PRAY PEOPLE!!

In Church we are taught to have faith in Heavenly Father. we are not told what trials we may have to endure to gain this faith, but we know that through prayer and scriptures, we can gain a closeness to our Heavenly Father that he desires us to have. I was able to teach a lesson in Relief Society yesterday (my birthday) that taught us about Our Heavenly Father. we learned of His attributes, His miracles, His creations and how to grow closer to Him. i felt grateful to be able to teach this lesson and share my thoughts, but mostly i LOVE to hear the experiences of my sisters that i teach. i am able to learn so much from them!

at this time in our ward, we are facing many challenges. there are many battling cancer, broken limbs, we have 9 women that are pregnant and one sister who just miscarried after finding out the sex of her baby and hearing that the baby girl she is carrying will not survive. this woman is my friend. she is strong, beautiful, creative, funny, passionate and caring. the Lord has helped her through the loss of her child, but now she herself is in the ICU in critical condition due to blood poisoning from the amniotic fluid. her family is here to support her husband and be at her side, her two little girls are being shared through out the ward by our generous sisters and meals are being brought in daily. it is amazing to me how truly and unconditionally willing we are to serve each other in times of need.

i know that all things are in the hands of our Heavenly Father. i know that the challenges he places in our lives are to strengthen our testimony and draw us closer to Him. i pray that each of us can be close to Him and know the true miracles that he can perform and have faith to pray to him every day. have faith in Him, grow from His lessons and know that there is a God and He loves us! my prayers are with the Sanders family at this time, i am also praying for my sweet nephew Beckham and my sister and scott that all will be well with him. Rob has a procedure this friday to hopefully get some results on his stomach issues. in the midst of all the gloom, i am very grateful for my family and our health. i am grateful for the gospel in our lives and for the amazing examples my sweet children are to me. we are truly blessed.

FIELD TRIAL FUN

Rob and I took the kids (the older 3) out of school for the day on friday and heading down to Plains, GA where we attended a field trial for the dogs. we rode on mule pulled carriages and each of the kids took their turn holding the reins to the mules. they had so much fun! it was cold, but very worth the family time. Nico ran his first field trial with Rocky.... unfortunately rocky ran off and the men on horses had to go track him. not so funny at the time, but we had a good laugh!

PICTURES FROM JAKOB'S B-DAY

my awesome friend decorated the cake for Jakob! he LOVED it.

Jakob is ready to eat this cake!

Jakob and his best friends.... Eddie and Daniel.

Jakob and Eddie (from Atlanta area school for the Deaf)

it wouldn' t be a night with the boots without someone getting hurt. Jakob actually dropped a 12 pound ball on his foot! OUCH. nico and Eddie helped him limp out to the car.

THE BIRTHDAY BOY

Jakob has come such a long way since he was born. today he turns 9 and i look back and reflect on all this little man has accomplished. he is such an example to me and a huge blessing to our family. he teaches us patience and love and at times he reminds us to be prayerful. he is a special little guy and i am so grateful the Lord has blessed our family with him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKOB ANDERSON BOOT!!!

Jakob's birthday countdown usually starts on November 20th (yes, the day after his birthday). he LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his birthday!!! today started at about 6:30 for Jakob, even though he fell asleep around 10:30 because he was so excited about his birthday. he put his birthday pin on and put some $ in an envelope to buy ice creams for all of his friends at school. he was SO excited. when he got home, he pulled out all of the cards that his friends made for him at school. most of them said how great Jakob is and how much they love him.... and of course "happy birthday". For dinner, Jakob has asked for "cheese" hamburgers, french fries and macaroni and cheese. chocolate icecream and cake for dessert and for presents he wants.... in this order.... spider man 2 game, brown dog, scooby doo movies, bycicle and x-men game. he has reminded us of this EVERY DAY!!

Jakob- i hope you have a GREAT birthday!!!! you keep my life exciting and very interesting!! i love you so much.

MY NEWEST PROJECTS

i have been working on lots of projects in the house lately.... at the top of my list is my spices! Rob LOVES to cook, but can't stand looking for his ingredients, so........ i made it so he will never complain again... about the spices anyways!

This is something that has been in the making for about 10 years or so.... i finally got them all framed and put up on my wall. soon each of them will have the name of the baby in each belly picture....
this is something fun that i got from snapfish.... they are 20x30 collage pictures of our families fondest memories.... these just happen to be our family vacations in the past couple of years. the kids have so much fun looking at all the pictures on their way up the stairs.

HALLOWEEN FUN

Cruella (lorna) and the Boot kids

My rock star and his groupie!!

Indiana Jones (Jakob), Tinker Bell(Sofia), Frankenstein (Ollie), Bride of Frankenstein (Annelies)

SLASH! (Nico)

enjoying the loot!!

With all the rain on saturday, we did not get a chance to do the BIG trick or treat, but our church had trunk or treating before the rain started, so it worked out and our kids got PLENTY of candy!

PICS FROM DISNEY WORLD

HANDY MANNY IS OLLIES FAVORITE!

JAKOB'S WHEELCHAIR GOT US TO THE FRONT OF EVERY LINE!

THIS IS THE CHICKEN COUP FROM THE MILEY CYRUS MOVIE

MY MONSTERS WITH THE MONSTER, INC. CREW