There's a reason people!!!

Okay, so I haven't blogged in a little while. But, now I have a beef to settle with my dad. There are reasons that I am not fashionable and loathe shopping. The worst part is that I actually feel like I have to defend myself and give these reasons.

1)I was raised by the world's biggest tightwad. My dad NEVER bought anything for himself even if he REALLY needed it. He sacrificed everything for the good of his family. He was all about saving money and we actually went over our family finances every Monday night at FHE. (I wouldn't recommend doing that.) We had money but we weren't spoiled. Before we bought anything we had to ask ourselves if this item we were purchasing was a "need" or a "want". When you stop and think about it most things are just wants. So I have this "I don't really NEED much" mentality. I have a few shirts, some pants and skirts. I am actually proud to say that I only own 5 pairs of shoes. What is wrong with me? I blame it on my dad...he made me a TIGHTWAD!!!

2)I was overweight when I was growing up. I HATE shopping! I never fit into cute clothes and even if I did my parents never would have bought them for me. I am all about comfort over style.

All that being said, the other day when I was at my parents house my dad told me that I needed to dress more appropriately. More appropriately for what? I explained to him the above mention reasons why I don't dress appropriately and he said that he would give me money to go shopping. I'm an adult and I don't need my dad's money, but if all his sacrificing and saving all those years has given him all of this dispensable income...then that's fine, he can dispense of it to me! So I might pop up some time with a new shirt, pants, skirt or pair of shoes. Who knows? One thing that I do know is that I'll hate every minute I spend looking for it, trying it on, and buying it. The only good thing is it's not my money, which satisfies the tightwad in me!

p.s. Don't worry I'll post the token "fat pictures" of me growing up soon!:)

My Sweet Kids!

I just had some pictures taken of my babies. I understand that thet aren't really babies anymore...but I'm not willing to let them grow up yet. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks Lindz for scanning them in for me. Emma!!! What a sweet girl!

Jacob

Andrew
How cute!
I have good looking kids!

Lights at Temple Square

So we had this this REALLY original idea to go to temple square for FHE to see the Christmas lights on Monday. I am not kidding when I say that half of the state of Utah had the same idea! We went and had dinner at the Gateway and then took the TRAX to temple square. It was freezing. I have to say that the lights were beautiful and I had a good time. Jacob fell off of a bench and hit his head on the concrete. Emma froze her chunky legs off. Andrew was only concerned that he didn't win a prize out of the crane game at the Gateway. When we got back in the car we asked Andrew if he liked the lights and his answer was, "What lights?" All-in-all it was a nice family experience. It only lasted about 4 hours! That is the longest FHE we've ever had. I hope you all get to do it sometime. I mean that!

More Snow

We got some more snow. Notice the enthusiasm in my writing! This was good "snowman building" snow so we let the boys give it a try. The boys decided to call their snowman "Frosty".
It was cold and there was no sun so this was the best picture we could get. I'm hopeful that we've been good this year and that Santa brings a better ditigal camera!

Emma Lynn

Here is Emma eating a chocolate cookie. She LOVES chocolate...so therefore we know that she is my daughter.



Here she is taking a bath to clean off all the chocolate.

Snow!

We had our first big snowfall of the year. I know I say I hate the snow, but I have to admit that I love watching how excited my children get about snow.


Here is our sweet Emma!

Here Jake is practicing his snowball throwing skills! He did get our neighbor in the face a few times.

Andrew is making snow balls to throw at all of us.

This is Emma and her boyfriend Ayden. Ayden is our neighbor. He and Emma were born one week apart from each other. Aren't they cute! So there you have our first blog. It can only get better from here right? Thanks Lindsay for helping us get started...You're the best!!!