Happiness

I give up What I want For what God wants- Which is oh so much better.

The paper 12 caught on fire so we decided to take them off! Ethan and Jonah turned 12 on Monday! How crazy is that? They had fun helping make their own cakes this year- which was a first! Ethan frosted and decorated his with chocolate spirals and Jonah fully supported me making a tie dye cake.  Some favorite presents were juggling sticks, a light frisbee, headlamps, some rubber band guns and a few kites. Oh, and Bahama Bucks certificates too since one just opened in Draper (they sell shaved ice and we loved it in Arizona). The boys had been wanting rubber band guns for a while now and it's so windy here so the kites were perfect! Ethan loves reading and is often found with a book in hand. He even reads books twice if he doesn't have anything else to read. He likes scouts, camping and playing video games- your typical 12 year old boy! I love you, Ethan! Jonah loves making crafts and whenever he is bored he is found building something out of paper. He is really good with Declan a...

Mother's Day was wonderful! Josh cooked dinner for us- Chicken Parmesan Soup- and the kids gave me handcrafted gifts made at school. Even Declan made a card for me at Nursery. It did start out strange though. The day before, I had dished out food for everyone at dinner and was just sitting down while grabbing a bite of watermelon when the watermelon got lodged in my throat. I kinda started freaking out and the kids ran to get Josh who was upstairs saying "Mom's choking". I wasn't really choking so when he came down I said "I'm okay" to reassure him. After quite a few attempts to get the watermelon dislodged- drinking water, laying upside down, coughing and a blessing- we headed to the Urgent Care. It was pretty painful too. After an hour wait the Dr said he couldn't do much and sent us to the ER. On the way there, it slipped down my throat and everything was back to normal, except for some soreness. We were so glad not to have to go to the Hospit...