So it's New Years! Cheers all! As you also know it is that time of year for goal making. I have to admit... i haven't been big on this tradition. I am terrible at keeping up on stuff like that. Jimmy and i have set little goals like stay happy, or get rich(HAhAHA) but never anything serious. SO... i would like to set some goals for all you to gape at so you can keep me on my toes. Here goes:

1. Don't worry. Just enjoy the ride
2. Exercise!!! Chances are i might not
get too thin, but at least i can HONESTLY
say i am trying.
3. Read my scriptures more and Pray.
4. Have consistent FHE
5. Stay as happy as i am now(AHHH!!!)
SO there you have it. I hope i won't let myself down. I hope all is well with you all. HAPPY NEW YEAR! We love you. Party long and hard.

So this is our fun CHRISTmas story. We needed to get back on CHRISTmas night so Jimmy could get back to work the next morning. We knew it was going to be a bear out there so we planned to get on the road early. Well... it didn't happen. We left Mom and Dad's @ 9:00 p.m. Not the best time when there is a blizzard going on. Knowing what we know now we should have stayed the night. But then we wouldn't have had this experience. So anyhows, we're driving through Salt Lake and it is just pounding us hard. We were going 30 to 35/mph the whole way. The freeway wasn't even plowed. We finally get past Lagoon and it is still coming down. By the time we got to Brigham City we were going on 3 hours! It takes about 2 hours from Riverton to Logan.So we were getting tired. Well we saw the canyon was limited to chains only or 4x4. We had neither so we called everyone to let them know we had to take Tremonton.(Loooong way around). As we went on we ended up taking the wrong exit. We ended up in Garland, a pokey but cute little town. There was one gas station but it was closed. There was nothing open. It was dark and there was noone we could ask to help us. It was getting late and we were getting a bit nervous. We also had a little one screaming in the back and so you can probably appreciate our dilema.We ended up out of town in the middle of nowhere. Jimmy stopped and we decided to say a prayer. I was so scared. It was snowing again and we didn't know where we were. As we ended the prayer and turned our van around, out of nowhere, headlights shown on us. As it got close we noticed it was a cop! we both looked at eachother and said, "No way!" It was that quick. He got us back on track and called Cache Valley and told us if the borders were still closed. Then he turned around and headed back from where he came from. There was no reason for a cop to be out there. No reason at all. We were so relieved. And in awe as well. We were also fortunate to not skid off the road or get stuck. (Except for when we pulled up to pur home and got stuck right in our parking place! How funny is that.) When we got into the valley the borders had reopened. We got home @ 2:30AM! Crazy. But we had a little miracle happen that we will never forget. We are so appreciative of our Heavenly Father and Savior for looking out for us that night. They are our constant guide and without them there would be no meaning to anything. And thanks to all those prayers said in our behalf. We are dicovering there were several and we know we are blessed to have those people in our lives. Thankyou.

Well it is that time of year again. There have been so many things i am grateful for. I want to express my love for my wonderful husband. Jimmy is amazing. He is so right for me. We have so much fun, even in the dark times. There have definately been dark times. I love him and can't wait to spend the rest of my life and eternity with him. He is truly the kindest and most unselfish person i know. He makes life wonderful for all of us. I feel i am the luckiest gal alive to have such wonderful and beautiful kids. I am so honored they have come to our home to share in this life with us. They make life a constant surprise and help me on my journey. There are days i don't have the patience i should. But they love me anyway and give me the love i can only hope i deserve. I cherish our little memories we are creating and hope they will always know Mommy loves them. What an exciting year. We love our home, as small as it is. We love the small town feel. Being away from family has definately been a challenge. But has made us so strong and forced us to rely on each other and others. We have made so many new friends and love them all. We know that we are meant to be here.
I am so grateful for my Savior. He is so kind. So patient with me. I hardly know how to properly thank Him. HE has seen me through more than anyone can know. I wish i didn't make so many mistakes. I wish i could just do everything i need to do. But i know he is always there, pushing me along and carrying me when i can't take another step. I love Him. More than anything. I am grateful for the knowlege of His exsistance in my life. I hope to make Him proud and do his sacrifice justice. Thankyou to you all for being so wonderful. I love all of you wherever you are and hope life is full of as much love as you need.

Here are some more pics of our kids. i know we are so boring but hey we really don't do anything else. So here they are. The one of Danika was so cute. We found her asleep in their toy container. She can sleep anywhere. Landon is starting to laugh right now. We have a video of it. I don't know if it will load. He is all smiles. It's so refreshing to be around him. It cheers me up. The girls are fun with him. They dance around him and kiss him all day. Jenna calls him Baby Boy and Danika squeels in a high pitched tone whenever he is near. It's like she can't stand just looking at him, she has to hug and snuggle and kiss him all over. They make a great team.

The girls decided to do tummy time with Landon. They were so cute because they were helping him stay up and tried to get him to look at the camera. We have a fun bunch.

So i got a hair cut. It was a tragic tale. I tried to give myself a haircut. I know, i am so lame. But it was to save a buck. Times are tough. Well i really botched it. I cut one side too short and all different directions. It was horrific! I started to freak out so i stopped. Jimmy came home and found the remains on the floor in the bathroom. I told him about it and he told me to get dressed and we went and got it fixed at my friends' salon. So here is the end result. I have never had it this short. But... it is so much easier for the busy life i have. Word of wisdom...Never attempt to cut your own hair. It's a loud mistake i assure you. Cheers to you all.

We are getting ready for Christmas. It came so fast. I love it that the girls are now starting to get into it. It's so fun because the magic of Santa and all that jazz is renewed for Jimmy and I. We hope our family and friends know we love them and are thinking of them this season. We love you all. Merry Christmas!

This is Jimmy-

It hasn't been a very good month for us Republicans and Cougars. I personally think both were rigged. But I'll leave the political politics out of this one, and just say that at least with Max Hall throwing the game, the whole conference gets more money. Go Max Hall! Running Ute's MVP!

Being a mom is a a lot of work but worth it when you have cute kids to love. Here are some older pics of the girls. I need to take more pics soon! I apologize.This was the first day that got to hold Landon in the NICU. We couldn't hold him for a few days after he was born because of his lungs. We were so happy to finally hold our little baby. It was a rough week for all of us.

Some cute ones of Landon. Enjoy!

So the girls are now sleeping in one bed together. Not every night but sometimes we find them together. Here is a snapshot of them. I think they must miss being so close when they were first born. Twins are great!

So i had a crazy day with the girls today. I am in the middle of potty training the girls and so little Danika, bless her heart, likes to take off her diaper and clothes as well. When i discover her, 9 out of 10 times she has gone somewhere other than the toilet or her diaper. AHHHHHH!!!!! Can i scream? Then Jenna, bless her heart as well, decides to dump all of Daddy's HOTTTTT HOT sauce all over the kitchen table! She got it all over the place. She did get a little in her eyes but not too bad. I tell you what, having kids is a workout in all directions. But as i look around my house i feel so blessed for all the little messes they make for me. The pen marks on the walls (Magic Eraser has me covered) the food in the couches (good old vacuum hasn't failed me yet) and all the toys and junk they leave out makes my home feel lived in. So i am grateful for the mess of the day. It makes me know that i am needed but also loved.

We just celebrated our 5 year Anniversary! WOO HOO! We were going to SL but it didn't work with us being sick so we stayed at home. We bought a new card game , SMACK. We got some mint Hershey kisses, which we had on our honeymoon, and some sparkling cider and played games and watched old movies. It was fun. It has been such a joy ride. I love being married to Jimmy. We have had a lot of fun as well as challenges. But when we look back on all of it we are so pleased to honestly know we are more happy than when we started out. That in itself is an accomplishment these days.

i am big on being really cheesy so i am going to list 5 favorite memories i have had these 5 years. here goes:

1. making pizza in our first apt. and having the middle come out like soup. We made such a mess but had a lot of fun.

2. Having no cars and walking to Smiths @ 7:00 pm with a few dollars of change we scrimped from our couch, just enough for one gallon of milk. I enjoyed being poor then because we really learned to appreciate things. I loved the talks of striking it rich one day and dreaming of what we would do with all that money. Then the next second saying we didn't want to be rich because we would miss the excuse to walk to the store only for a gallon of milk. We are funny that way.

3. Finding out we were having twins! Jimmy's face was white. We stayed up all night talking about it. We were so scared and had no idea i was about to go through the pregnancy from the pits. I really felt like God was mindful of us. What a surprise!

4. When we were dating i wanted to just hang out with just the two of us. We were always around our friends. So Jimmy took me up to the cabin. It was my first time there. He shared all his memories as a kid there on the way up. When we got there he took me up to the porch and put on his car stereo and we danced on the porch. It was by far the most romantic little date we had, yet so simple. I was so happy to be with him. He was and still is the best friend i have ever had.

5. We went camping once. Camping with us can be very frightening. It was before the little kiddies came along. Our tent was supposed to be a two man tent, but it fit only one of us comfortably. Well that night it rained and it leaked on us. We were also afraid because the wind picked up and we swore it was going to blow us away. Luckily we both have extremely bad luck and a sense of humor because normally this wouldn't fly. We also forgot a lot of things. But we had fun.

So there you are Jimmy. Thank you for the best 5 years i have ever had. And i really mean that. I love you sweetheart and here's to the rest of our wonderful years ahead.

Our little angels!

Mama's Boy!

Here is my costume. I had to wear these masks so the kids wouldn't catch it.

Here is Jimmy with his handlebar mustache and mohawk! This was his costume this year. EEK!

here are the girls at Halloween! They weren't really excited here because they just wanted o get out the door. But i was going to go all out this year but i got bronchitis and so i stayed home with Landon. The girls were supposed to be cats but all i could do was get little paint on them. so they are supposed to be whiskers. Anyhows, enjoy!

Danika and Jenna are 2 and a half now! They are such cute girls! It is so much work having two 2 year olds but a lot of fun too. We feel truly blessed to have these wonderful spirits in our home.

This is Landon! He is getting so big!!! He is such a good little guy! He is 8 weeks old now. I can't believe it!

Hey we have a blog now. we need to get some pics for it. But now we can show off our fam. Exciting!