Happy New Year!

Kung He Fah Choy everyone!! I tried to learn it in Korean, but it was so hard to say! Chinese is easier!
Do you have a NEW years resolution?? If so, what have you decided to do??
There is this scripture, D&C 88:119. It talks about what kind of house we should establish. A house of prayer, fasting, faith, learning, glory, order, a house of God. This is my focus for the year. To have this kind of house, these are some things we're going to be working on:
1. Family prayer at least once a day   2. Tuesdays FHE   3. Morning devotionals weekdays   4. Evening scriptures   4. A chore chart and regular schedule we follow to get things done   5. Temple trips

I'm going to try my best not to grumble, to stay positive and focused! In the past I've done fairly well with resolutions (morning devotionals was last years resolution & they're still going strong!)  I just hope with my life being as crazy as it is, that I'll be able to keep it up! This one's going to be a challenge, to revamp our lives like this. I sure hope I'll be able to keep it going! All it takes is one little weekender trip, or having company, or some other minor upheaval to throw us out of whack & ruin everything we've worked so hard to do!

Please post with your New Years Resolutions, I'm burning to know!

Merry Christmas - Our Ward Christmas Pageant

Our whole ward got together for a Christmas dinner & program. Keira and I were involved in the Christmas pageant. I performed two duets with my flute in the musical part of it, and Keira was a cow! Her & I had fun putting together a last minute cow costume! Here are a few pictures of the pageant. (pictures are a bit dark, sorry!) Merry Christmas everyone & don't forget the reason we celebrate Christmas, the birth of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ! Please keep him in your thoughts & hearts this season!

Merry Christmas everyone!

We had Santa Clause come all the way from the North Pole for a visit! The boys especially were enthralled, they were all eyes for Santa! He took pictures and joined us for Hot Cocoa and cookies before he whisked away on his Sleigh!

Kai is 1 month old!

The kids have been enjoying having a new baby brother in the house. In this picture Kalani had drunk way too much Kool-aid (see the mustache?) and we were having a tough time getting him to be good for the camera, but the other kids were having fun with it!

Keira is a regular little mommy! She loves to carry Kai all over the house & if he's fussy, he'll settle right down if she picks him up.

Daddy is re-learning to take care of a baby!

And Keanu LOVES to hold Kai. A few times when I was busy & Kai was crying, Keanu has settled him right down & made him happy. He likes to lay down tummy to tummy with him.

It's not very often that I get everyone up & out of the house dressed nicely (make-up, what's that?) so we had to record the occasion. Isn't Kai adorable in his little man outfit?

He makes this face a lot, making an OOOO shape with his mouth. I remember Keanu doing the same thing! Merry Baby's 1st Christmas to Kai!

And here he is on his blessing day! Jeff blessed him & Dad/Mom were here to help us celebrate! Mom was here for a whole week to help out, she was a lifesaver!

Kai Lamoni

I am SO in love with my sweet little baby boy! I look into his baby blues & can see each and every member of our family in his facial features (except for myself, of course). We've blessed him in the last couple weeks, and I can't believe he;s already 3 weeks old, but time flies!

We named him Kai Lamoni Bodine!

He was 9lbs 3oz, and 23 inches long!! Born 11/11 at 10:06pm after a very easy (but lengthy) labor. Now recovering at home from delivery & a tube-tying surgery. Surgery recovery has been pretty rough, so you'll hear more from us & see more pictures when I recover a bit more!

Grape Juice Fiasco

Last night I was reading in the family room & the boys were running around playing. Keanu comes in to say, "Kalani got juice on the carpet". So I ran into the living room to find an ENTIRE JUG of grape juice completely dumped on our living room carpet! This carpet is only maybe 6-8 weeks old, brand spankin new. I totally FLIPPED!

Luckily mom was visiting & I could call out to her to bring lots of towels. We carefully tried to soak it up. Then I googled how to remove grape juice stains. I think with the help of a big container of lemon juice, tons of towels, and a pitcher of cold water, we were able to remove almost all of it. You can hardly tell it was there. But I'm SO worried about it wicking up dirt & the stain showing through in a couple weeks!! I think maybe the next step is to buy white vinegar & apply/dab up the carpet again. Anyone out there have any better ideas???

Kalani REALLY got yelled at, I hope he learned his lesson to NEVER get into the fridge again!! The problem is, now we have two fridges to monitor. Time to buy more child proof locks!