President Hinckley

Rexburg Temple Open House!

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Joe and I were able to attend the open house to the Rexburg temple last night and it was very very busy! It was the second to last night to attend so they were trying to get everyone through that they possibly could. They actually didn't check any one's tickets at this open house there was so much interest that they were just letting people come in. I am so glad that they were able to accommodate so many people and it will be interesting to see how many people came through. They had given out 150,000 tickets then released a bunch more to try and accommodate all the interest, then they decided to just let people come through. The tour guide we had said that they had already had about 10,000 people through in the morning on Friday.
The stain glass windows are so beautiful with the wheat grain pattern to represent our area, that theme continues throughout in the floors and the art work. I am so excited to have two temples so close. We are so blessed!
It is kinda hard to see but in the picture of the church there is a tent that was covering the walk way from the church up to the temple they had covered the whole walk way and they were heating it to try and keep people warm. Being that with the wind chill the other day it was -34.

Tag!

I haven't done one of these before so I thought I would give it a go.

Two names I go by:
1. Mommy or mom, this is one used the most cause even Joe calls me mom more than Alyssa.
2. Alyssa

Two things I am wearing right now:
1. Striped pj pants
2. All Shine t-shirt: we are always advertising in this house.

Two of my favorite things to do:
1. Hang out and play with my kids.
2. Watching movies with my hubby.

Two things I want right now:
1. Spring...I am with Marybeth on this one. I can't wait to be outside with the kids.
2. Spring can't ask for anything more than that.

Two favorite pets I have had:
1. Charlie
2. Maggie

Two things I did last night:
1. Rexburg temple dedication, Joe and I got to go and really enjoyed it.
2. Put my kids to bed at 11pm when I got home cause they were little toads for the babysitters(Thank you Linda and Blake for dealing with them, we really really really appreciated it)

Two things I ate today:
1. Granola Bar
2. That's it I haven't been up long enough to have more.

Two people I talked to last:
1. Joe before he left with Joey
2. Ellianna cause she wanted more sippy cup.

Two longest car rides ever:
1. Last Christmas Idaho to Mass. with a 1 1/2 year old and 6 month old, and a husband who drinks a lot of Coke while driving, plus the snow storms that stoped us in our tracks in the lovely state of Nebraska
2. Idaho to I think it was North Dakota, our car broke down like a hundred times and it took hours to get anyone to help....good times with the family.

Two favorite beverages:
1. Water
2. Dr. Pepper I know it shouldn't be but it is.

I tag Brittany Smith, Brittany Allen, and Sharron. Haha that is what you get for reading my blog. J/K Thanks for checking in.
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ABC's again!

I have to just say I haven't seen Joey so excited about anything in a long time...it was so adorable. I let him see the video of his ABC's and he was singing right along with it he is so proud of himself("That's Roey,That's Roey" as he says.) Ellianna really tries she gets the EFG part and just sings it over and over again! I love it!

Daddy's Solution!!

So Joe was watching the kids this afternoon while I went out visiting teaching. Ellianna has started this whole taking off her pants and her diaper thing in the last week and this afternoon she wouldn't stop so daddy solved the problem...Gorilla Tape(it's like duct tape)...it really worked cause he had to rip the diaper down the side to get it off for bath it was great!
Ellianna is also showing off the necklace that her and Daddy made out of Cheerios and Fruit Loops...They did a great job!

Another Great one!

Another great outfit for the day! But today he has on 4 shirts! Spiderman, Toystory, Thomas, and his Thomas pj's shirt to top it off. Then he found his church pants and his Curious George pj's shorts on the top. He wore all 4 shirts for a couple of hours and then brought it down to 2 for the rest of the day!

ABC's

He is growing up way to fast! Please take note of the outfit for the day. I have been letting him pick out his own clothes so he found the Santa pants he got last Christmas and his race car pj's shirt. It was great!

Fun in the Snow!

These are actually from last week but i thought they were cute.

I decided to bundle up the kids and and go out the shovel cause it was like 15 degrees outside so it felt like summer!!!! Maybe not that extreme but it didn't feel to bad and they had fun! They also got to play with the cat which they love to death.

Learning to Crawl....on her head!

So Cambria has figured out how to get up on her hands and knees but she hasn't figured out how to make them move together yet unless she is mad. So she has given up on that direction and made one of her own.

1st Foods

So yesterday we decided to try rice cereal with Cambria for the first time. I love that with every child there are still those first time things that you get to enjoy. It really is fun to watch them enjoy life and Joey and Ellianna were all about it clapping and cheering for her it was adorable.

One of these things just isn't the same?!

"One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same..." I think that is how the song goes any way. Can anyone tell me who is getting the most sleep in this house? And no it is not mommy!

I found Joey like this the other night when I came up stairs to go to bed...Cambria had finally fallen asleep around 11 and there was Joey sleeping in the middle of the Hall! I still haven't figured out why except that he probably had gone to my room looking for me and was to tired to look any farther since he is not sleeping very well any more.

Then there is miss Cambria I was busy trying to get breakfast for the older two and Joe found her asleep in her saucer...she didn't even cry about it, just went to sleep.

Then there is my little sleeper...she is almost like clock work to bed between 7 and 7:30 and not up until about 8 but I have probably just cursed myself because Joey was the same way at one point too. She is just such a happy little thing it is so adorable. They all really are I just thought it looked funny when I went through my camera that I had more picture of the other two asleep then awake.

Spoke way to soon!!!!!

So I opened my mouth way to soon in our little Christmas letter. I believe I said that we haven't had any of those little mishaps yet....like coloring on walls and things that they shouldn't get into. Well in the last week alone that has taken a drastic turn and Joey and Ellianna are working together to get things done which is making this house a little bit of a mess. I have gotten pictures of a few of them but missed some of the really good ones. One I did get was when Joey decided that he wanted to put lotion on, (but might I add that he always fights me at night after bath and doesn't want it on.) Then there was the soda that dad forgot about and ellianna and Joey decided to share it hiding in the play room and then telling me when it spilled and clearly Ellianna was not happy that it had spilled on her. There are several others that I will just leave alone but the latest was today and I missed the picture moment but wasn't really in the mood at the time....but Joey is in the process of potty training and has been doing wonderful I might add but he came to mommy and said " Mommy there's a lot of paper towels in the toilet" (With his little hands turned up looking at me like he couldn't figure out why there would be TWO ROLLS of toilet paper in the toilet and the water all over the bathroom. ) All of these happened within just a few seconds cause I really was only seconds behind them or had just left the room.

Just a little update!

Little Miss Ellianna had to have on her dress up clothes and pose for the camera...she loves to pose it is so adorable.
Cambria is already getting up on her knees and I am not so sure that I am ready for that!

Story time clearly worked really well because it put both Joey and Daddy to sleep!