"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 25, 2013

Merry Christmas!!!

What a GREAT Christmas we had here at out house!!
This year has been the most fun of all the years since we have had kids. The boys have just been so much fun!
When we first got Rocket the elf at our house I wasnt sure how it was going to play out, but I am SO SO HAPPY we got him..it has been so full of laughing and smiling (except a few times lol) and so much magic...watching the boy's face light up each morning as they jump out of bed and run around the house looking for Rocket has been the most fun!
This year they boy has a rather short list for santa...it was strange but I guess they just knew exactly what they wanted the most (which was nice and easy for us). when kaylin first wrote his list and brought it to us we had to laugh cause he wrote this for his list..."I want: zoomer the dog, skylander swapforce, disney infinity, micro mini racers, and ipad and an iphone". hahaha seriously our 7 year old wants an "ipad" and an "iphone"!!!!
Kiptin's list was short and sweet as well..."motorcycles, zoomer, monster trucks, and a real motorcycle and helmet"!

Christmas Eve we went to "coo coo clock" grandmas house, thats what kaylin call nicks grandmas house cause she use to have these fun coo coo clocks up in her house and kaylins loved them!
we got home so late, like 11 pm, the boys were shot and the so were we! Santa came and Nick and I made it to bed about 2:30am and then about 4 am i would say i herd some paper crinkling out by the tree and thought it was either kaylin sneaking into his presents or the cat...neither was right. it was kiptin, sitting on the floor dumping out his stocking, I was walking over to him telling him we needed to wait for everyone to wake up and that he needed to go back to bed, when all the sudden I noticed he wasnt wearing any pants...or underwear. i said "why are you naked" and then he stood up and i said "oh thats why" so off to the shower i took him, he was not happy about having to take a shower while he was half asleep but it had to be done. I got him dressed and made a bed for him on my floor and got him back to sleep and then a few hours later kaylin came running in saying "santa came santa came, come see" I made him lay by me in bed for about an hour until khailo woke up and then we all headed out to see what santa had brought!
The rest of the day was relaxing and playing with all the new toys!
here are some fun pictures from our 2013 Christmas!










Although dad was REALLY excited about his new gift (the gopro) we bought them early at best buy on black friday, we stood in line for a few hours and were the first set of ppl to get in the store..it was awesome to be at the front this year! anyways I bought dad his camera and tv and when we got home he of course wanted to get his tv out right away so I let him but I told him he should wrap up his camera since he had two things so that he would have one to open on Christmas day. A bout a week went by and he still didnt wrap up his camera (something i should have just done) he got it out of his box and wanted to try it out..i said "no you need to wrap it up" and he of course didnt listen, he went out and mounted it to one of his air planes and took it for a spin...and LOST IT...yes i said LOST IT...his VERY expensive camera somehow dropped off his plane while it was in flight and landed in the worse place possible for being able to find it..in the ditch/field by our house that is FILLED with bushes and weeds and sage brush...oh and SNOW, lots of SNOW. We went out looking for it right away for about 3 hours...no luck. we went out the next day for 9...yes NINE hours straight...no luck..we decided the snow would have to melt a lot for us to find it so we waited a few weeks til the snow melted quit a bit...no luck again. This camera is TINY super tiny...only about 3x3 inches. We still are going to go searching but there is still quit a bit of snow. I cant even believe this happened. I really hope we can find it!



good advice!

Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib, not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal! Under the arm to be protected, & next to the heart to be loved.

brothers forever

brothers forever

the haslem family