Happy Heart Day!
Lots of Love.
Love to my boys!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Valentine's Dinner Date
Friday Night we headed up a "Valentine's Dinner Date" for our ward. With the help of a very talented committee, it turned out great! We had a couples competition that begin on the 1st and continued until the end of the event on Friday. "Cupid Competition" is what we named it and it consisted of the following categories:
1. 12 Days of Service- serve your spouse for 12 days along with reading scriptures, saying prayers, and saying "I love you" with a big hug and kiss (earned points daily)
2. Preparation Points- r.s.v.p by a certain date, email wedding/engagement pic for slide show, arrive on time with framed wedding pic in hand, and come dressed up (earned more points)
3. Getting to Know You- game about how the couples in the room met, knew they were the "one", and how they got engaged (was the dinner conversation at the tables and then the guess who game later...more points for correct answers)
4. Evening Of- during the dinner date you could earn more points by dancing to a Frank Sinatra song, complimenting each other, gentlemanly conduct, and kissing
The couples with the most points earn prizes that were donated from community businesses. 1st place took home 1 nights stay at Historic Hotel Morgan, $25 gift card to Olive Garden, and 2 movie passes.
We had a pasta bar, with Olive Garden style salad and dressing, yummy breadsticks, and an assortment of desserts. And the decorations complimented the Italian classy theme and Frank Sinatra style music.
Our Bishop spoke some words of wisdom about eternal marriage and then we ended the night with the slide show presentation of couples wedding/engagement photos and a statement of how they felt in the moment.
For me, this whole thing helped me feel closer to Doug as I realized that he and I serve each other daily without thinking "I'm serving him or he's serving me." Doug truly does so much for our family to make life enjoyable for us all.
Dougy Baby, I love you dearly and feel so blessed to have you by my side through this life. Thanks for your selfless service and commitment to our family. You give of yourself daily and I thank you for being a team player in parenting. I love you for helping with dishes, bathing kids, getting up the boys early in the morning so I could sleep more, and for all the dinners you make. I love you for being thoughtful and considerate of my needs and feelings. I love you for your goofy ways and though I don't totally get the whole "cowboy" thing, I love that you are confident in yourself and have a great self esteem. I love that our boys will have you as their leader and teacher in this life. I love that you love me and show me.
I love you Eternally,
Amber
Friday, February 5, 2010
One sweet moment...
Last night I walked into the boys bedroom to find them both sitting on the top bunk reading The Book of Mormon together. Jaxon says to Talon, "Lets read about Jesus"..."Lets see how much Jesus loves us." OK, just loved that I was able to witness that sweet moment. I guess Family Home Evening does pay off. Last Monday we gave each of them their first Book of Mormon and have been helping them read a scripture before bed. It just warmed my heart to see them reading this wonderful book together and knowing that Jesus loves them.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Colton's 1 week photo shoot
All my boys were great to take pictures with Colton. We set it up in our living room and tried to time it with the 15 minutes he was awake in the morning. And I must say it was nice to get on the ground to take pictures without a big belly! So hard to choose which ones to print. Any suggestions?
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Colton's Baby Blessing
Since we had a bunch of family around (12-31-09) we wanted to bless Colton so they could be apart of it. My mom, Dan, Hunter, Daniel, & Adrienne were here from Utah and Mom & Dad McArthur, Aunt Jenny from Idaho, & Aunt Katie from Minnesota. Bishop Schetzner and his wife came over to join us. We also had my dad, Devin, Gavin, & Blake on Skype and Lori on the phone so they could all witness it as well. Doug offered a beautiful blessing that resonated missionary work.
To my dear Colton,Your sweet and pure spirit brought immediate joy and love to my life. I sense your spirit to be wise, noble, and calm. Speaking of calm, Dad frequently referred to you as the "peacemaker" and I hope you live up to the title. Your brothers truly delight in your presence and welcomed you into our family with big hugs and enthusiasm. I feel so blessed we endured the 9 months together, wow it was rough. I'm so thankful you are in my arms and out of my belly. My love for you was immediate and my heart wants to hold you and love you all day long.
Eternally your earthly mother,
Mom
Indian food to celebrate.
Comparing feet.
Multi-tasking.
Talon and Jax LOVE to hold their new brother.
Aunt Jenny with boys.
Jaxon LOVES to snuggle with Colton.
2009 Funnies
December
Talon- I'm describing different types of dinosaurs and he's guessing what they are. I say, "Who's really big and walks really slowly?" He replies with grand enthusiasm, "MOMMY!!!" (9 months prego...he is right)
November
Jaxon- "Mom, I like to eat bugs...you don't like to eat bugs...last night a bug crawled around like this and went in my mouth...I crunched...it was yummy." (eeeewwww!)
Jaxon- "If I'm your son then is Talon your moon?...what's baby Colton going to be?"
October
Jaxon- "Mom you need to listen and obey when I say come and wipe me."
Talon- "I can't...." he says in a whiny voice after I ask him to clean up. I respond, "If you can make this mess you can clean it up." He replies, "Noooooo, Jax made big mess." (pout, pout) I then threaten time-out. "Ok, Ok, I do it!" he replies and begins to pick up the toys with his mouth and retrieves all the toys like a dog for the next 10 minutes. (could have been done in 2 min.)
like Father like Son...
Jaxon- Upon entering the kids' bedroom this morning, I found Jax sitting on his Diego potty, his pull-ups at his ankles and Dinosaur book on his lap. I gave him plenty of time to do his business and then asked, "Jax, are you done?" He replies, "I'm done pooping, but I'm not done with my book" and he continued to sit there for a while longer.
Talon- Eating oreos and milk is quite the treat. Talon loves to dip his in milk and then shove the whole thing in his mouth and can barely chew.
Jax- Urgently Jax runs to me and says, "Mom, there's a squirrel outside and I need my bow and arrow." I reply, "really?" Proudly he states, "I need to shoot it and show Daddy." I think to my self, "we've been living in West Virginia too long."
April
Talon- With every prayer that is said in church, Talon folds his arms and says, "dabadaba mama...dabadaba daddy, dabadaba Jax..." and when he's done he shouts "AMEN!!!" with his arms out stretched. If the person saying the prayer isn't finished, he then repeats his own prayer over and over until they are done.
Jaxon- Today while singing the sacrament hymn, Doug pauses to hear Jaxon singing reverently and sincerely, "Twinkle, Twinkle, little star..."
Jaxon- He loves to draw pictures. This one was of the three bears, named Jaxon, Ashton, and Alyson (his friends). They all had the body parts in the right places, including the male anatomy...yes, even Alyson had a weewee.
March
Talon- After a major fit was thrown, I ask Talon, "Are you going to be grumpy today?" He replies with his lips puckered out and eye brows furrowed, "NOOOOO!"
February
Jax- "Dad, my belly's stuck!" as he's shirtless pushing it out. Doug replies, "What do you mean?" "I can't get my belly to be big like yours."
Talon- Today in nursery we were jumping with the kids and Talon was too cute trying to jump. It went like this: squat, heals off the ground, lean forward, bounce up and fall forward onto his hands, stand up, clap, do it again.
Jax- Doug repremands him and says, "Do you want a spanking?" Jax replies, "Don't worry Daddy, I'll do it myself." as he spanks his own bum!
Talon- Frequently we ask Talon if he loves Mommy, Daddy, Jax, etc. and he always shakes his head no and says, "uun-uhh." This time were going through the whole list of relative, McArthurs, Wilson, Sturgeons, and when we came to Gavin (8yrs.) he thought for a moment, shook his head yes, and said, "uhh-haa!" So much for thinking that his "no" meant "yes." Gavin know that you are loved!
January 2009
Jax- "Ewww! It's poop!" as he looks at the bean burrito on his plate.
Jax- "My poop's stuck!" I pull back his underwear too see what's up. He then says, "Thanks Mom!" and scurries off to play. (his first wedgie)
Jax- After bath time, "I want to show my bum to Katie." I say, "No." He then says, "I want to show my bum to Maddie (Katie's baby girl)."
Talon- "whaaaa! ah! ah! Mamamaaaamaaa!" Serious freakout. I glance over to his high chair to see what's up. A pea size drop of yogurt on his finger. I asure him he can just lick it. More screaming! Jax tries to help, "My mouth lick Talon's finger."
Talon- I instruct, "Talon, if you want to jump off the couch, put pillows down first." He throws the smallest couch pillow on the floor and then dives off the couch head first onto the floor, completely missing the little pillow. Screams!! Snuggles with mom!! and then wants to do it again.... really?
Talon- I'm describing different types of dinosaurs and he's guessing what they are. I say, "Who's really big and walks really slowly?" He replies with grand enthusiasm, "MOMMY!!!" (9 months prego...he is right)
November
Jaxon- "Mom, I like to eat bugs...you don't like to eat bugs...last night a bug crawled around like this and went in my mouth...I crunched...it was yummy." (eeeewwww!)
Jaxon- "If I'm your son then is Talon your moon?...what's baby Colton going to be?"
October
Jaxon- "Mom you need to listen and obey when I say come and wipe me."
Talon- "I can't...." he says in a whiny voice after I ask him to clean up. I respond, "If you can make this mess you can clean it up." He replies, "Noooooo, Jax made big mess." (pout, pout) I then threaten time-out. "Ok, Ok, I do it!" he replies and begins to pick up the toys with his mouth and retrieves all the toys like a dog for the next 10 minutes. (could have been done in 2 min.)
like Father like Son...
Jaxon- Upon entering the kids' bedroom this morning, I found Jax sitting on his Diego potty, his pull-ups at his ankles and Dinosaur book on his lap. I gave him plenty of time to do his business and then asked, "Jax, are you done?" He replies, "I'm done pooping, but I'm not done with my book" and he continued to sit there for a while longer.
Talon- Eating oreos and milk is quite the treat. Talon loves to dip his in milk and then shove the whole thing in his mouth and can barely chew.
Jax- Urgently Jax runs to me and says, "Mom, there's a squirrel outside and I need my bow and arrow." I reply, "really?" Proudly he states, "I need to shoot it and show Daddy." I think to my self, "we've been living in West Virginia too long."
April
Talon- With every prayer that is said in church, Talon folds his arms and says, "dabadaba mama...dabadaba daddy, dabadaba Jax..." and when he's done he shouts "AMEN!!!" with his arms out stretched. If the person saying the prayer isn't finished, he then repeats his own prayer over and over until they are done.
Jaxon- Today while singing the sacrament hymn, Doug pauses to hear Jaxon singing reverently and sincerely, "Twinkle, Twinkle, little star..."
Jaxon- He loves to draw pictures. This one was of the three bears, named Jaxon, Ashton, and Alyson (his friends). They all had the body parts in the right places, including the male anatomy...yes, even Alyson had a weewee.
March
Talon- After a major fit was thrown, I ask Talon, "Are you going to be grumpy today?" He replies with his lips puckered out and eye brows furrowed, "NOOOOO!"
February
Jax- "Dad, my belly's stuck!" as he's shirtless pushing it out. Doug replies, "What do you mean?" "I can't get my belly to be big like yours."
Talon- Today in nursery we were jumping with the kids and Talon was too cute trying to jump. It went like this: squat, heals off the ground, lean forward, bounce up and fall forward onto his hands, stand up, clap, do it again.
Jax- Doug repremands him and says, "Do you want a spanking?" Jax replies, "Don't worry Daddy, I'll do it myself." as he spanks his own bum!
Talon- Frequently we ask Talon if he loves Mommy, Daddy, Jax, etc. and he always shakes his head no and says, "uun-uhh." This time were going through the whole list of relative, McArthurs, Wilson, Sturgeons, and when we came to Gavin (8yrs.) he thought for a moment, shook his head yes, and said, "uhh-haa!" So much for thinking that his "no" meant "yes." Gavin know that you are loved!
January 2009
Jax- "Ewww! It's poop!" as he looks at the bean burrito on his plate.
Jax- "My poop's stuck!" I pull back his underwear too see what's up. He then says, "Thanks Mom!" and scurries off to play. (his first wedgie)
Jax- After bath time, "I want to show my bum to Katie." I say, "No." He then says, "I want to show my bum to Maddie (Katie's baby girl)."
Talon- "whaaaa! ah! ah! Mamamaaaamaaa!" Serious freakout. I glance over to his high chair to see what's up. A pea size drop of yogurt on his finger. I asure him he can just lick it. More screaming! Jax tries to help, "My mouth lick Talon's finger."
Talon- I instruct, "Talon, if you want to jump off the couch, put pillows down first." He throws the smallest couch pillow on the floor and then dives off the couch head first onto the floor, completely missing the little pillow. Screams!! Snuggles with mom!! and then wants to do it again.... really?
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
COLTON TANNER!!!!
Colton Tanner has arrived in style this morning at 12:12! Amber was brought in to be induced yesterday morning at 6 am. We spent all day sitting in the room watching monitors of Amber's contractions and the baby's heartbeat. Finally in the afternoon Amber really started to have harder contractions. At 9:45 pm the nurse checked Amber to see if she was progressing and she was dilated enough to get her epidural. So then the anesthesiologist and her doctor showed up around the same time. The doc broker her water at about 11 pm. When Amber started feeling more pressure at 12 am the doc came in and 12 minutes later the little man come into this world. Unfortunately he gulped some amniotic fluid that didn't agree with his new lungs. So the nurses quickly went to work cleaning him out and helping him get the oxygen he needs. He weighed in for the fight at 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 inches long. Finally this morning the docs let him come back to our room and we got to hold him. He is currently cuddled comfortably in Nana's (Amber's mom) arms! Colton We Love You!!!
Friday, December 25, 2009
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