Late, Very Late Updates :)

So I have fallen way behind on our blog. The next few posts may seem way late but I want to make sure everything is up to date so please bear with me.

Is that God?

Today we sat down to watch General Conference while our kids were upstairs watching a Disney movie. This way we could listen to the words of the speakers without distraction or interruption. Of course, it did not last long. The kids felt the need to see what they were missing, as they quite often do. When Kassidy saw the speaker on the screen, she must have noticed something different, unique, or special about President Thomas S. Monson, because she immediately got Kori's attention and said, "Look Kori!" with excitement. She wanted her sister to see this incredibly unique man. She then turned to Kathryn and I and asked, "Is that God?" We explained to her that it wasn't God, but a prophet of God that we have on the Earth today. It shocked me that such a young girl (age 4) could distinguish a prophet of God from any other man on the planet, without being taught who he was. She obviously noticed the pureness of this man, the light in his eyes, the spirit in his demeanor, and his connection to God somehow to know that he was no ordinary man. It is such a lesson to me to be like the little children, and view things through their eyes. If we do this we can recognize things that most people don't. We can see the evidences of God, and the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It also taught me that, even though kids can be a distraction when we want to intently listen to the words spoken, and feel the spirit present, that they too need to listen to those words and feel of that spirit. They need to witness prophets speaking to them. We may not think they understand what's happening, but their perception exceeds ours more than we will ever know. The light of Christ in them testifies to them that the words spoken at conference, or at church, are true. I am grateful for my children, as they teach me, and show me, how to better understand the gospel and apply it to my life.

Keith

Potter Family Reunion

Amazing Jake's

Park city with grammy

Our Park City Day of Fun!

Pioneer children

We went to Salt Lake city on the Frontrunner train and stopped at the pioneer museum. The girl's begged for these pioneer hats and Grammy couldn't resist. They love them and look so cute!

Boys and their tractors

The Boys liked the tractors on antelope island. Harris is all boy and so this was his favorite part.

Bear Lake Day!

Harris laughing in the tent with Kassidy

Backyard Camping

We decided to dig our tent out and give it some air. Once we had put it up Kassidy would not let us sleep in the house, so we decided to have a little campout. All the kids were so excited they could barely contain themselves. Kassidy was the first one asleep after we all got in the tent and started watching a movie. Kori had a hard time going to sleep, I think she didn't understand the campout thing. Maybe next time she'll understand. Harris had fun walking and crawling through the tent.

Harris said I LOVE YOU!!

Harris having fun in the back yard

Harriday!

Harris b-day cupcake!!

Harriday!

Harris is One! Its hard to believe a year ago Harris weight only 5 lbs and was the tiniest baby I had ever seen. He is getting so big. He loves his mommy very much and likes to snuggle me in the morning. He is a boy's boy, if there are cars or balls or electronics around you will find Harris not too far away. He is gorgeous! He has the prettiest eyes, I'm sure he will get all the girls.

Kisses

One thing our girls like to do is kiss Harris. They are in a stage right now where everything is a competition, anytime one does something the other has to out do them. Anyway Kassidy gave Harris a kiss on the forhead and Kori wiped it off, then Kassidy kissed him again and Kori wiped it off. This went on for about 5 minutes. Finally Kassidy told me " Kori keeps wiping my kisses off Harris". I was trying to think quickly, I told her you can't wipe kisses away so even though Kori was trying to wipe the kisses away they were still there. Kassidy kissed Harris one last time and Kori wiped it away and Kassidy said" Mom my kiss is still there, Kori didn't wipe it away". I thought this was the cutest lesson I had taught Kassidy lately. The magic of a kiss.

koriday

Koriday 2009

It is hard to believe that Kori is two years old! With finances the way they are right now we weren't able to give Kori all we think she deserves, luckily she is young enough she probably won't remember. Although presents were in short supply we did get a cake (mine always look like crap). I took her to Walmart and let her pick the cake she wanted. She chose a three princess's cake where one lights up. She was extremely excited she kept singing Happy Birthday all week. She loved the cake and she said "kori's bday", "I'm cited". We had so much fun and I hope she had the best bday ever!