Here is another great giveaway on cuteandlittle.com

Please check it out!

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Good luck!

Sonda

Happy Money Saver

A blog I follow is having a laptop giveaway. Check out http://happymoneysaver.com to see how you can enter too!

Baby Giggles

Don't look in my closet

Okay, I was totally inspired at our Super Saturday to get organized. Catherine Peck from the 9th ward came and taught a class on home organization. Among other things, she emphasized, "a place for everything and everything in its place." She also gave us hope by saying to start with one thing, finish that, and then work on the next.

So........

Here is a before picture of one shelf of my pantry that was not organized...............

Scary, huh?

A trip to the dollar store, okay two trips because I didn't realize how many containers I needed and TA DA.............

Are you impressed? Better yet, are you inspired, or your shelves might already look like this, right?

Our special visitor!

We were so blessed to have Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles come to visit us today. He was here training leader from 14 stakes and chose our stake to visit for a special stake conference. He was at the stake center while our ward was assigned to be at the Road 108 building. It was a little sad not to be able to be in the same building as him, but the spirit was still very strong and listening and seeing him was wonderful! I just wanted to record some of the things he spoke about. He testified of the Savior and his resurrection. He testified that the priesthood power continued on earth after his crucifixion and that miracles took place with the apostles of old. He also testified that he has the same calling as those ancient apostles and said, "I am a witness." When you realize what the calling of an apostle is, then you understand what he means when he says such a statement and the power of that testimony. He also pronounced a blessing on us. He blessed the men to rise up and use the power of the priesthood for good in their homes, their communities and their nations. He blessed the women by saying how wonderful we are and that we are the reason good men like him have made it to where they are. He blessed the children and teenagers that they would not be overcome by evil. He told the teenagers of the stake to never, ever leave the church. He said that he knows more than them and that he was once their age, but they have never been his age. (He has a pretty good sense of humor, actually.) Anyway, it was wonderful and I tried to impress upon Noah that this apostolic visitor was very special and the last time we had an apostle in our stake was 26 years ago. Gavin was too young to understand, but they both behaved really well sitting there for 2 hours. I've never born my testimony on my blog, but I do want to testify that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's church on earth. That we have a prophet today who leads this church under the direction of the Savior himself. I love this gospel with all my heart and try everyday to live worthy of the blessings that can be mine and my family's. I hope to be with them forever someday. We are so blessed to live in this nation and live in this day with wonderful technology and the ability to listen to a prophet's voice. I also know that the Book of Mormon is true and anyone who truly wants to find out the truth can read it for themselves and pray and receive an answer regarding its truthfulness.

My new favorite blog

Check out this awesome blog I read about in the paper. I love her recipes and awesome step by step pictures. She lets you see how easy it is to cook, really. Personally, I'm going to try the chocolate cake recipe this week.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/category/all-pw-recipes/


P.S. Check out her black heels confessions story too. It is hilarious!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/blog/2007/09/black_heels_to_tractor_wheels_a_love_storythe_complete_saga_to_date/

The long forgotten, but not lost LaDeaux's

Alright, I am way behind, but better late than never, right? I still haven't taken 1st day of school pictures yet and it is like the 40th day now. Oh well, those will come later. I can't be perfect at everything, ha ha! So, these are for you, Mom, and you too, Debbie. Enjoy!

Check out this funny video of Noah asleep in the car.

Here's our Silverwood trip. It was rainy and the water park was closed, but it kept the crowds away. Hey, we lived in Portland for 4 years, what's a little rain? Gavin rode his first roller coasters, the Timber Terror and Tremors. Go Gavin! He cried during both rides, but later said that was his favorite part.

Do you like Cache's sweatshirt? I forgot to bring him one and the stores in Silverwood only had 2T as their smallest size. Never mind that I had two sweatshirts at home that fit him perfectly.

They're trying to squirt me here.

Here are some random pictures

Look at that blonde hair! Did you ever think we'd have one with blonde?

Cache's first cereal! I love these pictures. I've got another independent one who will want to feed himself.

Cache thinks Gavin is da bomb. None of us can crack Cache up like Gavin can.

Too cool for you.