The Color Book Princesses

My children must have inherited some good genes from their Grandma Payzant, because literally will color for several hours a day. And they have gotten pretty good, too. They color in the lines (sort of). They can go through whole color book in a matter of days. My favorite part is flipping through the color book later to see how many different colors of eyes I can find-- red, black, yellow, all the good eye colors! ;0) PS I usually do dress my children. . .

They are also into dressing up, lately. They both wear these falling apart dresses, along with their glass slippers, jewelry and crowns. When I try to talk to Kamber when she is dressed up, she will say, "I not Kamber, I Cinderella." I then have to call her Cinderella or she does not respond. The only thing I am worried about, is that I caught Kira trying to make out with Kamber the other day, as she was the prince and Kamber was the princess. Maybe Disney love stories aren't that fabulous for toddlers to watch!!!!

General Conference

I love general conference! When I was growing up, it was hard to sit through four hours on Saturday AND Sunday, but now I love it! Listening to the general authorities is so uplifting. And my girls were so perfect today! They played in their room for an hour and a half while I listened on the internet. What darlings!

I have a friend who I just recently became reaquainted with via the blogging world, and she has inspired me. She is the only friend that I am still in contact with that is not of the LDS faith. And yet, often in her blog she references her testimony and her faith. I am amazed at her strength through her trials and the little tidbits of inspiration she shares every once in a while. (Yes, Lizz, I am talking about you!)

After reading her blog several times, it finally dawned on me that I have not ever shared much to do with my faith, and yet it is a huge part of who I am, so I wanted to follow her example and share a little of that today.

The thing that really struck me about this conference was the many talks about parenting. I felt very guilty about my yelling so much at my sweet girls. And that is the goal I am taking with me to work on. I have gotten really bad since being uncomfortable pregnant. And I love them sooo much! They are so darling! I don't consider myself a very sensitive person. I don't cry very often for sentimental reasons. But this afternoon, when Elder Bednar shared the story of the dying four year old girl, I started balling. I couldn't imagine having that happen to me or my girls. And it struck me just how much I truly love my precious babies. I can' timagine life without them and I am determined to try and be a better mom to them.

I love our prophet! I loved Pres. Hinckley and I now love Pres. Monson. They are incredible men that are truly called of God. How blessed I am to know that, and to have the opportunity to hear his voice and his words.

I am amazed at the love the Lord has for me. I feel that I am blessed so often and I am so ungrateful. I make so many mistakes every day, and yet, all I have to do is try just a tiny, teeny bit and the Lord blesses me for it-- again and again! How amazing to be loved so much!

The scriptures are so amazing! I love the Book of Mormon! I always have. I have read it many times. I have read the Bible, too, and I was suprised today, as I thought about it, that I truly love the Bible as well. It is harder to read, but the life of Christ is truly inspiring. And many of the Old Testament stories bless my life and give me a way to teach my children simple truths. What a great blessing!

I am thankful for the Saviour in my life. I don't feel as though I understand the atonement as well as I should, but I know that it was for me. And I know it is a HUGE blessing in my life. I love the Saviour and truly believe he is the Christ.

There are so many more things I could share, but you are probably all bored. Thanks for letting me share! And thanks, Lizz for your inspiration.

Sweet Revenge!

Not only did KU win, they wiped the floor Roy Williams and his precious Tyler Hansborough. Oh yeah, oh yeah!!! Thank you very much!

One more. . .

I thought of one more-- it is impossible to cut your toenails!

Top Ten Signs You have Reached the 3rd Trimester

(Okay, I am sorry to do so many in one day-- I seem to go in spurts, whatever!)

1. Your maternity clothes start getting too small.

2. Doing the grocery shopping wears you out for the day.

3. Your back hurts 90% of the time.

4. Ankles, what ankles?

5. The baby, tickling the inside of your tummy no longer tickles- it hurts!

6. Standing up becomes a real chore.

7. Your children start feeling like they have Hitler for a mother.

8. Any piece of clothing remotely tight (including your bra) starts getting really annoying.

9. Crossing your legs is impossible.

10. Walking becomes more like a waddle.

PS I am so totally there!!!

Oh, one more thing. . . rolling over in bed is one of the most difficult things I do all day!

Sales!

Okay, one more for today, and sorry, no pictures. I was just wondering if anyone else out there is a sucker for sales? I never used to be that way, but somehow shopping for three little girls is just too much fun to ignore the sales. I have determined that someone out there in retail land is having a laugh somewhere at my expense. You see, there is a 30% off everything sale at Gap, 20% off everything at Old Navy, and my Gymbucks are good all in the same week!!! I can NOT figure out how to budget my money so that I can hit all three!!!! It is very frustrating. So, any ideas on how to work that one out??? I wish you were all here so that we could go shopping together!!! (Or maybe it would be MORE fun if you watched my girls for me and I went all by myself!!! Hee, hee, hee!)

Baby Names

I have decided that I do not like sharing baby names before the baby is born. It is not that I am a secretive person, or that I like to suprise everyone or anything like that. I find that most everyone is very opinionated on names, myself included and somehow BEFORE the baby is born they feel that they have a right to share their opinion on your choosen name. For example, I remember sharing with my mom that we were going to name our first Kira. She scoffed at me! Somehow she had a slightly skewed idea that somehow Kira was an old girlfriend of Brandon's and could not believe that we would actually name our child after an old girlfriend. (For those of you who don't know my mom, she is VERY opinionated on things like that!!! ;0)) So, anyway, Brandon and I have are seriously considering a name, but after sharing it with a few people who have asked, I don't have the desire to share with anyone else. When I share, it is just because I am excited about the name, etc. I really don't care whether or not everyone likes it. (Sorry if this comes across as high and mighty or something. . . I have been feeling kind of cranky today!) So, anyway, if anyone is wondering about the name, you will just have to wait until the baby is born!!! But I will give you one hint, it is a "K" name. (Bri, I think you will smile when you hear it!)