What do these have in common?

Here is the question of the day. What does this

And this...

Have in common? Well Ill tell you. Im apparently very allergic to bananas. And it is getting worse! 

I have never liked bananas plain, but in Banana bread? Yummo! A couple of years ago, my friend made me some banana cookies. They were so good. One bite into it though...boom... My throat and chest started closing off and my lips began to tingle. So weird right? Well i decided to stay away from eating anything with bananas in it. 

The other day I was feeding one to Caleb and I started getting a rash on my arm, and I started to itch all over. It was so weird. 

Then I had all of these bananas needing to be used, and I was in freezer meal mode. I decided to make some chocolate dipped bananas and freeze them for an after school snack. I put on some rubber gloves and sliced away. I did fine for the first little bit. Then all of a sudden, I was sneezing, runny nose, super itchy eyes etc. Im itching just thinking about it! In a matter of minutes my eye began to swell and felt like I had a rock in it. I raced to the shower, hoping to get it all off of me and clean out my eye. As the day went on, my eye began to swell even more. It reminded me of this movie...

Remember this one? I love this movie! I was feeling Hitch's pain. I was able to get my eye cleaned out eventually and was able to catch a cat nap, witch helped me rest my eye. I had rubbed it so much that it was super painful to touch. Almost like I bruised something in there. Even now, over 24 hours later, it still hurts. There is something about this time of year that makes it worse. Im not sure what it is.

Trever was finally able to finish up one of his houses today. It was the job that never ends. It seemed to run into every complication possible and was so frustrating. Yet, such a blessing at the same time. We celebrated with some friends tonight. We played a game called Pandemic. Its a pretty fun one. You work as a team to try to beat the game. We lost. :(

I came across one of those facebook quotes that are always floating around. 2 actually. I really liked them.

I hate the whole, share it stuff at the end of them, but I loved this quote. It is me right now. I have been through some serious life changing experiences this year. I have learned new truths. My eyes have been opened to a new world. Life is so much sweeter to me now. I love it. I have been able to let go of so much baggage. I feel like a new person. 

I have been accused of hatred and all kinds of other crap. Ive received hate mail and hateful comments. Thats cool. Everyone deals with change in their own way. Im proud of the person I am becoming. I won't apologize for that. I wont apologize for changing the dance steps. I don't need to explain myself to anyone. I am me. You can love me or not. Yes there are a few, who don't like the new me, but there are many more who love the new me. Im thankful for all of your comments and compliments, Thank you. I am thankful for good friends and family members who have been so supportive. 

Living life inside a box, stinks. There is no view from in there. Many people enjoy living inside their box. They can hide behind its walls and avoid the world around them. When you live inside a box mentally... You want to force others to see what you see. You want to try to control them, fix them, manipulate them. I used to be like that. The idea of living outside the box is scary. Change is scary. We don't want to be told that what we believed or did was wrong. We resist change. We blame others so that we don't have to face the change. I was blessed with something even more scary than facing change. Facing Death! It woke me up. It helped me see that there was a whole world outside of that box worth living in. 

When we begin to realize that we are living inside a box, things begin to stir inside of us. Its uncomfortable. Then we get a glimpse of the world outside, and we see new meaning. Then we resist again, because, the unknown is scary. Have you seen the movie "the croods"? The more I have seen the world outside of the box, the sweeter my life has become. The happier Ive become. Ive had less anxiety. Ive understood people a little more. Ive been able to allow them to grieve at their own pace and in their own way. Life isn't black and white outside the box. It is so colorful and beautiful. It's not perfect of course, but I think that is the best part though, it doesn't need to be perfect. It is perfectly ok just how it is. Growth happens because we want it too, not because of guilt, or fear. Ah, its wonderful. 

There are some amazing books out there, that helps us to understand life inside and out of the box. (No, this isn't a sales pitch or anything. They have just really helped me change for the better. And this is coming from a girl who hates to read!)  the scriptures of course, Bonds that make us Free, the Peacegiver, Leadership and Self Deception and my favorite... The Anatomy of Peace. 

Now onto my favorite part of my day today. I got to snuggle my happy Caleb boy this morning. He is always bouncy and happy in the mornings. I tried to hold him still for 2 seconds so I could take a picture if him this morning. He was reaching for anything and everything. The second I sat him up, he was immediatly off on a mission. Silly boy. Here is a couple blurry pictures that I caught before he took off. Love this kid!

See his poor pinky? He somehow got a blister on his hand. I think it came from grabbing the vacuum cord as McKenzie walked past with it. Like a rope burn type thing or something. He couldn't have burned it on anything else. I watch him like a hawk around anything hot. 

This cute little mister was wired until about midnight, then he crashed next to me in bed. Isnt he adorable?

And here is my cute Becca girl crashed next to me also.

She likes to crawl into bed with me and snuggle all night. I got this cute little cot for her so that she could be near me but not in my arms all night. I used to be able to sleep with kids in my arms all night, but this little beat up body of mine doesn't handle it as well anymore. 

I used to say I love being a mom, because I felt like I had something to prove. Now I just feel like telling the world! I love being a mom. These kids bring me so much joy! We have so much more fun together now. I really do have 4 other children. They don't make it into the blog much. These two are just always near me. They are my little sidekicks! 

Another quote I saw today was this...

This one also hit home to me. Its not about fixing the rest of the world. Its about me becoming my true self. So many things have helped me come alive. My Sweet adorable sexy husband, my cute little munchkins, my baking and cake decorating, retail therapy (gotta love retail therapy) and most importantly my Savior and .Heavenly Father! Life is grand outside the box! Give it a try. You will be glad you did.