HAHA!

Alright, alright, I see that my "early christmas ways" are not popular round these parts, so I'll hold off for another month...:) but just wait until December...;)

LaRee Fell In!

I was giving baths and while I was getting Cooper dressed, LaRee snuck into the bathroom and leaned over a little too far. She wasn't too happy about it. =) It was quite funny!

Halloween

A couple weeks late, but here's our family all dressed up!

BJ: Smartie Pants

Rachel: Airhead

Logan: Leonardo Ninja Turtle

Cooper: Leonardo Ninja Turtle

LaRee: Cinderella

Tanner: Cow

snowmen?

Hey Melissa, When I said feel free to change the backgrounds on the blog I didn't realize that you would skip Fall or Thanksgiving!!:):) Can't have snowmen until it snows silly girl!!!

Happy Birthday Emily!!

Happy Birthday to you...happy birthday to you....happy birthday dear EEEEMMMMMIIIILLLLLYYYYYYYY....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! (sung mostly off pitch, but hey, it's the thought that counts, right? :))

Hope you have a wonderful day! We'll be thinking of you!

We love you!
Jake, Melissa and Landon

Mormon pick-up lines

Brian I thought you would appreciate these the most simply because you work with teenagers. The slow dance one and the garnish thy thoughts ones made me laugh the hardest!

-Him: "Have I seen you somewhere before?"
Girl: "I don't think so..."
Him: "I could have sworn...I got it! you're the girl from my dreams!"

-Did you know that I'm an Eagle Scout?

-"Is the Spirit telling you the same thing it's telling me?"

-"Wanna hold the priesthood?" *then holds out hand*

-Is your name virtue? because you've been garnishing my thoughts!!

-What's your favorite temple? Because your mine!

-*slow dancing*
Guy: so. . .you know how part of the book of mormon wasn't translated?
Girl: yeah
Guy: well, theres a good reason for that
Girl: oh?
Guy: wanna know why?
Girl: sure
Guy: because if it were. . . then we wouldn't be able to dance this close

To explain the last one a little bit... at church dances we are always told, "When you are dancing, be sure that a set of scriptures would fit between you." =)

Funny!!!

I thought some of these were pretty funny but you DON'T have to read them all. =)

-You plan on spending your retirement years on missions
-Your favorite lunch hang-out is the Seminary building
-Your life is not complete without 1) passing off all six years of Girl's Camp 2)Earning your Young Womanhood Recognition award 3) Graduating Seminary 4)Graduating Institute and 5) Getting married in your favorite temple

- Boys in your family are not allowed to drive until they reach Eagle Scout rank
-You think a foreign language class in high school is good practice for your mission

-You carry a military size Book of Mormon in your purse or glovebox so that you have something to read if you get stuck waiting somewhere
-You think it's rude to call or come to someone's home unannounced on Monday night
-You look forward to yearly temple trips with Christmas-like anticipation

-You have more than one religious picture/statue in your home including in your bathroom and the rooms of you and your siblings
-You have never had your own room and will never have your own room because you go from home to college and college to marriage

-You know what "from scratch" means

-you think the only sensible way to buy groceries is in bulk

-You go to college and only know how to cook dishes in amounts of seven portions or more
-You think that spending more than three hours at church on Sunday is normal
-You think that the deacons, teachers, and priests in your church are either cute or really obnoxious

-The best present on your eighth birthday is a set of scriptures with your name EMBOSSED on the front cover

-you go to a party and someone spikes the punch with Pepsi
-you arrive to an activity an hour late and are the first person there

-you have to guess more than five times the name of the child you're disciplining

-at least one of your salad bowls is at a neighbor's house
-you have never arrived at a meeting on time
-you have more wheat stored in your basement than most third world countries

-all your dishes have your name written on them with masking tape

- You've ever had your alarm set for 4:45 am

- The laying on of hands has nothing to do with physical violence.
- Your hobby is work for the dead.

-there are more women pregnant in your ward than not

-being a "rebel" is drinking Mountain Dew

-BYU has been you're dream school since you were 5
-you either live in, have many friends from, or are from Utah

you have 3 or more BYU sweatshirts/shirts
-John Bytheway is your favorite comedian

-piano was your first instrument

-the "EFY Medley" is your favorite song

-buying a prom dress is the most difficult thing of your life

-"How many wives does your dad have?" is often the first question asked when someone finds out that you're mormon

-you know how to pronounce Mahonri Moriancumer
-you know what ZL, DL, AP, PPI, BYC, SYC, YSA, GA, EQP, EFY, YC, CTR, and BYU all stand for
-Modest is Hottest
-Youth Conference, EFY, and Girls Camp are the best 3 weeks of the year!
- Kirby Heyborne is your hero
-you drive into the church parking lot and at least half the lot is filled with mini vans
-you "Bless this food to nourish and strengthen" your body before eating doughnuts

-you know what a "fireside" is
-You go to a church potluck and there is every type of jello imaginable
-8 kids in a family is "average"
-your 16th birthday is the best birthdays of your life

-you say "provo", "salt lake", or "palmyra" without the state and automatically assume that the whole world knows where those places are

Halloween Play!

Maddy couldn't get over halloween. She has dressed up for the past 3 days.

















The little alligator Landon is SOOOOOO adorable!


















Maddy was in love with her costume. She insisted she wear the hat as well as the wings. I guess it's up to you to decide what she was ... a witch or a fairy. =)


















This is the teenager's Halloween party that we had at DeeAnn's a few weeks ago.









The night before Halloween I threw a Halloween bash for the little ones. The best part of the party was the Dance party. I turned on some music and told them every time the music stopped they had to freeze. It kept the kids entertained and happy for a long time and gave the adults some belly jiggling laughs. =)

2009 Homecoming

I was talking to Arina tonight and I realized that I never posted homecoming pictures. So here they are. I haven't seen the other homecoming pictures that we had Amber's mom take but if I EVER see them I'll post them.

UnCut DDR

From the Phelps House!

Articles of Faith of Mormon Culture

A friend showed this to me, and I thought it was kind of funny...

Articles of Faith of Mormon Culture:

1. we believe in SUVs and minivans. as a form of transportation, and in knee length shorts, which are always nice, and in the multilevel marketing.

2. we believe that church ball players should be punished for their own fouls, and not for unsportsmanlike aggression.

3. we believe that through bread crumbs, cheese, creamy soups, and rice all casseroles can be saved through obedience to ward cookbooks and creativity in the mixing bowl.

4. we believe the the first layers and ingredients of the dip are: first, beans; second, cheese; third,chopped tomatoes; Fourth, the gift of sour cream; fifth, olives; sixth, salsa; seventh, guacamole,that is, if you have it.

5. we believe that a Mormon should have a distinguished or a cute name, that is appropriate to name a child after a church leader or a historical figure including an ancestor, that alternative spellings and french prefixes only add to a name, and that when referring to the names of general Authorities, middle initials should be a part thereof

6. we believe in the same wall decor that exists in many Mormon homes, namely, framed family proclamations, vinyl lettering, inspirational word signs, family photos, pictures of temples and Jesus, and so forth.

7. we believe in the the gift of the re-gift, church books, crafts, family photos, baked goods, emergency supply kits, and so forth.

8. we believe in sparkling grape juice so long as it is nonalcoholic; we also believe in bringing root beer and sprite to ward parties.

9. we believe in all that we have scrapbooked, all that we will now scrapbook, and we believe that we will yet scrapbook many great and important things pertaining to our family, friends, pets, and vacations.

10. we believe in the literal mixing of ketchup and mayo and in the generous application of ranch dressing; that CBAs (church-based acronyms) will be used to describe YM/YW, PEC, the Y, NCMO, and CTR; that Mitt Romney will get Mormons to vote for him any time he runs; and, that the Mormons will enjoy reading Twilight and The Work and the Glory.

11. we clam the privilege of trying to identify common acquaintances with any visitor at church, and allow all other people at church the same privilege, and let them name drop the names of Famous and general authorities how, where, or what they may.

12. we believe in being subject to scout masters, pampered chef hostesses, and writers of the U.S. news and World Report Rankings for professional schools, and in obeying honoring and sustaining Glenn Beck.

13. we believe in being above average, good at crafts, optimistic, and being fifteen minutes late everywhere we go. indeed we may say that we follow BYU football. we believe rumors about famous people joining the church. we hope to meet the three nephites, we have endured many pyramid schemes, and hope to be able to endure all pyramid schemes. if there is anything cheap, free, sold in bulk, or given away when somebody is moving, we seek after these things.

Car Seat Cover

Jessica was asking about this yesterday, so I thought I'd put the link up. Here's how to make a super cute carseat cover!

http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/2008/12/car-seat-cover.html