"Let's get down to the Nitty Gritty"

Whidden blog~ written by the mother
about the children
the dad
and a lot of ramblings about life here in Utah.

A few things we love
Traveling
Camping
Fishing and Eating Nachos

12.01.2009

One minute

I thought this was cute, Alivia was asking me if I knew where the remote was, I didn't so she went and asked Ben to come and help her find it, Ben walked back to her room to help her find it she was saying a prayer- "Heavenly Father please help me to find the remote in one minute"







11.29.2009

A Lovely November

November is a great month around here, our wedding anniversary, Thanksgiving, and of course Julie and Tim's Birthday's. (personally my two favorite days, one more than another, but that is for another blog, at another time:)
It has been on the warm side here is Zion, aka...God's Country.
We have spent some extra days outside. This is a picture of Liv in my mom's back yard, picking up leafs from her 35 year old sycamore tree.
Alivia exclaims this leaf is as big as my head.
It sure is...



11.24.2009

Dear Santa,

This is Alivia's Christmas list for Santa, she asked me when we were going to mail it and I told her that I scan it into the computer and email it, she was impressed Santa had email.
I will interpret...
1. zhu zhu pets (I am not even sure what these are yet)
2. Fake Sharp Nails (she loves fake nails)
3. Play doh
4. Motor Scooter
5. Cup cake oven

11.20.2009

Target Man

This morning as Ben was getting ready for work , the boys usually play in there room for 10 or 15 minutes and as Ben walked by their room to go, Bauer exclaims "wait for me Target man".
I died laughing....

11.19.2009

Impact

There are times in your life when things happen you will never forget how it made you feel....September 11, finding out I was pregnant with Alivia, seeing some one die, hearing your daughter say someone told her "they didn't like her".
My point, there is this blog that has touched me so much, I would say that I am addicted and she ever wrote a book I would read it. (that says a lot for a busy mom). She has been featured on a few shows locally and nationally.
I had heard about her prior to her blog being super popular because she was in a plane crash and was burned over 80% of her body. It wasn't until she was back from being in the hospital that I started to follow and read through all of her posts, I was finding myself 4-5 hours at night until 2am reading all of her archived posts.
She has helped me, once again, be truly thankful for my life, my blessings, my opportunities and humbled my spirit.
Thank you Nie Nie.
I pray for her, I think about her throughout the day and hope her life gets easier.


11.16.2009

Mamma!

Lately when someone burps, Kessler has learned that it is not appropriate. It started once when Ben burped and he said "daddy" as if it was bad. So I grabbed the camera and was pretending to burp to get it on video:)