Sad Yet Joyful!

This morning we watched the funeral services of President Hinckley. It was sad, but a wonderful moment. I know that he is with his beautiful wife and very happy and that he was welcomed with open arms and was told "well done my good and faithful servant!" What an amazing man. It was nice to sit with Isaac and Kaycee and watch the wonderful moments in his life; he has touched so many people's hearts around the world. He was an inspriational man to look towards and emulate. He was an amazing person.

Kaycee was very reverent and watched with us on the couch. It was cute, while we were sitting on the couch she turned to me and said "mommy I want to sit by my baby boy, can I feel him?" Then she sat with her hand on my stomach in anticipation for his next kick. She is such a sweet big sister. While we were watching the video clips of President Hinckley's life we let Kaycee play outside in the snow on the porch. She had a blast. She is such a sweet thing!

Mess Fest!

First Attempts!

Glen Beck on Gordon B. Hinckley

On a lighter note...

I just wanted to add this for those of you who have not seen it or heard of Glen Beck.

He is a pretty interesting person. Isaac and I enjoy listening to his pod casts and watching his show, but this broadcast that he did on Monday was, I think, one of his best.

Hope you enjoy. First I hope it works!!!

The BofM Challenge!

So, my friend from Germany sent me this message. Some of you may have got one I don't know. I thought it was interesting so I thought I would post it here instead of sending it through the email.


"As most of you know, our beloved prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley passed away at the age of 97. His funeral will be on Saturday, February 2nd.

I was thinking of how I could honor his legacy and I came up with an idea. My friend and I have created a challenge for those willing to accept it: Read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. We are trying to get everyone to start on the same day. Here are the details:


Goto www.hinckleychallenge.com and create an account (free, of course).
On Feb 4, 2008 (the Monday following the funeral) have an FHE lesson on the Book of Mormon and begin your reading.
Each day you read, record what page number you are on by going to www.hinckleychallenge.com .


We would like this challenge to be heard all around the world! Please forward this message to everyone you know. We would love to see over 1 million pages of the Book of Mormon read by the time this challenge has ended.

Do you want to show your support? Do you want to follow the prophet? Do you want to get rid of all of your excuses for not reading and become a warrior? Then join me in this challenge!!!

We are going to spread this throughout the news media (TV and radio) and we've already contacted Fox news, KSL, CBS, and ABC. But we cannot get the word out to everyone without your help! Please forward this on to EVERYONE in your address book. Time is of the essence!! This will be the one forwarded message that everyone will be happy to get :).

--Join by clicking here --

-Jake Andersen

P.S. You can always see an updated list of those who have accepted the challenge by clicking here (www.hinckleychallenge.com/warriors.php)

Snow Day!

Wow, it finally stopped snowing and is melting a little bit. I can't believe how much it snowed. I couldn't sleept last night. It was really light outside so I looked out the window about 2am and the snow was coming down pretty hard. It snowed so much over the night that Isaac got stuck in the parking lot in 4-wheel drive. He and Dan had to shovel their way out. They finally made it to school for their 8am class and then the vet school ended up closing with the rest of WSU. I can't believe how much snow we have. It feels like we are in Utah again.

I finished a horrible test so we went outside to have some fun and go sledding. It was a workout to walk through all of the snow. It was very cold too, but we had a lot of fun. Kaycee and I played in the snow and watched the guys sled down the huge hill on the northeast side of the apartments. Kaycee's little hands were frozen from building the snowman and fort, so we came in earlier than everyone else. BUT, she had a blast.

Big Day!

Wow, what a day we've had today. Kaycee went to Jena's house while I studied for a few hours. Which was much needed because I have a big test tomorrow. When we got home we went and played outside with Tarah, Kember and Cadin. It was tons of fun. The kids had so much fun sledding and playing on the slide in the snow. The adults had a blast too! When Kaycee and Kember started complaining about cold hands we all went inside and Tarah and I chatted while the kids played. She was telling me how she had apartment inspections coming up soon. I was like "I'm so glad I won't have inspections for awhile." Well, when I got home I found a letter in the mail saying that we had inspections.....TOMORROW!!! Fun!

You know it wouldn't be that bad if I hadn't decided to rearrange the office yesterday so I could use my new embroidery/sewing machine. I also thought while we were at it we could deep clean everything else so we could take stuff to storage. After we rearranged the office I thought I better focus on studying for my test and clean the huge mess gradually. We had to take out all of the files out of the file cabinet to move it, and take all the books off of the shelf to move it. Let me tell you, I have had a great evening. Thank goodness I took Kaycee out to play this afternoon. It was a good break for her as well as myself. Now I get to cram for my test tomorrow while I watch Kaycee and Jena. Wow, when it rains it poors, but I do so much better and am more focused with stress in my life. What would I do without it.

Big Girl

Okay, I know I've already posted for today but I had to put this on. I was saying earlier how Kaycee was such a big girl and doing so well with the potty, well today was hillarious. I had just picked her up from her friends house, Jena. Lacey and I trade off days for school. Well, we decided to go shopping in Moscow. As we pull onto the highway, which is packed with snow and traffic, Kaycee starts saying she needed to go potty. I then had to find a place to pull over. I finally found an area and pulled over. I told her she could go potty now. She flipped out, she wanted her potty at home. I preceded to tell her that it was okay and it is funny to pee in the snow. SO, she went...and then went again. She thought it was so funny that she pee-peed in the snow she wanted to tell Nama, and Papa and daddy and EVERYONE. She is still talking about it. I was so proud. She held it until we could find a safe spot. What a tooper!

Sibling Rivalry Already

I haven't posted for a year or so, so I'm still trying to figure this thing out. Sorry it is a mess.

We found out on the 16th that we are having a little boy. Kaycee is very excited. She wanted a brother from the beginning. We're excited to have our little girl and boy!

The two have been at it already. Kaycee will be sitting on my lap and will rock forwards and backwards, which hits my stomach, and he will either hit or kick. It is the funniest feeling. We were sitting in sacrament and Kaycee kept rocking and he would kick and I got to the point that I had to get up and go our in the hall. It was funny but it got on my nerves pretty quick. Wow, what to look forward to I guess.

We've bought a few things already, well I have, and Kaycee loves to get them out and play with "her babies" toys/clothes. She is a silly kid.

On to Kaycee; she has been doing great with potty training. I just put a stop to any diapers, even going out on the town and she has only had 3 accidents in the past few weeks. She is such a big girl. I knew she could do it I was just being lazy I think, more than she was. To keep things new she now gets stickers for going potty, each sticker is either worth a penny or five cents depending on which one she does. We started with 10 cents and 25 cents but it got pretty expensive. She doesn't care how much it is, she just loves the stickers and the MONEY!!!