jason and I also made a graveyard cake for the event. Using fondant is not as easy as it looks on TV. It was a wonderful evening. The day after our Sealing was Faith's 4th Birthday (by the way she acts you would think she was turning 30). We did a family dinner at our house (her party was going to be the following week). Then came every child's second favorite holiday, Halloween. When else can you dress up in ridiculously expensive costumes, knock on someone's door and get candy? The only thing better than that is getting presents from some fat guy in a red suit in exchange for some cookies that your Mom made (Christmas). Life is so hard when you're a kid, huh? The kids made out pretty well. We still don't have a lot of trick-or-treaters around here, but we sure had enough people handing out candy. The girls were on a sugar rush most of the night. Which I blame on their Father. For those of us who know Jason best, you would think that Jason would be the "only one piece of candy tonight" guy. Well, we were WRONG!!!! He thought it would be a good idea to let the kids have some of their candy while they were walking around the neighborhood. He said to me, "They were doing so good walking and saying trick-or-treat, that I thought they had earned some candy." OK, first off isn't the treat for all that walking and knocking the BIG HUGE FREAKING BUCKET OF CANDY!!! I forgot to mention he told me this after they came home and had already eaten about three piece of candy. Jason was on duty the rest of the night. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time:)
I have come to the conclusion that Jason and I love to cause our own misery. So just two short days (kids were still on a sugar high from Halloween) after Halloween we had Faith's birthday party. It was a Dora themed party. We had Dora plates, cups, table cloth, pinata, cake and movie at this thing (which explains why that night I had nightmares about Dora, I'm being serious). I spent pretty much all day doing her cake. I took me three hours to frost it, but it was well worth it for the look on Faith's face when she saw it. The girls had a great time making bracelets and eating pizza. After pizza we did the pinata. I didn't know that four year old were so violent. Poor Dora didn't stand a chance; it was probably the funniest thing I have ever seen. They didn't scramble for the candy like I thought they would (yes, more candy, like they needed it). They sure ate it fast though. Then we played "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". The kids had a lot of fun doing that too (I was just praying they weren't going to throw up from being spun around too much). The kids decided that it was time for more sugar after the games, so cake it was. We asked Faith where she wanted us to hack into Dora first and without skipping a beat she says, "I want Dora's stinky feet". So stinky feet it was for Faith. We did some serious damage to Dora. There wasn't much cake left (luckily Jason took what was left to work). Faith got some wonderful toys that she so nicely shared with her guests (all the candy must have made her sick because she almost never wants to share something new). Jason and I were exhausted by the end of the party, not to mention our house was in shambles, but all in all a great party.
Now onto big news, Jason has officially hit what we now call as "The Hunt". He is now close enough to getting out that he can apply for jobs. He has applied to 50 so far and has received several responses already. We are getting so excited. It will be very different not being in the Army. Our whole marriage and family life has been spent in the Army, but it will be a welcome change. I can't wait to see where the Lord puts us.
Charlie and Emma are doing great as well. Emma's speech is growing in leaps and bounds. She loves to act just like her big sister. She is a beautiful and caring little girl (when she's not throwing one of her world renowned fits). Emma loves going to ballet with her sister and is learning a lot. She is going to steal the show at her recital. Charlie is the most beautiful little boy. He is so happy and just a joy to have in our lives. He loves playing with his sisters and especially their toys (they don't like that as much). I am anxious for him to start crawling. I say that now.....
We are very blessed to have each other.