Honk if your child's a monkey

The last few time's I've lost Savannah I resort to searching on the tops of books shelves, counter tops, tv stands, ladders, etc. ( My mom is probable honking loudly right now, reading this, laughing out loud and saying "SERVES YOU RIGHT!!") These next pictures are taken in Grandma and Grandpa Thomas's basement where she feels right at home like on a jungle gym.




This is Savannah up on the counter for a night time snack with Daddy.
This is Savannah up on the table showing off her Indian hat that we made for Thanks giving...


I wish I had a picture for all the times she was up high, like this very moment, getting a plate for her self to 'make cakes'... Well my camera is plugged in so I'll just take a picture and up load it now! How nice! Here ya go... Uhhhh I better go...

Side note, my sister just posted pictures of her daughter playing in the bottom of the oven drawer and her post was about Audrey being a turkey... We have all kinds in the family!

So much to be thankful for!

This will be a short post, but I love this time of year and reading every one's blog posts about GRATITUDE! What an ungrateful nation we've become and it's so awesome to have a time just for remembering what we have and what we have to share! I just want to take this opportunity to be grateful! I'm so thankful for the wonderful life I have. A wonderful husband, beautiful daughter, family, friends, the truth of the gospel, health, a roof over my head, food to eat, a car, so many material blessings that I couldn't list them all! On top of those I have been blessed spiritually again and again. I know that each of these blessings come from God and I thank him daily for them! Again, what an amazing life I have. May each of you have a wonderful season and realize what you have to be thankful for!

Late Halloween Post

So Jimmy and I went to a party on Friday night, it was couples themed so I went as a laboring woman, and Jimmy as my Ob/Gyn Dr. Bear N. Down (haha clever, I know) It was lots of fun.
Then on Haloween we went to the Trunk or Treat here in Paradise. If you've read past posts, Savannah went as a bride. Jimmy and I went as the mother and father of the bride. (ha not so clever, I know) But we all had a lot of fun, got lots of candy, and didn't freeze our tushys off!

Blowing up

Do you ever get the feeling like all the sudden some one put a balloon in side of you and decided to blow it up. With in days you need a new ward robe... Any one?

I think this is totally fun. Being pregnant with 8 of my best friends (sister and cousins included)

Desi W. (just delivered) Oct 14
Emily B. Due Nov 2
Ang J. Due Nov 25
Milly A. Due Dec 16
Jen R. Due Dec 16
Aubrey K. Due Jan 10
Amy B. Due Jan 30
Shay B. Due Feb 10
Me! Due Feb 12

I'm probably missing a few and if they due date isn't accurate, sorry! I just love this plan of families and happiness! Best of luck to everyone! And am glad to have good company while I'm 'blowing up'


6 months depending on who's counting

Catch up

A while back we did a bread and jam making class for our ward enrichment. Here's my first attempt at bread knots. My Grandma Buhr is famous for bringing the rolls every Thanksgiving (and most get togethers) I asked her what we were going to do when she couldn't make rolls any more, and she said that I'd better get practicing! Ahhh, so I'm taking my journey of mastering breads!

I take Savannah to the Logan Temple to touch the Temple, walk around it, talk about it, and watch the brides and grooms come out. Then one day while at the DI looking for haloween costumes she saw this dress and said "MOM, IT'S MY TEMPLE DRESS!! RIGHT THERE!!! IT'S SO PRETTY, MY TEMPLE DRESS SO PRETTY!" Awww my heart just melted. So we got it for her to be a bride for Halloween. She's going to be a bride, Jimmy and I are going to be the 'mother and father of the bride'. She of course has to wear it at least every other day... But I don't mind it cause she sings ' I love to see the temple, I'll wear my dress today'... What a cutie!!


Speaking of her being a cutie, one morning she got up early, right? I was so tired I laid in bed while she played... Next thing I know she is going on about a spider that's on the bed. I thought she was pretending because my mom got her a creepy crawlers book all about bugs. I ignored her on goings that went something like this... 1) Mom! it's a big one! 2) It's crawling on your pillow. 3) Hey mommy you have a spider in your hair, Yeah, it's crawlin!
Now she has a great imagination, but she was talking about this spider for a long time... so I decided to get up and see what she was talking about... Good morning Mr. Brown Recluse!?!?! IN MY HAIR! Ahhh. Needless to say I swept the house of all webs and got spider traps to put up every where!

My heart's been touched

I don't really know how to express the feelings I have right now. Jimmy and I for our Family Home Evening today went to a program called Rachel's Challenge. It is a beautiful, heart wrenching, touching, eye opening and sweet program about Rachel Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. She was an amazing girl who did her best to live the way Christ would have her live. There was story after story of how she reached out to the new kids, the special needs kids and the unpopular odd ones.
My heart ached for all the families as we watched footage of the shootings, news and after affects. I wish each of you could have been there with us. At the end the presenter asked each of us to think of the people who we love, our parents, siblings, spouses, children, friends any one that would want to know that we love them... he challenged us to tell them how much we love them and why. I just balled as each of your faces ran through my mind and it made me realize how blessed I am to have so many people to love and to love me in return. I don't want to make this long, but I want each of you to know (and so many others who won't see this) how much you mean to me. Your love, examples, testimonies, services, smiles, encouragement, tears and prayers have been so impacting in my life. I hope to be as Rachel Scott and have that impact in the lives of others. She was only 17 yet her life has touched millions. And it touched my heart today. If you get the chance to see the program 'Rachel's Challenge' Please please please go! (I think you can watch the program online at Rachelschallenge.org )If you need to be uplifted watch what you can and i hope it'll touch you as it has me.
I'd like to share one quote with you from an Essay she wrote for a class before she died.
"I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same." - She really by this and it's her challenge to the world.

-If any one has seen this presentation, please post how it affected you in your life!

The Totals are in, survey says???

Congrats to every one who voted BOY in the poll these last few weeks! Jimmy and I are so thrilled to introduce you to our little BOY! Yep that's right, we're expecting a boy early February. I'm due on the 12 (which is my birthday) but we'll see when he really feels like coming. All our apts have gone well and he was healthy and had all his parts when we went to our ultrasound this morning. I hope this finds every one well. I debated posting a picture of his manhood for all to see how proud we are that a boy is in the family. But the face picture won out. If you need extra proof please comment and I'll send it to you! :)

Thanks for sharing in our joy.

Love Kim Jimmy Savannah and Baby Brother!