Dean's Blessing and "GO BYU"

This week was another crazy big one for us. Jon's family came in and we had a full house. 16 of us were sleeping in our house. It was nice to see everyone and Makenna and Autumn loved having there cousins for four days straight. For Thanksgiving Jon's grandma Carol Cottle came and enjoyed dinner with us. It was really neat to hear what she was thankful for and to have her in our home; what a blessing!!! On Sat. Jon and I got to go to the big game with his family. It was so much fun, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, Goooooooo Cougars!!!! Four of us were BYU fans and three were die hard U fans. We had a good rivalry going on. The game was a nail bitter going into over time, but it was wonderful to see a win after watching them loose in our Stadium the years we attended BYU. It brought back many memories of Jon and I's college years and we loved feeling the spirit of BYU again!!!!

On Sunday, we were able to have the very special opportunity to bless Dean in our home. Jon blessed him naming him Dean Richard after his Dad and grandfather. After the wonderful blessing we heard some beautiful testimonies from the Grandpa's and KayCee and Tom. I love hearing the testimonies of family members and feel great Joy that we are able to unite and have those experiences.

Much love to you all for the Holidays with warm wishes of peace and remembering our Savior. The Church of Jesus Christ was brought forth in these latter-days to bring us peace in times of uncertainty and Joy in keeping the commandments. May we all see our blessings during the holidays and remember our Saviors life and live by His example. Merry Christmas

Autumn 2009

We had one of my favorite Halloween's this year!!! We didn't get to host a party which is always one of my favs, but. . . First, I planted pumpkins last April before we went out for the summer and it was amazing, but I grew the biggest pumpkin vine with about 11 pumpkins; being gone all summer. I was very impressed. So we carved our glorious garden pumpkins and I have to say they were the best pumpkins I've ever done. We even put candles in them. The girls picked out the pictures from the internet and then Jon and I copied them onto our pumpkins. Pretty COOL :) Then on Halloween Jon and I walked the entirety of Morgan City with the girls going from our house to all the businesses and back. The girls had a blast getting everything from soda pop to t-shirts. By the time we got back home they didn't want to go out, Makenna especially wanted to answer the door for all the cute little trick-r-treaters. She was adorable.
Since, then Jon went to a training in Boca Raton, FL. I was so jealous he got to lye on the beach while I was up at 2 AM with screaming sick children ;( Sorry for the complaint. When he came home he had a sales call in Cedar so we went down to our cabin and enjoyed a wonderful peaceful electronic free couple of days. Much needed for me. Now we are just getting ready for Jon's Family to come into town for Thanksgiving, we will be having 16 people stay at my house for the weekend. I am actually looking forward to it all!!!
To end I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving; there is so much for me to be Thankful for, my family, our health and abundance, I am very grateful to live in a free country which allows me the right to worship, vote, and be a mother the way I choose. No matter how screwed up the govt. may be I still feel very blessed to live here!!! And most of all I am grateful for the knowledge I have of the Savior that he lived and died for me and for the restoration brought to pass by Joseph Smith which allows the true priesthood to be in my home blessing our family continuously. I love the temple and have found a fire ignite within me to go as often as is possible. I am grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and feel the blessings that come into my life by following Christs example.
LOVE TO YOU ALL, and Happy Holidays

It's My Birthday Shout "HURRAY"

I hate to toot my own horn, but I have had the most wonderful birthday thanks to such a great family. On Sat. Jon took me shopping then to dinner and "Thriller". It was so much fun. I love dance, going to these shows always makes me wish I was in them instead of watching, but I enjoy both. Thanks Honey!!! Earlier at Dinner we went to Trolley Square's Rodigio Grill which was delicious, but the true highlight was seeing Memmo Okur who plays for the Jazz. We thought it would be rude to ask him for a picture, so you will just have to take our word for it. He sat two tables down from us. On Sunday my mom made us dinner and I was able to spend some quality time with the family. Thanks again to everyone who made it special; especially for the babysitting mom so I could go out!!! I am very very grateful. I am getting excited for Halloween, still need to go get trick r' treat candy. Hope you all have a great Holiday!!!

Disneyland Pictures

Disneyland

We have been so busy since Dean has arrived, Jon interviewed and received a job so we decided to do one last family outing before he started work and it happened to be going to Disneyland. Dean was only three weeks old which made me a little nervous, but everyone had a wonderful time and he did awesome. We left on a Friday and stayed at the cabin in Panguitch for the night before continuing the trek to CA. We stayed in a pretty nice hotel right at the main entrance of The Park. It only took us 5 min to walk to the main gate. The girls fell in love with the Disney Characters rode the teacups three times as well as many of the other rides. One highlight was Jon taking Makenna on Splash Mountain. I couldn't believe she was big enough to go and that she actually enjoyed it!!!! My little baby is growing up!!! We also drove down to Sea World where we seen Shamu and got to pet Sting Rays, one of my favorite things :) It was a wonderful trip and I loved being together as a family. It was crazy to say we are a family of 5 when we wanted to get on the rides. Now, I just have to get use to Jon hunting on the weekends and having a 9-5 job during the week. If it is not one thing it is the other, but I am looking forward to this arrangement.

Welcoming Baby Dean Richard Cottle

Finally, we are excited to welcome "Baby Dean." He was born Sunday September 20 at 9:27 pm weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces and 19 inches long. Labor was relatively enjoyable and a wonderful experience for Jon and I. I am very grateful for modern medicine to say the least, but most grateful that Dean came into this world healthy.

The past few weeks have been crazy and exciting. We wrapped up summer selling with Jon being arrested and spending time in Jail; it's a crazy story you will have to ask him about. So after hearing that I basically "told" him to come home. Since that moment life has been smooth and really enjoyable. We have been enjoying being united together as a family and the girls were soooooo incredibly happy to have daddy home, as was I. Jon and I did yard work hoping to put me in labor, but it didn't work so I was induced on Sunday after attending Stake Conference. It has been a joy having another precious infant in our home and the girls are adorable little mommies.