To all my Crackpot Friends and Family....

CRACKED POT

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots,
each hung on the ends of a pole,
which she carried across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while
the other pot was perfect and
always delivered a full portion of water,
at the end of the long walk from
the stream to the house, the cracked
pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily,
with the woman bringing home only
one and a half pots of water. Of course,
the perfect pot was proud of its
accomplishments. But the poor cracked
pot was ashamed of its own imperfection,
and miserable that it could only do half
of what it had been
made to do.

After 2 years of what it perceived to
be bitter failure, it spoke to the
woman one day by the stream. "I am
ashamed of myself, because this crack
in my side causes water to leak out all
the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled, "Did you notice
that there are flowers on your side
of the path, but not on the other pot's
side? "That's because I have always known
about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds
on your side of the path, and every day
while we walk back, you water them.
For two years I have been able to pick
these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are,
there would not be this beauty to grace the
house."

Each of us has our own unique flaw.
But it's the cracks and flaws we each
have that make our lives together so
very interesting and rewarding.

You've just got to take each person
for what they are and look for the
good in them.

SO, to all of my crackpot friends and
family, have a great day and remember to
smell the flowers on your side of the path!

Celine Dion

Last Friday we celebrated Valentines with the kids and took them to Rodizio Grill for dinner, if you have never been there I suggest you go. Besides the awesome meats they bring around they have the best salads!! For Valentines Steve got he and I tickets to see Celine Dion in concert this Sunday the 22nd, I am so excited I have always wanted to see her! I just have the BEST HUSBAND in the world!!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

-

Kelsey and Dads Project....

Kelsey wanted a window seat for her room so her dad built her one and they painted it together, it turned out really cute.

Baby Poems

My sister Jill and friend Kiki gave me these Poems that I wanted to share. If you can't read them you should be able to click on the picture to make them bigger:

Volunteer of the Year!

Steve is on the Board of the West Jordan Chamber of Commerce because his S&S business is in West Jordan City. Steve and I, and a few other members were in charge of "Share the Magic" Chamber dinner this year for all the West Jordan City Businesses. The night turned out great!! Steve had to "MC" most of the night. Honors were given out to people that were nominated by the community....Business man of the year, Business women of the year....etc.. Steve was voted "Volunteer of the Year". He is always helping out someone and giving a lot of his time in the community.

Joey is feeling better!

Joey has been playing around a lot more since he is now feeling better. He was diagnosed with Hypo Thyroid right before Christmas (which is why he lost all the hair on his tail, no more rat tail). Joey now takes meds everyday and is now more energized, his hair is softer AND he now has hair on his tail, he's even lost some weight (HE LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER)! The kids just love Joey!
Joey thinks he has to go everywhere we go....

Getting ready for Baby!

Our new baby bedding, isn't it sooo cute!! I know we are getting started a little early but the Doctor keeps saying each visit that if I don't settle down and get over my sickness I will be put on bed rest and the baby will come early... (it's so hard for me to slow down)