Happy Birthday to Caden!

Caden turned two this month. How fast time flies!

A few things about Caden:

He has beautiful big brown eyes that make me melt.


He got an RC car for his birthday - he likes to "shoot" it to make it go.


He loves his baby sister and he now calls all the dolls in the house "Bets."


He really likes to play outside.


The ducks are not afraid of him, but they should be.


He started calling me "Mommy Reeder" this week - it cracks me up!

Verse 15

Ahh, I see what I did now. Thanks Jill for your comment.
Here is what the Doctrine and Covenants says:
14 All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;
15 And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.
16 All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground—

See the "these" in verse 15. Most people read that as the animals. That is what I have done my whole life. This last time I read "these" as referring to the grains. That changes everything.


I am going to ponder on it further. Right now I think it means both meat and grains.

Some good books I have been studying that support that thought are:
Disease-proof Your Child by Joel Furman
Intuitive Eating by Humbart Santillo
Original Fast Foods by James and Colleen Simmons

I have been studying because Gracie recently got a blood test that shows allergies to dairy, wheat and eggs. These foods give her a tummy ache. She is doing fine now that we have eliminated them.

I'm taking a Survey

So I really want to know if I am the ONLY one on the planet that has never noticed verse 15 in the 89th section of the Doctrine and Covenants before this week.

Her children arise up and call her blessed

My mother is a saint. I love her dearly! Thank you mommy!

Fiddle Contest

We went to the Idaho Open Fiddle Contest in Nampa ID and got these trophies (And Medal):

From this:

Caden and Betsy

Betsy Now Here!

Betsy is 8 lb. 10 oz. and 22" long.
She sleeps a lot.
When Caden saw Betsy, He said "Hi, Betsy!".
Here is a Movie:

Time to Move On!!

My sidebar says my baby is one day old.
My body says differently.
I have never been overdue before.
I am the first female in my family to be overdue.
Kylie, I hope I am not starting a trend here.

Deal with it!

Last week I signed up to sew 10 receiving blankets for Humanitarian Aid. As I attempted to get them done, my sewing machine completely freaked out on me and would not sew. This is not uncommon for this particular machine. It does it everything I try to sew anything. It makes me never ever want to sew. But then I forget how my machine makes me want to say bad words and I try again.
This time, there was no fixing that Randy or I could do to solve the problem. I even recently paid $60 to have the dang thing serviced! I was not a happy woman. I gave up.

Grace came over to me, put her little hand on my knee, looked me right in the eye and said, "You signed up to do these blankets and now you are just going to have to deal with it."

That girl! Children are so very humbling. I spent all night trying to figure out how I was going to "deal with it." I came up with nothing.

Then, to my surprise, Randy dealt with it. He brought me home a new machine the next day. Now I have no excuses not to "deal with it." I'd better get those blankets done before this new baby gets here.

Cutest picture ever!

Aren't these the cutest pictures ever?!! They were taken at Brad and Aston's wedding. I love them.