Sous Chef

A nice neighbor of mine gave me some strawberry jam for my birthday, and Alivia and I wanted to try some.
As I brought the toast out of the toaster, Alivia said "MOM, you know how to make toast, I didn't know that."
That is one of my specialties I said, she was very impressed.

Tag, Alivia is it......

1. What is something mom always says to you? Yes or No, or not right now or in a second.
2. What makes mom happy? give her presents, get her some roses.
3. What makes mom sad? if you do something bad
4. How does mom make you laugh? make funny faces
5. What was mom like as a child? she was cute
6. How old is your mom? 33 (that is how old Ben is;)
7. How tall is your mom? high as a giant
8. What is her favorite thing to do? plant flowers, put make up on and share her makeup
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? watching TV
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? because great moms become famous (??)
11. What is your mom really good at? driving the car
12. What is your mom not very good at? listen like a mom (??)
13. What does your mom do for her job? help me clean up my room and clean up the whole house, for my dad.
14. What is your mom's favorite food? Tomatoes (??)
15. What makes you proud of your mom? when she builds something
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Pocahontas
17. What do you and your mom do together? Go to Grandma's house, dance to music
18. How are you and your mom the same? our skin is the same
19. How are you and your mom different? we are different people
20. How do you know your mom loves you? because she says she loves me....
Alivia tags: Rocco Fassio, Carter Whidden, Brooklyn Haight, Cache Johnson, Allie Rae Harris, Sammy or Austin Roberts.......Have Fun!

Whoa is me.....

So the last 2 weeks or so have been some what annoying.

First our garage door opener is on the frizz....so it doesn't open, it will click but..nothin' .

Then our basement flooded, surprised....oh you shouldn't be. Ben and I since we have lived in Harvest Hills for 7 years now, our old house flooded twice. Our house, flooded last year and then flooded about over a week ago. A broken sprinkler line was to blame, it was the main line, so there was lots of water, about 3 inches in the whole basement.

It filled up our window wells, one was so full the window broke and all the water came rushing in.

So since then we have had to pull the carpet up 2 out of 3 rooms and had it re-stretched and cleaned.

And the story does not end there, so due to the flooding the deck sunk, because of so much water, so we will have to re-level that.

And finally the computer died, well the power supply did, so we had to go to Best buy and get a new power supply (100$) NOT CHEAP!!!!

I am a little annoyed, but I still feel lucky that it did not flood when we were gone.

Happy Mother's Day!

"Never forget that these little ones are the sons and daughters of God and that yours is a custodial relationship to them, that He was a parent before you were parents and that He has not relinquished His parental rights or interest in these little ones.
Now, love them, take care of them.....welcome them into your homes and nurture and love them with all of your hearts." Gordon B. Hinckley


I love this quote, and this day I am especially thankful to be a Mother.
I am so blessed to have four kids. I know these days some people might think it is crazy to have a bigger family. I am truly, truly blessed. I feel a great responsibility to be a Mother and know every night, all though the days might not be perfect, I know, I am a good Mother.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you....I am so blessed to have good friends and family, that are such great Mothers and set such a great example for me.

"Love your children, cherish them. They are so precious. They are so very, very important. They are the future. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them. You need the help of the Lord.....Pray for that help and follow the inspiration which you receive." Gordon B. Hinckley

Party like there is no tomarrow...

So according to my last post it was Bauer's birthday yesterday. So as a family we went to boondocks in Draper to have some 2 year old Birthday fun. Here are some pics...

And if you have ever wondered what it looks like when you go to dinner with Ben, here is a picture for ya!! :)

Happy Birthday Bauer!!!

Two years ago today our sweet little Bauer was born at 1:09pm.

He is such a funny little boy, he can keep up with the best of them.
He tolerates his sister dressing him up in princess clothes. He is a really good sleeper and always has been. He loves to take naps and when he goes to bed at night he falls right asleep.

He has the cutest little smile and says the funniest things and mimics everything you say. That is why he says Crazy all the time.

He loves his Brothers and sister and loves his mommy and daddy too. Especially daddy, he will sit on Ben's lap for hours, ok maybe an hour.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAUER!!!!

The new and improved A. Whidden~

So from my last post we were able to travel to Edmonton, Canada for Ben's 2nd to youngest brother Gary's wedding to Alison, or Allie as some of us call her.

Well since there is already a list of A. Whidden's in the family, I would personally like to welcome her to the A. Whidden club. And mostly wish them congrats and hope all is well getting there new life organized.

Gary is one lucky guy to meet and marry a girl like her and she is lucky the same.

The wedding was great, they do wedding's a little different in Canada, than they do in the states.

It is more a program than a 'reception' line' etc........

Cooper refers to Allie as 'Princess Allie' and anytime he sees a girl in a pretty dress, he asks me if her 'dreams are going to come true' and every time I say 'yes Cooper her dreams came true'