Out of the Mouth of Babes

Children really do have such great innocent wisdom. I want to remember these few that Eliza has shared with me recently.
A few weeks ago I bought Eliza a new dress (really cheap on clearance of course) I was showing her the dress and she said: "I will be as Pretty as Eliza Jane!" What a wonderful message. Too often we say pretty as a princess but she really is pretty as Eliza Jane!
On Wednesday we took the kids hiking (they were so excited) While we were hiking I turned to Eliza and asked her if she was tired her response was
"I am not tired I am getting stronger!"
What a wonderful outlook, now while going through trials instead of getting upset and saying I am tired and sick of the trials I am going to say "I am not tired I am getting Stronger!"

Quote time

Well I am not in a very inspiring mood today so I am just going to do the motto that I have been telling myself on a daily basis, very contrite I know:

Fake it tell you Make it

These past few months have been a major emotional roller coaster for me (I could say past few years really)I am not here to complain just explain. I do not want to be a person complaining or whining or telling my whole life story to people so I just tell myself to Fake it tell I can make it. I think it helps when people ask how I am doing and I say great, I am coming close to actually believing it! I could go into more details but I will refrain. Basically what it sums up to is to have a positive optimistic outlook on life, which I know is hard but I try! So until I have mastered being positive and optimistic I will Fake it until I make it.

It's Back

I was reading my past posts just curious as to what I wrote and I remembered that I used to do Quote Day. I would like to do that again. I came across a quote that I had already posted but it is just spot on to what I need right now in my life therefore I am going to post it again:


" Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe, rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstances."

~Neal A. Maxwell

I am in Primary and therefore do not get to go to RS anymore, however they send out emails every week summarizing the lesson this next quote was from a lesson in RS:

Bishop Edgley said, “I have never witnessed the removal of an actual mountain. But because of faith, I have seen a mountain of doubt and despair removed and replaced with hope and optimism. Because of faith, I have personally witnessed a mountain of sin replaced with repentance and forgiveness. And because of faith, I have personally witnessed a mountain of pain replaced with peace, hope, and gratitude. Yes, I have seen mountains removed.”

Eliza's Dance

We put Eliza in a dance class for fall. She was so excited to wear the dance outfits and have her dance friends. She even had a dance recital. Grandma and Grandpa were so nice to come to her recital. When her group went out she was the cutest one! She was the best one out there dancing until her hat fell down. The poor girl didn't know what to do so she ran to her teacher for help. Her teacher put the hat back on but my OCD perfectionist daughter would not go back out because her teacher didn't put that hat on right! But she was fantastic the time she was on stage!

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In November Eliza turned 4, my baby, I didn't really do a party just too much going on, we did have cake and ice cream at my mom's house and Uncle Charles and Aunt Krystal were there with little Carter. Eliza was excited to get a scooter from her grandparents. She now rides it all around the house.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The First since my Grandma passed away, we sure did miss her. I ran the Turkey Trot with my Dad he really pushed me, I ran it in 55 min.
Free and I went Black Friday Shopping at Midnight to Walmart where a fight broke out over a power wheels. It was an adventure to say the least. I was able to talk to some people as we waited until Midnight to get our stuff. A Lady that thought Free was cute grabbed an extra Leapster for him (The benefits of having a good looking husband!)We had fun amongst the crazy.

Playing Catch up

I am going to talk about Halloween 2010.. This is how behind I am and since I have decided to make this my journal I need to post all of it. For Halloween Brayden was an Alligator (which I found the costume for $3 at a garage sale!) Eliza was Minnie mouse. They were so excited to go trick or treating. At Midwestern (Free's school) they had trick or treating and a carnival we went to that where they were able to trick or treat to different classrooms, they loved being at Daddy's school. Then after the trick or treating they had blow up bouncers and slides which we had to pry them off of, and inside they had coloring booths and cookie decorating. The kids had a lot of fun. The next night the kids went trick or treating at my mom's trunk or treat, they had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures.