thoughts, ramblings , feelings

i just wanted to write my thoughts down real quick! i wanna say how grateful i sm to know that we have a plan. im so grateful for a beautiful family.i know that the church of jesus christ is the true church i know that my savior lives and that we will meet again. i know that we have a living prophet on this earth that knows and talks with god.im so grateful that i was able to be sealed to my family almost 8 years ago. i know i will always be with them forever and ever and ever. there is not a day that goes by that i don't feel the love of my savior , and without that feeling i would be lost. i know that i can turn to him and my father in heaven in prayer and be guided for things i am struggling in. right know in my life i am struggling and it is making it so much easier to deal with knowing that i have the love and support of my father in heaven.
I'm so grateful for my husband. i really don't think he knows how much i truly love and adore him. he does so much for our family. he is a hard worker and he loves me and our four beautiful children so much.
so much has gone on in our lives in the past 11 years. i am not the same person i was 11 years ago... i am better, stronger more spiritual... i have a testimony!
11 years ago i had no clue i would be a mother to 4 wonderful children, who love the gospel and love me unconditionally.yesterday we had conferences with the kids teachers, we went to daniels and his teacher gave me his essay, he was to write about his hero.. guess who his hero is??? ME!!!! I am so honored to be this 10 year olds hero.. i guess im doing something right.. for those of you who don't know, daniel is not my child by blood, but for eternity he is mine. he was sealed to me and for that i am so grateful. he is an amazing son. i am honored to call hm my son. i love him so much.

so its been a little over a month since I've posted. i guess i really don't know what to blog about. I'm not having a baby, or getting married or whatever anyone else is blogging about lol. i have been very busy lately. i teach the bear den in scouts in my ward and that besides being a mom to 4 wonderful and active kids is keeping me very busy.last month we had pack night . it was so much fun. we did a fiesta theme. we even made yes i said made.. pinatas. we had so much fun doing it. yes it was messy but very fun watching the boys. it was even better when they got to bust them open at the pack meeting. lol we had a really yummy dinner that a gal in our ward made. we had a father and son cake bake.. it was neat to see all the different cakes.. daniel and Aaron made a basketball.. but id have to say my favorite was one of my den boys.. it was a turtle .. oh how i love turtles. speaking of turtles my parents went on their 3rd trip to Hawaii last month and they brought me back this beautiful necklace of a turtle and it had a little baby turtle on the back , just like on nemo. lol i love it!! the kids have been very busy with school as well. we are trying to keep grades up. i actually took them out of school last friday as kind of a treat for doing so well in school.. we went to the zoo. it was so much fun. i love watching them just be free and happy and not have to worry about work and school. they are so fun to watch . they are growing so fast. i cant believe my baby sammy will be 5 this year. it just blows my mind.aaron is doing good. just keeping busy with work and trying to study for his life licence test. man i totally know how that feels.. we are trying to plan several mini trips this year. we have 3 vouchers for trips so we are going to try and take them all this year. and take a trip with the kids to Disneyland!! ya i cant wait for Disneyland. my sister amy and her family are coming down this weekend, from Utah. i haven't seen her since last may. we are so excited to see them. we are going to the ren fest on saturday and just hanging out with them.i have also been helping my friend erica the last month. she had a Major surgery and well with 3 small kids its a little hard to do all when you've been put down. so Ive bee like the nanny . its been so much fun to play with baby logan. he is such a sweet little guy. it totally drained me but i felt so good that i could do that service to my friend when she really needed it and had no one else to really help her. well hopefully it wont take me a month to get back on here to blog.hope everyone is doing well

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE???

Things I have done... Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done and make sure to put your score at the end
.1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty(not to the top but around it! its beautiful)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19.Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice(someday)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied(someday)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Gone without food or water for 24 hours or longer
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Stayed up for 24 hours with NO sleep at all
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square(it soo cool)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Changed a lightbulb
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Mowed the lawn
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating(never)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

my score:43

excited!!!!

sooo im super excited!! my brother and his girlfriend are having a BOY!!!!!

catch up

soo my last Post was on the pig.. he is doing great. we took him 4 days after his little accident to the vet and he is ok.. hes back to eating and drinking and squealing.. we love him soo much.. its amazing what the power of prayer will do.... on to the next...the kids are out of school for 3 weeks. they are on their 2nd week. we have been keeping very busy. i made a homemade advent calender for the kids, they are having fun with that

weve made homemade jams for our family members ,and tree ornaments., they are having alot of fun awell as i. we went and saw my grandparents last week up in Prescott. it snowed while we were there and the kids had a blast. we also went to buckys casino while we were there, they have a huge gingerbread house display, the kids really enjoyed that. we had a really nice Christmas party for our office on friday night at Trent and Lucy's home, it was super fun. s

Saturday gg had a family Christmas party where she had things to make gingerbread house, a pinata and lots of yummy treats.and santa came on a quad!!!!!



we also found out that we will be having a new niece or nephew(cousin) joining the Morris side of the family come august. Christi my sil went to have some tests done for a job she is taking and thy ad to take a pregnancy test before they could do a tb test and they found out they were pregnant!!1 surprise surprise!! my brothers girlfriend Noelle witch we love to death is also pregnant and due in june, we are just ecstatic about that aswell. we have really been trying to teach the kids about the true meaning of christmas so weve been doing alot of giving things. there is a story in the ensign this month about a family who was homeless and how one family got together with the church and community to really help this family out, they were living on side of a river at Christmas time. we read this story to our kids and i really think it touched their hearts, they have really been trying to reach out and do nice things for people. that night after the story we made cookies for our new neighborhood. the kids really enjoyed helping make them and then passing them out. to see the joy on their faces as well as the peoples faces we were giving them too was priceless.also they received some money from their great grandma and we decided to take the 10 dollars each and do a secret santa between the 4 of them. they had so much fun picking out the gifts and cant wait to find out who had who. Weve also hit up the temples lights couple times. we met up with our friends nate and anissa and the kiddos and had fun!! i love going to the lights!! we also went this last sunday night on our way home from gmas house. we decided to watch the little movie they have playing and maliah just loved it. the sister missionary asked maliah what her favorite part was and maliah said " when mary had baby jesus she continued to say" I LOVE BABY JESUS"!!! Maliah is a true spirit of god and loved her jesus and heavenly father.this is our tree, sorry its blurry but its from one of the kids taking it!! hope all have a great and happy christmas!!!

THE BIG "10"

YEP THATS RIGHT MY DANIEL IS 10 YEARS OLD TODAY!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!

we love you and are so proud of you.. Daniel got his bear award in cub scouts this year, he is in 4th grade and plays the trumpet he is doing awesome!!!

prayers please

i know this may sound silly but im asking everyone to pray for our Ginnie pig. yesterday after getting home from getting the kids from school i went strait to my room to put my keys away , when i heard horrible screaming coming from my kids. i ran to the hall where my Ginnie pig way sitting in a pool of blood. apparently my youngest sammy used a chair to tak him out. welll the chair tipped and they fell. thats all we know.i at first thought he was going to die . me and the four kids were all in hysterics. we were all balling and screaming. at one point i ran outside to see if any of my neighbors were home to help me. i dont do well with bloody stuff. my oldest daniel came into the bathroom and said " mom lets have a prayer" so we had a prayer and things seemed to calm down a bit. sariah at one point even said lets call 911. and my heart melted and i told her there was nothing they could do for him.we dont know what exactly is bothering him he hasnt eaten or drank much. we are gonna see how he does and if all else fails take him into the vet. he is a big part of our family, my kids love him and ive grown to love the little thing. so please keep our fam in your prayers