LDS.org - Ensign Article - Preparing Our Children for General Conference

This is an awesome article filled with ideas on how to prepare for General Conference. It also has great ideas to keep us actively involved during conference no matter our age!
LDS.org - Ensign Article - Preparing Our Children for General Conference
I would love to hear any other ideas that people have tried or heard of!

How to get your baby to sleep

So they say you shouldn't let your baby fall asleep with a bottle in their mouth, but what about a lollipop?



Training Update:
I had an awesome superset workout yesterday and I am feeling the effects today! My diet I have done to stick with my calories but I can do better with my fat %. However it is funny to me that my fat content is high because I rarely add extra fat to my food except salad dressing which is usually vinegar and olive oil. I guess I need to watch the fat content in my other foods. Today I didn't get in a workout but I did good sticking to my calories. I also went shopping for some clothes. Good news there is that I only had to by 14's I was really worried I was going to be a 16. I am hoping to one day soon be at least an 8!

First post of my Training success

All of these will be success posts because even if I gain weight I have learned something about myself. So...
I have been really frustrated that after 2 weeks of tracking my workouts and my food. I have actually lost nothing! I know facebook says I gained 2 pounds but truth be told I thought I weighed less than I did when I started. So yesterday I did some contemplation on what I can do to remedy this. I asked myself if I have truly been recording my food and the intensity of my workouts correctly and I really feel that I have. I did go back and look at where my calories are coming from, fat, carbs or protein. I am definitely consuming more fat than I should be. I also feel I need to make a few other changes so this is my game plan for the next 2 weeks to see what happens:
1. Reduce fat intake. No more than 30% of my calories should be coming from fat
2. Do 3 strength training workouts this week in a super set fashion using a strength training app to accurately record what I do.
3. Make sure I drink 64oz of water

So this on top of what I have been doing. We will see how it goes.

Safety Fair

This past weekend we went to the Safe Kids Fair at the South Town Expo Center. It was a great time. We went first on Friday early afternoon with Ali's preschool. Then we did go back on Saturday towards the end and it was a mad house. I would like to do it again but it will be early on Friday. I just wanted to share some of the pictures.

They had a few people painting faces. They were amazing. I'm not going to lie, I wish I had gotten mine painted.


The Firefighters were doing a cool house demo where they taught the kids what to do in case of a fire. Then they let them climb down a chain ladder.


ADN we always have to find the princess. Girls just love them.

But I don't like my bed!

Many nights we hear this all too familiar statement from Ali, "But I don't like my bed." or "I can't sleep, my bed is too hard." So one night she came downstairs and told Ryan she didn't want to sleep in her room. So he said alright, let's find you somewhere else you can sleep. So they decided the kitchen would be a good spot. So Ali grabbed a pillow off the couch and one of Bridger's small blankets and went and laid down in the kitchen. Ryan later came and asked her if she wanted a bigger blanket. So he put one of our large quilts on her. I can't imagine how this could be better than a nice soft bed in a nice warm room.

Before Ryan went to bed he did move her up to her room. Now when asked if she wants to sleep in the kitchen her reply is no.

Aaron comes home

So how many missionaries can say they helped paint their welcome home sign? Well that is what you get when you come home a day early and only tell your sister Natalie!

It took all of us to get the sign out and to lift it up. I said I would be in charge of the sign. I was told we didn't want to hang it on the garage because the last time we did that the paint came off. So I decided to make it plenty long so we could hang it across the garage. I guess 12 yards was more than enough! Maybe next time I will just go the full length of the house!



After helping re-finish the roof this summer Ryan had no hesitation to help hang up the sign on the roof.

Kids say the silliest things!

The other morning Ali is saying the morning prayer. During her prayer she asked that her name be changed to ...and Emi's name be ... we couldn't understand what she said. So after the prayer we asked. Ali what do you want your name to be? "I want my name to be Right" said Ali. And what do you want Emi's name to be? "I want Emi's name to be wrong. So I can always be right and she will always be wrong."

How cute is that!