A new baby boy!!! :)

So, as I said in the February seventh post, my sister had her fourth boy on the ninth at 8:38am. Since then I have had the privilege to be here with her and her boys. Of course I have taken lots of pictures so I might as well share them with you... :)

We all wanted a girl...

Morgon was the only one who wanted a boy :(  (This was our blue vs. pink fight!)

The boys waiting to be able to see their new baby brother

They loved him...so did everybody else!!!! :) :)

Weighing him...

10lb 1oz!! OMG!!!! My sister is amazing!

I got to dress him in his very first outfit!!!

Grandpa with his new grandson

Morgon soooo wanted a boy!!!

Alaina fell in love with him even though she wanted a girl :)

The grandmas adored him!

They made this banner with one of their aunties... (Thank you Yah for our new baby!)

...and Morgon wrote this on it before the baby got here. :)

Snow day... :) :)

We had a very fun snow day about a week ago and all the guys had to stay home because of the roads. They had fun making snow men and getting into snow ball fights.... :)

Helping roll the snow balls for the snow men

Assembling the snow men

Measuring the snow men...(over nine feet!)

The finished products

The cute baby!!! :)

Family photos with our snow man, snow woman, and snow baby! 

To make a long day into one sentence...we had a very fun day being outside a lot and freezing our fingers and toes off!!! :)

February 7th...

I have been pretty busy lately and not at home so I have had like zero time to blog much less check my email. Right now I am at my oldest sister Ariel's house to help take care of her three rowdy boys (ages 8, 5, 3) because she just had a fourth one last Tuesday. :) I was at her house Tuesday then went home for the night because I had to work the next day but ended up finding a ride back to Ariel's house Wednesday night after work. So I've been taking care of her and her kids two days short of a week now. Ok, so I am going to do some catch up blogging right now about things that happened between last time I blogged and now. On February seventh was my brother-in-law's birthday. I took some pictures of the cake and his family...

The cake...

 

Some pregnant ladies at the party.

Prayer

How many times throughout our day do we tell someone that we will pray for them? And how many times do we actually take the time out of our busy day to stop what we are doing, sit down, and fulfill that promise that we made to them? With me? Not many. Usually I will casually through it around when someone asks for prayer but I never truly take it all that seriously. If someone is humble enough to ask you for prayer, you should pay attention to them and actually pray earnestly for them. Even if they don't ask for prayer yet you say you are going to be praying for them, you should keep to that and pray.
That is just another something that I've been thinking about lately. It is hard to do but I am working on it along with everything else. :)

Something I read a few days ago...

I was reading something in a daily devotional from missionaries around the world the other day and came across something that was pretty interesting. Basically it said that we shouldn't just read the Bible as something we have to do, but read it searching for what God has for us that day. It was pretty neat and exactly what I needed for that day. Last year I tried to read the Bible through with a plan my mom printed off the computer. I didn't succeed. :( So this year I am trying it again with a different plan that I think I like better...so far. Last years' plan skipped through the Bible. For example, on Monday I would read a couple chapters in Genesis and Tuesday I would be reading a couple chapters in Matthew. Anyway, I didn't like skipping around because I always forgot where I left off and such. So this year I am like going straight through the Bible, Genesis to Revelation. To be honest, it gets pretty boring reading about everything that happened with Moses and how they where delivered from Egypt and all the plagues, then about everything God told Moses about how to make the tabernacle...especially for the third time. So I was at that point in boringness when I read that thing out of the daily devotional.

Living a Life that is not yours...

I'm not going to say that nothing has happened with me lately because that would not be true. There is always something happening whether I choose to acknowledge it or not. Recently I have had look at myself a lot and have been coming away not fully satisfied. I have been in a lot of unreality lately with everything. I have not been taking responsibility for my actions. Instead whenever someone says that I did something wrong (again), I just blow them off by saying, "well, everybody has problems". I've been thinking a lot about myself and what would make my world just wonderful instead of trying to make everyone else's world the best. I've tried to get a job and fulfill my needs first, but God has stepped in the way every time. It makes me mad when I look at my friends and see how their lives seem so amazing with their jobs and everything they have. I've tried to push past God to get my way but, thank God, He hasn't let me. He has been trying to tell me something but I haven't been listening for His voice so it gets lost in with my daily hectic routine of selfishness. I think finally I've caught a glimpse of what He's been trying to say. I have been reading some George MacDonald books lately and there was something in there that made me really stop and think. I can't remember what I read, but I do know that I came away with something. I have been asking God to help me do what I want to do and getting frustrated when He doesn't do what I ask of Him. Meanwhile, God has been asking me to do somethings and I'm sure getting frustrated because I haven't been doing anything He's been asking me to do. Why in the world do I expect God to do something for me when I'm not doing anything for Him? It probably seems like such a simple little thing to you, but it hit me hard! I have been so stuck up in my own little world that I have had no time for God, unless, of course, I have something I need to pray for! Me and my selfish little self. I haven't been able to see the needs around me. God said that we are to take care of everyone around us and not worry about our needs because someone else will take care of them. 

I've been thinking also about the time I got baptized. I haven't taken it seriously. When I got baptized, my life died, and Christ's began in me. My life is not my own anymore! I am a tool in the hand of the Father. Wow! That's just awesome!! Think about it. Christ living inside of you, being able to use you to bring more people to Him and to do His will! I am finally excited about this Life and I don't want to keep it for myself anymore. God has given me an incredible opportunity to be with some of His people who are hungry for Him, just like me. There are two girls my age, one who is 17 and the other, 18. Both are quiet and caught up in themselves. I know how that is. I am still, everyday, struggling to get out of myself and see others. I may not have everything for them, but obviously God thinks I have something or else they wouldn't be in my path. Maybe it's just a little encouragement or a friend. Both girls are very lonely with like no friends. Maybe I can be that one for them! I don't want to pass up this opportunity to do God's will. I don't want Him to turn to someone else to do it because I was just too caught up in self. 

All this is still a working process and will always be. I need everyone to be with me. I know I'm not the most friendliest person to be around or the most happy at that, but I want all that to change. I want people to go away from me happier than when they came to me. I want my life to be His to do with as He wants. I know I have hurt some people, my friends especially, and I am so sorry! I haven't had time to see them. I want my life to be given to everyone around me. The Messengers get together every Thursday night to talk about God. I want to be an asset to that meeting instead of a hindrance. 

Birthday party

Autumn turned five January first but her parents didn't get the time to celebrate her birthday until last weekend. She invited out her best friend Audrey and they had a little tea party. Her older brother Gavin was the usher/butler guy. They had fun dressing up and being together.