Where do they learn these things?

My two year old has started calling me by my first name. She hears other kids and adults calling me "Amy" and so she thinks that is what she can call me too. I can hear her from the other room calling, ..."AMY....AAAAAMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYY!!!" She is only TWO!! She has not even learned to REALLY talk yet!! I am still getting the two or three word sentences and now she is calling me "AMY!"

I try to correct her and tell her that I am "Mom" to her, but she corrects me and says, "No, AMY" like I am the one mistaken. It could be because she is one stubborn little girl, some may call it her "terrible two's" but I call it STUBBORN!! I say it is black and she says it is white, but that is my girl. She did not learn it from me.

TWILIGHT!!! I am sure you have never heard of it

Yes, I have read the books!! If you have never heard of them, where have you been? I was encouraged by one of my sweet young women to read them. Honestly, I read them for her, but now I love it. I read all three in about 6 days and am now rereading them.


I do not know why they are so intriguing...it is about a vampire and a human who fall in love. But, man, if Edward was a human...he would be sooo HOT!!! I am also so excited to hear that they are in production of the movie!! Can not wait for that one.

Happy Halloween!!

I can not believe I am going to post this.....!!

So I have a new "most embarrassing moment." I should be more careful about what I admit too, but I really think this is too funny to pass up.

My sister and I went to Kmart today to see what Halloween clearance sales they were having and to look at the costumes. I felt the urge to dress up this year. Maybe it is because I am in the Young Women's this Halloween and they keep encouraging me. Anyway, I went to the area where the costumes were and found one I kind of liked. I decided that I was going to try it on over my clothes to get a general idea of how it looked. I showed my sister what I had found and she told me that I looked dreadful and to take it off...I had to remind her that it was on over my clothes and of course it was going to look worse then usual. Anyway, I gave up and pulled the costume up over my head to put it back on the original hanger. The whole time talking to my sister about my need to find a costume and debating what I should do. I held the costume in my hand for a minute before I decided to straighten the costume out and place it back on the hanger...it was then that saw that the costume looked different then I remember. It suddenly had my shirt I was wearing tangled amongst the costume. I quickly looked down and realized that I was standing in the middle of the isle with nothing my but my underwear and a bra. Panic swept over me as I hurried as fast as I could to untangle the shirt I had on from amongst the costume. Once I got it free I had to quickly turn my shirt back inside out and put it on. My sister was of no help, she could barely get herself up from the floor since she as laughing so hard. There I was, crunched behind a shopping cart trying to redress myself hoping the security guy in the back was enjoying the show.

Fortunately, no unsuspecting shopper came around the corner until I had my shirt back on. Looking back on it now.... it was a good laugh. I wish I had worn waterproof mascara!!

Watch at your own risk...

This video was sent to me from my hubby. It made me so uncomfortable to watch, but I know that it is necessary.... click on the link to see what I mean.

http://www.childdrowningprevention.com/index.html

This baby does not even seem a year old...and I can not even get my four year old to let go of me in the water.

I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!

I can not express how much I love fall!! Not only do people seem to be happier, but you get to see more of them. They are not hidden inside their homes because the heat hits you in the face as soon as you open the door. The kids LOVE to go outside now and they dread coming in. It seems like this nice beautiful weather never lasts as long as those hot summer days or those freezing winter nights.



I just have to take advantage of the beauty as much as I can. I love to grab my camera and take the kids up the mountains to hike. They love it too!!! I decided to take them up there middle of last week...just me and them. Just as I get that perfect shot of the kids running through those gorgeous leaves, the battery flashes on my camera and it shuts down!! I was so ticked! Luckily, I was able to convince Neil to head back up there with me over conference weekend to enjoy the beauty of the canyon.



There is a beautiful ride into the canyon not far from our house. I never knew it was there until a few weeks ago. It has several small lakes throughout it and nice trails. This time of year those colors are AMAZING!!! I literally sit in awe of the beauty that is around me.

I love the fall...I only wish it would last longer.