Happy Birthday to me!

I had a delayed birthday celebration. It's hard to get everyone together because of work, callings, etc. So we ended up celebrating my birthday on Sunday night instead of Saturday. We were planning on eating my bday dinner (RIBS!!!) around 5 but again delays. The power went out while we were cooking the ribs and then there was seminary graduation, so we didn't eat until 9:30-10! And yes, Jax and Jake stayed up. Jake only made it halfway through dinner though! We had Elder Landeen eating with us, who is not an Elder anymore... but it's weird to call him his first name. He was a missionary here a few months ago and came back to visit. Speaking of missionaries, our new missionary sounds exactly like Jacob from Twilight... Taylor Lautner. It's not just me either. When I told him that, he says he hears that ALL the time. :) I love it. Ok, so here are some pictures of the adorable birthday cake Luis made.

Not pregnant!

It happened to me... Someone asked me if I was pregnant, and I'm NOT!!! Hahaha, I just laughed, I wasn't insulted or anything. It was a lady in our ward that I used to visit teach. When I was pregnant with Jake, she asked me if I was pregnant and she was right... she knew before anyone in the ward, even my friends! Well, I guess she got too confident because she asked me that today... and she was wrong. Her husband was with her and he looked so embarrassed, which was the funniest part. I was wearing the dress from the post below, and it's very light and flowy fabric, so maybe not that flattering! Still love it though!

Sewing adventure

When I say Sewing adventure, I'm sure you automatically assumed I had done the sewing... I did about one minute of sewing, if that, before my mental breakdown caused Silvia to lovingly intervene. Actually, I begged her to do it for me. I like the idea of sewing, but when it actually comes down to it, it is way to stressful! I have such a fear of messing up. A few months ago bought 3 pairs of pants and hemmed them all and even fixed a hole in one of them... It turned out ok, but not impressive. I also now can sew on buttons... again, not an impressive task, but for me it's a big deal! I bought this dress online and when I got it, it was of course, a little short on the bottom. Kinda cutting it close. So, I bought some matching fabric and Silvia and I sewed a rim around the bottom and put a triangle at the neckline so I won't need to wear a shirt underneath. What do you think? I think it turned out really cute. All I really did was iron the gray fabric pieces and pin it together. Silvia did all the real work. I love the dress so much I was just way to stressed that I was going to mess it up. And the fabric is so fragile (don't know the right word...) That there really wouldn't be any fixing it!


Jake and Jax both love putting on anyones shoes, but especially my high heals. I finally had my camera around when they were doing it! The pic with Jackson's tummy showing is just too funny!

"The Echo"

The other day Luis read me a poem from the conference issue of the Ensign. It really hit home with me because it made me realize how important it is to be a good example to our children. We have such a huge responsibility to raise them right and teach them the true principles of the gospel. The world today really is full of so many things that can pull our children away from what is right... we need to be faithful and teach our children, through example, that we are enduring to the end!

’Twas a sheep not a lamb
That strayed away in the parable Jesus told,
A grown-up sheep that strayed away
From the ninety and nine in the fold.
And why for the sheep should we seek
And earnestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger when sheep go wrong:
They lead the lambs astray.
Lambs will follow the sheep, you know,
Wherever the sheep may stray.
When sheep go wrong,
It won’t take long till the lambs are as wrong as they.
And so with the sheep we earnestly plead
For the sake of the lambs today,
For when the sheep are lost
What a terrible cost
The lambs will have to pay.

Here is the complete article: http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home?lang=eng&noLang=true&path=/general-conference/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home

I have read your blogs!

Ok, for the past few days I have been trying to post comments on everyone's blog but I can't I don't know what's going on. SO just so you all know, I am reading your blogs, I just can't comment!

Here's what I've wanted to say lately!

Kaylee: I can't believe how awesome Derek is at making those cupcakes and Happy (Late) Birthday to him! It sounds bad, but I am glad Jesse get's Bryan back now! I can't wait for Jake to get Jackson back! Poor baby gets so beat up!

Megan: I love how Tinian's bottom lip just pouts out all the time... it is too dang cute!

Aubry: That is awesome that Ricky got a job with his brother... Careful down there by the border! Just be happy it's not the Texas-Mexico border :)

Isabel: What's going on with you BESIDES Gaga?!?!?!

Love you all!

Do you know what a dangling participle is?

This is a conversation that Luis and I had as we were getting in to bed last night... Oh, a little background. Luis has been reading a book on rhetoric and has been learning a lot about correct grammar. So, here's what we said.

Luis: Do you know what a dangling participle is?
Me: The little thing hanging in the back of your throat?
Luis: Ah, see now I think I have to go to the bathroom. (I guess he had been debating to go or not to go... like I needed to know that!)
Me: Well, what is it?
Luis: #2
Me: No, I meant the dangling participle!
Luis: OH!!!

TMI!!!! I couldn't stop laughing! And for those of you who wonder, a dangling participle is something like - "Running quickly down the hill, the trash can tripped the little girl."

Luis has been saying so many things lately that are just cracking me up! I am always reminded of how fun it was when we were dating and I'd come home from being with him and I just couldn't stop smiling... my cheeks seriously hurt from laughing so much. My roommate, Ashley, would always say "You were just with Luis weren't you? I can tell because of your smile!" According to all my roommates, that's how they knew we were "Gonners", as in, there was no chance we weren't going to end up together... because he made me so happy!

The other day I asked Luis to look thr ough the freezers to find some kale we would need for soup.I reminded him that it is a green leafy vegetable with kind of ruffled edges. He starts looking and pulls out this bag of some other type of green, unidentifiable leaf and says "Hey Rachelle, can we smoke this?" What?!?!?!? Out of his mouth that was just hilarious. I think I need to start a quote book of hilarious things he says! Ok, on to some pictures!


These are the baby chicks that Silvia had in the incubator a few months ago. There are about 30 there... I know it doesn't look like it. The boys were obsessed with them! It was so cute. They always wanted to look at them!

The other day we were about to go to the clinic and Jackson saw Luis' car magazine on the way out the door and begged to take it with him. So I let him and Jackson fell in love. He kept saying "That's a nice car!" He must have overheard Luis at one point. It was so cute because he wouldn't put the magazine down. He kept saying "my car book" and I would say, "no, that's Daddy's car book" so Jax would humble himself and ask permission to look at it. It was too cute.

Change in name...

No, not me... been there, done that :) I am looking for a new name for our blog. I'm growing tired of "Proud 2 be Weger"... not that I am not proud to be Weger, but I'm also just as proud to be Doty and Paulos, so I think I am searching for something else... seeing as how "Proud to be Weger, Doty, and Paulos" just doesn't look right :) Any suggestions?

Let's see... update... I don't have any more pictures lately... we need to do some fun stuff. We are going to be starting Joy School with a couple of friends. So far there are 3 of us and several more interested. I am excited about this! I remember being in Joy School when I was young and I think Jackson definitely needs the structure before he starts real school. On that note, I have put together a Good Behavior Chart for Jackson and it is almost finished. Once it is I will post a picture. It is kinda lame (I am SO not crafty!) but it gets the job done. I really hope to see a change in behavior. I am also starting a token behavior system for church. He has had a lot of trouble in his class and rarely makes it through without being brought out to me. This is a problem because I am in the Primary presidency and am doing sharing time or conducting almost every Sunday and Luis teaches Young Men's 3rd hour. So we have really been struggling with this. The theory behind the token system is you break up the class into little time slots, like 10 minute increments, which are easier for a child to handle. Jackson makes a goal for how many stickers he wants and after every 10 minutes, we evaluate his behavior and if he was good, he gets a sticker. At the end of church, if he met his sticker goal he gets a big reward. In our case, ice cream or watching a movie or something that Jax loves. We are starting this for the first time tomorrow, so I will let you all know how it goes. Obviously his teacher will have to be very involved. Wish us luck!