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My friend Toni tagged me on her blog to continue what I believe started on Facebook ... =) Since I am not on Facebook I will do it here also- to be seen in the blogging world.

Here it goes- 8 things about me:

1. I love being a mother more than anything and truly do thank my Father in Heaven that I am a mother.

2. My most favorite meal time of the day is breakfast because I love breakfast food (minus cold cereal not a huge fan)- mostly warm breakfasts: i.e. muffins, eggs, toast, pancakes, waffles, crepes, biscuits & gravy etc. And Chase still makes breakfast when he is home for the weekends. I love it!

3. I am a little OCD about having our toy box organized. Which is silly because it is basically a box with a lid but I like to have the things put together inside it. Like the shape blocks in the box thing and all the musical toys in the music box thing etc. You get the point.

4. I wish I loved to run. My sister loves to run and I am kind of envious of that. It has seemed a bit of a romantical (not a real word) notion to go out running and feel the wind on your face and feel so energized afterward. I did run a 5K thanks to my good friend Toni. I didn't really mind preparing for that and thought I would be able to keep up the running everyday, but I dreaded it every morning and I just ended up stopping. I just really wish I loved to run.  

5. I often feel restless. I want to travel! I know we have done a bit of traveling in the past and since having Alvin we have slowed down a bit, but if we haven't gone anywhere outside of Idaho for 2 months or so I start feeling like we need to go somewhere. I love to travel and experience new places.

6. I love finding/or making the perfect gift for someone. Especially if they cry when you give it to them because then  you know it is the perfect gift. It doesn't often happen but when it does the moment is special.

7. I love meeting new people but I hate saying goodbyes. I remember when we went and visited Chase's mission in Spain. I got to meet some ward members he served with and we even stayed with them for a few days. I cried when we had to say goodbye. They had come to mean so much in such a little time.

8. I hope we have a girl at some point. Maybe this is a hush hush topic and truly I will be grateful to God for whatever children we are blessed with. I love little boys. Before finding out that we were having a boy I was so sure we were having a girl. When we went to the ultrasound I was honestly super surprised. I don't want to say that I was disappointed because honestly here we were having a miracle baby. My miracle baby. So I wasn't disappointed, it just wasn't what I expected. And now after experiencing over a year with sweet little Alvin I could not be happier that he is a boy. I wouldn't want it any different. He is so amazing. And if we aren't able to have anymore than I will be so blessed to have had him. I don't feel in my heart that he is all we will have. So I do hope that we have a girl at some point.

So there you go! My 8- Just for you Toni!

And something you didn't know Toni (since this is all for you) is that though I may not have verbalized it in a prayer, I too was in need of a friend. We had just moved from Indiana where we had made amazing friends and it was hard coming here and starting over making friends. Of course we have family close by, which was a great blessing and they are some of my closest friends, but I still needed a friend and you were and are a great blessing to me! God was good when he crossed our paths.

And just for fun I will tag Liz E., Christi W. and Melissa N.! 8 things!

November So Far...

My sister Anna's state cross country competition was held in Idaho Falls this year so we were able to see it! She did a great job! She is super fit and a great example to me of taking care of your body. 

Look at her run! Awesome girl!

heading for the finish line =)

Yay for Anna!

With mom and Dad! 

Chase made this little car track out of painters tape for Alvin! Isn't he such a good dad? He loves to play with Alvin and is so good at it! I am lucky to have such a husband!

We also celebrated my birthday. I can't believe how old I am getting!

Do you remember the dresser awhile back that we started to work on? Well here is the finished product! It looks so much better!

And some other projects we finished...We made this growth chart for our kids. I had been wanting to make one before Alvin turned 1 so we could start then. It was a good due date for us to get it done finally. 

Then Also I gave our good old mailbox a makeover. I painted it and put new numbers on it. It looks much better. 

Alvin playing! He is so cute with cell phones. He will put them up to his ear and jabber like he is having a conversation. 

Silly boy!

Another little project that I finished...the burlap pillow for our little entryway bench. 

I love how it turned out!

I love this picture. 

Alvin trying on our shoes =)He is such a big boy!

This past weekend we went to Pocatello to help Chase's parents clean up the yard of their rental home they just bought. They cleared quite a bit! 

When we got back Chase mowed all the leaves in our yard and here is the result. 

Love this boy!

Family Pictures and Halloween!

Back in October I took my sister Sarah's family's pictures. They are a cute family and I sure love them! 

Cute kids!

Haha love this! 

For Halloween I got a little cutesy and decided to make a themed dinner. 

I thought Alvin would eat all these foods but he decided to be a little picky this night. 

I guess he just wanted candy! Ha ha! (We didn't give him any but he kept getting in the candy bowl and so we had to take some pics! He even tried biting them open)

The day after Halloween we had a party at my sister's place. 

Wizard of OZ here we come!

Below are some cute pictures of my nieces and nephews and their fun costumes. 

We played some silly games! Needless to say we laughed a ton! Here is Chase trying to knock down a water bottle with a nylon tight with an orange at the end on his head. 

Sucking and blowing game! Another fun one. 

We had a good time!