Curly Headed Freak...

is the nickname my older sister April so lovingly designated for me as a child. I used to hate, hate, HATE my curls. It was only later when we were grown that she admitted she was only being a jealous sister and I grew to be content and even excited to have curls. I can understand why she gave me this horrid name though because I used to be so jealous of my younger sister Gina because of her beautiful long blond straight hair!!! This is what happens in a house full of girls! My mom had very straight hair and had no clue how to style curls. They were always brushed giving a major frizz fest effect! I have noticed especially lately that my little Grace has my curls. This is just what mine looked like at her age. I have made it a point in my house though that no name calling is EVER allowed! That doesn't mean it never happens (because I am realizing kids are far too sneaky) but oh boy, there are serious consequences to this rule! Hopefully Grace will love the hair I always hated, and appreciate me for scrunching it and not brushing it!! hehehe.

Pregnancy Update

I thought I would give a little update on how I am feeling at 21 weeks of pregnancy. I am absolutely thrilled to be to the half way point! I have felt so, so, SO good the last few weeks. I do admit though I do get tired easily which I don't remember feeling this early with other pregnancies...does this mean I'm old?? Anyway, for the most part though I am in good spirits and not wanting to hurt any of my children which is definitely a plus. Here is a current picture of my growing self. I always miss being pregnant when I'm not, but when I am I just want to be skinny and go shopping again!! haha..I guess I should enjoy it while it lasts and have fun living in the moment!!! :)

Highlights...

I figured since I have been so very horrible about blogging I would catch up with just a few fun and neat occurrences at our house lately. The first is Christian below. Yes, he found Tampons and has absolutely NO clue what they are actually for, so using his imagination he turned them into "dynamite." He has these put safely away in his top drawer just in case he ever finds need to blow something up... I am a do laundry everyday kind of girl. If I don't it just gets out of control and can truly turn scary. I always do it when the kids are in school and Grace gets incredibly bored. Her new hobby is to hang out with the Littlest Pets inside the dryer. Sounds like loads of fun right?!

Austin had gone to bed the other night and he got up and said he wanted to share an experience with me he'd just had. He was reading his scriptures on his bed and the flashlight was going out. He said he decided to say a little prayer that it would burn long enough to finish the chapter. He says it got brighter as he read and then went dim as he finished. I could tell by the way he told me, and more so his urgency to tell me that his testimony had been strengthened by such a small act of faith. Sometimes I think Heavenly father sent these children to me not so I could teach them, but so they could teach me. I learn so much from them!