Our Family: Our Gingerbread Train and House .........

"Throughout our lives, we must deal with change. Some changes are welcome; some are not. There are changes in our lives which are sudden, such as the unexpected passing of a loved one, an unforeseen illness, the loss of a possession we treasure. But most of the changes take place subtly and slowly. Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. " Thomas S. Monson

December 13, 2008

Our Gingerbread Train and House .........

Today we decided to build kaylin's gingerbread train since he is way into trains this year and we just so happened to have the train from last year that we never did (good thing cause he loves it this year) and our nephew brayden was over so nick and brayden built a house and me and kaylin built his train. we told them in the morning that if they were good and picked up all the toys in the house we would build the house and train so we went to the store and picked up what we needed and started the huge ordeal! Mine and kaylins went really fast but since it was from last year the frosting was difficult to work with unless i heated it every 5 minutes, and nicks, well lets just say it wasn't working for him either, brayden kept switching sides and saying he wanted to be on my team and then nick would say "well ours is going to have a chimney or smoke", and that brought brayden right back to his side...cheater! All day kaylin kept following me around saying "build choo choo mama" "peas build choo choo" so there was no getting out of it. Kaylin was really into it until i broke out the candy and then he just wanted to eat it, and then when i was done he was trying to drive it all over the counter...it was so cute and fun, and as you can see by the pictures he LOVES his choo choo!!!

Kaylin's Funnies!

set up: nick and kaylin are playing video games.

"your not very good dad, you should let me show you how to do it"

"Iam really snart, i know stuff " (snart: meaning smart)

set up: kaylin wants to sleep in our bed.

"kaylin you need to sleep in your own big boy bed"

"but that is my 3 year old bed and I'm 4 so now I can sleep in this bed with you. its a 4 year old bed"

set up: kiptin pulled the filter off the vacume and I couldn't figure out how to put it back on.

"oh mom why did you take this off, let me fix it"

"no kaylin leave it alone, let daddy fix it"

"I can do it...see mom, fixed"

(a very stupid mom moment for sure...its sad when your 4yr old is smarter then you)

“One’s life….cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free….Therefore, how can you and I really expect to guide naively through life, as if to say, ‘Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!’ Real faith….is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process.” Neal A. Maxwell