Britten is 5!

Britten turned 5 while we were in Las Vegas for our nephew's mission homecoming. We spent the weekend with my mom. Jaycee and Britten are becoming good little buddies. I think Britten has met his match with little Jaycee!! She loved that we were having cake with a candle. She blew his candle out. We re lit it, and Britten took appropriate actions to make sure she didn't try to do it again:

Then life continued:

We had his little friends over from the neighborhood when we got home. We took them to McDonald's to eat and play in the play place.

I can't believe he's five and will be starting school in the fall! Right now Britten loves ninjas, Star Wars, and Legos. His favorite food is chicken nuggets and chips. He loves chocolate milk, too. the boy is so skinny, but eats those things like they are no longer going to be on the earth! He loves to watch TV and play toys. He is my only child that will sit and play for hours with action figures and toys. It's fun to watch his little imagiantion and hear sound effects.

Happy birthday, Bubba!!

A New Year, A New Word - 2018

I really struggled in 2017. I can say it wasn't my year. I took time off of doing goals because I felt too much pressure. But, in doing so, I felt absolutely lost in purpose. It taught me a great deal of why I should always be working on something!

This year will be different. I have chosen my word for the year (remember when I used to do that?). After tossing a few around, I chose my focus of the year would be the word: FRIEND. We're working on it as a family. We came up with a list of what we think a friend is.

A Friend Is:

-there for you whenever

-patient with your weaknesses

-comforting

-loyal

-trustful

-kind

-interested in my life

-selfless

-nonjudgmental

In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. It's a two way street. By focusing on this, we hope to become better friends with our family, those who are outside of our home, but we also are going to focus on our relationship with Jesus Christ. He is our greatest friend, and we want to be His! We chose to focus on John 15:14:

"Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you." The Savior is always our friend, but we must be working on knowing Him better and becoming His friend. By keeping this in mind, we hope to become the best of us possible! 

Happy New Year!!