Noah is amazing!

This evening, Noah came up to me and asked
me if I would take him to Dollar General.

I asked him if he had any money and he said
he had about $1.60.

So, I agreed to take him and when Zachary found
out we were going he asked if he could go to. (Of course!)

At the store I let Zachy pick out a few pieces of the

dime candy while Noah was walking around the store

trying to find something in his price range.

Finally he came across these Ninjas that were a dollar

a piece. As he was looking through the selections he said this:

"I sure wish I had enough to buy one for Zach
too."

How does a Mother handle this kind of generosity from her eight-year-old son?

Well, after I scooped myself up off of the floor

(you see, I melted into a puddle of goo from his sweetness)

I offered to make up the difference for him.

It turned out that he only needed 8 cents but the

message was still there. He loves his brother.

What more could a mother ask for?

Choo! Choo!

Noah was supposed to make a cake
with his Dad for the Blue & Gold Banquet.

Steve came up with this really cool idea
to make a "train cake."

So, first they made the thin sheet cake
and gave it grass, gravel and a railroad track.

Noah made an excellent track!

Then Steve frosted the engine and train car
and they added it to the cake. Noah decorated.

The finished product was pretty great and

Noah was VERY proud of it!

Here is my awesome little family displaying their train cake!

Where have you been?

So, if you've been wondering why

I haven't been posting very much...

Lemme 'splain.

I found this website (thank you, Kristen)

That you can slurp your blog into a book

form and actually create your own book that

can be published with it.

You can also create an original book that can be published.

Sort of like (or exactly like) a photo journal.

So, instead of spending all of my time blogging,

I have been spending all of my time journaling!

(I'm such a good Mormon Mommy!)

I finally got my smallest book posted on the

"blurb nation." I have a link on the side bar to the

right that will take you directly to my book.

It is about my trip to Philly with Steve.

Anyway, I'm really excited about having it

published so I will have a photo journal of

that fun trip!

So, anyway, if you feel like looking at it,

feel free! I've made it public so anyone can!

It only shows the first 15 pages of the book,

but you will get the idea!

She's so hot!

The day after Valentine's Day, I decided to use

hot rollers in my hair for church.

I thought it turned out pretty good so I had Noah take

a picture for me.

It took about eight tries but we finally got it right!

The the boys surprised me with my very own

Valentine!

It was one of my necklaces on a little sample

carpet in the shape of a heart.

I thought it was very sweet so I took a picture of it.

What a mess!

So... have you ever let your closet go

and it ended up being a swamp of clothing?

I neglected mine to the point that I thought I didn't have

any clothing anymore!

And Steve had to get into the other side of it to do

something with the fuse box and it was nearly

impossible to open the door.

So, I decided to go ahead and clean it one day while

Olivia was taking a nap.

Well, three hours (and more than one nap) later...

It was finally clean!

I went ahead and cleaned off my nightstand and

the rest of my bedroom while I was at it.

Steve was very impressed!