Week of 11-17-19

SADIE’S MILK
Molly and I have arguments about whether it’s mommy milk or mommy juice. Every time I call it mommy juice she subtly chimes in with a correction. HA!!
Today, while I was eating my cereal, Erika had woken up and tended to Molly obviously, comes down the stairs and very business-like says, “MOM! Sadie needs her milk!” And repeats herself til I acknowledge her through my giggles HA! She’s so funny! 11-17-19

3RD DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
After getting in bed, Kelly brought in this adorable little stuffed penguin with a sweet letter telling me what she loves about me! I about died- I’m thinking that the kids are each going to do a day! How fun!! This was a real treat! 11-17-19

WHISPERING
Molly, Sadie and I (after much prepping, bribing and threatening made our way to the high school for Kelly’s CCR. I was not thrilled about having to bring the littles with me, but it was the only appointment we could get. It was kind of an off day for Molly and I too, so I really laid it on thick before we left telling her that it would be short and that she would need to be TOTALLY QUIET the whole time! No talking, no whining, no crying! She was taking me seriously which was nice, and asked, “what if I need to go to the bathroom?” I reassured her that we would go before we left, but of course forgot. So it was extra cute when two seconds after sitting down in the counseling office, she hops off the chair she had made herself at home in, Chex Mix in hand, and walked over to me and VERY quietly whispered, “mom, I need to go to the bathroom.” She seemed a little nervous to say it- my fault- but we were glad she did when she did and the bathrooms were super close, so no biggie. For the rest of our time there she hardly spoke and when she did, she used only her quiet whisper. ツ She was very cool and calm the entire time too which was super cute. She did ask to play games on my phone, panicked a little when the sound was a little loud, but overall did SO GOOD THE ENTIRE TIME!!! I was so proud of her!! She was pretty proud of herself too. When we walked out the front doors she whispered, “Can I talk now??” 🥰. So cute!! She got a sticker on her chart for that!! 11-18-19

KELLY’S CCR
Kelly’s CCR seemed to go pretty well. Other than I wish her counselor was a teensy but more useful. But we did fine. Kelly is not sure what she wants to do in the future. She’s got plenty of time, but it’s nice to get thinking about it. I’m so proud of what she’s done these last couple years with her schooling- she’s really brought things up and excelled!! It’s really impressive! I can’t wait to see what this girl does with herself. Whatever it is- she’s got this!! 11-18-19

Watching the jazz game

These sisters

This was cute watching these two set out clock back (not a moment too soon, I know, teamwork!

I just love all the sibling love!

FHE
Tonight Kelly was the lesson. She taught us about a super marathon like 500 miles in five days, in Australia where a guy ran for five days straight in this strange shuffle, not stopping at night to sleep like he was supposed to, and won! By like 13 hours!! Pretty crazy! It was a great analogy for life! Kind of a real life tortoise and the hare! We noticed that our family night assignment chart was mixed up so we were surprised to see that Luke was the treat again. He apparently needs more time to decide on a treat so he just picked popcorn when I suggested it. Funny boy. After the prayer and song, while everyone was out playing basketball, we pulled them all in one at a time to do a job interview ツ. Yep, you read that right! After probably close to two years, we changed it up!!! Some kids were happy about the idea, others cried. Then there was more crying when we had to tell three of the boys that the could not have the taking out the trash job. It was pretty rough! But we survived! We’re goi g to do a week trial period and see how everyone likes their new jobs. Charity got unload dishwasher, Kelly got living room, Brad got family room, Luke got bathroom, Noah got floater!, Erika got “organizer”, Jack got taking out the trash, and Molly! Yep, you read that right, Molly got washing windows ツ. Sadie’s job stayed the same- eat drink poop and look cute ツ. So we’ll see how it all goes! Cross your fingers! 11-18-19

4TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight Brad left a bag of cookies and cream muddy buddies with his note. So thoughtful. It’s nice to hear from him- he’s always been good at showing his love but with few words, so this meant a lot! I’m getting excited for this fun birthday idea! Nate is always so clever! 11-18-19

LUNCH WITH DAD
My dad and I have been meaning to go out for a while. We finally made time. My mom watched Molly and Sadie came with me. Which can I just say- she really is one of the best babies! She totally slept the entire time! Woke up for a second on the way home, but went right back to sleep! It was nice. I’m sure she would have been fine if she woke up, but I didn’t want to have to juggle her and eat, and we really got to talk which was so nice. It was a nice visit!! Cool little miracle- the parking spot just across the street (not quite as good as my usual spot) opened up on my second lap around for spots- pretty nice! Heavenly Father totally loves me!! 11-19-19

PIZZA WITH GRANDPA HATCH
When I venmoed my dad for the lunch (since I totally forgot my card), he said I should keep the money and take the kids out for pizza- so I said, “we should all go out together!” He agreed and we were actually available that night so we met up at pizza pie cafe for dinner! Steve was too tired from a long day of work so he didn’t join us. But it was a lot of fun!! I love hanging out with my dad. Good times. 11-19-19

5TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight Luke gave me a can of chocolate covered salted caramels! Mmmmmmm. His letter was carefully written on a thank you card and put in a nice envelope! Cool that he put for the effort! I’m loving these sweet letters! 11-19-19

SIX WARTS
I finally made appointments for Luke, Erika, Molly, and I to get our warts frozen off!! It was needed, but very nervous-racking for all of us!! Funny part: while we were in the waiting room, Sadie got cranky and was definitely hungry. Cute big sis Molly starts in on her baby talk that she does to calm Sadie and very loudly saying, “you want your milk? You want your milk? Do you want your milk, Sadie? Do you want your milk?” Like seriously pretty loudly, and while I’m trying to get situated to awkwardly feed Sadie in the waiting room with a blanket over her of course. It was so crazy! Sort of embarrassing but also still kinda funny. Made me laugh and roll my eyes. Thankfully she wasn’t too offended when I told her to stop.  When we finally got in the doctors office the first thing they wanted to talk about was Luke’s size! Apparently he’s small. I’m saying that sarcastically. He’s always been small. Always fallowed the growth curve, I’m not too worried. They seemed to be though and insisted on an x-ray to check his hand bones. I guess time will tell how that turned out. I hope they don’t think I consented to paying for it! So onto the reason we were there. The doc made me go first. I had wanted to go first so I could console everyone while not in pain myself. Plus I didn’t want Molly to see how bad it was first watching the other two. But that’s how it went. I was first. Hurt so bad!! I was able to keep my cool for the most part. Luke was next. He sinched up his hoodie around his face so he couldn’t see and so we couldn’t see him cry. He did really well!! Totally touched it out! Then Erika. She had one on her foot and one on her hand. He worked on both at the same time!! Poor girl!! She struggled. So painful!! Then Molly. Her two on her foot were too much for her to bear. She cried pretty hard. Screamed really. We all felt really bad for her. We cuddled while Luke got his hand x-rayed. I was definitely sweating by the time we were outta there!! Quite the event! Would have been nice if this hadn’t been the only Wednesday Nate had to work the day shift 🙄. But we did it!! And then we got smoothies and ice cream cone for Molly on our way home. Tough stuff!! We let them come home for a breather and I ran off to the dentist to get my permanent crown.  Thankfully Nate was home by then.  Phew! What a day!! Luke decided to stay home and watch Disney+ with Molly and Sadie and I ツ.  11-20-19

THE ART OF SKIING AND OTHER GIGGLES
Jack is one of my favorite people to watch funny movies with. He laughs so hard ツ. So I had to show him Goofy’s Art of Skiing Clip. He loved it and laughed his head off of course- totally made my day ツ. Then we showed him the Gus Gus clip from Cinderella when his picking up the corn ツ and the bubbles scene on Dumbo too. He loved them both!!  It was so much fun ツ. Love that kid. Side note: the reason he doesn’t like the live action Dumbo is because he gets so sad when Dumbo’s mom is taken away. He asked me if I would be sad if I was taken away from my kids :(. I don’t even have the words to express how horrible that would be. 11-20-19

6TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
For the sixth day, Noah have me a bag of yummy aUtah mint truffles! So delicious! His letter is so sweet! I love how he closed it with “the one who loves you most” ツ. Sweetheart! 11-20-19

INGROWN TOENAIL
So after probably five years I finally made an appointment to have my toes looked at. I’ve had the ingrown toenail on my big toe for at least that long but probably three or four years ago it got a fungal infection. I’ve tried testing and taking care of these things on my own but nothing was making it all better. So I went to the Tanner clinic to see Dr. Flitton. He was very nice, very efficient. Told me I need an oral antifungal for my second toe. Almost wrote the prescription but then I asked him if I can take it while I’m nursing. Nope. So I’ll be anxiously awaiting the day I can take that. But my big toe he offered to cut the side of it off. Which was what I was hoping to do. Didn’t realize he would then and there just take care of it, but he did! He wasn’t super gentle with it. The numbing needle seemed way too long. I really thought he might break my toe. I took a picture of it with the kabob skewer hammed down the side of my nail bed, sticking out. Along with the tubing clamped around the bottom to cutoff circulation it looked pretty gnarly. This is my right toe by the way. I had my left toe done about eight years ago with the one man show doctor, so just for documentation purposes. My appointment was at 8:00 so I dropped Luke and Brad off on my way there, then I was done at 8:25! Came home and I was still able to take the Elementary kids! Super fast right! It was numb so we went to the salt lake Costco when I got home. Walked around. Bought some stuff. Got gift ideas. Then some of my toe started to get feeling back, plus my hips were starting to hurt from compensating for the numb toe. So we went and got Kelly for lunch and came home. I mostly took it easy the rest of the day. Lots of Disney+ with my Molly. 11-21-19

DATE NIGHT
We got to go out again! We went to the HuHot (or HuHut if Nate is right) for dinner. Yummy food. Fun conversation about what we want to do with our future. I’m going to start “something fun Wednesdays” where we just get together and do something fun together ツ. Parks, farms, lunch... should be great ツ. Then we came home and talked with Luke for about an hour! Love that kid!! Then we started Willow ツ. 11-21-19

7TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Erika wrote the sweetest note- I loved the part about me being able to comfort her. I always wonder. She’s such a sweet girl. She gave me some really cool salt and pepper shakers!! So awesome!! 11-21-19

LUNCH WITH RUTH AND AUNT JEN
Since we couldn’t do a whole lot else with my hurt toe, Nate wanted to head up to his moms and go to lunch. It was a fun little visit with Molly and Sadie in tow. We brought my laptop so we could talk bear book, course Ruth just kind of put it all back on me. But then we went to Olive Garden for some yummy lunch. So yummy. It was a nice time. Would have been less chaotic without Molly crawling back and forth under the table and Sadie’s crying, but we had fun ツ. Hurried home to catch the Elementary kids coming home! 11-22-19

BRADLEY’S MUSCLES
Brad has been working out in the mornings for the past couple weeks. Nate’s got him on the Athlean website doing the body weight stuff. I’ve been really proud of him getting up early and pushing himself. He’s so awesome! Well with the working out he’s spent a lot of time looking at his muscles and noticed his chest. The middle of his chest sticks out a little. After some googling it felt like something he should see the doctor about so I made him an appointment Friday and Nate took him. Thankfully the doc didn’t seem too worried about it (Nate Marco Polo-ed me through the whole visit ツ), said he should be fine, so huge relief! Hopefully it stays that way. We’ll see. 11-22-19

8TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
My true love Jack gave me a cool bug zapper! And the sweetest little note ever!!! It’s not everyday you get a handwritten note with jack’s thoughts carefully written down. I feel pretty special! So sweet!! 11-22-19

9TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Molly gave me some peanut butter muddy buddies and a sweet little handwritten note. Her note said I love mom I love Sadie too I love making cookies with you. So stinking cute!! 11-23-19

Week of 11-10-19

ERIKA'S BIRTHDAY!
We had a great day! She woke up to a Kelly original sign!  So fun!!  I wish I'd planned ahead on the food, but I didn't.  Oh well.  We did a lot of her favorites the day before, so all is well.  Lots of Sunday birthdays this year!  She got sung to and got her little card to go get popcorn from the Bishop.  Then when we had Family Council, we let Erika open up her remaining presents from us- the leggings, blanket and the Skip-It.  She seemed very happy with her gifts!  I was glad :).  Dad left and then everyone kind of bummed around until Family Meeting.  We went up to Grandma Ruthie's where everyone spoiled her there.  We sang to her and all the November and December birthdays.  She seemed to have a happy time.  I was glad.  It's tricky on Sundays :).  11-10-19

MOLLY LIVES HER SADIE
Sunday, Molly had been pushing her doll around in her stroller. But she did the cutest thing, she parked her little stroller right next to Sadie in her swing on the floor and was just chatting it up with her! It was so precious!! “Sadie do you like my purse?... do you like it like this (switches how she’s holding it) or like this??” Then she got her baby out of the stroller while she’s fanning away, lifts up her shirt and proceeds to nurse her baby and talk at the same time 😂😂😂. She’s so funny!! So cute! I about died. It was the sweetest 10 minutes! 11-10-19

FAMILY MEETING
We were late because we stopped at my moms to drop off laundry and found out that Simon might have a tumor. We said a prayer in the car for him then raced up to the family meeting- going the speed limit of course. But everyone waited for us. The lesson was on self reliance. Other than it being longer that my attention span it was really great! Fun talking with everyone. Hearing Meg’s work drama. 11-10-19

LAUNDRY

With no washer for a full week, we were running low on clean clothes.  Thankfully, my mom let me run a few loads at her house Monday afternoon.  Molly, Sadie and I overstayed our welcome watching movies and eating food.  It was a fun time and productive as well.  Thankfully, my mom was willing to bring the last two loads with her to Erika's party that night.  Baby steps to Friday!  11-11-19

ERIKA'S FAMILY PARTY

Erika's party was a lot of fun!  Grandpa Hatch, Grandma Hatch, Uncle Dan and Aunt Adele and their kids all came!  It was so fun to have Dan and his family!  We don't get to see them enough.  Erika had a good time.  We had cupcakes and ice cream and then opened presents.  She got legos and one of the heating pad stuffed animals she's been wanting!  It was pretty relaxed evening, but I think Erika enjoyed it!  Happy Birthday big girl!!  No more growing!  11-11-19

SADIE FOUR MONTHS

We went in for her well-child check and it went REALLY WELL!!  I was super happy with all the things we talked about!  First and foremost- her eyes!  They are fine!  That was a huge relief.  I was starting to get worried about her.  She seems to be focusing a little more when you're holding her but enough other socializing as well that we are no longer worried about that either.  He complimented on how soft her skin is!  Go Norwex baby cloth!  A first for us!  (Sadie is all about firsts!)  He wants us to work on letting her lay on the floor on a blanket and reaching for toys and rolling over.  She has been such a joy to have in our home!  Such a sweet little thing.  Everyone still loves her to pieces and really can't get enough of her.  She coos and makes sweet little noises now.  She has an abundance of drool which always makes me think of Uncle Brent :).  She loves looking around.  She is very busy mentally it seems, just looking around and taking everything in.  She has started giggling which is so stinkin' cute!  She loves her big sister Molly and looks for her and smiles at her every chance she gets.  The feeling is mutual for Molly.  I wonder if they will ever tire of each other... I hope not :).  She is a great sleeper.  Even sleeps through the night a lot of the time.  She naps a ton.  Eats a ton.  Cries when she's tired and then takes another nap ;).  She likes her pink flamingo toy and now her little chain links.  She loves to be facing out when you hold her.  Don't even think about relieving your arms and turning her around... she will not have that.  Her cute hair is very thin these days.  Not as dark and very very thin :).  Dad calls it her mad scientist hair :).  She loves her baths!  She doesn't love her carseat.  Nor does she enjoy her hiccups that have been the norm for her ENTIRE life!  Including in the womb.  Poor girl.  She gets them all. the. time.  She loves her Daddy and his singing.  She likes most people's singing, just not mine.  That is annoying.  But I have found that she enjoys the nature sounds on my phone and will fall asleep to that occasionally.  She is growing.  She has outgrown a lot of her 0-3 month clothes already.  Mostly the pants.  She is growing too fast for me.  I'm not ready to be done having my last infant.  We sure love her though.  She is a beautiful little addition to the family.  Not sure what it was like without her now.  11-12-19

STRETCH OUT SAM

Tuesday my beloved Stretch out Sam game came!  Molly and I couldn't resist, we had to get it out and play with it!  It was even better than old times!  Now I just need to get Steve over here to play it with me :).  "She plays Stretch Out Sam with me"  11-12-19

PLAYGROUP

Had to listen to a really annoying "big families are horrible" conversation at Playgroup this week.  Not my favorite and it's really stuck with me for some reason.  I wish I could just forget about it. I love my big family.  And really- it's all about perspective!  The other day, Molly said, "I wish we had a big family.  With lots of kids!"  So cute!  11-12-19

BRAD'S CCR

We had Brad's CCR appointment this Wednesday.  I ditched Nate with the little girls and went to talk about Brad's future.  It was interesting.  I think it was mostly good.  I appreciate the effort in trying to get him to think about and plan for his future.  Helps him recommit to getting good grades again too.  It gets me curious about what he might end up doing in his future!  We mentioned Pediatrician and he's running with that for now.  His other choices were something technological/engineering and something cooking!  Pretty cool.  We'll see how it goes!  11-13-19

FREE ZOO DAY

Well, free zoo day was PACKED!!  We were not the only ones with the idea.  We had one heck of a time getting a parking spot which I hope I never have to relive again.  Then met up with Emily and Jonah for a day of crowds and crying.  Poor Molly did not seem to be in the right mood for the zoo.  It was really annoying actually.  Could have been all the people... not sure... but it wasn't my favorite trip to the zoo.  We will have to try again another time for something better.  Maybe next time we can just pay and go when it's not packed.  Nate went fishing with Alan while we were gone :).  11-13-19

LAST YOUNG WOMAN IN EXCELLENCE

I think this was probably the last one of these!  There was some drama with Charity and a miscommunication on the start time, and since she had to work, she wasn't able to be there for most of it.  I was glad she came though and that she got to bear her testimony.  Kelly was there too- this was our first one with just Kelly :).  We ate soups and then had a little program with the girls talking and then Natalie Clemens gave a talk about witnesses- expert witnesses- pretty cool.  I was happy we went, even though I had tried to talk Kelly into playing hookie.  Pretty historical to have this be the last one too!  I wonder what the new program will be like!  11-13-19

CATERING

Nate had a catering job this Thursday- for a lunch in Foxboro.  It was quite the mad dash to get all the food ready in time.  I was happy to help with the potatoes and beans.  I am still amazed at how he transported it all without any spills!  Amazing really.  This job was kind of a blessing and amazingly the check he received was for almost the exact amount of our washer!  Pretty cool!  11-14-19

SO CUTE

Sadie: crying on my bed while I get dressed. 

Molly (comes in the room): oh Sadie Sadie Sadie! Are you sad?? Do you want me by you?

(Climbs on bed next to her)

Sadie: crying 😭 

Molly: Don’t be sad!

Sadie: crying 😭 

Molly (interspersed w cries from sadie) Sadie, don’t be sad... Jesus doesn’t want us to be sad does he?... Jesus doesn’t want us to be sad... does he?... does he, Sadie?... does he? 

Sadie: still crying 😭 

Molly: (singing) 🎶 Christmas, Christmas, is, we’re gonna get some presents, presents, we’re gonna be happy... 🎶 

Sadie: (smiling and staring at her big sister) gah. 

One of the cutest moments ever!!!

TITHING SETTLEMENT

Tithing settlement left me wanting after.  Not sure what for.  We all had paid a full tithe and all was well that way, but it was annoying that nobody has really earned money this year.  I want to get back into that so that they can pay tithing!  Earning money is good!  We'll have to work on this somehow.  11-14-19

WASHER

OUR WASHER CAME!!!  Friday morning!  It was so heavenly taking that first load of towels out of the washer!  They smelled good!!!!  Sounds silly, but this was actually very remarkable!  I was in heaven!  We had a little drama with the dryer now being funky and then some crazy fun with the washer, but overall- it's been a great little investment!  So happy to have something to wash our clothes in that doesn't make them crunchy or stinky.  11-15-19

My mom came for piano lessons and brought Porter along.  Molly was adorable with him- teaching him how to wash the windows with the sweetest little teaching voice :).

WARD PIE NIGHT

Ward Pie Night was great!  We all went, ate pie, visited, and had a good time! Then we came home to take advantage of our new Disney Plus and watched Journey of Natty Gann!  Good times!  11-15-19

1ST DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY

When I went to ned tonight there was a box of LOTS of pear jelly bellies on my bed with a cute note that said it is 40 days til my birthday, this is the first one and my true love gave to me... what a cool idea!! There was some sweet words as well, making me feel special!! How fun is that!! I am really excited ツ. 11-15-19

JACK'S GAME

Crazy mom chewed us out for accidentally pulling her son out instead of a different one.  Kind of blew up at her and then we moved on.  Hopefully there are no hard feelings for the rest of the season.  Jack played GREAT!!  Made a really amazing block!!  I loved it!  11-16-19

I just love how these kids love her!  And look at her cute face!

"Ewika gave me dith and it'th acthelly kinda good!" (Fun Dip)

Look how she looks up at her big sis!

Cutest smile!!

2ND DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY

Tonight there was a small plaque with a cute quote about how my kids are the reason I wake up each morning, the reason I am losing my hair and the reason I’m crazy ツ It’s way cute! Along with it was a note from Charity! Surprise to see a note from her because I thought this was Nate’s thing ツ. But so fun!! She’s so sweet to me- I loved reading what she had to say. 11-16-19

Week of 11-3-19

ERIKA'S TALK
I'm sure I've said enough about Erika's awesome talk, but I'm going to say more.  She had to give a talk and I kind of pointed her in the direction of talking about someone who has been "an example of the believers" and let her run with it.  It was so fun for me to see her talk when it was done and see that she had chosen to talk about Kelly :).  She had so many cute things to say about Kelly.  How she is calm, doesn't raise her voice, she always participates in family study and studies on her own... it was REALLY sweet!  Maybe she'll let me take a picture of it and put it in the book.  I loved it!  I loved it so much I had to make sure I was there to hear her give it and even invited Kelly to hear it as well.  It was really cool.  I loved Kelly's face when Erika was up there and I may have seen her wipe away a little tear.  Cool stuff.  I wish I had been half the big sister Kelly is.  Charity too for that matter.  All our big sisters are such good sisters! 11-3-19

SADIE'S NEW ROOM
Well, it finally happened!  Friday I got her walls washed and floor vacuumed and a lot of things moved in.  I couldn't bring myself to move her bed.  Not sure why this is always so hard for me.  It took me a few days, but today! Monday! I got it all moved, sewing table and all!  It is officially her room.  I hope my little princess can handle having a room of her own.  I'm nervous, mainly because I am not good at waking up to the baby monitors, so I hope I do before everyone else.  11-4-19

FHE
For Family night, Brad taught us about goals and referenced the new youth program and had us set some goals in the four areas.  We all wrote them down.  Good reminder for me.  I have a lot of things I want to work on.  I'm trying to limit myself to just a few so I don't get overwhelmed.  For the activity Luke chose Simon Says and then DQ for Noah's treat.  11-4-19

WASHER
My dumb washer is not working right now. I’ve been kind of troubleshooting it all day, trying to figure out if it’s an easy fix. The thing is only four years old. I’ve been keeping up on the regular maintenance the best that I can so it really shouldn’t be anything like that. It’s a little frustrating. But since it was taking four hours to wash my only pair of pants. I was forced to go get new ones. Sadie and Molly were such good girls. Amazing I was able to do that. 11-5-19

KAYSVILLE REC-KELLY
Took Kelly to the rec office so she could get an application. They had her fill out the W-2 and direct deposit form too- so I assume she’s hired! Kinda funny. This will be a fun job for Kelly I think. I hope she ends up liking it better than costa vida. 11-5-19

DENTIST
I finally went to get my tooth fixed. It was not my favorite. But I thought the laughing gas experience was interesting. I was thinking about Kellie Mitchell who was in my ward growing up. In jr. high she offered me some laughing gas that she and Alex Webb were going to use. His dad was a dentist. I had said no of course, but mostly felt bad for Kellie. I was praying for her while I was getting my dental with  oh I’m done. Crazy thing is she died a few years ago from cancer. But I guess I wanted to have Heavenly Father let her know I was thinking about her. My tooth is no longer sharp and ripping up my tongue. Kinda nice. 11-6-19

BRAD THE DRIVER
Brad begs me to take him driving everyday now. Pretty typical ツ. We went yesterday and he drove us up to the rec office so he could turn in his job application. They sent him out with all the forms too. I hope that means he’s hired as well. He’s a great driver! I don’t know what everyone was talking about, teaching kids to drive is not even comparable to potty training. They’re nuts. 11-6-19

SADIE’S NAILS
Sadie’s nails have been a challenge. I feel like they grow extra fast. She’s always scratching her face and then I clip them and do something wrong. This tome it was really bad!! She cried so hard! My little princess does not do pain so this was extra sad. I actually cried too. And her poor little thumb bled so much! I’ve never seen anything like that. Poor little sweetie. I felt so bad!! 11-6-19

A DATE NIGHT- FINALLY
Felt like it had been a while since Nate and I were able to go out- so this was much needed!  We went to Red Robin for dinner, mmmmm, Sadie was doing so good the whole time we waited to be seated and then of course, right when they brought our food, she needed to be held.  I was remembering all the times I've learned NOT to order hamburgers with nursing babies around.  One-handed food only.  So I learned that lesson again.  But my hamburger was DELICIOUS!  Even if it was difficult to eat :).  It's like Emily said, sometimes you just need a big ol' greasy burger! After that we hurried off to see Midway.  That movie was pretty cool.  I am not a historian, so I am sure I was missing some background, but it was entertaining and thought-provoking.  It was tastefully done too.  I appreciated that it didn't leave me hating a nation for past actions.  It was a nice date!  I'm so glad I get to be with Nate and have him for eternity.  My life would not be the same without him.  11-7-19

ERIKA BIRTHDAY TABLES
We had a special visitor for Erika's birthday table this year- Kelly came!!  That was pretty fun :).  Made up for the dumb wait at Wendy's.  Something has happened with the fast food places in Kaysville, they're not.... fast!  They're like beyond slow!  Kinda make me crazy.  But we did get our Wendy's kids meals, just as Erika had requested, we all went and had a great time- squished on the end of one table- but fun anyway!  It's always fun to see our kids during the day and spend that quality time together!  11-8-19

A FULL EVENING
We had quiet a bit of stuff Friday night- I had to juggle it all around a little.  I was supposed to be making Erika's birthday cake too, but all I got done was the actual cake.  It was pretty hectic.   Let's see- Charity was on a date with Jac.  Brad and Noah were using Nate and Jack's free Jazz tickets, so I had to drive them down to the Vivint Arena (even my phone still calls it the Delta Center!), hope that they made it into the place and to their seats okay!  Talk about stress!  I may have earned myself an ulcer that night.  Luckily they were fine!  Nate was able to pick them up from his overtime shift when the game was over.  It ended up being one of the most exciting games EVER!  With an awesome buzzer beater at the end to win!  Lots of fun for Brad and Noah.  Then Luke was at Dallin Hoyer's Dart Side party and Jack was at Allie Desmond's birthday party!  It was just Kelly, Erika, Molly, Sadie and I for most of the evening!  If we hadn't been trying to pinch and save for our washer, we would have gone out to eat!  As it was, most of the kids were here for dinner, so we had Little Caesar's.  I think that was the night we ended up renting Toy Story 4!  So much fun!  And the movie was great!  I don't know what everyone was talking about!  I loved the carnival and antique store details.  Lots of fun.  11-8-19

ERIKA'S GOLDEN BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST
We took Erika to IHOP in the morning on Saturday.  It was a fun time.  I am still annoyed that they messed up her funny face pancake and still gave it to her?  WEIRD!!!  But she was a good sport and didn't even complain.  Look how cute and grown up she is! 11-9-19

ERIKA'S FRIEND PARTY
For Erika's party she chose to take her friends to Get Air, then come back for cake, ice cream and Aladdin (the live action one).  Her party went really well and ended up being a lot of fun!  I think her friends had a good time.  I loved making her soccer cake that morning- it turned out even better than I planned!  Several of her friends even agreed :).  She got lots of fun crafts and stuff, which suited her perfectly.  Then we all watched Aladdin!  And for some reason, we didn't even plan popcorn or treats or anything!  I don't know what we were thinking!  I felt bad when it hit me towards the end.  Oh well.  She planned a pretty fun party!  Can't believe she's going to be 10 this year!!  Crazy stuff!  11-9-19

WASHER
So on Tuesday, it occurred to me that the washer was taking WAY TOO LONG to wash a load of clothes.  I had put a load in in the morning, then looked at it before playgroup, and then when I got home, it was still going. So well over three hours!  Not cool.  After some research and some troubleshooting, we decided we needed to call our repair guy.  He wasn't able to come until Friday, but discovered that it was the drum bearing.  Completely broken.  He hardly even looked at the thing and then announced that I needed to buy a new washer and then charged me $20.  It was a bummer.  Although, I must admit- and probably because of how crappy it's been working lately- I was a little happy at the thought of getting a new one.  Since we had to anyway :).  So Saturday, Nate, some of the kids and I all headed to Home Depot to pick out our washer.  Not really picking it out, just looking at the one I had already researched to death and wanted online.  It really was a good one and the sales guy confirmed that, so we took the plunge!  Now we just have to wait til Friday!  Going to be a long wait I'm afraid.  11-9-19

BUILD-A-BEAR
Erika had wanted to go to Build-a-bear for her present this year!  I was so excited!  She let Kelly and Bradley come with us, so after washer shopping, we went and she picked out THE CUTEST elephant!  Elliot is a gray elephant with a dark green hoodie and NBA baseball cap.  He is adorable!  I loved watching her pick him out!  I think she actually picked out the one SHE wanted this time :).  Cute girl.  11-9-19