Answers

All righty. I think 24 hours is enough for a great game, don't you think? Here are the answers:

1) Broder
2) Jackson
3) Jackson
4) Jackson
5) Broder

When I showed Tim, he had a little hesitation on 3 as well, but the kicker was that Jackson does not have the widow's peak/swirl-of-doom in front like Broder does. I hope the "bed-head" look is still around when he cares about doing his hair...otherwise, he might have troubles.

It's time to play....

..."Guess the little, blond-haired, blue-eyed, bald-headed kid" game!!!

Unfortunately we didn't have the digital camera when Jackson was a newborn or I would have put up a whole bunch of the both of them at 1-month old; that may have been more of a challenge, but we'll have to make do with these. Make your guesses, and I will put up the answers in a day or two. (Most likely you'll be right...go with your gut.)

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4) 5)

Three things

If you're ever having a bad day...like if the stock market dips 8,000 points...try thinking of these things, and hopefully you'll feel better.

1) New socks. Seriously, who doesn't love slipping on a pair of brand new cotton socks?

2) New mascara...or new makeup in general. (Sorry guys.) New mascara is the best, and it only works like that the first swipe out of the tube.

3) New baby smell. If you don't have a new baby handy, borrow one from a new mom; they can use the break. And if that doesn't work, get some baby lotion and take a whiff.

I'm positive that one of these three things will cheer you up. What other suggestions do you have?

Updates

1) This is what Broder's ear looks like after his accident. (See Friday post for details.) It's not as swollen anymore, but the bruise is making it's way down his ear. Pretty nasty, don't you think?
2) Last night during the Priesthood session, my friend Summer called and invited me and the boys to go with her and her kids to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum. This was a no-brainer. We love di-sa-ors! For those who don't know, (and I didn't until my sister-in-law Jennifer told me about it), but throughout the museum there are 13 little knomes hidden all around. On displays, painted into walls and apparantly part of the actual skeletons. Jen and I had previously known where 3 of them were, and were having a hard time locating any more. But breakthrough last night! We (Summer and I) cheated and asked the desk attendent if she knew where any others were and she gave us the location for 2 we didn't know about. Super-cheap I know, but once you start looking for those little guys and understand how ridiculously impossible they are to find...you'll consider cheating too.

3) Conference is the best!

Conference Goodness

Yay, it's Conference time! I really enjoyed both sessions today and thought that I'd share a couple of quotes/thoughts that stood out to me. Please share anything that you loved from today too...we're so lucky.

1) I am afraid that I don't know for sure who gave the talk that this quote came from. I was in the car listening and didn't hear his name. It was at the beginning of the morning session. He said, "Faith isn't only a feeling, it's a decision." I was really struck by it. But, for some reason I am having a hard time expressing my thoughts on why this is so true...it just is! I open it up to your comments...what do you think? Hopefully, I can sit down and get my thoughts more organized and coherent and then I'll share.

2) President Uchtdorf -(I'm paraphrasing) "The brighter our hope; the greater our faith; the purer our charity." We all know these characteristics go hand in hand. I love how he described hope as an essential characteristic/catalyst for both faith and charity.

3) Elder Bednar- A fantastic talk all around. I loved the connection that he made between morning and evening prayers. I took it this way. Our morning prayers can almost be considered our spiritual preparation or "to do" list for the day. We can ask to have the Holy Ghost guide us in decisions involving family or friends/neighbors, we can ask for help with a concern with our kids, we can ask to have patience, we can ask to have strength to accomplish our goals for that day. Whatever we are wanting to accomplish that day, we can ask Heavenly Father for help. Then our evening prayers can be considered like our "return and report" in a way. We can take a look back over our day, see where prayers have been answered or comfort given or revelation received or lessons learned and give thanks. Then we can look toward the next day in preparation to build upon what we have learned. He ended his talk by saying "Revelation is real." Thank heavens for that!

Anyway, those are just a few of the tidbits that I highlighted in my notes from today. Excuse me if my ramblings are disjointed or incoherent...still a little rusty on the writing, it's been a long time since I had to write any sort of "thesis." Also, please add any of your thoughts. I love to hear insights from others...it's like virtual Sunday School! Have a fabulous Sunday Conference!

Fun Friday

1) Thanks to Da-bid, Gem-fer and Mason for coming down and playing tonight.
2) Hooray for ice cream!!
3) Broder got yet another injury...that's not the good part. The good part is that he didn't get more hurt than he did. Somehow the little toy slide he was playing on tipped over and from what we could best guess, he got pinned between it and the sharp edge of the bookshelves. His one little ear is purple and swollen and was cut. I didn't get a picture of it yet, but if I do I'll post it. I really hope the little guy makes it to three...

Thankful Thursday

(Fall 2006)

1) I'm thankful for Jackson's smile and when he says, "OK, Mom" when I ask him to do something.
2) I'm grateful for Broder's laugh and for the "arguments" we get in. "You're cute. No, you're cute. No, YOU'RE cute!"
3) I am thankful for bubble soap and bubble wands and imaginations.

Gratuitous gratitude

I have returned from a long period of "non-blog." I have really no reason to account for it other than that: 1) lazy, 2) didn't have pictures to post, and 3)couldn't think of anything to say. But last night I came across an article talking about how good it is for you to express gratitude along with recognizing the good and/or funny things that happen to you, your family, your friends or the world. I thought, "Hey! Something to talk about on the blog."

So here goes. If I am ultra-lucky, I'll have things that happened that were funny and/or that I am thankful for AND a picture to go with it!")

1) Jackson and Broder like to run around the basement from one end of our long family room to the other, all the while singing "Jingle Bells" at the top of their lungs and trying desperately not to crash in to each other. It is fairly humorous listening to Broder attempt those lyrics. "Jinga bez, jinga bez, jinga ah-duh-way!!!" and then crashing face first into the couch cushions.

2) I am thankful that Tim's job seemingly will outlast the nastiness that is the current economy.

3) Lastly, and I won't write about this much at all after this for fear of seeming obsessed...which I'm not. (What! What have you heard?) But those of you who watch a certain show on Thursday nights will understand, and those of you who don't will just have to pine away and wonder what it all means. HOORAY!!! FINALLY!!!
And that's all I'm going to say about that.")

Have a lovely evening; see you tomorrow.