Kid's Say the Cutest Things

This evening we sat down as a family and I explained to Tyler and Katie what Christmas really was about. Long story short I told them that it is when we celebrate Jesus' birthday. We talked about doing nice things for Jesus by doing nice things for others. After all of it was said and done, my cute little Tyler said "Then is snow Jesus' birthday cake?" Kids are just so precious and adorable! I love my little family!

My day!

Today has just been one of those days. I'm not one to just type without any pictures attached, but today I just need to!

I was upstairs reading this morning when I heard Tyler say to Katie "Lets clean the house. It will make mom so happy and then she'll give us some candy." I thought to myself "Could this be true? Are my kids really going to clean? You bet I'll give them candy." So, I stayed upstairs for a while. I didn't want to interrupt a miracle in progress! :) I heard Katie running up and down the stairs while Tyler said "This one goes in my room, this one goes in your room, make sure you put it in my room." My little micro-manager! It was cute tho. And Katie didn't seem to mind running up and down the stairs 20 times while Tyler sat at the bottom telling what to put away! Finally I decided to go see what they had been doing. All the toys on my stairs were put away!!! That's awesome!!! As I turned the corner I saw why Katie hadn't minded the stairs. She had drawn all over the stairway and entryway with a blue marker!!! I don't know where it came from, and I don't know where it went. I also don't know what kind of marker it was.

I have now tried hairspray on it, it removed my paint. I tried magic erasers, it removed my paint. Rubbing Alcohol removed my paint. Clorox wipes didn't do anything to the marker. I am so frustrated with it and I really don't want to have to repaint!

I decided to take a break from the marker war and clean my bathrooms. I really got down and deep cleaned them too. I love it when my house is clean! I spent an hour and a half on two and a half baths. Right when I finished the very last thing my hand bumped my sentsy candle and sent hot wax all over my hand, the counter, the two sinks, and the mirror.

So, needless to say. It has just been one of those days! Who knows, maybe the marker will actually get me to continue my paint color up the stairway like my original plan was. We'll see!

Photo Blog

I've got a photo blog. That's right, I have found a love for photography. It's still under constructions some what, but you should all go check it out. It's lifesmomentsbyjill.blogspot.com. I recently did a photo shoot that turned out awesome! I love it!!! Everyone should go look at them. I could have posted tons and tons, but limited myself to about 10 or 20 :)

Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. My kids had a blast. As a parent I am started to hate that you have to have candy on halloween. How my parents let us come in the door with a pillow case of candy growing up I will never know.

We did a trunk or treat with the ward. Since it was raining it got moved into the church. Ours is themed Heaven and Heck! I'm the angel handing out the fruit and Matt is the devil handing out the candy. We didn't win but I thought it was still kinda creative! We had a HUGE turn out for it and lot of fun themes people did. I sure do love my ward, there are so many great people in it. I hope the rest of you had a great Halloween. Now rest up before the big holidays come!