EARTH DAY

It's Earth day. I am sitting here guilty as the beautiful rain hits my window. I am, by far, the most non-"green" person you will ever meet. I leave the water running while brushing my teeth, don't have time to recycle or plant a garden, and always ask for my milk to be double bagged at the grocery store (don't want it falling out). Looking back I could blame it on my mom (it's always easy to blame your poor mother). I wanted to recycle when I was 8 years old and when I asked her she looked at me and said "NO". But bless her heart she was in the height of raising 7 dirty children and the last thing she wanted to do was dig/sort her garbage.

While I was taking Scarlett to her doctor's appointment I could not help but notice the Earth I have been given. Today is stunning. The clouds are low and gray in the sky with just the slightest bit of rain. I love days like this. I really should be better and have decided to "go green". Not all crazy and weird but just be more loving of Mother Earth. Afterall, she is a women and us women have to stick together.

I honor of my "going green" I made cupcakes without the paper wrapper (who cares if I looked and realized I ran out:)

Scarlett 4 Months

4 months old and loving it. She rolls, sucks her hands like crazy, sleeps from 7 pm-7am, plays with her toys, takes a bottle (when she feels like it), loves to suck on my shoulder before bed, stretches like a mad man when she wakes up, always has a big smile when I pick her up, has developed a new nasty yell/scream, fits into her new 3-6 month clothes, sucks on her sheets when she sleeps (ummm... gross!), gets so excited when Nick comes home and talks to him for hours. We love her, she loves us... it's a good life

Grandma gave this blanket to her from Hawaii

Just when things settle down...

she learns to roll over and wake herself up! She gets all twisted in her blanket, can't get back to sleep, and screams... new day, new problems.

Easter

HAPPY EASTER

This past weekend was so enjoyable. I loved listening (kinda sleeping :) to conference while eating breakfast with the family. Very little gets better than that. We celebrated Easter with Nick's family over at his sister Tiffany's house. So much good food and company. Really glad we decided on steak instead of ham. Sometimes change is good.

This conference I was amazed at how many of the talks revolved around family. My favorite talk was actually a member of the seventy, Elder Bradley D. Foster (listen here). He said "a mother's love is the closest to God's love." I am just being to fully understand that. The more I love Scarlett the more I realize how much my Heavenly Father loves me.

With Easter I can not help but remember our Savior and his love for me. Because of his infinite atonement I am able to be with my family forever. To be with Nick and Scarlett FOREVER! I now know why his plan is called the Plan of Happiness, nothing could bring me more happiness than having the ones I love with me throughout the eternities.

April Fools

In the name of posterity I need to include this little jem. This April Fools was very uneventful, as they usually are. The usual joke and cellophane over the toilet kind of stuff. But 2 years ago was priceless, it makes me laugh just thinking about it.

When I was accepted into nursing school Nick quickly became scared that I would use him as my "practice dummy". I told him not to worry, that because I really love him I would practice on my class mates. Yet, he was still nervous. One day, midway through my first semester, we were taught how to put in a urinary catheter (don't know what it is... google). Lucky for me that day was April 1st. We were only given one catheter set and told to take it home and bring it the next day for our test. When I got home I pulled out my catheter set ( it was clean don't worry) and put it on the ottoman. I looked at Nick and in my most gentle and loving voice said "Nick do you love me?" Nick's eyes told me that he knew what it was and his reply was running down the stairs and hiding in the bathroom. He locked the door. Holding back laughing I begged him through the door to let me "practice"on him. I told him that I was being tested the next and was really nervous and needed his help.

"No Jill, absolutely not. Do you know where that thing goes?"

"Ummm Yes, but don't you want me to do well? If I don't practice on you I will fail"

"You have gotten enough A's in your life, just fail it"

I could hear him whimpering through the door.

"Nick this is really important. Please, please help me"

With that he opened the door and said "Okay just make it quick"

I busted up. I told him "April Fools". He fell to his knees in pure relief. I am pretty sure we laughed so hard we cried.

"I would have done it Jill"

"I know"

And that folks is love!

From her computer to mine...

While at my sister's house I stole some of her pictures. She had some beauties... I want her camera!

Can't hold back my excitement at getting the official "Twilight:Bella" jacket

Christmas 09 from Nick

Scarlett's Birth Dec 09

Baby sitting queen

I took care of Jensen and Andrew this past weekend while Emily/Jordan were out of town. I was a little nervous, three kids is a lot. Why did I worry? These little boys are special and amazing. They have hearts of solid gold. We did all sorts of fun stuff. Made pizza, fed ducks, ate at crazy McDonalds, went on walks, rode bikes, had breakfast for dinner. We pooped them out and sadly they will be cranky/tired for Emily. The best thing of all...I drove a mini van. Yes, it happened. I wanted to scream out the window "it's not mine, I am still hip and cool" every time someone stared at me. All while I was thinking "but these automatic doors are fantastic!". It took me a while to figure the doors out though. The last day when I got them to work on the first try Jensen jumped up and down shouting "Jill, you did it". Ahh good times