Hollie's Baptism Day

Our niece Hollie Herdan was baptised on Saturday January 5, 2013.

We love that we live close enough to our families to be a part of these types of events! We are so excited for Hollies decision to be baptized. Scott's brother Chris had the chance to baptise her and Scott and Russ were the witnesses. I gave a talk about the Holy Ghost and related the Holy Ghost to the game Red light Green Light since I knew Hollie loves this game!

She looked beautiful and so happy!



 

 

  

 

 

 

We are so proud of Hollie and so grateful we were able to be part of her big day.

The Life of a Stay at Home Working Mom....

Some days.... like today... it takes all my creativity to try and keep Luke busy so I can get work done since I am still working full time from home!

I think Luke is missing the Christmas break when he had the house full of people for two weeks to keep him busy and entertained. I don't think he likes me being back in front of a computer all day and Scott gone at work until 5.

Today I decided to set up a "Tape City" for him to play with all his cars and new toys from Christmas.... we had a Zoo, an Airport, a Gas Station, and an amusement park!

It kept him busy for most of the day, thankfully! When he got board we watched Cars 2 for the 3rd time in 2 days.... Luke is kind of in love with Cars and calls Lightning McQueen "Queeeen".





Luke also had a blast playing the the Zoo and working on his animal noises. Today he learned the difference the Daddy Lion and the Baby Lion make... its pretty funny when he does it... he will make a good lion roar for the dad and a little quiet roar for the baby.



We tried to work on learning the difference between Pumpkins and Apples... Luke calls EVERYTHING a pumpkin... Apples, Oranges, Pears... they are ALL pumpkins! We had no luck but he enjoyed throwing the papers around like airplanes which kept him buys a little longer for me to get a little more work done!

 

  

  Luke and I are both ready for it to be 5 when dad gets home! Today we started a Dad chant when we knew he was close to being home and Luke was all giddy when he finally walked in!

 These two are too silly when they are together, they are definitely buds! Luke loved showing his daddy his car track when he got home.

 

 

It definitely is not easy working full time from home and being a stay at home mom... I am usually stuck in my PJ's all day, spend most of my nights catching up on work, have no time for crafts, feel guilty a lot for not giving Luke more attention during the day and using the TV as a babysitter, we have no time for play dates unless its a quick lunch break....  but I wouldn't tread being home with Luke for anything and feel very blessed we have had the chance to have two incomes! Having my job has been a major blessing for Scott and I, it has put him through School, given us great insurance to start our family, taught me a lot about myself, given me confidence and knowledge to provide for my family if ever needed, and now the chance to buy a home if one of our offers ever works out! :)

Don't Mess with a Protective Mom!

On new years day my dad and the boys were working in the front yard. I went out to talk to them and notices a spotted item in a plant next to us.... it was a baby rattle snake! I don't think this little snake realized who he was messing with when he thought he could live in our front yard but he made a very poor choice because a very protective mom lives here! I wouldn't even let the guys move it to the canyon because I didn't want to take any chances of it coming back! My dad was kind enough to take care of the snake for me so we don't have to worry about seeing him again!

I don't mind friendly pet snakes but I HATE rattle snakes!
 

RIP Baby Rattler!

Starting the New Year off right!

We started new years morning off with a walk on the beach with the family.

I love where we live... and after walking on the beach I decided I need to take more advantage of it this year! I always leave the beach in such a good mood!