last minute presents

Hey ladies,

I know most of you are probably done Christmas shopping but if you are not then...check out amazon.com! Jared and I have saved over $150 this year on buying presents from there which includes (on applicable products)free shipping! I know some of you already know but for those of you who don't, hurry you are running out of time!

Julie

Hi Everyone,

I finally took some time to start a blog for our family. Shocker, I know! Anyway, if you want to see my mad blogging skills, you can. www.khaoticpeaces.blogspot.com

I would love to get some more ideas and advice from all you expert bloggers, too. I can type like the wind, but the html kind of gets to me. :) Hope you are all safe and happy this holiday season.

Oh! And we are going to send out Christmas cards this year (double shocker!) so please email me your mailing addresses if you can at kateejames@gmail.com. Thank you and love from Richland, WA!!!

Seriously so blessed you guys, like for reals

I discovered this hilariously, satirical blog on one of my friend's blog. Ya'll have to check it out if you already!! This blog was created to help us laugh at ourselves; all of us LDS mommy bloggers. There's a lot of truth to it!

http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/

add me to the rest of the bunch

Jamie---you better not drink the water when you're here. You may end up with four.

okay so i'm sure we all have our days where we feel completely frazzled and overwhelmed with being a mom.  Honestly, lately i have been feeling frazzled and completely clueless as to how to deal with Dalan and his hitting spells.  I thought I'd ask all the experts. Do you have any suggestions on what to do when your child(2 yr. old boy, is this a boy thing????) hits you in the face and timeouts don't work(really only make it worse) and ignoring the act seems impossible.  It is obviously an act for attention, but trust me I give him plenty of attention, one on one time, we go somewhere everyday(park, museum, jogging, hiking, swimming etc...)  What happened to my sweet baby boy all of the sudden, maybe the terrible twos kicking in, maybe  i'm doing something totally wrong.  Any ideas?  Have any of your kids gone through a similar stage? Just thought I'd get your thoughts.   Have a great week everyone.  Lore

Congrats to the Grads!

Congrats to Josh Ramsey and Erin Smith on graduating!!! And to Jolie and Rachel because of all the behind the scenes work that you have done.  What are your plans now?  Congrats to anyone that may have also graduated and I haven't heard about yet!!

Colby Alan Fry

Colby and I came home yesterday, we are both doing well.  Colby was born through an emergency c-section Monday at Noon. For more information check out my blog!