Dear mamamama,

 Dear mamamama,

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Dear Sheri,

The message above was brought to you by James, your son who loves you oh so much because you're such an awesome mom and you love him. I love you and I hope you enjoy your first annual Mother's Day.

Also, enjoy these wonderful videos featuring your son.

Love,

James and Jamo

p.s.: I have no idea how James was able to put in a diamond, emoticon, and a weird looking T. He started playing with the number pad at the end and I think that's how he did it.

On Testimonies

Here's the thing.

Throughout my life there have been ups and downs. Highest of highs, lowest of lows.  There's been times where I have questioned the very existence of God and times when I could feel Him guiding my life.

But where does all this up and down leave a 26 year old girl, who is a wife, who is a mother, who still has no idea what she wants to do with her life?  For some time it seems like I've been gliding on this wave of... complacency?  In the back of my mind, I knew what I believed.  Still that seed of doubt pops up out of no where.  Not big, hardly perceptible.  And then I'm trying to reconcile life with what I believe, and what I do.

But then the trials hit.  The times when you have to decide what you are going to do, what you are going to stand up for.  And for me, this is the time when I feel my testimony of Christ, of belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the most.  These are the times I know without any doubt that what I believe is true.

I believe Christ bled for us in Gethsemane.

I believe He died on the cross and rose the 3rd day, so that we might all live again

I believe Christ is our Savior and without him all would be lost.

I believe that Joseph Smith Jr. truly saw God the Father and Jesus.  That he restored the true church of Christ to the earth again.

I believe in modern revelations from modern day prophets.

I believe that the Holy Ghost can guide you through your life through baptism and the confirming power of the priesthood.

I believe that the family is sacred and a part of God's plan for his children.  And no matter how the world may attack this fundamental unit, that it is the center of all things great and small.

I believe in the love God and Christ have for all people.  And that we need to love our fellow man as well.  There may be differences, there may be disagreements, but there should ALWAYS be love.


I believe in that great plan of salvation and am so grateful everyday for the knowledge of knowing where I came from, why I'm here, and where I'm going.


I believe in not only having faith, but in acting upon it, by giving loving charity.


And knowing these things leaves one little room to do nothing.  Sometimes I feel like we are afraid to stand for what's right and we hide our beliefs when others are being thrown at us in every directions.  It's okay to believe what you believe.  It's okay to voice your opinion.  It's like that saying, 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.'

Now is not the time to forget what we believe.
Now is not the time to become complacent.
Now is not the time for sitting idly by
Now is not the time to be afraid of what other will think or say.

Now is the time to DO, come what may.

Eve 6 @ Fubar

Does your family have a band they all love?  Cause mine does.  Eve 6.  We've been listening to them since they first came out with their hit song Inside Out.  Although, that may be their most famous song, it is in no way their best song.  When Jamo and I were first married, well, one year after, we went to go see Eve 6 in Kansas City for our anniversary.  Summer of 2010, Eve 6 came to my hometown for the 4th of July festival.  And this year, they came to Fubar.  So Jameson, my sister Holly, and my niece Emily trucked it down to downtown to this little dive of a bar that has a two rooms for bands to play in.  And I got to say, it was great.  We might have been def for the next two days from the crazy loudness of it all.  Who knew so much noise could fit in so little a room.  So it was packed with actual Eve 6 fans who could all sing along at the top of their lungs (and it didn't matter cause no one could hear you anyway).  And it was fantastic.  It's been a while since I've been to a rock concert.  It was full of all the crazy fun I forgot about.  It was like I was 19 again, just for an evening.

 

 

 

 After the concert we made a late night run to the Taco Bell in which Holly bought EVERYTHING on the menu.  And it was delicious.  And in case you were wondering, Eve 6 just release a new album about a week ago.  So go and listen.  And I have officially seen Eve 6 more time in concert than any other band, 3 times.  They were tied with the love of my life, Breaking Ben (marry me Ben?), but those fools need to go on tour again.  Oh but the Eve 6 was good.

James Medical Update

Just a quick update on James.  As some of you may already know, he has undescended testicles.  Not one, but both of them (lucky boy).  We took him to the urologist this past week.  One of them is still pretty high up and the other is down farther, but still not enough.  And so, he is going to have to have the surgery.  If we don't do it soon, it could lead to infertility, hernias, cancer, and something else?  So 2e set up a date for it, June 12th.  It is an out patient procedure, so we'll be able to bring him home that day.  But on account of it being surgery, he will have to go under anesthesia, which is full of things I don't want think about.  They said recovery should take about 3 weeks, the worst of it being the first week.  So kindly, the nurse told us it would be the hardest week of our life.  Comforting eh?  My poor baby.
K, think that's all I'll post about it.

Putt Putt And Chimi's

In March I decided that we were boring.  And so I started making us do things.  Mostly we live through the Groupon, really, it's a problem.  We had one this groupon probably months ago.  But Jameson loooooves the mini-golf.  So to North County we went.  The mall there has a glow in the dark putt putt course.

For dinner (with another groupon) we at this place in St. Pete called Chimi's.  And oh my goodness.  Go there, now, and eat a chimichanga.  Steak and cheese is how I like mine.  It was kind of like heaven.  Maybe I was super hungry?  And the salsa, amazing.  Even James ate some of the amazingness.  We're trying to grow him up right, on mexican food.

PS - I HAAAATE new blogger. Who new rearranging photos and writing words could be so hard?

Pretty awesome right?

These photos are amazing.

James got his very own bracelet.  He thought it was pretty awesome.

James at Chimi's.  He loves eating out.  It's like a new adventure every time.

Driving home.

Reasons Not To Use My Point & Shoot

They are as follows...






Amazing, I know.

Four Things That Make Today Great

Some days make me happy to just be alive, living my silly little life. And here are a few of the things that made today spectacular...

1. Lunch Date With My Baby. Seriously, this has to be one of my favorite things to do with my James. Now that he is old enough to one, sit in a high chair, and two, eat whatever the heck he wants, we now have the mobility to be awesome. Of course, I still bring his lunch with us, today it was applesauce and cheerios and a bottle of milk. I probably sat in that silly Taco Bell for over an hour just eating lunch and talking with my baby. I just love this kid. And today was a good day with him, as most are. But there was just something about the way he babbled and smiled at me cause he was so happy to look at new things and be a big boy and hang out with me.

2. Clearance Doughnuts. Cause I mean, doughnuts + clearance are two of my favorite words. I bought them for FHE tonight (I know, we're a day late, but we're totally doing it, so we rock).

3. Clearance Baby Clothes. Again with the clearance. And really, all of these shirts we're each a $1. How could I pass them up? Wal-Mart for the win today. Also I bought that silly little black tutu, cause umm, a dollar? I'm pretty sure someone needs it for a dollar. So yay for stocking up on bigger clothes. We've finally hit the point were we've run of things people have bought us as gifts and now have to fend for ourselves :). If there had been more shirts I would have bought them. But I pretty much cleaned up.

4. New Vacuum. Ok, so I already have a vacuum. But I've been looking for some sort of hand held little vacuum for small messes, cause my big vacuum is big... and heavy. And this one is hand held, or can attach to make a bigger vacuum to use on floors. I hear it works great on non-carpet floors, which is also a plus. My linoleum could use some love. And I've already used it, and plan on doing so again... James is a messy eater.