January 2009

I LOVE Picasa and their SUPER FAST & EASY COLLAGES. Here is our January in one big picture.

Day 31-Temple Night

Bryan and I went to the TEMPLE tonight. We set it as a goal this year to attend the temple at least once a month. I'm glad we were able to meet our goal this month even if it was one of the very last sessions on the last day of the month. Sometimes it's hard for me to get to the temple. It seems like something ALWAYS comes up making it inconvenient to get there, but after I go I always feel so good and I come away wondering why I don't make more of an effort to get there more often.

Day 30-Art Night

Tonight was ART NIGHT at Tate's Preschool. He (and Bryan) had a blast of course. I think that I may have been the only party pooper. I don't know what exactly it is about paint and kids, but I guess I don't enjoy the COMBINATION because of the mess. In fact I've never actually realized how much I really DISLIKE paint until tonight-especially with it all over little hands, elbows, shirts, and you name it.

Day 29-Sandy Picnic

Tate and I had a splendid PICNIC at the park with Kristy (Bryan's Sister) and her 3 kids today. It was fun getting together and chatting with Kristy, and Tate adored running around with his cousins and getting dirty in the sand. Speaking of sand... Tate, Savannah, and Melanie got it in their eyes on separate occasions while at the park today. What a coincidence? I promise we really were watching them! Thankfully we had water bottles of which we rinsed their eyes out with...

Marry ME Grandma Bloomfield!

Tate (Mr. Flirt) has been trying to figure out who he is going to marry for quite some time now. First he wanted to marry me and I told him he couldn't because I was already married. Then he decided that he wanted to marry Grandma Stradling and I told him he couldn't because she was already married. He went through several more people with the same answer from me each time. Well, tonight Tate had this great big smile on his face when he asked me, "If someone's husband dies then can they get married again?" Not knowing where he was going with this one, I said "yes". Tate was all SMILEY when he told me, "Guess what Mom, I figured it out. I'm going to marry Grandma Bloomfield!!!!!!!!" As soon as I told him the heartbreaking news of him not being able to marry Grandma Bloomfield because she is related to him... He burst into tears crying uncontrollably. I felt so bad for him. He was somewhat comforted when I told him that God would let him marry someone just as special as Grandma Bloomfield! And then he asked, "BUT WHO MOM?"

Day 28-Freezer Cookies

One of the TRADEMARKS of our family is that we ALWAYS have Chocolate Chip Cookies in our Freezer. Everyone who comes to our house knows that it is their RIGHT to be able to ask us for a frozen COOKIE. For one of the first times in 5 years or so I have been out of cookies for the past month. Can you believe it? Well, I have good news... I made 56 fresh cookies today, and I will be placing them in the freezer very shortly!

Day 27-My Kitchen

For my picture today, I've chosen to post a BEAUTIFUL picture of me working BAREFOOT in my messy kitchen. I want my Project 365 to be the best representation of reality possible even if it is a little embarrassing. Oh, and just to clarify things... the reality is the messy kitchen, not necessarily me cleaning it!