Farewell To Elder Houston!

Today was my cousin Nick's farewell at church. He will be serving in the Honolulu, Hawaii mission and goes into the MTC April 1st. He gave such a good talk today and is going to be such a great missionary!

Here is my whole fam sporting our lei's in honor

The Houstons...doesn't Nick just look so excited?

Sam and Brandon proudly wearing their lei's... they are sure going to miss their big brother!

Ya I don't even know how many she has on? L0l!

And last but not least here is the proud missionary to be!

Together Forever...

So it's been a while since I last posted anything... it's been a busy last couple of weeks and well its definitely time to catch up! Saturday March 15th was a special day for our family, my cousin Britanie went through the Temple the night before and then Saturday morning she and her husband Joe were married in the Temple and then her three kids Tabitha, Sarah, and Casey from her previous marriage were sealed to them. It was seriously one of the most touching experiences I've ever seen! So cute to see them all dressed in white and be sealed together as a family for eternity! I am so so happy for them!

We all went back to my Aunt and Uncles house afterward for a little brunch. I wanted a picture with all of them but it didn't quite turn out the best, with the sun in all of our eyes
My cousin and friend who I could not be more happy for! Brit is due with her and Joe's first baby (a little girl) around my birthday at the end of April

Going to the Dentist is EXHAUSTING!

So I had to post this picture cause I think it is so funny... my Aunt, Uncle and cousins came in for their 6 month checkups a few weeks ago, which I am proud to say most of them didn't have cavities :-) Anyway Sam was one of the first ones in the chair, so she was done and waiting patiently for the rest of her family on the bench in the corner talking away to me and then the next thing I know I look up from polishing my Aunt's teeth and there she is collapsed and sound alseep. It made me laugh so I went and grabbed my camera out of my purse and snapped this picture before we woke her up :-)

Valentines Day 2009...

So it decided to snow on this day of Love which made it a mess for driving around in but pretty none the less. I really do love the snow!

I took my cousin Cindi to breakfast that morning at the Flour Girls and Dough Boys place, so good! I love their food!

And this was my little man I hung out with for most of the day and evening :-) I volunteered to watch my friend Toni's little boy James so she and her husband Rick could go out on a date. James is so dang cute and such a good boy! He will be turning one soon on April fools day. His birthday is the first day of April and mine is the last, no wonder we have such a special bond :-)

James loves to give hugs and he loves to play with your hair!

After a good half an hour of playing with the big valentine balloon I got him, he climbed up on the couch next to me and the next thing I knew he collapsed against me sound asleep. I then lifted him up on to my shoulder and there he slept for the next three hours while I watched Notting Hill and then took a little snooze myself. So ya all in all it was a great Valentines day, and I did get to snuggle with a boy after all :-)