And the Verdict is...

BIG

It's true I was campaigning for 'Biggish'. But he's big and there's nothing I can do about it...except love it...and love him.(And he's pretty sure he's headed to kindergarten tomorrow.)
Happy Birthday, Ethan, my Big 5 year old.

Ten

A decade, Ten years, a lifetime.

That's my Sierra.

10 things about her (in no particular order).

10. She is a good friend. She invited two best friends to a movie Saturday. That is a hard thing to do when the friends don't know each other, but they all 3 were great friends by the end of the night.

9. She is a great student. Sierra has a keen mind, she loves to learn and is a voracious reader. Voracious in that she read a 7 book series in a weekend.

8. She is athletic. She likes things that make her move. She is an awesome soccer player and really came into her groove this fall putting goal after goal away.

7. She is musical. She loves to play the piano and I love to hear her practice. She is probably the best at my house in remembering to sit down and tickle the ivories.

6. She is creative. She loves to create. She learned how to weave at school and in an afternoon had a new weave on a home made loom.

5. She is brave. She will try almost anything. While she may seem quiet to some, she is fearless.

4. She is a good example. She works hard, is obedient & kind. She is a peacemaker...comes with the territory as a middle child I guess.

3. She is patient. She rolls with the curves and the waves that life's wind blows her way.

2. She is beautiful inside and out. When told about the opportunity to share her hair with someone that had none she never looked back.

1. She is a very important part of her family and we love her very much.

HAPPY 10th Sierra!

My world's met last Saturday.. Brenda on the right...who is now blog buddies with Sharon in the middle (and Amelia) and I was lucky enough they invited ME to lunch. :) I think it is so fun you guys got to meet, and thanks Ken for the great photog skillz.

So many things...

I still think about writing on my blog....but it just seems so foreign, so not natural so I'm going to sound disjointed and messed up like I feel. Except I'm not feeling totally messed up and disjointed like I used to but it's like I can't remember how to get in the flow. Come on blog blogginess get with it again. So once again a list for you.

Things on or around my mind.

1. I want to institute Google day at my house. I learned last week that they give their engineers one day a week to work on ANY project of their choice. These projects do not need to entail anything to do with the internet, search engines, phones, operating systems or what not. Really any project they way even farming the ocean. Why would they do this? Creative juices baby. IT so happens though, that many of their great ideas were once 'personal projects'. We NEED a Google day at least once a month around here. I feel like my juices are drying up.

2. YW Excellence program was...really excellent. I was really touched be Emily's program tonight. Those young women in our ward are really beautiful...and not just good looking though they are, but beautiful inside and out. I had a glimpse of their 'divine nature' tonight. So cliche but so true and right.

3. High school progress...is well progressing, I am still working on possibilities. It does excite me.

4. Stress about business. Why is it so slow? And I'm hoping in a month I'll be asking...why did I worry about it being so slow? I should have got everything DONE while I could.

5. I am proceeding to getting the everything done deal done.

6. As such I am about 65% done with Christmas.

7. YEAH!

8. Also I'm going to out Brenda and let the whole world know that the girl that hates to shop has ALREADY started Christmas shopping. I'm proud of you Brenda. :)

9. I was reading the Personal Progress book...as a Mom I can do the projects and get my medallion...which I never finished as a girl so I should, but dang, it's harder now AND I still get the twisted up knot stress feeling in my stomach when I read it the same as when I was a young woman.

10. I LOVE the time change. My kids have been up and ready for school on time for TWO count 'em TWO days in a row now. :)

11. Little things make me happy.

12. GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS colors around right now. White snow on the mountain with beautiful yellow leafed trees lining the roads, deep reds and still green grass. Pink clouds in the sky and brilliant blue, clean air. What more could you ask for? YES this is why I love Utah.

13. I have a bundle of adorable pictures to post...but I haven't yet.

Thirteen...that's a good number I think I'll stick with that. :)

I DIDN'T forget

But, I did enjoy reading THIS again. I still feel this way.

Seven

Last year I wrote this post.

I had no idea how right I was. Savanna is a CAN DO girl.

Happy birthday one more time to my best friend and my can do girl.

Tim got a tattoo...

If you look REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY, REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY close it looks like the whole world. Who knew the lengths he would go to 'absorb' the lesson in social studies.

The school secretary/nurse/psychologist/counselor/surgeon/parent tamer said Tim was quite brave as the extraction of the largest piece of graphite she had ever seen embedded in a student's arm was performed. Sounded like she'd seen a few in her years. The school director even showed Tim his graphite tattoo. Does this make them tattoo buddies? I'm pretty sure that's not in the dress code.

Word to the wise...don't point your pencils up! (That goes for you Sam.)