To be honest is to be great!

And they were among the people of Nephi, and also numbered among the people who were of the church of God. And they were also distinguished for their zeal towards God, and also towards men; for they were perfectly honest and upright in all things; and they were firm in the
faith of Christ, even into the end. ~Alma 27:27


Honest hearts produce honest actions. ~Brigham Young


If only we could take the advice of our great leaders!!! It is not your words that speak to people yet the actions you put behind them..........

I miss you all!

Love Kendra

Updates

So I did some new updates on my sidebar................check it out!!
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Can you say CUTE!!

Okay so this is my own personal cutest baby contest! There is no need for any other contestant, we already have our winner!! Cutest baby ever goes to................................

COLTON

Messes

So there are a couple things my children are AWESOME at and one of those things is trashing a house in less then 5 minutes, and trust me that is not even a joke. So Kadyn is probably my number one mess maker, but trailing right behind him is my little Colton. He sure does know how to make a mess and most the time it is on my carpet with food, and not just any food but black pudding! Example below...............................

LITTLE DEVIL!!!!!!!

My little babysitter

So I can really tell that Kadyn is growing up in the past few months. He is becoming my little helper around the house. Before anytime I asked him for help he would just pretend like he didn't hear me and go on with what he is doing. Now he is always asking me if he can help clean the house. He will vacuum the WHOLE house, and does a pretty good job at it too. He also loves to walk around with his spray bottle of cleaner (it's just water, shhhh don't tell him) and a rag and cleans every single surface of the house. Okay so maybe my OCD with having a clean house is rubbing off on him, but I could think of a lot worse things he could be doing. Anyway so the picture below is Kadyn babysitting Colton. He loves to play babysitter, it is probably because they are with a babysitter a lot now. Well he does such a great job and this is where he put Colton down for is nap last time he was "babysitting" him. My baby is all grown up, before I know it he is going to be off on his own, hopeful he will always be a mamma's boy!

Pulling cats by their tail

This is what happens when you try to pull a cat around by his tail, (please kids don't try this at home never a good idea) unless of course you want your face to look like this. My sweet little Austin, wait did I say sweet I must be confused! He may not be sweetest thing, (especially to Farley), but dang he is cute!!!

Blessings

Kids do the sweetest things! This is an old picture that I just came across today that I had forgot to blog. It was so sweet about a month or so ago I walked out to the living room to see this........

The boys were giving Faley a blessing. At first I thought they were holding then down on the ground and then I heard Austin saying Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Father (he thinks those are the only two words in a blessing I guess). Anyway I though it was so sweet and just had to give my boys credit for being the cutest boys in the world!

Thanks Boo

I got this cute little book mark thing in the mail today from Becki it has the best quote I have ever heard, I love it!! Thanks Becki you are the best sister and always will be!! I am SO EXCITED to see you!! So here is the quote, it says....


Before you go to bed,
Give your troubles
to God.
He's up all night
Anyway.

Love that!!

What.....

Okay so last night I was trying to find Colton so I could get him in the bath and then off to bed. I walked into the kitchen and this is what I found...............
Little devil! He tried to give me his What did I do mom look......but it didn't work. Okay so maybe it did work I let him keep eating the donuts until I could grab the camera and take a few pictures. I am sure that was his plan all along.

Shoes shoes shoes.....

Isn't he cute! They don't look as good on him as they do on me but pretty darn close.

Froggy

Okay so Colton has been so cute lately he is learning new things everyday and loves to explore. So Kadyn got this frog a long time ago from Grandma Kathy and it sign "What a beautiful Day". Well Colton has always loved to dance and he has finally found someone that will ALWAYS dance with him. He is so sweet he carries him everywhere and treats him like a real friend. He is not my baby anymore. Times goes by so fast, I am happy that I am learning to enjoy my children when they are young.

Farley

Okay so the other night we were just hanging out and Colton was holding Farley, (he loves him). He had his arm around Farley and was just sitting there when all of a sudden out of the blue he put Farley's ear in his mouth! We started busting up laughing! He must have done it 20 times before Farley had enough and ran away. He is the best cat ever, he is great with the boys and the boys just love him so much. I am happy we found him!

Crazy night!

Okay so I went down the street tonight to get a gallon of milk cause we had just ran out. When I walked into the store the cashier was FREAKING OUT!!! She was like I just got robbed. WOW, didn't I have perfect timing. Two minutes earlier and I would have been there in the store when it was getting robbed. To make this an even more interesting story, when I was leaving my house which is like 3 blocks away, I stopped to check my mail and saw a chick book it down the street away from me. After I had checked the mail I got back in the car. When I saw the chick again she had met up with another kid and they were booking it down the street. I paused for a second and then for some reason got a feeling to just let them go, so I just headed to the store. Come to find out when I got to the store those kids where the ones that had just robbed the store. I am so glad I listened to that still small voice, who knows what would have happened if I went after them. Lesson learned, listen, don't push that voice out of your head there is always a reason for it!!

I Ask God

I asked God to take away my grief.
And God said, "No....
It is not for Me to take away,
But for you to work through."

I asked God to make my broken heart whole.
And God said, "No ....
Your spirit is whole,
Your pain is only temporary."

I asked God to grant me patience.
And God said, "No....
Patience is a by-product of tribulation,
It isn't granted, it's earned."

I asked God to give me happiness.
And God said, "No....
I give blessings,
Happiness is up to you."

I asked God to spare me pain.
And God said, "No...
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
And brings you closer to me."

I asked God to make my spirit grow.
And God said, "No....
Grow on your own.
I do the pruning that makes you fruitful."

I asked God if He loved me.
And God said, "Yes....
I gave My only Son to die for you."

I asked God to help me love others
As much as He loves me.
He said, "Ah, finally, you have the idea."

No love in the world is like that of the Lord, if only we could love a tenth of what he does. It is so sad that we all take his love for granted! What if he wasn't there? What would we do then? Lord I can not live without you, without you I am nothing, please help me to love those that have hurt me. Please help me to love as you love, unconditionally, nonjudgmental, and forever.

Halloween!!

So last night was so much fun!! The kids were like little energizer bunnies. We started the night by going to the YMCA they were handing out candy and had all kinds of fun games for the kids!! Colton found a balloon and had the best time of his life. Everyone there was like oh look at the cute panda bear. We did everything twice and then headed to a neighborhood in Grants Pass that has really old big nice houses.

The houses were all decorated and the streets were packed!! We walked forever and went to a ton of houses. When we were done Kadyn told me on the way home that he thinks next year that maybe I should bring a stroller for him too. Also another funny quick story. So I made dinner for the boys before we went trick or treating and I told them they could eat all the candy they wanted to if they ate all there dinner. So they did. Well we got done trick or treating Kadyn turns to me and says, "I never have to eat dinner again I can eat candy forever now". I think maybe he misunderstood what I told him. Anyway the day is almost over and he realizes that he still has to eat food that candy will not give you strong muscles like batman. Kids are so cute. So after trick or treating we went home and the kids wanted to play in their costumes more. It was late but I let them anyway, it wasn't 2 minutes later they were sprawled out on the couch almost asleep. It was a very fun night!!

When we first got home

After a few minutes of playing

Then two minutes after that!!

The end!

You can stand there and smile.
You can sit there and laugh.
But you can't trick me I know it's a mask.
You’re trying to lie to me and everyone else,
but why is it that you’re lying to yourself?
You can calmly sit there and try to look cool,
but I know your emotions and I know you’re a fool.
I know inside you, your feelings rage.
The suspense builds with the turn of a page.
By day you’re one person by night another,
and neither of them have anything to do with each other.
I've watched you sink farther from your heart,
and all of this just tears me apart.
I sit here and cry for you not for me.
What you've become I wish you could see.
No words could I use to help me explain,
what it does to me to see you this way.
You’re not there anymore my dearest friend,
I hate to say this but this is our end.

Fresh Start!!

Okay so do you want to know how crazy I really am. Some of you know that I have been growing my hair out for the last 3 years. Well just like I need a fresh start for my life I thought my hair could use a fresh start too. So I cut it ALL off, about 19 inches. I am donating it to locks of love and it feels GREAT to have a fresh new look!!! What do you think???

Trip to the coast!

So this last week my life once again was turned upside so I had to escape, get my mind off things. So on a whim my mom, my boys, and I all packed up and spent a few days camping at the coast. It was a great trip for all of us. Although I couldn't get my mind off everything going on in my life the boys had the best time ever, and that made everything worth it!! The first day we got there we unpacked into the cabin and headed off to the beach!! It was cold but all the kids wanted to do was play in the sand, so that is just what they did. The next day we wanted to do something really fun that we hadn't ever done before so we took off to the trees of mystery. I didn't think it would be as much fun as it was but we had a blast!!! I didn't think the kids would be able to hike all the way up to the top and back down but they proved me wrong. Kadyn was so cute he was our leader and had the map and told us were to go. He did a really good job only getting us lost about 5 times, but it was so worth it to see the look on his face, he was so proud of himself!! We rode the gondola up to the top, it was breath taking just like the ad said. We could see over all the trees all the way to the ocean. I have never seen anything quit like it. It took all day to go up and come down as soon as the kids got in the car they were dead to the world. So my mom and I parked at the beach and let them sleep while we read our books. It was a great ending to a great day. By the way I finished the 3 book!!! It was so good!! I can't wait for the movie to come out!!

New house!!

So I am moving on Friday. No I am not doing anything crazy like before, just got a bigger house here in Grants Pass with my mom, so my kids and I could have our own bedrooms. I am so excited, it will be really nice to have my own space. It has been really hard to NEVER be able to escape. I never knew how much I took my own space for granted, it will be nice to be able to sleep in my own room again. And I am sure my kids are just as excited as me!! Now they will have a place to play and have their own toys back. So here are just a few picture, I move in on Friday!! Anyone that wants to drive to Grants Pass feel free to come on over! ;)

new moon!!!

Second one down!!! I don't want to ruin it for those of you that have not read the books yet. I'll I have to say is I was so upset at first but about the last 250 pages I couldn't put the book down. I am SO addicted is it not even funny!! I am even more IN LOVE with Edward too bad he is a vampire and not real. Oh well I can still have my fantasy!! Well, I already bought the third book and in between conference tomorrow you can bet what I am going to be doing!!! The kids are with their dad so I will be able to get a ton of reading done. Yepee!! Well think I might read one or two chapters of the 3rd book tonight so goodnight, and enjoy conference tomorrow! Love you Kendra