The devil's child

Have you ever sworn your child is possessed? I often think Joseph is crazy but I've never really thought "this child has a devil inside him" until last night. I heard him crying in his bed around 4:00 AM. I waited a few minutes to see if he would go back to sleep. Finally I gave up and went to see what was upsetting him. As soon as I walked into his room he went hysterical. I got him out of his crib and he started thrashing around. He was running into the wall, throwing himself on the floor, trying to hit and kick me. He would pick up books and then drop them a few feet later. At first it was a little funny to see him so out of control but it soon started to really freak me out. Nothing Jared or I would do could calm him down. Finally after 45 minutes Joseph made us go to the basement and play Wii which finally settled him down but he was still up for another hour or so.
Not really sure what brought the devil to enter my son but I hope we don't see him again.

Snow Day

Last night the weatherman was predicting snow measuring in the feet to hit our house. We have the best stake presidency cause they decided last night to cancel all church meetings today!! I loved sleeping in today knowing I could stay in my jammies all day. Jared went to bed before the announcement so he would not believe me that church was canceled. Finally after 4 phone calls making sure we heard church was canceled he finally believed me. We enjoyed a day at home together as a family. We turned on Christmas tunes and started putting up our Christmas decorations. I figured since we didn't take our 4th of July decorations down til last week I should get an early start on Christmas.


While Jared was out shoveling our driveway Joseph and I went out and played in the snow. The storm must have changed directions because we only had 6-8 inches.

Joseph liked the snow much better this year and couldn't wait to get outside in it. He spent most of his time eating the snow and throwing "snowballs" He really thought the fact he could throw snow at other people was awesome.

After all the snow fun we had the best dinner in a long time. roast, mashed potatoes, rolls and best of all baby carrots!!! It was Jared's idea and it was super yummy!! Plus our house smelled great all day while it cooked.