"Bible!"

Just a cute picture of Amalee loving her brother!

We have been reading Bible stories to the girls before they go to bed. The girls of couse love listening to their daddy read. Maggie has finally started talking and she gets so excited for scripture time. These are just to short videos with her saying "bible." We think she says it really cute.

"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver".

I went visiting teaching today and my partner shared this story. I had never heard it before but I love it now. It really does help me know that our Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ are always here for us and keep a watchful eye over us!

There was a group of women in a Bible Study on the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three, which says:"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver". This verse puzzled the women and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.That week, this woman called up a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot then she thought again about the verse, that "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith "But how doyou know when the silver is fully refined?"He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy - when I see my image in it." If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has Hiseye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

Sunday morning nap time!

I was upstairs doing my hair and when I came down this is how Daddy and Dallin were!

It was so sweet. I love my husband. He is such a great dad and provider for our family. He loves playing with the girls and watching sports with his boy!

Happy Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween! First we went to Abram's work party then we went to my family's(Spier) neighborhood to go trick-or-treating with my brother and sister and their kids and then we went to Abram's parents house. The girls had a blast!

This is Abram's mom (Nancy) with our little family!

Amalee was a ladybug, Maggie was a Little Chef, and Dallin was a pumpkin.

The witch in this picture would talk when you walk by. Amalee wouldn't go near it but Maggie had no problem!

Amalee and Maggie at Abram's work party!

Tagged By Jodi Crosby

Here are the rules:
1. Post the rules on your blog:
2. Answer the six "8" items
3. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

8 Favorite tv shows:
1. Music and the Spoken Word-BYU channel
2. Prison Break
3. The Office
4. One Tree Hill
5. Simpsons
6. Gilmore Girls
7. Franklin (watch with my girls)
8. Sid the Science Kid ( watch with my girls)

8 Things I did yesterday:
1. Take Amalee and Maggie to preschool
2. Feed Dallin
3. Take Dallin to Nanny and Papa's house
4. Go to chiropractor
5. Go to Frys
6. Eat at Costa Vida with Mom, Julie, and Greg
7. Drive home
8. Read scriptures and put kids to bed

8 Things I look forward to:
1. Taking a nap
2. Eating chocolate again( when Dallin gets older)
3. Abram finishing school
4. Abram coming home from work
5. Maggie getting potty trained
6. Trick-or-Treat with my girls
7. Christmas
8. Being with my family

8 Favorite Resturants:
1. Carrabba's
2. Costa Vida
3. Claim Jumper
4. Cravings
5. Outback Steakhouse
6. Cheesecake Factory
7. Olive Garden
8. BJ's

8 Things on my Wish List:
1. Get out of debt
2. Get 1 year supply of food and water
3. Get Honda Odyssey
4. Get one story house
5. Get a Netherland Dwarf bunny for girls
6. Get a bigger tub for master bath
7. Sleep through the night
8. Give Dallin a real bath

8 People I tag
1. Kristina Hargrave
2. Jennifer Ellsworth
3. Kelli Lopez
4. Alicia Bottomley
5. Ellee Pettit
6. Haley Cardita
7. Cortney Shurtz
8. Cindy Whatcott

Family Night

For family night Abram wanted to carve pumpkins with the girls! He got on the internet with them and they looked at picture of what they wanted to carve. Amalee chose a house and Maggie chose a Face! They had so much fun coloring the pumpkins and taking the "guts" out of it.

The girls are in their panties because we didn't want them to get their clothes all messy.

The girls took their bath then came back downstairs to see their pumpkins carved and lit!

They were so excited! I think the pumpkins turned out great! Thank you Abram for being such a great dad! The girls love spending time with you!

Dallin is Here!!!

Well.... Our little bundle of joy is here!!! We left for the the hospital this morning around 2:00am and I had him at 3:54am! A quick but hard labor. It was so worth it to have him completely natural! I feel so much better and I know my recovery will be so much better too!

His name is Dallin Abram

Weight 7lb 12oz

Length 20.5in

I'm so happy he is here!

More pictures to come later.