Yummy Oat-Pancakes

I tried this recipe from Taste of Home and it is very good! http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Oat-Pancakes

Next time I think that I will put honey on the plate and have honey-oat pancakes. They were really fast and easy too.

Monday with Theron

Josh slept the whole time we were gone. This is a cute picture taken later that night.
Abby stayed on this Zebra for a long time. Finally Theron jumped on. Abby was peeking her head around him but moved and this is the picture I got.
I love this picture of Abby. The wind was blowing and she was just so pretty...
This one is cute zoomed in as well but I like the composition of this picture.


On Monday I went up and picked up Theron while Grandma Shirley(Ben's Mom) took a break. Ben and Becca are taking an early morning class to learn how to do home hemodialysis and Grandma Shirley came to help out. Abby, Josh, Theron and I hit McDonald's for an hour and a half and then headed to the Willow Creek Park for another hour and a half. It was a lot of fun and I got some really cute pictures and videos. Videos will come shortly.

This video is of Ben (he is singing Sweet Emotion) and Adam, Chance, and Connor are the featured dancers. For Christmas Adam and I got a karoke machine from his parents. So for our New Year's Party we busted it out. I am proud to say that the boys performed wonderfully for the camera.

My Little Girl

When Josh was born Abby aged a lot. Immediately I felt like she was older and could do older things. In the last few months my relationship with her has changed drastically. Things I had never really done before were happening. I was losing patience at an alarming rate. I've praying for help but this week I prayed for patience. On Monday night when I was putting Abby down I started to remember her as a baby. I remembered how sweet she was at 1 and 2. Somehow remembering her this way made her seem like a little girl again. And somehow this has helped me to feel more patient with her.

Rolly Polly Josh

While I was at the Jiggle Butt Run Josh rolled over to his tummy. He had done it earlier in the week at night too. But since I am not the only one that has witnessed it it feels more official to me. Josh is very enjoyable and smily. He is very laid back and fun. He has started to laugh this week too but it scares him so his laughs usually end up in a pout. Which is also very cute. I just love this little guy and can't get enough of him.

The Jiggle Butt Run

So I decided to go ahead and run the Jiggle Butt. To be honest I was NOT looking forward to it. I felt that I was too out of shape and slow to really have fun. But Becca said she would run it with me. I really like going to races with her because she always does really well and I can live vicariously through her. So I commited to going. We got there and I started to get really excited. I can hardly help it once I am there. I really love the race atmosphere. We all lined up and then the little horn went off. I began to 'run'. My goal for the race was really wimpy. I expected to run slow and stop a lot. Surprisingly I felt really good once I began to run. I really enjoy running in a big group. I settled toward then end of the runners. I walked a little bit but not as much as what I thought I would. I ended up sprinting in about 5 minutes ahead of what I expected. Becca finished 6/600 women. Pretty good. This was not a chip timed event so I don't know my official time or place which made it a little more enjoyable for me. I really like going to an all women event. It was fun. I would like to do this race again next year.

New Year's Resolutions

Last year I resolved to:

1. Sweep the floor everyday: Ha ha this one pretty much died in my third trimester with Josh. Grandpa got a nifty new machine to sweep with so maybe the floors will be swept a little more often
2. Try atleast one new food every month. I did well with this one until Josh was born, then I lost track. It was fun to try a new food every month.
3. Read a book written by a member of the First presidency. Well I had really good intentions. If I can count the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet then I am good otherwise I did not do this.
4. Run a race. I ran three races and walked one last year. I ran the Cowtown (10k) the Fort Worth Zoo Fun Run (5k) the Mayfest Run (5k) and walked the Kidney Walk (5k).
5. Learn or go to 4 new things or places. I did this one, all though it was pretty vague. I went to play group and found new parks that I didn't know about. I also learned to manage two kids instead of just one. I learned to follow basic sewing instructions and learned how to sew a new kind of blanket. Lots more too.
6. Be ready for the day by 9 am everyday. This one bombed pretty fast unless you count being in workout clothes. Even then pregnancy pretty much wiped this one out.

Even though I may not have achieved my goals this year I am glad that I made them. I improved in each category and just because I was not perfect at it I did not give up on them. And that is important to me.

This year I resolved too:

1. Study the book of Alma and Mathew 35
2. Go to Sea World
3. Run atleast 2 races, one 10 k
4. Memorize one new thing (The Stake Primary Presidency challenged the primary to memorize Alma 31:20 this year)
5. Workout with my family every week.
6. Complete 2 service projects, atleast one for the community.

The Stake also asked us to work on these things this year:

1. Read the scriptures daily
2. Seeking the Lord in prayer daily
3. Obtaining a current temple recommend and using it regularly
4. Searching for opportunities to share the gospel with others
5. Earnestly seeking the companionship of the Holy Ghost
6. Exercising faith to change and become more like Christ