Our Disneyland adventure

Our trip was so wonderful. There was not a line in sight, except for Indiana Jones and Soaring over California. Emma was tall enough for almost every single ride and we all had the best time. It was such a bonding experience for us all. This was our first family vacation that felt like a real vacation. Every other time we go out of town it is for some reason or another and we are usually visiting family. Which is fun and we love it but this was nice because we were able to just be us and grow even closer together. Ryan had never been on the big boat ride since it normally has a big long line.
This was at the time of day when everyone was waiting for their second
wind to kick in.
It was nice to just relax.

Joseph and I went on the Winnie the pooh ride 4 times in a row. He loved it. We stayed close to whatever big ride the others were on so that we could reconnect easily. Joseph is trying to get into the honeypot.

We get to toon town and Emma is so excited to see the characters. She runs up to pluto and this little girl is trying to get her picture taken with him so we tell Emma to move. When it is Emma's turn this little boy would not get out of the way. Then when it was this little boys turn to get his picture taken the mom was all upset Emma hadn't moved yet. Whatever. Mommy claws almost came out, but what, we are at the happiest place on earth.

Snack and potty break. He was so excited about all of the big rides and just wanted us to get going. It was fun to watch Jared. He is at the age where Disneyland is finally really fun. It was great.

Here we are again at the pooh ride. He had climb up onto the grassy area and I thought he was being so cute I let him walk up there. Then the employee's announce over the speakers. "Please do not let your children climb on the greenery"

Joseph was mad because he didn't want to share the car with his sisters.

Anxiously waiting for the materhorn. They all loved it.

Emma is always all smiles.

Joseph was loving on these tires. I had to pry him away.

My two little monkeys in their cage.

"Going on a trip in our favorite Rocket ship" Pat pat pat.. It's from the little Einsteins. We got to watch it several times in the car this trip.

Joseph loves cars and he was thrilled in the beginning to go ride the cars. He even drove, until he bumped into the side then he made me take over. He didn't like the jarring back and forth. The other kids missed out on autotopia. It actually had a line and they were in space mountain. Emma did not like space mountain at all. Too dark and too fast.

Jungle cruise, the three of us got to go on it while the other guys were on Indiana Jones. What a goofy ride. We do we feel the need to hear the same jokes we have heard as a child? Yet we keep coming back.
Emma had to have her picture taken in front of the castle. She waited almost all day for this moment. So cute. This picture is one of my favorites.

Another favorite picture. We are almost to the top of the tree house.

This was in bugs world. The worker took a fascination with Sarah and was teasing her. She thought it was funny.

More bugs world fun.

aren't we cute?

Can I just tell you how much I hate the ferris wheel? And as if a normal ferris wheel isn't bad enough this one rocks you back and forth.

Jellyfish jumpers off we goooooo!

I look so pregnant here. Joshua just wanted to make his presence known.

Grr... Don't mess with me!

Anxiously awaiting the funny we know is coming.

Aurora was hilarious. She asked me to retake the picture. I think there is some sort of strike rule on how they are supposed to pose.

Here we are going on Monsters Inc for the 4th or 5th time while
we waited for the kids.

We went inside this animation area while everyone else was on tower of terror. I don't even think he knows who Goliath is. He didn't want to go up to him on his own so I had to hold him.

On the tram excited about going to California adventure park!

Ok, Seriously.

I took Sarah, EmmaLee, and Joseph to the Dr's this morning at 8. My friend gave me the advice once that you always take the first appointment of the day so you wait is minimal. The appointment was only for Joseph but with Sarahs ear ache and Emma woke up with a gross nose I figured we would see them all. Joseph has two ear infections. Nevermind that he finished antibiotics for an ear infection two days ago. So he has to go on an antibiotic other then the cheap ammoxicillian. Emma is super congested and Sarah has a super ear infection. No insurance and $277 later we are of to a hair appointment.

Sarah, my sister-in-law, offered to watch Joseph for me. We have the pack-n-play set up in their office where all of her scrapbook stuff is. I put Joseph down for a nap and head off. I assumed he would be asleep the whole time and no problem at all, right? Come to find out he has discovered how to climb out of the pack-n-play. He is such a quiet little guy when he is getting into stuff so Sarah never even knew he had climbed out. He then proceeded to explore the office and found some of her pages she had finished. He disassembled them yet didn't actually tear anything. Then her daughter Reeghan got into a pen and wrote all over Paetons Bumper guard and blanket. I didn't think we will be invited back.

So by 1 my son is so tired. I try to figure out how I am going to give him a nap with no pack-n-play. My mother-in-laws is slightly taller so I though we would try again. This time he got out with little effort. I rocked him for awhile and then layed down with him. He has never let me hold him and fall asleep. It was a nice change. When I put him down he woke back up but I patted his back and sang him a song and he was out again for a few hours. I got to read and take a nap. Nice.

Before he woke up I went and got their medicine. $130. This is turning into an expensive trip. I guess the omnicef was Around$80.

You would think I would be extremly stressed out by now but today I managed to be in much better spirits. I think I am just relieved to know the kids have medicine and will be feeling better soon. She also told me to tylenol them real good for our trip to Disneyland. She explained to me that a real bad ear ache can be like walking around with a made headache. I have had enough of those to feel very sympathetic.

I forgot to mention that Sarah woke up happier as well. She was just in better spirits. We got her to bed earlier and Emma let us all sleep till almost 7.

Disneyland tomorrow, wish me luck.

Fun with kids

We are in California for the rest of the week and it has been interesting so far.

We went to my nephew's baptism on Saturday and it was so wonderful. I felt so inspired and just had a great desire to be better and do more. We got to visit with my family for a little while, never long enough, and then back in the car for 5 more hours of driving. The car ride was pretty smooth even though I did short one of the TV's.

We got to Ryan's brothers around 8 or 9 and got the kids to bed. I rushed off to the store then went to bed. Ryan and his brother stayed up till 4 in the morning playing age of the empires. I know they love it but I have never understood the all night video playing.

Emma woke up super early and was so noisy no one could sleep. I loaded all the kids in the car and we drove out to our newly purchased lot so that Ryan could sleep in. We then drove around the neighborhood just to see where we will shop once the house is built. Sarah and Joseph both had a hard day and I think they both have ear infections.

Then this morning I had this great idea that we would go to the wild animal park. Grumpy children almost from the start. I must say it was not ALL bad. We saw the elephant show and the gorillas. I discovered, with the help of my poor sister-in-law, a fun little play area. All the kids were happy the short time we were able to be there. Then poor Sarah had an accident. If this were any other child I would not be concerned but she never has accidents. The other day she told me it burns when she goes to the bathroom so It sounds like an infection. Not a good thing when we are going to Disneyland on Wednesday.

I hope the kids are feeling better and the trip is not a disaster. I felt so bad for my sister-in-law Sarah. I invited her to come and I don't think if I was her I would have had a good time. Her daughter had sore feet and my children were not the fun little people they normally are. It was kind of a funny sight. We got Joseph out of the stroller so Reeghan could ride. Then Sarah peed her pants so she got to ride. I was trying to push Sarah with Joseph helping me. Aunt Sarah was holding her baby while pushing Reeghan. Really, we looked pathetic. Jared tried to help and he pushed Sarah while I held my niece Paeton. We laughed for fear of crying. I really was grateful she was there. I think if I was by myself I would have lost it.

The kids all feel asleep on the way home and I drove around for awhile just so they could sleep. Joseph went down to bed around 4:30 and at 7 I woke him up. At least one of them had a good nap. I did get to hang out the rest of the afternoon.

Tomorrow will be a better day. That is one of the blessings of having a day like today, it makes the good days that much sweeter.

Update on the couple from oregon. They bought a house from a different realtor. What ever?

The simple pleasures

The kids were getting ready for church on Sunday and Joseph was thrilled to put on Emma's shoes. The funny thing, He came back to me about 5 minutes later and wanted them off. He insisted that I put on his shoes. It was like he realized it is not so cool to be wearing his sisters shoes. Or he didn't think dress up shoes were so comfortable.

I found him building a castle with the plastic cups.

He showed me with great pride what he had created.

Yesterday we are eating grapes with our lunch. Joseph is patiently waiting in his highchair for us to finish our food so he can get down. He starts to mindlessly pick up the grapes and drop them back onto his tray. He then gets this huge grin and says, "ball?" He proceeds to do it over and over again while we crack up. I was surprised at how much a grape really does bounce.

We are planning a trip to Disneyland and California adventure park either next week or the week after. We have been promising the kids we would taken and now that you can buy 2fer1 it is the best time. We have never been to California and I am hoping the kids will love it. I found an awesome deal on a hotel suite that will actually fit our whole family. I think I am more excited then anyone. I love when kids are experiencing something for the first time.

My ventings for the day

Not much to post except a slight venting. We spent most of the morning cleaning baseboards and rewaxing the floors. My house was so spotless. Then I spend the rest of the day trying to get the kids not to breath for fear of them making a mess. Sarah was home sick from school, she has what Joseph had/has. We call our Realtor several times to find out when the couple is coming and he never answers. In the afternoon we hear from him and he has had no word from the couple. Point? Here it is Tuesday and still no word. How long am I expected to keep my house spotless with 4 kids? We don't even know if they are still coming AGHHH.

On a lighter note I am about half way through Pride and Prejudice and I love it. I likes both versions of the movie I have seen but the back surpasses them by a long shot. The depth of the relationship and personalities of both Jane and Elizabeth are precious. I relate to Elizabeth in so many ways even in her desire to be more like Jane. I can't seem to read to much at once because I always read it late at night. I hate finishing a good book because I am always left wanting more. I want to know what happens next. I guess that us why I love books that are in a series.

Half way

I saw a picture someone had done on two peas like this and I loved it. I had to scrap it once I saw the picture and I want to put it in Joshua's baby book when I get around to starting one.

A couple from Oregon are coming to look at the house tomorrow and I have high hopes that they could be the ones. There grandparents looked at it over a month ago and think our house would be perfect for them. They "have" to live in the development we are in and they want a custom house. Our house and or friends house are the only two up for sale so hopefully one of us will have some good news tomorrow. They have already sold there current house so...cross your fingers.

Yeah for the hubby!

Ryan got home late yesterday and it is so nice to have him back. We had a nice mellow evening. Joseph slept really well and Ryan let me sleep in. What a great start to this new day.

I made Ryan's Valentine gift while he was gone and gave it to him after the kids went to bed. I had some of our wedding pictures put on a CD and I made some layouts to go in a journal I have kept periodically, I have written in it three times in the past 5 years. I just wrote special memories of us. I also had one of our wedding pictures blown up to an 11x14 and I put it in a frame I painted black then distressed. I loved the way it turned out.






Credits. I used a bunch of different shabby princess free downloads and the one kit I bought was TracyAnn's Love notes from scrapbook bytes

This post is only for those with way to much time.

Hear are the proof of the pictures we want to order. I am so pleased with the way they turned out. Int the whole family onealmost every one looks good. All of the adults do. A few kids are smiling with their eyes closed or looking to high up but noone looks goofy. I am so happy about it.

Because my day has been so crazy I decided to write a day in the life of me. Ok, a few days in the life of me.

Where do I begin? The past few days have been long but productive. I forgot Emma's dentist appointment on Thursday. I guess with all the craziness of Ryan being gone we are just out of routine. Joseph finally feel asleep right before we had to go pick up Jared from school so I had to wake him from his nap. I hate doing that. Then we rushed off to karate and I told the kids they could pick what they wanted for dinner. I didn't want to cook when Ryan wasn't home, and I had just cleaned the stove. They picked McDonald. I order Chillis take out. I love restaurant take out. That way we were all happy. We then got to play in the play place for over an hour. I was in no hurry to get home to an empty house.

Joseph woke up in the middle of the night Thursday night sounding like a seal which meant crope. (I don't know how to spell that) Pour little guy has been grumpy the last few days and now I knew why. So I pick up Sarah from school a little before 11. We head straight for the Dr's and find out he also has a real bad ear infection. So I have to go get 3 different kinds of medicine. One to stop the cough, I guess coughing actually makes it worse, then a steroid medicine, and antibiotics. But first the girls let me know they are hungry so we stop for food.

I was looking for this special photo place to drop of a picture and they have moved so I am driving up and down the street I know their new address is on and I can't find it. I had to stop at a gas station to look them up and give them a call. The girls were quick to let me know we had passed it several times. Who knew? Good thing is they have drive up.

Then we head to walmart and get our prescription. By the time that is done it is time to get Jared from school. I realized I forgot to drop the bill off at the city offices so we head to do that before Joseph goes down for his nap. My pictures are ready so we run and go do that. By the time we got home it was 3:30. The kids were all very well behaved and it was one of those, "Thank you Father," moments.

I give Joseph his medicine and he is out like a light. The Dr gave me this great idea of crushing up the medicine and sticking it in a snickers bar. I try to give it to Joseph and he just shakes his head no. Great idea but now I have crushed up medicine my son won't take. I felt so funny forcing my little boy to eat candy.

I then take the moment to scrap a page. Thursday night I stayed up for two hours working on something and then my computer crashes and I lose it all. I cried. Then I realized it wasn't really how I wanted it to turn out and I made my first digi scrap purchase. I have made four pages with the kit I bought. I am grateful the computer crashed. Way cuter pages now.

We had a fun night eating popcorn and candy and watching the new Charlie and The chocolate Factory. I am not a fan of Johnny Depp. And the movie just confirmed that all the more. The kids liked it though. Half way through the movie I realize I have eaten very little all day and I am so hungry. I feed the kids but I was to busy to eat myself. So I hurry and eat. When I realized it was past 8 and Jospeh was still asleep I began to really worry. I went and checked on him again and he was still breathing. I tuck the kids in and go back to scrapping. At around 9ish, I wake Jospeh up. I thought, "If he doesn't wake up now he will at 2 or 3 and be ready for the day." So we hang out and watch What Not To Wear. Good thing he doesn't care what we watch. I gave him some milk and more medicine and put him down around 11. I feel this need to finish what I started and finish two more layouts. 3 down. I realize my mind is going so much I need to unwind before I go to bed. I watch some show on HGTV. Not the best and I understand why it is on so late. Then I head for bed.

Jospeh woke up sometime before 5 and was content to play in his crib for some time. Jared got him up about 5:30 and he is ok for about ten minutes. Then he starts yelling my name and I have to actually get out of bed. Note to self, (just get up when you first hear him. You never go back to sleep once you know he's awake.) He insists on eating breakfast right away. He hadn't eaten in 18 hours. I promised the kids a big breakfast. Ryan usually buys them donuts but I didn't want to take all the kids to the donut store, this was before I knew Joseph was sick. We are all tired, Sarah was the only one who slept in, till 7. Once she was up I made waffles with cherries and whipped cream and syrup. They thought that was great. Joseph was ready for bed about 8:30. I put him down and work on one more layout.

9:10 the realtor calls and wants to drop off some DVD's. So I can't go back to sleep like I had hoped. I lay down anyway and tell the kids to get me when the door bell rings. I layed there for 20 minutes and I couldn't sleep, of course. Then he drops by and I am now way more awake then I want to be. I figured my napping window was over so I give up. Yet, hear it is 10:30 and Joseph is still sleeping. Oh what, I hear him.

What lies ahead for this day?

I am sure that was not interesting to any one but I feel better getting all of that out.

The Talent Show

The kids had their talent show yesterday. I understand that I am a very proud mom, but I truly think they did wonderful. Sarah got so nervous the night before. We were going to have her practice one last time before the big day and she started to cry. A very serious and sad cry. I told her that she didn't have to do it and that it was just for fun. She said she wanted to she was just "escared" Sarah has always said it like that. We had a special pray upon her request. When she went to bed she told me that she knew she would be able to do it. In the morning she woke up all smiles and was ready for the show.

Jared said our morning prayer and remembered to pray that Sarah would not be nervous. What a sweet brother. She did request that Emma be her backup dancer. It was so cute. She told me afterwards, "I said a prayer before I went on and I wasn't nervous at all. Some of the other kids were but I wasn't. Heavenly Father helped me." It was said so matter of factly. I guess this is why we are told to be as little children. Their faith is amazing.

Here they are practicing the morning of. Sarah wanted to be dressed like Hillary Duff. It was cute to have her pick out a shirt and hair style. She had me look up Hillary Duff online and this is the up do she said looks like Hillary's.

I will get a camera with zoom one of these days.

Jared amazed me. He carries such quiet confidence. No nervousness from him. He just knows that he is good at what he does and does it well. He told me after words that his teacher told him he did a good job but he didn't hear her tell that to any one else. His form was so crisp and very professional. There was another little boy that did karate and Jared blew him out of the water. I have a bad habit of comparing sometimes. Not all the time, but regardless I need to watch that.

Jared has the most awesome teacher. She is so good with her kids. Her attitude is so positive and really brings out the best in Jared. It is amazing for me to think that she has a husband dyeing of cancer and she still manages to be so up beat. I need to surround myself with more women like her!

Ryan had to go out of town today and won't be back till late Saturday. Ryan is usually the one who helps get Joseph ready in the morning so this morning when His dad was no where to be found he was distressed. He was walking around the house saying "Dad, dad?" It was so sad. So we called Ryan and Joseph was elated. He wanted to talk all day. When it was time to go he was so mad. Pour little guy. We are going to have to have some serious fun to make up for dad being gone.

Accentuate the positive

On Friday I met with the principal at the kids school. I was feeling frustrated that Sarah's teacher was doing nothing to help her advance. If your child is behind they have special programs but if your child is advanced the do nothing. I wondered if this was just her teacher or the whole school. As the principal talked to me I realized that it is a school thing. Basically, he told me that if I want her to continue to excel I should keep doing whatever I am doing at home with her. He said in kindergarten they are just introducing the basics and if a child already knows that then they will be all the more advanced. He doesn't believe children should be advanced a grade and I do think I would prefer her not to move up anyway. I contemplated it but I thought about her being age 16 or so when all of her peers are 17. She will be forced to grow up to quickly. I think growing up is hard enough, she doesn't need to add any other factors into the mix.

What did I learn? I came to grips with the fact that I have to work with her more at home until we move and then either home school or get her into a better school system. She loves to learn and asks me to teach her more. She wants to be great at math like Jared is. I want her to continue to love learning. The other advantage to her staying where she's at is that she can feel like she is really excelling because she is so far ahead of the other kids in her class.

After the conversation with the principal I was able to let go of my frustration and except my roll as her primary teacher.

I think I have learned this week that life is learning to except what we are given and then find the best in that situation. Things could always be better and if we focus on that we will always be disappointed. On the flip side, things could always be worse. I am going to choose this week to think on that and recognize how blessed I am. I am going to find the good in my life and focus on that. I can only imagine that as I do this I will find greater happiness in anything I need to do.

What a Beautiful Day!

I drove by this park the other day and wondered why we had not yet taken the kids there. It is less then 10 minutes from where we live. The kids had a great time. There were hikes that were to high for the young kids and I think Jared felt slighted. He kept asking "Can't we just go up there??" Ryan will have to take them sometime. I am to afraid of children falling for it to be fun. You can see all of St. George from the tops of the cliffs and I am sure it would be a perfect picture in the spring time when everything is green again. I will miss this when we move. Joseph thought that he should be able to climb even higher. Ryan thinks this should be encouraged. Joseph now climbs my closet shelves to get to where I keep my money. I found out today that this happens because Ryan believes we should help him be good at what ever he tries. He laughed as he was saying it though.

The kids found all sorts of little caves they could climb in and through.

He is such a handsome boy. He didn't want to stop for pictures, he just wanted to explore.

Always ready with a smile. It is to bad a few seconds later she tripped and hurt her knee. She bounced back fast enough though. Later we even found a house built around one of the caves.

I should have stepped farther back for this picture. The are sitting in a small cavity about 5 feet above ground. It just looked like a little seat so we had to put them there.

This one is my favorite. He found this little whole and stuck his head in. As he entered he would growl a fearsome growl. We were all rolling. with laughter.

Over all I would say today was a great day. We started off cleaning the house. Then we had donuts. We lazed around while Joseph took a nap, then we went for our hike. After that we went and got sodas and more laziness. Joseph went down for a second nap while Emma and Sarah fell asleep in front of the TV. Ryan did some computer stuff while I worked on trying to finish up Joseph's baby book. I decided that I am going to try to finish each of their baby books before Joshua is born. I have started with Jospeh and will work my way back to Jared. I will feel finished when they have pictures to cover the first year and then every birthday for the first 5 years. I think I am going to try to keep one Christmas scrapbook instead of putting pages of each Christmas in everyone's albums. I am so far behind on scrapbooking that I have decided to just catch up on the main events. Good luck on even getting that done.

Joshua's first outfit.
I realized that I managed to have children in opposite seasons again.
Do I do it on purpose so I have to buy new clothes?

I stumbled into Old Navy on one of there huge sale days. 50% of the clearance racks. I love when they do this. I had some store credit so it was even better. I bought 3 shirts for me, a shirt and Hooded sweatshirt for Joseph, 2 shirts and a pair of jeans for Joshua, and a track jacket for Ryan. This made my week. The total was about $35. Shut up! I know. I love deals. Then to top it off I bought the cutest pair of Gap maternity jeans for $11. Retail $68. Who spends $68 dollars on a pair of jeans that will only last you a few months? Ok, If I had the money to spend and they really fit awesome, I would.

I think every women deserves to have one pair of jeans that make her feel like a Diva. The kind you put on and can't help but know your hot. They don't come around often enough. But when they do you want to buy one in every wash they make. For me, they are usually expensive so I settle for one pair. Or, they are on clearance and they don't make that kind any more.

What else have I been thinking about? Yesterday Jared and I went on a date to IHOP, his choice. We sat next to a family of 8. I want six children so I was kind of watching them to see how eating out with six children will be. Their oldest looked about 14 and the youngest was about Joseph's age. Pretty good gap. The father seemed very stressed out and kept telling the two boys, about 9 and 11, to sit and be quite. The three daughters, about 14, 6 and ?, were whinny and just bugging each other. A spill happened, the teenager slurped just to get a reaction, the mom raised her voice higher then she meant to. I just smiled inside.

Don't we all have days like that. Where you just feel like you can't get a handle on life. I remember feeling that way with two kids. I think the more children you have the more unexpected you expect life to be. It becomes easier, not because the nature of the thing has change but because your outlook has. You know children are going to raise there voice to be heard in public settings. You understand that someone is going to pick their nose when everyone is watching. Someone is bound to point at an overweight person and comment on how "fat" they are. They usually wait until your cart at the grocery store is to full to leave to start screaming, the kind that doesn't stop.

When I expect my children to be perfect, it is so hard on me when they are not. When I remember that I am here to teach them how to behave and how to be truly happy, I find the most joy out of being a mom. I correct them with love and understanding and patience. I feel a sense of what our Father in Heaven might feel for us. Understanding all that we have the potential to be he doesn't yell at us when we mess up or make us feel as though we have failed, he loves us all the more. I pray I can be the Mom he wants me to be.

My little mansion

In case you can't tell, he is saying "Cheese" Actually it sounds like eese.
When you get out the camera he poses and says that.

Today has been an interesting one. I have a tendency towards having low iron and pregnancy always amplifies that. But today I felt very low on energy and took a super long nap to wake up still feeling exhausted. When I get really tired I cry easily. I say all this to prelude into what happened next.

I drop Jared off at karate and then head to the health food store to pick up a liquid form of iron that is supposed to help. The lady who works there was very friendly until she said this, "How much longer do you have?" With a tone of voice eluding to the fact that I should be done soon. I responded that I was only 4 months along and her comment? "Oh???" I am not that big. I always get comments like that but already? Come on now. Then she proceeded to tell me that her mom had 5 kids in 6 years and that is why her mom is so crazy. Did she not hear me tell her I was pregnant with #5? She went on for sometime about having kids close together and how much it messes with ones insanity.

After all this I did not cry. I simply realized how crazy she was and started to actually feel better. So then we proceed home and we stop at a stop light. I am singing, with the motions, Patti -Cake. I turn to see Josephs face and I catch the older gentlemen next to me watching in utter delight. I made his day! That made me smile more and I felt much more ready to face the long night I foresaw ahead of me.

I think Heavenly Father knows that we need a light boost sometimes. If we look we can always find some way or another that he is trying to lift us up, trying to make us more then maybe we can see. Or maybe even more then we want to be. I think we would settle for mediocrity where as he knows we can become much more. I think of a C.S.Lewis quote I once read about A builder coming into to rebuild a house. Us being that house and God being the builder. He throws out a room here and adds a wing over there. We don't understand the pain or discomfort at times. We could not see the outcome. We thought we were being built into a nice little cottage where as he was building us into a mansion.

I feel like that sometimes. Why does this situation have to be hard? Can't there be an easier way? But then I am able to look back at times that I thought were hard and I didn't understand. I can now see how I have become a better person for the experience. I can see what I was able to learn and gain by experiencing something I would have taken away had I been given the choice. How grateful I am that Our Father, who knows all, is over all.

After dinner I went to a lecture/training in Family History. It was supposed to be hands on but the lady in charge had a lot she wanted to say first. What did I learn you might ask? That I have a lot of clean up work to do. Almost all of my records need to be changed so that they all match a standard form. That's easy but very time consuming. I guess I know what I will be doing with my free time.

Then I got to come home and tuck in my already sleeping children. I just feel so close to them at the end of the day. You give them a little hug and express your love to them. You tuck them in and just watch them. They look so peaceful when they sleep. Your mind is filled with all of the reasons why you love these little people who sometimes drive you crazy.


Just a cute Picture I got yesterday. Joseph likes to sneak into his dad's office when the door gets left open. Sometimes for a quick snuggle. I love these boys.