Success

First off I gotta laugh. I wrote my last post and at the end I said I Better go to sleep before I start throwing up..., 2 hours later I started to throw up. It was a nasty tummy bug. Shaylies Christmas performance was that morning. It took every once of control and energy to make it to that singing concert. She did great and knew all the words. Good job bug.

The following Monday. The 23rd was cori's birthday. Wade was not feeling great and I knew he was busy with work. I had to make sure to cook, clean and set up before he got home. Easier said then done. I cleaned out the garage only to find we had a weird smell in the garage. I found my plug in the garage had shorted out and needed to be reset, this made my freezer in the garage not work. It had been out for at least a week. So I had to clean out bad meat...,, gross barf super nasty.

The party was a success. Good food, everyone had fun and Cori got an actual party.

That night wade got sicker. He woke up Christmas eve to go to work thinking he might die. To help wade I went to drop off a table to a family in need(santa's job is awesomeness) while I was doing that I heard my back pop out. Next thing you know I have to go to the chiropractor to pop it back in. Wade comes home foe work at 3 and he's horribly sick with a fever. He slepts while i drop off the kids next door while I get some last minute things. We then head to my parents house at 7. 

Millie, Michelle and wade were pretty sick. We all still made the most of it all. That is why I have to say it was a success. Some had to go to sleep early and struggled but Christmas was a success. The kids loved their gifts and at the end of chirstmas day I asked if they had a good day and they said it was the best. We still did the family quiz, the kids had their sleepover, Santa came, we watch chirstmas movies, ate good food, laughed and had agreat time,Life isn't always what you want but it was still a great day. 

Today is Friday. The sickness toll is up. Mom brooke chad and Michelle have a tummy bug. Wade and shaylie have strep. Millie has bronchitis. Blake and Connor have fevers. Awesome. I also found out wades niece is also sick. We can seem to run from it.

When i took my family to the doctors today I found out shaylie and wade has strep throat. Then I found out Briggs had a massive ear infection and pink eye. I said to the doctor, "we win!" She looked at me like i was crazy lol. 

I love all these sick people. Soon it will be New Years and we can start fresh with a new year! 

The MoTab

If you haven't heard about the Mormon tabernacle choir, you've been living under a rock! Every year they have a Christmas concert. I had never been to one until last weekend! My friend Sarah called me up Saturday and said she had some extra tickets that night for the MoTab Christmas concert and if wade and I wanted to go they were ours! I was so excited! I got a babysitter and off we went. 

Down side of going is traffic is the worse thing ever! You can imagin that there are thousands and thousands of people that go to this concert. It's a mighty production . The conference center can hold 21,200 people! Every seat and I mean every single seat was taken. After the show started they started to let in people who were in the stand by line and they filled up all the single seats. 

The show was amazing the music, dancers, singers, story tellers. It was just something I had never in countered before. It was amazing and everyone should see if at least once in their life.

I was so glad to have time with wade in the car ride up and back. It's been really busy and it's kicking his butt. 

We got back to pick up our kids and shaylie has thrown up a couple times. I felt so bad for not being there with her. Gotta love mom guilt. Unfortunately Briggs got the tummy bug today. Downer. Christmas is coming and we need everyone healthy. Last Wednesday I went into the doctors because I had an ear infection. Both Briggs and I have been fighting colds and now wade has it. 

It's terrific.

Well I better sleep before I start throwing up. ;)

Thanksgiving (a little late I know)

I realized after my last post I never wrote about thanksgiving and I really need too because it was great. My grandpa Hamilton came about for thanksgiving which made me really happy since it was the first major holiday since my grandma passed. I worry about him. 

Also my uncle mark, aunt terry and my two cousins Meg and Emma came for Turkey day too! It was nice to have them come. It felt like old times playing games and laughing at fart jokes! I didn't realize how much I missed it. 

My parents how was always the hub for the Holidays. It was hard when they moved here to not have both sides of the family show up for the holidays. I loved decorating all the tables for Christmas dinner. A Santa table, snowman table, a snowflake table, and any other idea I would come up with. We've lost some really important people since then, but we have also added some amazing ones!

After Thanksgiving day (which was amazing) we went to slc and park city with my family. We had to make sure to get the memories in! Shaylie was glued to mark the whole week. She has a sense when people need some love. Briggs loved my cousins and just wanted to play and play. They were both pretty upset when everyone had to go home. 

It was a great Thanksgiving full of family, food, and awesomeness

Christmas time is here...

This year Christmas feels different. Not bad different. I look back to a year ago and think wow what a year. 

This year December started two days after thanksgiving. That made it hard to gear up because it came so quickly. 

This year we have gone to the Spanish fork lights which has become one of my very favorite activities. It's not crazy and hectic . It is peaceful and ....awesome. This night we went to the lights, my parents came I our house and wade got home from work. We loading up our ford and shipped off to go see the lights. We ate pizza at pizza factory. We had a great conversation and the kids enjoyed the food. Then off we went with the Christmas music in the car and excited little children waiting patiently to get to the lights. The lights this year were the best they have ever been! It was an amazing set up with snow everywhere. The reason I'm writing about this is not for the beauty of the lights or snow and no not even the music, it is because of the feeling in that car. The feeling of peace and love. We sang carols all the way home. When we got back to orem we drove a little more to see more lights. Too see the joy if my little ones faces. Too hang on to that prefect little moment. So best for those tender mercies. I love this family of mine. 

Wade has been working so hard managing two stores and trying to deal with the pain of healing. But he comes home and is excited to talk to the kids about the elf on the shelf and the trouble she got into the night before. He wasn't a Christmas person and now he is one of the biggest. This is the reason for the season. Our Heavenly Father blessed us with a savior to bless us with redemption and the blessing of eternal families. I'm so grateful for a Father in heaven who loves me and a Brother who gave everything and suffered so I can be forgivin for my sins. I so grateful for this season and the love, joy, and the giving Christmas spirit. I say that in Jesus name Amen.

Mom mom mom mom

If your a mom you know what I'm talking about. You hear your name at least a hundred times during the day. Sometime I change my name for the day but most of the time it's the best. 

My kids have been looking forward to having a sleep over in Briggies room all week. Last night I moved shaylies mattress to Briggs room and they watched a movie and had a blast. They can be best little friends. They love each other but both want a baby sister. They think you can just go pick one up. I told them it doesn't work like that. 

This morning I had my whole little family in my bed(precious moment) these times are so rare with our schedules. Always running. I love my awesome little kids with all my heart. And I love my husband, my best friend, the best guy ever that helped me get them here. It's a grateful mood today.

This is halloween

Halloween went great. With all the parties we survived. Shaylie got to wear her costume 3 days in a row. She loved every minute! I loved her costume. She was a peacock! 

The tulle skirt and glitter tail worked perfect! I love hobby lobby! She is a beautiful little girl. My little diva had a halloween party at school which I got to help with! 

She loved her make up! Halloween was an early day so she was pretty tired by the time we got home halloween night. The night before halloween we had our ward halloween trunk or treat! It is always a great time. The chili cook off is always a hit. Wade has won an award every year but this year he got winner over all! He was so happy! I (and all my family)have always loved his chili but now he won a prize so it's legit. Only problem is he only makes it once a year! I guess we will have to wait another year. 

I dressed up(kinda) for halloween. I was a mermaid out of water. It was easy and I got a lot of complaints!

 It was fun to dress up for halloween. 

Briggs absolutely loved halloween this year. He loved going house to house. At first it wasn't about the candy he just thought it was the best to knock on everyone's door and say trick or treat. After he would get the candy he would yell "Happy Halloween!" It was the cutet. Shaylie ran to every house. I was nervous she was going to eat it! Briggs was a pirate. He loved his gun. 

His little mustash was the best! It took a lot of convincing but he finally agreed! Loved it! Halloween was great. We had a great October! Now bring on the turkey!

High life

Well what has happened lately. First off I had the opportunity to go to a training meeting for the new youth curriculum. The general young woman's presidency was there to teach. It was an amazing program! The spirit felt there was amazing and it made you just want to go out and teach! I'm excited to learn more. 

Second last weekend was crazy! I found this song called what now. Totally my theme song right now! "What now i just can figure it out, what now guess ill just wait it out, WHAT Now please tell me what now!" I love that song. It makes me feel like I'm not the only one screaming that all the time. 

Wades company was bought out last week. Crazy. It means lots of changes. 

Last thing I'll mention is I got to see Ivan this week! I went up to Idaho with the family to chads birthday party. On the way back my dad said hey let's go to Logan to the cheese factory!(so tasty) when we got there I realized Ivan was serving in that area! I saw missionaries on the side of the road and my dad said " hey you know elder Morano?!" They said ya he's just down the street. So we went down the street and there he was! The kids were so happy but the 5 minutes weren't long enough and we left with broken hearts again. It was a nice 5 mins.

Shaylie did a great job in the primary program! My is awesome. I'm excited to post a halloween post ttyl!!!

Don't step on a crack or....

Well this could be a long one! First off I was doing so well on my exercising but guess what I hurt my back. I gave up three weeks ago and went to the chiropractor. Come to find out I had my secrum out if place(which hurts) and my hip was also out. Not a good combo but three weeks later I'm fixed! Still have to keep it easy. 

I had my 8 year anniversary on the 7th! We had a great time going to dinner and watch the play in the heights. It was fantastic. The music was awesome! 

I can't believe it's been that long! I still love him too! Lol I'm glad we can still have a great time together. Plus we make some cute kids! 

Briggy turned three!! He's party was really fun! He is a monster! He's already 3! I know it's lame to say but it really seems like yesterday when I was running into the hospital trying not have him in the car. We bought him a motorcycle to ride and he won't stop ridding it! 

Here he is driving his sister home. Love these kids.

Don't worry shaylie I will drive you home! So cute!!!

On a not so great of a note in the middle of all of this my grandpa judd had a heart attack. I went to shower my grandpa and he said he couldn't move and felt sick. Well a long story short we had to call 911 to take him to the hospital. We found out then he had had a heart attack and had a uti that had gotten into his blood. He was in bad shape. He is doing a lot better but will now be staying in a skilled nursing facility. Life is changing.

The other awesome thing is I got to see my grandpa Hamilton! He came into town for dental work and we got to spend time with him. The kids carved pumpkins with him and it really warmed my heart. 

Well that's all for now!

Fall!!

I love this time of year. The weather changing. Leaves change like magic. Never having a real fall in California I've really appreciate it now. With all the decor, fall festivals, haunted houses, pumpkins, wood burning stoves, cider, and awesomeness, I get so excited! 

The other best part of this time of year is my anniversary! So many great memories this time of year. Also Briggs was born this time of year. I can't believe he will be three next week! He is big and funny. Love that kids but he is trouble.

Shaylie is loving school. She has made friends and is excelling in academics. She has a little diva attitude. Hopefully it doesn't get too much worse. 

Life is on the mend. Wade is doing well with all his healing body parts. My mind is still in one piece.(kinda) I've had a hard time with emotions but I'm figuring them out. I controlled them all during the chaos and am feeling them all. At once. A little overwhelming.

My blog is doing well. I'm glad. Well ttly! 

Surgery surgery and more surgery

It's week three of my more organized life. It's going well. I read some where that getting up early, exercising and have some alone time in the morning helps with being patience and living a fuller life. Well I tried it. Week three and I'm still alive. I've been more patience with my kids, I've been able to have scripture study, and I feel like I can conquer the day! I'm pretty sure the reason that I'm more patience with my kids is bc I'm too dang tired to fight with them but it has worked. 

The first week of school was rough! Shaylie loved school but would cry, complain, fight, you name it! I would be so frustrated but I knew it was just a really big adjustment. Briggs also struggled a lot. He is used to his friend being around all the time and he still had another year before he can go to preschool. It's going to be something(one long year). Love him.

I started a food budget of 100 dollars a week. I have to cook 5 meals a week. It will save money and we will eat healthier. It's more work by far! But it's been nice to have a sit down dinner as a family every night. It's been hard to cook three meals a day on 100 Dollars though. Breakfast lunch and dinner with snacks and healthy crap. It's been interesting.but it's definitely possible.

Now for the reason for the title. Wade is going in for another surgery. Yep that's being put under 3 times in almost 5 months. Two weekends ago we played soccer with a bunch of teenagers/young adults that hangout at my house. We put wade in goal so that he wouldn't hurt his knee but he dislocated his finger(again) I popped it back in and we finished the game and finished our busy day. A couple days later I told him it would probably be best if he saw a specialist. He went in and to make a long story short its busted. They have to replace some of his ligaments in his hand. It will be able to be fully functional after rehab and time. So yep here we go again. Oh well.

I've done we'll with a the craziness but I have to say that it has been Heavenly Father who has brought me through this and strengthened me. Scripture study and prayer have kept me grounded and at peace. I'm am so grateful for him and his gospel. The blessings that it has given me is amazing and I'm so glad I have the knowledge he has given me.

Later

6 days later and I'm at it again. I am starting to get organized and have some structure in my life. This week I figured that get more organized would get me a sense of control in this tornado of a life. I still am flying by the seat if my pants most of the time but now that some things are more together I feel like I'm going in the right direction. I can't believe I only have a week until my baby girl goes to full time school. That's probably the reason for the irrational onset of panic in my life. It's a big step for both of us. I can't believe we are here. Next week ill have to make the most out of the last week of summer! Wish us luck!

Crossroads

I went to California to see one of my best friends get married and it was awesome! Vanessa look beautiful every thing was perfect and it was awesome being included in that day! 

So things never change! It was like we had never left each other in the first place! 9 years have passed since that first picture! Amazing,

I loved spending time with friends and family. It was a great much needed family regrouping. It's been a rough time so it was good to have quality time. We spent a whole day in sf and got to spend 4 hours with my grandpa. We also got to spend the day at the beach. Loved every minute! Wade and I got to talk in the car. I felt whole. 

The dream came to an end and we have hit the ground running! It's time to sign up for school and dance. Shaylie will  be going to a new school this year. I'm not going to lie. I'm nervous. The last experience wasn't the greatest. Briggs is getting big and will be with me all day. One more year before he goes to preschool! Crazy.

So I feel like I'm at a crossroads blindfolded. I can't even see there is a fork in the road but I can feel it. This is when faith is huge. I need to have faith in Heavenly Father. He knows what He is Doing and it's ok that I'm blindfolded because he can see. He can see perfectly. I have learned so much in the last couple months. I just need to trust in Him. 

Here goes nothing!

Standing strong

Last week was girls camp. I love girls camp!!!! I had a blast. There were definitely times I hating being a big kid but I had a great time. There are so many amazing people in our stake.

I was surprised to hear how many of those girls have serious struggles. My heart breaks for them. The week went smooth but there were a lot of thunder storms. I hope I can go back next year! I missed my kids a lot. That was the longest I had every been away from them. It was for a good reason though! It's a beautiful place up there and you could truly see Gods hand up there!

Fun times

Well its amazing to see how much can happen in a month. Since I last wrote there has been a ton that has gone on.

Wade was up for a promotion but it didn't work out. It has to be a blessing I Just can't see the reason right now.

The monday before 4th of july my sister and i went together an set up a "wedding" and had a photographer take photos. She also had a videographer. it turned out really cute and will help with the businesses. 4th of July was fun! Every year we throw a 4th o July bash and we did again this year. We had lots of people, food, treats, and fireworks. It is always a bunch of work but totally worth it.

My blog started to really do well which makes me happy. We are now at 1100 likes on Facebook, 1237 email followers, 112 Wordpress, and 150 Instagram followers. It's been fun so I hope this works out.

 I got to have a lot of fun with my kids. I promised we would do whatever they wanted before I went to camp so we went to the movies, the pool, went of bike rides, the park, and just had fun. Sad part Briggs got strep during our fun week. Gotta love antibiotics!

Until next time!

Awesome

I found out after reading a letter I wrote and my text that I write the word awesome way too much. I need to find a new word. Things are going great. We had a ycl retreat last Tuesday and it was a blast. Only bad part was a girl stepped on a nail and hadn't had her shots. That caused drama. We had a good time. 330 am is a little late for me. Not going to lie. 

My birthday was Wednesday. It was low key, very nice to have just a good time. Lunch with my mom and sister and dinner with wade. It was a good day.

Thursday I got in accident long story but ill try to make it short......so I was driving towards a light. Shaylie was throwing a fit so I turned to tell her to stop. I Looks back at the road and the light had turned red and the cars were coming out into the intersection. I slammed on my breaks and slide through the intersection missed all four cars and hit cement. It broke my steering in my car. We were super blessed and Heavenly Father saved us from harm. Super blessed.

Friday was the 4th year overnight hike and I had to drive so wade fixes my car in the morning and brought it to me 5 mins before I had to be there. Once again blessed.
7 mile hike it was beautiful and the testimony meeting was very powerful. All the nature and wonderful things God has created.

Sunday was stake conference and we had the great opportunity to go to a conference for missionaries and mission presidents. It was a great spiritual experience. Loved it. 

 Well there you have it. Life hasn't slowed down but we are doing well! Next time!

Kelly 

Just life

So I have figured out that all the craziness is not bad luck or it's not life throwing crap at you it's just life. Since my last post we have been trying to recover from all of that life stuff. Since then Wade had a second surgery and my dad had to have an emergency surgery to get his appendix out. Shaylie had a dance recital and she graduated from kindergarten! She got big fast! I wont life I cried a little. Once again we are being blessed through all this. It's been amazing to see all the love and amazing amount of support that people have shown us. I have jumped started my blog and we are up to 120 follows via email, 101 via facebook, 20 via wordpress and others on twitter and instagram. It's excited to see how much it is growing. Girls camp is coming up and I'm excited but nervous for that! It will be a blast but I will be away from my kids for a long time. I love girls camp and the girls in our stake are rock stars! They are such a fun and awesome group so I'm excited to spend time with them! Shaylie started swimming lessons today! I taught swim lessons for 5 years but couldn't teach my own daughter! But she loves it and she had a blast so I'm glad she is getting this opportunity. I've been trying to find things for my kids to do this summer because they are already bored. I got a "bored box" which is tons of craft stuff and games from the dollar store and they can use one a day and they can not say they are bored. We will see how that works. I also found out they have a reading program for the summer at the library. You set a goal at the beginning of the week and you turn it in at the end and you get a prize. The prizes are bowling passes, jump on it passes, free ice cream, and other great free stuff! I'm all about free. Activities in the summer can get pricey. With everything coming up I'll be sure to post soon!

Still standing

Today is Saturday. The day after chad and Michelle's wedding. Last time I wrote we had just gotten back from ca.
Well this is what has happened since then. We got home and we prepared for wades surgery. The surgery day was last Friday. It went ok but there was a lot of damage and it took longer to fix than originally planned. We got home 9 pm. The nurses were great! We had a long wait and they kept us entertained. But everything went well. My mom took care of the kids that whole day.(thank heavens for her) Saturday my in laws took the kids (once again thank heaven) we had friend take our kids to church on Sunday so we could get a nap. We slept on the couch the 1st two nights bc we couldn't get wade up the stairs. I had to do everything for him but that was fine. Monday he had physical therapy. He did awesome! He's tough. Love him.
That was also the day of the Boston marathon bombing. Super scary and said. They are horrible people and my heart goes out to all who are hurt in this. Such horrible events have happened this year.
Tuesday can and we were blessed to go to the temple with my family and my now sister in-law. It was an awesome experience and I loved having my whole family there. Wade was in a lot of pain but once again we is a champ and got through it.
Wednesday morning at 3 am was when crap started. Wade got sick. And I mean sick. He had a fever and was throwing up. He wanted to die. I called the doctor and they told me to not give him anymore pain meds bc it might be a reaction. I called my dad and asked if he could give wade and blessing so my dad and brother came right down. 7am they gave him a blessing and I can testify that it would. Instantly he felt better. He slept the whole day and whole night. The next day was Thursday the day of the wedding dinner. Wade gathered his strength and we went to the dinner. It was beautiful and great. In excited to get it up on my blog.
Friday morning disaster struck. I started throwing up at 5am! Shaylie was also throwing up! 6 hours before my brothers wedding and I'm sick! I received a blessing from my neighbor at 7 and at 9am I was laying on the bathroom floor trying to figure out how I was going to make it to the ceremony. I knew god would help me! I have seen him so close to my life lately that I knew he would help me. Our neighbors and awesome and helped us from 7am to 11 pm. They are angels from heaven. I love them with all my heart.
We got to the temple with no time to spare. We walked in last. But we made it.a tender mercy from The Lord. My cousin and his wife pushed wade and I both broken in wheelchairs to take a family picture and then we heading home to sleep.
At 5 we got back up and heading to the reception. We enjoyed the time and loved watching the joy on my brothers face,I love them very much and am so happy they have each other. I sang a beautiful song written for chad and Michelle from our dear friend mike Garson. It was a great night. After all the crap we have gone through I can rest.
I don't know the lesson I needed to learn but I can tell you I have been blessed. There have been so many amazing people and my Heavenly Father has truly shown me his love. I'm truly grateful for all the blessing I received through all this chaos, I want you to know that all this has been possible to deal with because of him and the strength he gives me.

Some kinda crazy

Well I guess I'm being tested and I'm hoping I pass. This march and April have been pretty interesting. Before march started I thought I was pretty busy. It was the regular stuff with a little added bonus of things. Wade-work (plus more traveling),school, football and church stuff. Me-kids, volunteer work for shaylies school, helping my grandpa, my church stuff, and the new added bonus of my website. It was going well. Busy....very busy but we were handling it. Then life hit us with a curve ball or a couple thousand curve balls. A couple weeks back it got a little more crazy.
My neighbor got his mission call. Very excited but I knew I was losing a friend and my kids favorite babysitter. We also have chad and Michelle's wedding coming up so there was 3 showers for her going on in march. So 3 weekends ago we knew we had a lot that Saturday ht needed to be done. Football @9, Baptism @1030, shower at 1, wedding(I helped decorate for) at 4, and a farewell party for Ivan at 6. So when wade walked in from his game limping I was laughing. Of course on this day of all days he gets hurt.
We decided to continue with our plan for the day but the pain was still there.
The Thursday before this whole thing happened my grandma took a turn and she decided she didn't want dialysis anymore and it was time to let her go. An unbearable thought that shook me to the core. I knew I had to go see her before she got any worse. That Friday before the weekend of pure chaos I book tickets for Tuesday. So the crazy weekend came and exploded and we got threw it. Sunday I sang in church for Ivan's farewell and Monday morning I knew I needed to take wade into the doctor. He was still having a hard time walking and was in a lot of pain. I took him in and they scheduled him for a MRI for wednesday(since I'd be gone Tuesday)
Wade took Tuesday as brooke and I left the house at 430 In the morning to make a flight at 615. We had a layover in Phoenix where we meet a dude named trajo. Great guy. He was in gangs and got in a lot of trouble and was sent to Utah where he got his life straight and was heading back to ca for a visit with family. Funny dude. We got to sfo got some food and went and spend a full 6 hours with my grandma. Knowing this would be the last time we would she her alive. My heart was ripped out of chest as I said my final goodbyes. We held hands for most of that day. A memory I will cherish always. The day after we left my parents left too. Grandma never woke up after that. She is at rest and I feel her with me now. I love her.
I got back that Tuesday night after midnight and wade has his MRI that morning.(which hurt him really bad) I had to pull shaylie out of school early bc she had dress rehearsal and pictures. It went from 4-9pm. A very long time for a little kid. Wade got a call that night from the doctor saying he has a torn acl, torn meniscus and a bone fracture in his tibia . Ouch ouch and more ouch.
The surgeon took us Thursday where we set up the surgery and Thursday nightwas shaylies ballet performance! She did an amazing job and it was a terrific ballet. Friday was not so craZy. My parents and I surprised wade and took him to la jolla groves for dinner for his birthday. Saturday was wade big 30th birthday! Ok old man lol. We went to breakfast, watch his team win the football game then headed to his family's house for Easter fun for the kids.
Sunday was Easter and the kids got their baskets and we went to church, my parents came for dinner. My sister was out of town and my brother was up at school nursing his staples he had to get in his leg. Easter was calm but good. Monday morning we got the call that she was gone..... Words don't cut it. Wade came home to hold me. We were with my parents that night when we put together the plan to leave Thursday morning to ca.
Wednesday was a bitter sweet day. That was the day Ivan left. It was like spending one if my own kids. Once again my heart broke into a thousand pieces.
Thursday we left with our three car wagon train to ca. The trip was long but the kids did great. I know wade was in a lot of pain but he never complained. Chad got an infection in his leg while there which ended up being a trip to insta-care. The funeral was on Saturday. It was a nice service. Still surreal. Once again words fail me. She will be missed. Everyone says I got her personality. I love deeply so did she. That's probably why this hurts so bad. I got to spend time with family after. It was nice to see everyone. My grandpa is so sad and will be for a while.
We hit pier 39 that night and in the morning Sunday started home and got home 1030 last night. To say the least I have a lot on my mind and that's why this a novel.
We have so much coming up. The couple big ones are surgery Friday. Temple Tuesday. Wedding dinner Thursday. And wedding Friday April 19th.
More now I just need to stay in one piece

Bugging

So here is my rant for the day..…I'm so unbelievably sick of people having disregard for anyone else's hardship or schedules! So sick of it. Everyone in this life has a cross they carry. So please do not add to that load. You do not want to be that person that makes that load unbearable for that individual.
I try hard make others load not as heavy and try to avoid making others lives harder(hence the blog rant)
There are some people in this world who add unnecessary stress on themselves and others! This I don't understand. I don't usually reveal a lot of my personal struggles or trails but in saying that we all have them! Elder uchtdorf said
"Let’s be honest; it’s rather easy to be busy. We all can think up a list of tasks that will overwhelm our schedules. Some might even think that their self-worth depends on the length of their to-do list. They flood the open spaces in their time with lists of meetings and minutia—even during times of stress and fatigue. Because they unnecessarily complicate their lives, they often feel increased frustration, diminished joy, and too little sense of meaning in their lives."
There are so many who do this. I admit I've been guilty of it a time or two. We all need to realize what is important. Slow down and think. Think of not you but others!!! We need joy and happiness in this life. Everyone deserves to be happy. Everyone needs to stop pulling people into their craziness to find their importance. Don't make others suffer. Most people try really hard to help one another but those who don't ........please stop.

Running

I've found that in my life I am always running. This month was definitely a running month. So much to do so little time. My neighbor Ivan will be leaving a month from today to go on a mission. Even though I am excited for him I know this will totally change things. He has been awesome helping my kids have stability in our crazy world right now. He is always the go to babysitter because my kids love him with all their little hearts. This will rock their world and they will miss their best bud.
Wade and I have callings that demand out attention a lot and we try to do our very best and feel like we are going a little crazy. With callings you feel like people and driving over you a lot and when you are trying to help its not appreciated. I love my calling and wade loves his and we are very honored to be able to serve in the capacity that we are.
Shaylies school has made some interesting choice and has forced me to make decisions for the future that I'm not ready for. It's a super long story but I can't seem to get the administration to talk to me so I might be moving her next year. Ugh!
Wedding stuff has begun. We have started with a bridal shower last Saturday. It was so cute and will be going up on my partydimetime.com soon. I'm excited for all the festivities but also am overwhelmed with all that is coming up. I love them both and am excited.
There is so much going on that this is
literally only half of it. But I'll need with this. I love my grandma with all my heart and she is not doing very well. I know her age but I still am not ready for her to leave us yet. She is an amazingly tough and powerful person. I just am not ready for this. Well the time is coming faster than I like. I love her.
Well with everything there is one thing I know. I love my Heavenly Father. And i know he has a plan for me. This is why I'm not freaking out. I know he is there.
That's all for now.

February

Well this month has gone by so fast! Shaylie's birthday threw the month in to over drive fast! After that its been one thing after another but I'm going to try to give a couple highlights. Shaylie is doing awesome on reading! Definitely not a quality she got from me! In school she is doing great! We need to work on the attitude stuff... I know it comes with the age but its killin. Me! Briggs well he's two! So he is making the best of it! Lots of being a boy! Hitting yelling jumping off stuff! I'm just waiting until we have to take him in for stitches. Love him! But he's crazy. I've been trying to figure out when I'm going to ca again! It's so hard to get out there! It's cheaper to go to NYC then San Fran right now! Well for sure in July. I'm excited for my brothers wedding! We are hosting a bridal shower for my new sister in law this Saturday! It will be cute and I'm excited to get into the festivities ! Well ill write soon!

Party time!

It's almost time for shaylies birthday party! I can't believe she is turning 6! Actually I can believe she is turning 6 because of her attitude problem. Wow she is turning into a little pre teen. I'm going to have an awesome time in high school. She is a sweet tender hearted girl but she can be a beast when she doesn't wanna do something. I wonder where she got that?! Lol. She is going to have a tangled party and I've been working my butt off to give her one.
Other than the up coming party I'm trying to figure out what to do about shaylies current school. I've been happy with it j but next year she will be mingled in with second and third graders. I don't like that and don't think that's right. With that program it has a very uptight discipline system that I'm not a fan of at all. I need to talk to other parents but the couple I've talked to are not happy. I don't want shaylie to bounce from school to school and I know we will probably moving within the next two years so I want this school to work. It just bugs me. Ugh.
Briggs still won't even look at a potty. Love that boy but he is a tad hard headed. I don't know how to potty train a boy and shaylie was pretty good about it and excited about being big. Briggs doesn't care and thinks its better to be changed.e he's two and a half. It's time for him to go on the big boy potty. But everything I read about when training a boy you have to wait until he is ready. Well it looks like ill be waiting longer. I'm ready though!
Keeping up the website, preparing for the party, family, and church calling has definitely made me busy. I'm trying to art aside more quality time with me and the kids and sometimes wade. Hopefully this will all work out. Oh ps we got a new entertainment center and its awesome. The kids just loved the packing!

Life and living

After a crazy week we are back to a normal routine. This day last week we lot an awesome grandma yesterday she was laid to rest. Now it is our turn to live our lives to the fullest! I went to grandmas favorite store today (dollar tree) :) it's shaylies birthday time and I gotta get going on figuring out what I'm doing with her party. My website is now a .com do I'm feeling the pressure to get more stuff up and I'm doing my best. Life is pretty nuts though. This blog is how I journal so I'm trying hard to keep up to date. I need to get out to ca! I miss my grandparents and have to figure out how I'm going to afford to go out there. A round trip ticket is 300 dollars! So if I wanna go out with my kids and hubs its 1200 in just tickets . That doesn't include hotel or car or food. Ouch ouch and more ouch. I'm for sure going in August bc my bf is getting married! Vanessa was one o my bridesmaids so I'm so excited to see her marry the man of her dreams!
Briggs has hit the terrible twos!!! Ugh he is always crying and yelling. He threw a wooden block at shaylie and hit her between the eyes today. That was great. I have to get him potty trained and not so mean. Any suggestions? Shaylie is a diva but a good girl. She is getting bored when she doesn't have friends to play with. Comes with the age. Well gotta go! See ya

Always a weird day

It doesn't matter how many time you have a loved one pass it is always a weird day. The day you find out your time is short it is so surreal. Wednesday night we got a phone call saying we all need to come together because this was the end. surrounded by family and friend wade have grandma a blessing for comfort. It was great to have everyone around knowing she would be gone. Grandma peacock passed early Thursday morning. . It was as good as an event like that could go. Shaylie has struggled a little because she is bigger and understands that she won't see her again. We have talked about what happens and about heaven a lot. She has talked about all the loved ones that have gone before. The list is getting longer. I know this won't be the last time and with 2 90 year old grandparents I bet it will be within the next 5-10 years. Shaylie and Briggs have been blessed to know so many of their great grandparents. We love them all and will miss grandma peacock.

You can do it!

I'm not good at long term goals so I take Mine a couple months at a time. So my current goals are....(when needed to be accomplished)
1. Have more patience with my kids(always)
2. Expand and improve my party blog.(by feb 1st)
3. Help my sister start her business(feb 1st)
4. Help my mom with a wedding shower(march)
5. Help mom set up wedding lunch. (April)
6. Organize entire house.(feb 7th)
7. Plan shaylies birthday party(feb 7th)
8. Lose 10 pounds( April 19th)
9. Potty train Briggs (ASAP)
10. Find a shaylie and mom project to do together( ASAP)


So much to do so little time. I think I'm Doing pretty well on all of them for now. But it's only week 2 since I started so here we go. I find I do better with goals that are a couple months vs all year. I'm more productive. But there is one goal that is going to be the hardest! Briggs + potty = yeah right. He has no interest! And he get mad when I suggest it. I asked him once if he wanted to go on the potty and he said yes! I was excited until he wanted to pee like a big boy and when I told him he had to sit down he got mad and now he won't get near the potty. Grrrrr shaylie was not this hard at all. Oh well. Shaylie is a diva but she's a good kid. I need to do more one on one stuff with her, she is growing too fast. Well till later

Love them

So many days I feel overwhelmed and kinda crazy raising these kids! They are cute and awesome but a huge responsibility. And kinda hard. It's amazing to think that all these( meaning my life now) came from wade and I falling in love, it's crazy. I remember when wade and I were just dating and it was fun and we just loved each other and didn't have much care. Now it's a deeper love that holds us all together. Never then could I think of what I have now. Heavenly Father knew what was best.

Christmas fun

I just wanted to show you all the fun we had at christmas