My baby is 3, aka no longer a baby of any sort!

So our little princess turned 3 today.  Again, sighing I say, "I can't believe how fast time goes by."  Makes you realize how precious every moment is.

A family that recently moved gave us a Barbie Jeep and hello birthday.  She loved it.  She also got lots of princess flair (slippers, bracelets and a light up ring). 

We had a family water fight to end the celebrations.  All in all another great bday.

Ok, so for some reason I can't get the video to load, oh well.  Pictures are great too.

*I'm so sad my camera died on the twinners' bday.  Their bday post is pathetic compared to Brody and Ryss's.  Oh, well, we can't do everything perfect all the time!

Princess

We have big news........   Today for the first time in Marrott history.......

Emeryss let me do her hair!!!

It was a big day for us.

Flight Fun

Geoff's flight had a BBQ today.  The kids had a fabulous time playing around and I got some great shots of them.  For your viewing pleasure...

Another Birthday...

Oh, my baby turned 7 today.  It seems like every year birthdays tear at my heart strings a little more.  It's sometimes hard to watch the kids get older.  Today just brought a rush of memories for me.  I've replayed in my mind my pregnancy, labor and delivery and several more memorable Brody moments.  I did the same of the twins recent birthday, but somehow it's been more emotional for me today.  Maybe cause Brody is the oldest.  My first mini–me.  He is such an amazing boy.  He has unfaltering faith in the Savior.  He prays often and is never ashamed to ask his Father in Heaven for help.  He said today while we sat and ate cake, "Mom you know what this means?... I can get baptized next year!"  What can I say, he a great kid and we love that he is a member of our family.  He is a great big brother!

I'd Like to Bear My Testimony

To heed the counsel of the apostles, I would like to share my testimony with everyone I know and everyone I don't.  Let me first begin by saying that there are times in my life when I have taken for granted the things that I know.   There have been times when life's challenges and circumstances have, unfortunately, bogged me down or made me 'too busy' to stop and daily ponder the things I know.  However, I have never doubted, nor ever will what I know to be true.

I know I have a Heavenly Father.  I know that I am truly His daughter.  I know that as a earthy father loves and is aware of his children, my Heavenly Father loves and is aware of me only on a much grander scale.  I know that He hears me when I pray to Him.  I know He answers me.  I know that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to this earth to intercede in my behave.  Christ came willingly as a most beloved Brother to sacrifice Himself for all of God's children.  I know that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior.  He lived and died for me, so that I may have the opportunity to return to live again with my Father in Heaven.  I know that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ can I receive not only salvation, but also exaltation.  I know that by and through this miraculous ordinance, I can be made pure, made whole and eventually made perfect.  I have felt the power of the Atonement in my life, not only when I have needed the divine gift of forgiveness, but also when I have needed the divine gift of comfort, peace and healing.

I know that there was an apostasy and a falling away from truth after Christ's death and the death of the Apostles.  And I know that Christ called for a restoration of all things.  I know that this Restoration of Christ's gospel in it's fullness was revealed to Joseph Smith in 1820 in a grove of trees.  I know that the Father and the Son standing side by side appeared to Joseph Smith as he prayed for guidance.  I know that Joseph Smith was divinely appointed to translate the Book of Mormon.  I know the Book of Mormon to be the word of God and His Son, Jesus Christ.  I know that God intends for us to have a living prophet and modern revelation.

I have a testimony of the doctrines of the restored gospel.  I have a testimony of tithing, temple ordinances, the priesthood and eternal families.  I know that the power of God has been given to man once again.  And I know that only with proper authority can man act in God's name.  The power of the Priesthood as given to Peter, James and John was given to Joseph Smith and is on the earth today.  With the Priesthood, sacred ordinances such as baptism, the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and temple ordinances can be performed for both the living and the dead.  

I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's church upon the earth today.  Christ is it's Head.  He guides and directs and leads through a living Prophet, Thomas S. Monson and the Quorum of the 12 Apostles.  And I know that Jesus Christ will come to the earth again to reign as Lord and King.  

I know these things because I have studied, I have prayed, I have asked in faith with sincere intent, having faith in Christ, and the Holy Ghost has confirmed to me the truthfulness of these things.  And I leave them with you, in the name of the Savior, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Testimonies

In this months Ensign, Elder Ballard admonished us to use the internet to share the gospel.  The Marrott's are trying to take this to heart.  We have decided to share our testimonies with you.  

 

*Honestly, we weren't coaxing them, only helping them to remember what they had previously decided they wanted to share.*

Havin' Fun!

So after working hard to clean the house, I decided the kids needed some good old fashion fun.  We pumped up the volume and danced the night away.  It was so much fun.  Here are some clips of the kids lettin' it loose and rockin' out.  I have to say, Brody's got rhythm, he takes after his mama:)

Crazy Marrott Update

June brought birthdays, our anniversary and lots of crazy Marrott Fun!

Geoff and I celebrated 8 years of bliss (?) on June 9th.  We would never had imagined that our first 8 years together would have brought 4 amazing children with their accompanying trips to the ER and a move overseas.  It's been a crazy roller coaster filled with screams, but for the most part, life has been fantastic!

I still can't believe that my little babies, MacEwen and Daeglan, are five years old now.  There's something about 5 that is such a big step.  They had a great birthday.  They got to decorate their own cake and we had a blast of a silly string war as a family that ended it with, well tears and laughter.

I should really stop being surprised with how time flies, but again, I can't believe I just turned 28.  Reality check, I'm almost 30!  Oh well.  My birthday was quite eventful though.  Mac gave me the most unexpected present, a trip to the ER.  (Not the first time I've spent my birthday at a hospital, but a first at a British hospital and it was interesting.)  After throwing himself over the stair banister and giving himself a concussion, he is still running, climbing and jumping.  I'm not sure he learned his lesson!  Though he gave us quite a scare, he is doing fine now.  The doctor just says that we have to try and keep him contained for a few weeks.  We'll do our best.