SLUFFERS
Erika, Molly, Sadie, and I all stayed home from church this week. This flu bug has been winning. I was glad I kept Sadie home because she screamed for the first half hour after everyone left. She was not happy. Wouldn’t nurse. It was not good. But thankfully she eventually fell asleep. So I sat on the couch almost the entire two hours that everyone was at church!
BUDDY'S BIRTHDAY
It was pretty cute that everyone was so sweet to Buddy on his birthday. I think he actually felt kinda special :). He got his floor pillow a few days later as a gift from Nate. 1-27-20
15 DAY CHALLENGE
So I'm doing it! I've been planning and anticipating doing this challenge again ever since I stopped doing Keto during Sadie's pregnancy. I knew I was going to need it to jump start my weight loss again. I initially planned on waiting until I was done nursing, but I just couldn't take it anymore. I NEED to lose some of this weight! It's just really getting to me. So I started this Tuesday! I was shocked at my Day 1 weigh in = motivation. My mom just offered me one of her old dresses that she not longer fits in (she's losing weight since her bariatric surgery) = motivation. That Day 1 workout nearly killed me and when I think about how easy it was 3 years ago when I did this = motivation. So. I'm doing it! I've been doing really good (it's been 5 days) no slip ups yet! I don't know why I said yet. But anyway. I hope this helps!! 1-28-20
SHOPPING WITH DAD
I got to go birthday shopping with my Dad on Tuesday! This is always a lot of fun. I get to ride in a Tesla, hanging out with my dad, and pick out the perfect gift :). I picked a Joann gift card again-- that was such a great gift a few years ago. Then we drove down to Salt Lake to the Cheesecake Factory (that's our place!) for some food. I had to get something different this time because I am doing the challenge (if I'd thought about it I would have waited one more day), but it was actually really good! I might have to switch to a new usual :). We hurried back to Centennial Junior High for Brad's Uncle Drews team game. Got there at half time and it wasn't my favorite game. Kind of uneventful. But we had fun. I'm so grateful for my dad! He is so good to me. It was nice to talk and have his support on a few things that have been bothering me. I basically talked his ear off :). I was super grateful for Nate watching Sadie so I could go- that was huge! Especially when I found out he'd been cleaning up Molly's throw up while I was gone! And had to miss Brad's game. He sacrificed a lot for me that night- I really appreciated it!! He left shortly after to work the mid. 1-28-20
MINISTERING INTERVIEW
Shelley said some really cool things at our interview this time. I loved how he related our small efforts to the loaves and fishes and how Heavenly Father can magnify our efforts. Made me think I could actually do this! She also made it clear that we need to do more for Mary Jo. I've got to think of something. I liked praying for them with Charity and Kelly afterwards. 1-28-20
FHE
We had a condensed FHE on Tuesday night (our Mondays are swallowed up in Basketball right now... frowny face), since we got home so late. But it was nice to talk and get some feelings out there. We will do better next week. 1-28-20
TUESDAY NIGHT
So Tuesday was pretty full and ended with some pretty chaotic-ness, so I wasn't too surprised that I was up all night dealing with it all some more. Nate was gone so I let Molly sleep in our bed with a bowl. She woke me up about every half hour to do something- throw up, tell me she's hungry or thirsty, or just crying/whining. That was rough. Then Sadie tag teamed with her, waking me up right when I would doze off. It was tricky to be sitting in Sadie's room, feeding her, and then hear Molly up in my room coughing and stuff-- worrying that she was throwing up or something! So stressful! I had completely talked myself out of doing my workout and my eating challenge, etc. by about 3:30. I did manage to squeeze in an hour or so of sleep. I snoozed a little, putting off my shower and combining up some of my morning stuff. Anyway. The shock of all shockers- I actually did my studying, drinking my protein, then I. the tired mom. did. my. workout! I did it!!! The whole thing! It about killed me too! Burpees are NOT my friend right now. How did I get used to them before. I was pretty proud of myself though!! I was able to kind of take it easy Wednesday. Slept a little on the couch. I was SO SORE from my workout the day before I could hardly move. Molly was still a little off too. Although, thankfully, she did not throw up again that day. She got some "water pops" (that's how she says Otter Pops) and toast and then finally, her drink of water! It's so hard to not let them drink when they're sick!! 1-28-20
MAKE A CAKE
Charity and her two friends, Carter and Denver, were our entertainment Friday night- they were making a cake in our kitchen. We all sat around watching them :). It was pretty funny! 1-29-20
LUKE AT THE DRIVING RANGE
Luke got to go to Top Golf today for Jaxx's birthday party and apparently he was pretty awesome at it! Pretty cool! Now he has a pass for life to go there :). We'll have to try it out sometime. 2-1-20
BASKETBALL
Today's games were awesome! It was just Brad and his and Luke's, Luke went to Jaxx's birthday party, and we missed Luke a ton! Brad played awesome though! And was so good at passing to his teammates and letting them be awesome too :). They won by a ton! Then after the game one of the moms came over and told me how grateful she was that Brad, even though he is clearly the "star of the team", still passes and gives his teammates a chance. She went on and on about how good Nate has been and how good Bradley has been for her son and that he's been able to build so much confidence this year and that he's been able to improve a ton! I was so happy! So proud of my boys! It was a fun compliment to receive for them! Mom paycheck! 2-1-20
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Week of 1-19-20
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
We had a really fun day off with Becky and Grandma Ruthie! We had a few errands to run and stopped for some lunch at Carls Jr. (which ended up being like a half hour wait in the drive thru!) on the way down there, but we got up to Grandma's around 2:00. We played a bunch of games! Nate came up when he got off work at 3:30. We watched a movie, made homemade pizzas for dinner, and played some more games! It was a nice relaxing, but fun way to spend our day off. It was nice to finally hang out with Becky! 1-20-20
SICK LITTLE SADIE
Poor Sadie has been so sick! She's had the goopy eyes, the runny nose, cough, fever, what seems like body aches, wheezing... you name it! The poor little thing! I kept waiting for it all to effect her eating and sleeping, but she actually was eating just fine... not sleeping as good, but good enough really. So anyway. We missed out on a few things... namely playgroup. But she did finally get better. 1-21-20
SICK ME
I hit rock bottom on Tuesday. I had been missing out on so much sleep that I just couldn't even hardly carry on! I was taking care of sick Sadie and trying to keep myself up and alive, and I was really running on empty. Thankfully, Nate was willing to come home early and do the big dentist trip I had been dreading all day. He took Noah, Erika, Jack and Molly to the dentist. Meant a lot to me that he would do that for me. My mom had heard that I was sick too, and brought me some melaleuca that I was needing and a cool new Brad Wilcox book. Hopefully this is the bottom and we can just go up from here. 1-21-20
UNCLE DREWS
Brad's basketball games are so much fun to watch! He's been playing SO GOOD lately! Especially in these games. He just really seems so in control now days. He's a great star, but is so good at being a team player. His defense has been INCREDIBLE! It's been so fun to watch! They won by a lot this week. Made us all happy :). 1-21-20
ORGANIZATION
On the way home from Brad's game, I got a text from Michelle Johnston asking me if I would be willing to share 10-15 minutes of organization with cleaning and cooking that has worked for me. I had to laugh. She has obviously never seen my house! Even the outside of it gives away our lack of organization... so anyway. I told her that while I am not one to say no to these kinds of things, I was definitely not qualified and I could give her some ideas of other people who would be better. She said, I didn't have to if I didn't want to, but I couldn't get myself to say no. I really need blessings these days, so I am hoping it will result in some. So I agreed. Turned out that I started getting blessings almost immediately! That night was a REALLY rough night as far as Sadie's sleeping goes, and because I had been thinking about what I would say about organization, and because I was in the right mind set- and let's face it, because miracles still happen- I was in a really good mood all night long!! Sadie woke up almost every hour and then took a half hour to feed and get back to sleep every time! It was rough, but I was not feeling it. I was feeling okay. Nate was working the mid, so there was no let up. But it worked out! And actually I had the coolest experience- I had a dream that I was hugging my Grandma Mottishaw and got to tell her that I "think about her EVERY day." It was so vivid, so real, it was really cool. I just love my Grandma. So that was pretty sweet. We survived. 1-21-20
LUNCH WITH EMILY
We finally got to go to lunch! This was nothing short of a miracle. Even with Jonah, Molly and Sadie, it still ends up being such a nice little break when I get to go hang out with Emily. I am so grateful for this friendship. Cafe Rio was yummy. I could have done without the dumb debit card fumble. My dumb card wouldn't swipe! This is the second time my card has not worked when I went to lunch with Emily. Last time, at Chik-fil-a- they gave me my food for free. Weird. But Emily covered it and I paid her back. So embarrassing. We had an awesome time talking. It was just what my week needed! 1-23-20
COOL!
Also, when Molly and Sadie and I first got there there was a lady in a wheel chair sitting at a table and as we walked past, Molly was kind of staring at her and she sweeetly looked over and threw out a fun compliment on Molly's haircut! Totally distracting her from the wheelchair! Pretty cool! That's how I would want to be if I were in a wheelchair. 1-23-20
STARZ GAME- NOAH AND ERIKA
Friday night was Noah and Erika's big National Anthem performance with their school choir at the Starz game. This was a fun night! It would have been super cool to get a refund on our tickets since it was the Junior Jazz free game night, but maybe we'll enjoy watching the Starz another time. The reason we were there was to see Erika and Noah though, and they did SO GOOD!! They stayed on pitch so well! I loved watching them and felt so proud of them! They work so hard! There was some fun stuff there, balloon pets, bouncy houses, Steve/knife drama, Grandma and Simon were with us! And the game was really awesome! Went into overtime and we won!! Good stuff. 1-24-20
HONOR CHOIR
Charity participated in the State Honor Choir again! She got to spend the day at Murray High school Friday rehearsing with the whole group. Then on Saturday she left bright and early to practice some more in Salt Lake! They performed that afternoon as well. This was a cool experience for me! Abravanel Hall for one thing, but the acoustics in that building just did their singing such justice!! It was AMAZING!! SO BEAUTIFUL!! Erika, Sadie and I were the only ones able to go, with people being sick, basketball games and working, etc. So we were bummed nobody else got to experience it, but SO enjoyed it!! I'm so proud of Charity! She does so many cool things that take so much effort and work, but she does them with such grace and commitment! I love it! She's living her senior year to its fullest! We were so proud of our parking spot too :). I hope some of my other kids get the chance to experience this!! It was so neat! 1-24-20--1-25-20
We had a really fun day off with Becky and Grandma Ruthie! We had a few errands to run and stopped for some lunch at Carls Jr. (which ended up being like a half hour wait in the drive thru!) on the way down there, but we got up to Grandma's around 2:00. We played a bunch of games! Nate came up when he got off work at 3:30. We watched a movie, made homemade pizzas for dinner, and played some more games! It was a nice relaxing, but fun way to spend our day off. It was nice to finally hang out with Becky! 1-20-20
SICK LITTLE SADIE
Poor Sadie has been so sick! She's had the goopy eyes, the runny nose, cough, fever, what seems like body aches, wheezing... you name it! The poor little thing! I kept waiting for it all to effect her eating and sleeping, but she actually was eating just fine... not sleeping as good, but good enough really. So anyway. We missed out on a few things... namely playgroup. But she did finally get better. 1-21-20
SICK ME
I hit rock bottom on Tuesday. I had been missing out on so much sleep that I just couldn't even hardly carry on! I was taking care of sick Sadie and trying to keep myself up and alive, and I was really running on empty. Thankfully, Nate was willing to come home early and do the big dentist trip I had been dreading all day. He took Noah, Erika, Jack and Molly to the dentist. Meant a lot to me that he would do that for me. My mom had heard that I was sick too, and brought me some melaleuca that I was needing and a cool new Brad Wilcox book. Hopefully this is the bottom and we can just go up from here. 1-21-20
UNCLE DREWS
Brad's basketball games are so much fun to watch! He's been playing SO GOOD lately! Especially in these games. He just really seems so in control now days. He's a great star, but is so good at being a team player. His defense has been INCREDIBLE! It's been so fun to watch! They won by a lot this week. Made us all happy :). 1-21-20
ORGANIZATION
On the way home from Brad's game, I got a text from Michelle Johnston asking me if I would be willing to share 10-15 minutes of organization with cleaning and cooking that has worked for me. I had to laugh. She has obviously never seen my house! Even the outside of it gives away our lack of organization... so anyway. I told her that while I am not one to say no to these kinds of things, I was definitely not qualified and I could give her some ideas of other people who would be better. She said, I didn't have to if I didn't want to, but I couldn't get myself to say no. I really need blessings these days, so I am hoping it will result in some. So I agreed. Turned out that I started getting blessings almost immediately! That night was a REALLY rough night as far as Sadie's sleeping goes, and because I had been thinking about what I would say about organization, and because I was in the right mind set- and let's face it, because miracles still happen- I was in a really good mood all night long!! Sadie woke up almost every hour and then took a half hour to feed and get back to sleep every time! It was rough, but I was not feeling it. I was feeling okay. Nate was working the mid, so there was no let up. But it worked out! And actually I had the coolest experience- I had a dream that I was hugging my Grandma Mottishaw and got to tell her that I "think about her EVERY day." It was so vivid, so real, it was really cool. I just love my Grandma. So that was pretty sweet. We survived. 1-21-20
LUNCH WITH EMILY
We finally got to go to lunch! This was nothing short of a miracle. Even with Jonah, Molly and Sadie, it still ends up being such a nice little break when I get to go hang out with Emily. I am so grateful for this friendship. Cafe Rio was yummy. I could have done without the dumb debit card fumble. My dumb card wouldn't swipe! This is the second time my card has not worked when I went to lunch with Emily. Last time, at Chik-fil-a- they gave me my food for free. Weird. But Emily covered it and I paid her back. So embarrassing. We had an awesome time talking. It was just what my week needed! 1-23-20
COOL!
Also, when Molly and Sadie and I first got there there was a lady in a wheel chair sitting at a table and as we walked past, Molly was kind of staring at her and she sweeetly looked over and threw out a fun compliment on Molly's haircut! Totally distracting her from the wheelchair! Pretty cool! That's how I would want to be if I were in a wheelchair. 1-23-20
STARZ GAME- NOAH AND ERIKA
Friday night was Noah and Erika's big National Anthem performance with their school choir at the Starz game. This was a fun night! It would have been super cool to get a refund on our tickets since it was the Junior Jazz free game night, but maybe we'll enjoy watching the Starz another time. The reason we were there was to see Erika and Noah though, and they did SO GOOD!! They stayed on pitch so well! I loved watching them and felt so proud of them! They work so hard! There was some fun stuff there, balloon pets, bouncy houses, Steve/knife drama, Grandma and Simon were with us! And the game was really awesome! Went into overtime and we won!! Good stuff. 1-24-20
HONOR CHOIR
Charity participated in the State Honor Choir again! She got to spend the day at Murray High school Friday rehearsing with the whole group. Then on Saturday she left bright and early to practice some more in Salt Lake! They performed that afternoon as well. This was a cool experience for me! Abravanel Hall for one thing, but the acoustics in that building just did their singing such justice!! It was AMAZING!! SO BEAUTIFUL!! Erika, Sadie and I were the only ones able to go, with people being sick, basketball games and working, etc. So we were bummed nobody else got to experience it, but SO enjoyed it!! I'm so proud of Charity! She does so many cool things that take so much effort and work, but she does them with such grace and commitment! I love it! She's living her senior year to its fullest! We were so proud of our parking spot too :). I hope some of my other kids get the chance to experience this!! It was so neat! 1-24-20--1-25-20
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