Crazy Life

Well life had been nothing short of eventful.
Our computer kinda crashed about three weeks ago. We are in the process of having it fixed (thanks Mike). And thanks again to Mike he is letting us borrow a lap top. So I have a little more access to the internet. So my blog is a little behind and a lot boring. I am going to try and update you a little. But no cute pictures of my kids to help with the blah, blah, blah that I write.

We have experienced a lot this past month. The Monday before Thanksgiving I had my breast reduction completed. Wow, I still cant believe I had it done. I have been talking for along time about doing this. I still look down and cant believe they are actually smaller. And it feels great. I have had a little harder time recovering than I thought. It has been hard to have someone (mainly Adam) completely take care of me. I am so grateful for Adam, my mother in law, Cindy, Bliss, family. I know I cant name everyone and the amazing things they did for me, but I had to have help with my kids, with my hair, with just getting up and comfortable. But it has roughly been three weeks and I am feeling great. I can lift my arms now, pick up Sophie, do my hair, take a shower, fix dinner, sweep the floor, push a stroller, put my kids to bed, pick up my house, do the dishes, help with laundry, put on my shoes, ( I could go on and on, but then I would just bore you). It is amazing how many things I took for granted. I do have a little infection, but with antibiotics and TLC I am doing great and they are looking better and better each day. I am so glad I finally did this. I will look great for the summer, YEAH!!!!!!!!

We enjoyed Thanksgiving with my family, grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins, parents, and brothers & sisters. It was a nice to see everyone and feel of love and concern. What a great day to have good food, good company and a relaxing time. I was not much help, I could not do anything. But just being around people I love was awesome.

Adam has been thinking of going back to school. So this past week he has been attending some information seminars for his MBA. I know that he needs to do this, I knew that he needed to do this sooner than later, I know it will be worth it, but I am not ready. At least he would not be starting until next fall. He has to take a test, apply, get accepted, and prepare (or convince me) that it is time. How crazy life will be. I thought it was bad now. At least he will be the program with his brother. (Emily and I can keep each other company.) Adam also promised before he starts that he will take us on a family vacation (so get ready Katy and Tammy, I think we are actually going to make it to visit.)

The kids are the same old. Sophie is teething and getting better since mom is doing better. Jessica is loving having friends to play with. Hailey is a social butterfly. And Curtis is always bored, but loves playing with friends.

We are getting ready for Christmas, if course we need to do more shopping. I am so grateful for my sister (Brenda & her girls) and my mom for coming last week and setting up my Christmas tree and decorations. They helped clean my house and do my laundry too. It looks and felt amazing. This helped me get ready for book club. Yes, I agreed to do the book club Christmas party at my house. Adam was great at getting things ready and we had a great time.

Thanks for all the prayers and happy thoughts. Thanks for all the amazing offers of kindness and thank you for all the service offered in our behalf.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas season.

Halloween Treats

"Scarecrow" Sophie
Isn't she a doll? She loved to go out and show herself off. She was so amazed by what was happening all around her. She was such a good girl all day.


"Princess" JJ
Jessica can be our sweet little princess every once in awhile. She loved borrowing Aunt Brenda's dress. (We got lots of comments on how cute is was, Thanks Brenda. You are amazing. What would I do with out you? Oh, yeah I would have to make my own costumes, YUCK!!)


"Vampire" Curtis
When Curtis said what he was going to be for Halloween he always thrust out his front teeth to show his own vampire teeth.


"Mummy" Hailey
Here is the costume that took me(& Adam) until 1 in the morning to finish.


Here is our Pumpkin Carving Party
(so it wasn't much of a party when it was just our family.)

Our Halloween Day

First we started at the school. We had parties for Hailey and Curtis then a parade to see all the costumes.

Our neighborhood gathers together for a quick pic then off to Trick Or Treat.


Hailey, Curtis, Jessica, & Sophie
Plus this year Hailey's friend Emma joined in our festivities.
We had fun Trick or Treating. We even let them do some at grandma's house.

EEK Halloween...

I can not say this enough....I really dislike Halloween. I am such a procrastinator that I will be up until midnight finishing Hailey's costume. (And hers is the only one I had to make this year.) I hope not to be too much of a grouch in the morning. But I really do like how cute my kids are on Halloween. The Good vs. The Bad.

I went to see the doctor today. He said YES!!!! We just have to wait for the authorization from the insurance. If all goes as planned, it will be by Thanksgiving. I will be a new woman for Christmas!!!!

UEA Weekend

We had a busy weekend and very fun. On Thursday I had to move some mulch for my flower beds so the kids played at my sisters house (Brenda). They had a great time playing with cousins.

On Friday we took a drive to Cove Fort in southern Utah. We went with my cousins, siblings, and my grandparents. Adam and I have been teaching our kids about family history in Family Home Evening the past few weeks. This was a perfect time to teach them about an ancestor of ours who helped build the fort. It was so fun to find out some history of our family and about the purpose of the fort. We had a great time as a family. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for a fun day. I will remember this day and I plan on sharing this with my children as they grow. I look forward to many more times at Cove Fort. It carries a special spirit.

On Friday night we surprised the kids with a hotel night stay (thanks Uncle Ben). We took them just have a fun couple of nights away (without going too far). They went to sit in the hot tub Friday night and went swimming twice on Saturday. We took them to see WALL E at the dollar show on Sat.

(and of course I forgot the camera when we went to the pool)

On Monday, I packed the kids up and went to Gardner Village to see the witches. The had a good time with our nieghbor friends. Then we went off to pick our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. We had a fun (and yes very exhausting) weekend.

My little Baby Doll!!

Canning Season

This is were I get to do a little bragging and not feel guilty. I don't expect any one to read or care, but I feel good about what I have accomplished. Plus I use this as my little journal, since I don't take the time to write in my "Real" journal.

My neighbor and good friend got me more into canning a couple of years ago. So this year I have canned a little on my own. This year I have canned some pears, apple pie filling, applesauce and I hope to get some tomatoes done later this week. I love to see the finished product (so therefore the picture.) I leave the jars out for a day or two to make myself feel good for what I have accomplished.