Andy's New Hair Style

Well, I finally did it!!! I put blonde highlights in my hair (ones you can actually see). I did cut off a few inches as well, but nothing too drastic. Last time I got my hair cut was a year ago in December and last highlights in my hair was in November 2006. I really do like it and I am glad that I did it. I do think that it takes a lot less time to do my hair. I hope you like it and can actually see it in the pictures. I am glad that I got it done and I don't feel like such a frumpy stay at home mom. I can still look cute, even if my kids are the only ones that see me most of the time.

Kids say the cutest things.....

I was telling Brayden and Dylan that President Hinckley passed away and they looked very sad. Brayden had a puzzled look on his face and he said, "Mom, you know how Jesus died for us?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Well, President Hinckley is going to live again, Mom!"
He said it with such confidence and so much faith about Jesus; I am very grateful that my 4-year old can understand and know that the Savior really died for us and that he lives, and that someday we can too.

Jaci sitting in the sink

I was doing Jaci's hair in two pigtails and she thought it would be fun to sit in the sink while I did her hair and brush her teeth with Justin's toothbrush (sshhhh he doesn't know). She also wanted the water on, but I wasn't going to allow that (as you can tell by her expressions, she can get a little crusty face.)
She is just too dang cute!!!

Our Fire Alarm at Church

On Sunday, we had just been settled into our first set of meetings when the fire alarm went off. As many of you know, I am the nursery coordinator for our ward for about 32 kids. The kids started crying, parents were rushing in grabbing their kids out and many adults were just about ready to hit the road. Then we found out that the youth sunday school teacher had brought a fog machine for an object lesson about the iron rod. I guess that the smoke alarms are pretty sensitive to even the fog. All in all we were able to get the kids calmed down as well as the parents and eventually the kids were happy again. However, my daughter thought that the fire alarm was funny. Until the fire department could come and turn off the switch, it would go off periodically, and Jaci just laughed at it. She is quite a character. The boys were calm and didn't even budge, except to cover their ears. What an eventful Sunday!!

The Rexburg Temple

Justin, Brayden, Dylan and I were able to go to the Rexburg Temple Open House on Thursday, January 17th. It was just incredible!!! They have you meet at the church which is about a block down the hill from the temple where you are guided into a room of about 35 people. You watch a short 10-12 minute video about the meaning and the sacredness of why we have temples. Then you walk through the corridor till you get to just outside the temple and there are young women putting booties on your feet. They first start you out at the Baptistery, then guide you to the hallways that go to the ordinance rooms, then the celestial room. There were many flights of stairs to go up and down. The boys explained that it was Heavenly Father's House and that the church was Jesus's House. It was a great experience to take the boys and we are eager to attend a session there shortly. The dedication will be Feb. 3rd. If you realized we were missing a child on the tour...miss Jaci Lyn went to Grandma Hegsted's house and hung out with Grandpa most of the night. Brayden's favorite part was all the stairs that he could look up and down as we went to another floor. Dylan's favorite part was the Baptistery; he wanted to know if you cold swim in it and he thought the oxen were cool underneath the font.

Facts: *The Rexburg Temple took 4 years to build from its announcement till now.
*It has the largest sealing room in the church.
*Is the same size as the Idaho Falls without their cafeteria.

Making Fun Hats

When Justin is gone to Montana during the week, I get to think of some creative ideas to keep the kids entertained. We made hats out of construction paper, colored them and the tape them so they would fit our big heads. Mine was the only one that really did fit so good, but the boys liked it. They said we had to take pictures of us, so here we are. We also took some silly ones, but it is hard to hold the camera and make sure that everyone is in the picture.

First Snowmobiling Sled Ride

We all went up the Dry Farms in Ririe to meet Grandpa Hegsted and Krissa. They have a sled that was hooked to the back of the snowmobile and the boys got in and rode all around the Dry Farm. It was pretty chilly outside so Jaci stayed in the car most of the time with Andy. The boys also got to ride with Justin and Grandpa Hegsted on the snowmobile and had tons of fun going up and down the hills. We only stayed for about an hour due to the chilly conditions, but it sure was fun.