It's about time!

So I sit here blog stocking everyone elses blogs thinking she hasn't updated hers for a while...then I realized that I haven't either! I havent blogged about Logan's first birthday, Christmas, vacation to San Diego, my trip to anahiem for work, life in general. I promise to do better! In the next week please watch out for posts on all the following subjects. I hope to keep up on this better because I want to print my blog into books. Would you like to have a blog book? One for each year sitting nicely on your shelf?

Logan

Family

Family Photos 2008

I commissioned one of my coworkers to take his lunch break and take our family photo! I work around a lot of very talented photographers, hopefully one day I will be as good as them! Here are some of my favorites.

Aunt Jacki!

Jacki is probably one of my favorite sister-in-laws. She is great with kids, especially Logan. She helped watch Logan when I went back to work and I wouldnt trust him with anyone else!

I am so grateful to have her as part of my family and I love that I have a great shopping buddy! Jacki is georgous inside and out and is a ton of fun to be around!

Lesson Learned

Yesterday we made the weekly trip to the grocery store to pick up some items for this next week. As we were walking into the store we passed a kid sitting on the sidewalk smoking who was way to young to be smoking, wearing dirty clothes and messy hair. I would have normally just walked by not paying attention but I was holding Logan.

He is into waving at everyone and everything lately. As we walked passed this kid Logan had a big smile waving right at him. He looked up at him and grinned.

I learned from my 11 month year old no matter what people look like, what stage of life they are in or where they come from we are all God's children and he cares about each one of us! Oh how blessed I am to have him as an example in my life.

Next time I will be the one waving at the stranger sitting on the sidewalk.

Ear Candle...

So about a week ago I woke up and one of my ears was clogged! After about 20 attempts of trying to clear it and 40 q-tips later I decided to call my always trusty, has a cure for everything mother-in-law. I told her about my current situation of going crazy not being able to hear. She said to come up to her house later that night after work and she could fix it.

I march downstairs to tell Trent and the first thing he says is EAR CANDLES! I must have been born on another planet because I had never heard of them. He then goes on to explain to me that you get a hollow cotton dipped bees wax tube, stick it in your ear, lite it and somehow it removes all the ear wax from your ear. It sounded a bit hokey but I was willing to try anything at that point.

We head up to Trent's parents house to find these tubes. I lay on my side stick the candle in my ear and lite it...five minutes later I can hear! My ear popped and it felt great! I did the other side because I could now hear better out of the ear that had just been candled (is that a word). Since then I have told everyone about it!

There are mixed reviews on the subject but anytime to feel like your ears need a good cleaning I highly recommend this!

(I wasn't naked like the photo! You can leave your clothes on when you do it, just to try to blow the flame out! Something about flaming hair! Cut the end off when you are done!)