There was a high wind advisory the other day. It was reported that several cats and dogs were blown away and from the pic below I think you can see why. The winds were really strong :)

Dave makes me smile everyday at all the goofy things he does. His coworker took this picture, and I'm sure that Dave keeps things cheerful at work.

i got tagged

1. A.The rules of this game are posted at the beginning.
   
   B. Each player answers the question about themselves.
   
   C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, and then leaves a comment on their blog letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog to get the directions.
   
2. Questions:
   
   What was I doing 10 years ago:
   
   FEbruary 1998 I was a freshman at Ricks just doing the college thing. I was also writting a missionary. I must have been boring cause I can't remember anything else.
   
3. 5 things on my to do list:
   
   1. go to play group
   
   2. straigten up the house
   
   3. read my scriptures
   
   4. play with my kids
   
   5. ???
   
   
   
4. things I would do if I was a billionaire.
   
   I would pay off school debt. Buy a bigger car. Have more children. give to a charity or orphanage or both. Buy a house (once we stop moving) and just be able to do all those little things for other people that I can't do right now.
   
   
5. 3 of my bad habits (do I really have to share)
   
   1. temper
   
   2. putting other things in front of my kids
   
   3. spending too much time on this silly computer
   
   
   
6. places I have lived;
   
   Provo, midvale, clearfield, Roy, and Bryce Utah.
   
   Rexburg, ID,
   
   Lynchburg, VA
   
   Carlsbad, NM
   
   
7. Jobs that I have had
   
   gymnastics instructor
   
   fro you server
   
   TA for nutrition class
   
   food service worker at long term care facility
   
   Clinical Dietitan
   
   STampin' Up demonstrator
   
   MOM
   
   
8. Things most people don't know about me.
   
   I have a hard time being a mom. I pass out when stuck with a needle (although after two kids, it's not every time) I do actually like to read. I have lived without an oven and still managed to cook for my family. I hold all my feelings inside until they come exploding out at unoportune moments. I like deep cleaning my house - I hate straightening up. I love to Scuba Dive and yes I am certified.
   
   
9. I tag: Laura and Elise, Brittany and Dani.

One Sunday night I decided that Danica was probably old enough to make brownies by herself. I asked her what she thought about that and she jumped up and said YES!! She made them from scratch with only mom telling her how many of what to put in. She was so proud of her accomplishment and so were we. When we were eating them she asked her dad "Dad, are these better than mom's?" She thought they were. Sorry there's only pics from the end of the fun - I didn't think to pull out the camera until she was ready to put the batter in the pan - oops Stirring the batter

Pouring it in. How big they get so fast.

Licking the bowl. What could be better than that?!!

valentines

We had a blast putting together these fun little valentine boxes that my sister-in-law sent us. The girls both did amazing work and thouroughly enjoyed themselves as you can see.I really enjoy doing fun things like this with my girls. I just wish I had more of an imagination to come up with projects on my own.

Beautiful women

For attractive lips , speak words of kindness...
For lovely eyes , seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure , share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair , let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise , walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone...
People, even more than things, have to be restored,
renewed, revived, reclaimed,and redeemed;
never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older,you will discover that you have two hands;
one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

Audrey Hepburn

some updates

I thought I would update you on some things of late.
1. Whitney finally decided she likes going to the potty - unfortunately a few days after she decided this she came down with the flu coming out both ends so we have postponed the big girl panties until this passes.
2. We are still looking for jobs. Who knows where we will end up this time.

What fun we have been having. Sorry no pics didn't think you would want to see it. :)

"Life's an adventure. Learn to enjoy the ride"

I think I will make this our family quote.

Sale-a-bration

Hi Everyone.

As many of you know I am a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator and February is their biggest Promotion of the year. Full of fun stuff and free stamp sets.

I also have a new business website for anyone that is interested. http://christinakilton.stampinup.net
Contact me if you are interested in learning more.

Book Of Mormon

A fun and uplifting way to honor Pres. Hinckley.
go to http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/ and sign up to read the book of Mormon in 97 days. You can chart your progress online, and I'm sure gain some great spiritual insights as well.

cheese

This is so precious. Whitney does this everytime we get the camera out. We hear these words all the time and finally got them on video. So now you can all see how cute this is and how she keeps us laughing all the time.

fashion show

My favorite picture of my girls (at least for now)

Thank you Lisa and Angel for sending these. The girls had a fashion show with them as soon as they took them out of the box. They paraded around the house and danced with each other. Whitney kept the same dress on the whole time but Danica tried on every dress.

Girls do just want to have fun!!

many ponderings

First off - a confession - I have a hard time sharing my inermost thoughts with people - it scares me. But, I am trying to do better at it so here goes:

I have had quite a bit on my mind as of late. As Dave is once again applying for jobs and being told no both of us have begin to wonder why (yes that awful question that I feel so guilty about asking). As all of his supervisors are very eager for him to continue his work with their park (unfortunately again at the same grade and pay level) we can't seem to figure out why a higher pay grade is eluding us. As he had talked to his internship supervisor over Christmas and was told of 10 new positions to the park we were very hopeful - and yet it turned out that they too are only GS4 and again six month positions (which is not what his supervisor told him they would be). Anywho- back to the question of why - why is it that as we try to follow the gospel guidelines and listen to the guidance of the Spirit we are always put in positions where we can barley survive. (okay maybe that's a bit dramatic) As we are left here to live on Ramen and Mac and Cheese (which I have to say is incredibly hard for a dietitan to feed her family) we ponder how a family with two college graduates struggle to live in this world and why does no one want someone with a degree. And what problem does the government have that they don't want families to be part of the park system. and yada yada yada. I could go on forever.

I do however, find peace in that we do know that we are doing what we are supposed to, and we have decided that unless some kind of miracle happens with the park service, our time with them is drawing to a close. We just don't feel right about the living situations it is putting us in and the dead end we feel as we contemplate what we want for our family. We are hoping and praying that as this door closes another door will open. (And we are just waiting to hear from that particular door.)
I also have been reminded of that refining fire (or whatever you call it) that we are put through here on earth. Despite the struggles of now we both feel that we are being prepared for something in the future. This has given us tremedous strength and courage as we face, once again, the unknown.

Well, what a busy week we had. Between family, preschool, and church things we had people/guest at our house everyday. I am exhausted!! It's hard to have to clean your house that much!! Especially after preschool boys! Yikes!! Ok all you moms that have boys I now have a new appreciation for you. My girls can make messes pretty quick, but these boys broke their record by a long shot. I turned around an the room looked like a hurricane had hit. 3 yr old boys - YIKES. Now we are on to another adventure as we have decided that Whitney is ready to potty train - at least we think so. We are going to give it a try this week and see how it goes. Wish us luck!!!

playing with paper

Dave is having so much fun being a sumo wrestler and Whitney is having fun trying to knock him down.Mummies trying to dance?
Watch out she's gonna get you.

What fun you can have with paper.

I got a shipment from Stampin' UP! and it came with a bunch of packing paper, so we had fun making the girls into mummies and, well, mom and dad got in on the fun too. What a fun afternoon. We also played tug-o-war with the paper, but that didn't last long.

kids say the funniest things

Danica and Whitney watched the Lion King this past week, and the next day at lunch Danica started singing "In the Jungle" The best part was that she (ike many kids) interpreted the words wrong. So she was singing ..."the lion sleeze tonight" instead of sleeps tonight. She sang it all day and I just had to smile every time I heard it. How funny!!!

happy new year

We hope everyone had a wonderful new years. We spent the night over with some friends and we discovered the Wii. And I now feel very old as my arm was sore the next day from all the moving and shaking that was required.

The girls had a blast even though they were the only kids (well big enough to run around anyway). Sorry there are no pics - I forgot the camera. Seems like I always forget something whenever we go somewhere. :)



Once our internet stops being silly I'll get some more pics and hopefully some really cute video, but for some reason my internet doesn't want to let it download. (of course being where we are we don't get the best reception for any kind of wireless service - someday maybe that will be different)