The Mountain of the Lord

I finished this slideshow today. A group of us are preforming this song at a Women's Conference this Saturday and I have totally fallen in love with it. The song is called "The Mountain of the Lord" and is preformed by Jenny Jordan Frogley. She does all the parts herself and it is a cappella (which we are finding is harder to do than it seems!!). I hope that you enjoy this as much as I did putting it together! Sorry you will have to copy and paste since blogger is giving me issues when I embed today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncrdD9pzJdY

I can't wait to see this!

I am TOTALLY in love with Sam Worthington. Plus, well, I am a Mythology geek. I really liked the Original so really it is Win all around for me.

And we are back...

We just got back from a trip to visit my sister Whitney in Arizona. We always do a lot of work on their house when we are there. They have added on to their loft since the last time I was there, so we painted some book shelves for the new computer room and managed to get their guest room closet with a better organizer. We also fixed up my nieces room with some nifty stuff from Ikea. THAT was a fun trip. I had never been to Ikea before. It was AMAZING. We didn't actually intend to buy anything while we were there, but, well, that went out the window pretty fast! I have been looking for a platform bed for Cadence for about 2 years now. We found one! and even better it was only $99. For a full size platform bed with head board. I was stoked! We also picked up a couple of other smaller items that will make my sister's life and my life much easier. I am totally in LOVE with that place. We also got to hang out with the Benson's which is always a blast! I want to go back soon!

We have had a couple of letters from Brady in the last week, as well as the paper work that will get the girls and I on base and get me an ID. I am nervous and excited about this! Brady is doing well. His flight is doing very well, but they have to earn the right to call home every week. I hope that they can keep it up, because I REALLY like getting to hear Brady's voice every Sunday. Being the only parent is really starting to catch up with me. I am officially exhausted by the end of every day. I miss my husband really bad on Saturday mornings. I'm not sure that I will remember how to sleep in once we finally get him back. :o)

School starts this week. I am taking three classes, one online and two in class. One doesn't start until March though so that is nice. I miss school and I am looking forward to being a student again. I have found that I really enjoy the learning part of most things. Plus school forces me to get out and take more pictures, which, sadly, I don't do as often as I should because of the effort that it takes with two kids and all my equipment these days.

I also have some resolutions for this new year. One of them is two lose some weight. I am participating in a weight loss challenge with a bunch of other women and I think it is going to pay off. It is 12 weeks long and my goal is to get 1.5 to 2 pounds off in a week. I really like the experience so far and so I hope that, with this extra motivation, I can get some of this extra weight off of me and keep it off! Changing how MUCH I eat has been challenging. I really like to snack and so things can get out of control pretty fast!

Another resolution is to read my scriptures every day. I can usually do pretty good a couple weeks in a row and then I let other things get in the way. I am reading with the kids now and I think that will help make a difference. I also am starting Family Home Evening again. We were doing it for a while and then Cadence started to become very difficult about it so we started to slack off. Cady is much more into it now so I think it will be easier.

I hope that the new year is going well for all of you! :o)

Our family pictures...

These were taken over a couple of days since it is almost impossible to nail down the girls for any pictures, and a pain in the butt to do any with me in them. :o) I like the way they came out this year though.

Yay!

We got to talk to Brady tonight! All of 6 minutes. Brief but wonderful. He is doing well. He told us that he will be able to talk to us for a little while once a week from now on. I am very happy to hear this! He got to talk to Cadence and Rory and it was just plain wonderful to hear his voice and know that he is doing alright! We are so proud of him! :o) Anyone who would like to write to him, let me know I can send you his address. I was told to tell everyone NOT to send packages or food, as he is not allowed to receive them. :o)