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Angela was sitting in sacrament meeting and they were singing "families can be together forever" and I looked beside me because I heard a whimper. There was my sweet girl tearing up. I asked her what was wrong. She wouldn't answer. I scooped her up into my lap, hugged her and asked her one more time what was wrong. she replied "I'm not sure but I feel something special every time I sing that song" My little Angela is so in tune with the Spirit its remarkable. 

1. I have a fam’ly here on earth.
They are so good to me.
I want to share my life with them through all eternity.

[Chorus]
Fam’lies can be together forever
Through Heav’nly Father’s plan.
I always want to be with my own family,
And the Lord has shown me how I can.
The Lord has shown me how I can.

2. While I am in my early years,
I’ll prepare most carefully,
So I can marry in God’s temple for eternity

silly kids!

Hannah : Angela you can't always win!Angela: Thats the way God made me. I ALWAYS win at everything!

Angela made herself a borat swimming suit. No she does not know what that is. No do not look it up, its gross i know but immediately what i thought of when she did this!

Jordan is OBSESSED with cars.
While the girls were watching their shows Jordan likes to come up and change the channels on them. He laughs so hard and smiles a cheeky little smile as they get soooo upset about him doing it. He is SUCH a little brother! (or Hannah would say " a little BOTHER"..taken from Olivia) One day while he was doing his regular channel changing he came across NASCAR. He stopped changing channels and just stared in amazement. He probably watched NASCAR for at least 10 mins without moving. That's how much he loves cars. He put on car racing on our computer and he is GLUED! He also likes to chase cars in the parking lot. HE LOVES cars like I have never seen before!!!

late oct -nov!

 We did ALOT of playing in the leafs when it was sooo nice out!

 Hannah was a Fairy Barbie Princess!

 Angela was Rapunzel. She has always wanted blonde straight hair.

 Picture Angela drew of a Rainbow Princess Mermaid.


below is on Angela's birthday. Poor birthday girl was SOOO sick! She is showing you that she is now 5!

GRR

So I have been trying for 3 days to upload pictures!! every day it never loads! it just saying "loading" over and over, but never does anything. any who

I will do my real post when it works!!! PICS TO COME!!!!

Catch up!

Wow its been forever!


Halloween: I'm a bad mom and didn't take any pictures sorry!!! hoping someone did? Ashley? Mom? lol Angela was Rapunzel Hannah was a Barbie Fairy Princess and Jordan was the chameleon from Tangled.... well sorta dinosaur that we just told Angela that he was from Tangled because Angela was trying to convince Hannah to be it!


Angela stood up and bore her first testimony in fast & testimony meeting today! I was a proud mama. She told me once she heard another little girl bare hers that she felt something inside of her telling her she needed to bare hers. I explained to her that that was the Holy Ghost and she was so excited. We then practiced during the next testimony on what she wanted to say (all her ideas) She had a list of about 8 things she wanted to say. I asked her if she wanted me to get up with her. She did not. She walked up all by herself. She said something like this : "I believe in Jesus Christ, This church is true, I have a testimony......." then it was deer in head lights and she couldn't talk or move she was staring at me and I was trying to motion to her to end and then come back. But she was frozen. So I left Jordan at our spot and took a grumpy Hannah (she wanted to bare her testimony with Angela) to go grab Angela. We walked up Angela finished with a " eternal families in the name of Jesus Christ Amen." then walked off. Hannah still wanted to give hers and since we were up there i said why not. Well she said this " Name of Jesus Christ amen" then curled into a ball right then and there and hide her face. I had to carry a ball of Hannah back to our seats. lol I am very proud of Angela. She is so sensitive to the spirit and promptings! She is a great example to us all!

Jordan has been going to nursery for about a month now but today was the first time he went for the entire 2 hrs! yay!! GO JORDAN! Mommy loved it! So nice to be able to sitting through lessons again! After church I was talking to Hannah about how Jordan stayed in nursery (she is in there with him) and I asked her if she helped him stay in. She replied "Nope the beautiful man helped Jordan" The "beautiful man" is my friends husband that works in nursery! too cute!!


Angela turns 5 next Saturday! I can not believe it!!!


Hopefully i remember pictures of her bday! lol

DANCE DANCE DANCE!

Hannah liked to pose, Angela was too busy socializing! They ADORE dance class! Mommy is so excited!

Hannah`s first day!

Hannah went to her first day of preschool today! She would not look at the camera! She was so excited! Her teacher is Ms. Su. She loves her! She is so kind! Hannah told me after preschool that she likes her new teacher because she talks like her Grandma Craig! Her teacher has an English accent! lol Hannah had so much fun! And is thrilled to go back!

Rant time!

I have decided to never go out with my children in public again.


Most moms have this thought because of misbehaving children or tantrums etc..

Not Me.

SO whats my reason?

Rude Adults.

Pretty much EVERY time I go out with my three cuties I get the same old comment "Those can't be all yours, you are far to young to have three these ages" followed by a weird look crossed between judgment, unbelieve and confusion. I try to laugh it off as a compliment but always get followed comment " Seriously though your too young"

Thank you everyone.

Yes I am a young mom. But I am a good mom. My kids love me. They are healthy and happy. My kids are my LIFE. Anyone who knows me knows I out my kids before EVERYTHING in my life. I am sick of being made to feel like because of my age I am "too young to have kids" or that I am not a good mom because of my age. Heck I know 30 yr olds that really shouldn't be parents.

So people that feel like making a comment on my age and my children. Don't. I love them.They love me. End of story.


Rant over. Thank you for bearing with me!

Listen & Obey

I decided to start an annual Back to School Feast! Our theme this year is `Listen and Obey`I made this banner and I plan on keeping it up most of the year so we can always remember what it means and what we talked about. The girls got a Back to School blessing. Then we had a mini talk on what our theme meant. We then had their favorite summer foods! Hot Dogs, chips , corn on the cob and 7-up to drink! We had cupcakes for dessert to end the celebration feast! I made the girls `crowns` with their favorite colors because they are Princesses! We had a fashion show to pick out our cloths for the first day! Next year I plan on including a metal ornament with the theme engraved on it and continue every year so that when they graduate and move out they will have a special box of ornaments to carry with them in their new lives!


Angela on her first day of Kindergarten! She wanted me to straighten her hair so I did! She was so excited we went to the school and she didn't look back! The parents had to say their good byes at the coat hangers. I was hoping to go inside the classroom! The teacher quickly shewed us away! I held back some tears but I am excited because Angela is so thrilled! Her teacher seems awesome! My little girl is growing up and I am terrified to release her into the world! but it will be good!

Working

I am seriously considering going back to work. I talked to one of my old bosses today and they told me a job was always there for me! I would want to work evenings and weekends so I wouldn`t really have to have childcare. We need the extra money. Might be nice to get out of the house and feel like I am making a contribution. I am so going back and forth...

Yes it`s true I almost never put pictures of myself or blog about myself on my blog. It is usually about the kids and updating family and friends on what is going on in our life`s. Well I have come to a stage in my life where my kids are growing up. Angela is Miss Independent. Hannah is becoming braver and braver as the days go on. And my Mr Jordy is shooting up before my eyes. My kids are all sleeping through the night (mostly, there is the occasional night time potty, or sickness) They are getting better and better being looked after by other people then me. As I have more time to myself at night and less crazy during the days I find myself asking "What do I like?, What is my passion? What am I good at?, What is my thing?" And frankly I have no idea. I USED to love crafts , I do kinda, but I hate the nick nacks that go with it. I used to love working out. I still sort do, but just got to get my groove back. I am hoping my class that I am taking in the fall will help with that. I USED to love watching movies. Now I just fall asleep 15 minutes in. I used to LOVE hanging out with my friends. I just moved here and its hard to just hang out now that you have kids and not many hang out like Tara, Kristi and I did in Regina! There isn't too many people I can be myself around here.

So now the search is on. To answer those questions about myself. To make a new and improved version of myself. I don't feel comfortable in my own skin. I need to become Liam again. I love my kids and would not change any of that for the world, I am sooo glad I have the opporunity to stay at home with my children and raise them. I think to be the best mom I can be and be a good role model for my girls I need to show them who I am. I need to show them I am a strong woman and I have passions and goals that I strive for.

Here's to a new chapter in my life!!

You May ask

Liam why are you suddenly updating your blog? You have not done that in forever!
Well its simple really.
I am so bored of Facebook.


Anyways



Angela starts Kindergarten in 1 week!! ONE WEEK!!! She will be going every morning to school for 8 o'clock (barf, she doesn't wake up until 8:30 and she WILL NOT eat breakfast until she has been up for over an hour...this shall be fun, also I am not a good mom before 7am, my kids know that and do not bug me before then, but this means i will have to be up before then and before the kids to prepare for the school day.Everyday.)

Hannah starts preschool about a week after Angela starts school. She is Tues and Thurs mornings! so Tuesday and Thursday i will only have one kid for 3 hrs :O I am so excited! I will not know what to do with myself!

Jordan starts nursery 3 weeks after Angela starts school.

I am soooo excited for the next step in my child rearing!

Anything else new? not sure? not really

I will update if there is!

They really wanted to go camping, and since I am anti camping we made a tent in the kitchen! they had "fire" sleeping bags, flash lights, and snacks as well! All three of them LOVED it. Inside, no bugs, no trying to sleep in the wilderness, my kind of camping lol. I MIGHT try camping one time without kids or when they are all older. MAYBE....


Hannah loves to dress up in our clothes. Even if its shoes or hats or whatever. If she finds articles of clothing, she puts them on.
I guess I was too busy texting , next thing I know I had a line of heart stickers on my arms and side of my face. I realized once they started going on my face lol.
Before church.

Hannahs Bday!

she has been wanting a big puppy forever! Angela got one two Christmas`s ago and there's a fight about it weekly before she got her own!
She wanted a rainbow, dora, butterfly cake. So I did rainbow cupcakes (i should have gotten a picture of the inside!) with blue icing (her fav color) yogurt covered pretzels and stickers on dora taped on a toothpick so everyone could have stickers as well!

I am so excited I found an AWESOME dance studio just around the corner! I enrolled both my girls! They also have adult classes that some correspond with the kids dance so moms dont have to worry about child care! Look them up! http://www.revolutiondancecalgary.com/ I am super impressed with the owners and staff! they sat and chatted with my family for a while! they showed us around and made me fall in LOVE with the people and the place! I am excited and the girls are even more excited!!! I would soooo recommend the place, they even have more boy oriented classes during the adult classes so your boy doesn't feel left out! Its so fun!

Horse ride!

Riding Bikes in Regina



Sitting in the fire truck at the Foothills stake center Canada Day party!

More riding bikes in Regina before we left!