-We had our Chinese New Year celebration at my Mom's on Saturday. Simon made yummy food and we all sat around and talked. I was feeling like crap and then had to deal with disappointed kids since we ended up not being able to go swimming, so the evening was a bit of a drag, but we managed to squeeze in a movie night. I think things went fine. Wasn't my favorite day though. 2-9-13
- At Stake Conference on Sunday, we got to hear Charity, Kelly, and Bradley sing in the Children's choir!! They've been working on these songs for about a month now and it sounded so beautiful! Like angels. As most people have said. They really did great! I missed watching them for their first song, the Missionary medley, but I could hear it from the Mother's Lounge. I was glad I got to watch them sing the next one. I love watching my kids perform. They are naturals! And it was fun to see how reverent they were during the whole 2 hours (not counting the hour BEFORE the meeting started when they were practicing!). They were great!
- Sunday was a rough day for me, for some reason. I need to start charting my crappy days to see if it could be hormone related. It's hard to tell when I'm not having a period. Sorry if that was tmi for anyone, but I don't really care :). I was really down. Could have been from not feeling good too. Either way. I was grateful for Stake Conference. It was a very nice meeting. I LOVED President Lake's talk. He talked a lot about having faith in Heavenly Father's plan and his timing. I struggle with this as most of you know, and it was a nice reminder. A nice little boost. To be able to remember that things go the way they do for a reason and that things usually end up better than I could have planned. It was a good thing for me to hear that day. I loved seeing everyone from the Ward Canyon ward too. Something about those people just brings a smile to my face. I love them. I love this ward too! Don't get me wrong, it's just a rare occurance to see so many of them at once. It really lightened my day and my mood. I was grateful for their smiles and love. And I did leave the meeting with a smile on my face and a better attitude. I've been trying so hard to control my moods lately and have a better attitude after reading about attitudes in.... darn, I can't think of where it was that I read it... but during my scripture study. About how when we are not having a good attitude, we are letting Satan take control. I don't want to do that. Seems like ever since I started focusing on it, it's been harder... not sure why that is. But anyway. I feel better today, I guess that's good :).
- Sunday night was Steve's Birthday Party up at my Dad's. It was just us, Steve, Jauslin, Dad and Dawn. We had a lot of fun though! My Dad got party favors, noise makers and such for the kids. We had pizza, ice cream cake, watched clips of our favorite home videos, watched some "Brain Games" on tv, and played a few rounds of pool... I can't believe how good Bradley is!!! It's crazy!... the whole night was a lot of fun for everyone! Good times. Glad Steve could turn 25 so that we could all get together :). Happy Birthday to him. 2-10-13
- Monday, Nate took the day off so that he could help me. I think he was probably still worried about my attitude from the day before, and thoughtfully wanted to give me a helping hand. He ended up filling in for me in Luke's class for his 100 day party. That was a lot of fun for him and Luke. Then he helped me with Jack while I made my Mango Chicken and Coconut Jasmine Rice for my dinner exchange. Which turned out really good btw. That night we were supposed to go swimming but once again, we let the kids down. Nate and I had the idea to go to a Jazz game so we decided Wednesday would be our FHE for that. Unfortunately, we found out later that the Wednesday night game is an away game, so that got ruined too... we'll just have to go swimming Wednesday night I think! Anyway. It was a pretty lazy day otherwise. Which turned out to be a really good thing because Erika was sick all night Monday night. She was on fire with a pretty high temp. She seemed okay most of the day Tuesday though, just needed to be cuddled a lot. It worked out nice that Heavenly Father helped Jack sleep better for the first part of the night so that when Erika came down for the last half, I was able to take care of her without too much trouble. I was pretty tired though. It's always funny to remember back on the weird stuff I say or do with my sick kids in the night. Hopefully nobody else remembers. She has a habit of rubbing arms or sides, or faces, or hair, or WHATEVER else she can get her hands on in the night when she's sleeping with you. It's a little on the nerve-racking side for me, but it's still such a sweet habit. I am grateful for the nights when she sleeps in her own bed :). She "prise"s me with that every once in a while! :) 2-11-13
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Ahhhhhh....
"aaaahhhhhhhh" just accurately describes how I feel about this evening. So many things just felt good. Here's why:
1. ice cream. good stuff.
2. Erika voluntarily went to bed and actually stayed in it, and went to sleep a half hour before "bed time" (I use quotation marks because nobody else even went to bed at bed time tonight, it was almost an hour and half later that they were all down... so a half hour before is pretty amazing!) She's our toughest competitor when it comes to bedtime stalling. She was tired. That is a good thing at night.
3. Luke decided he was going to do a book report! They are optional and I guess he's seen a few kids do them at school, so he wanted to do one!! This kid does not love reading, and only reads scriptures with us after a lot of begging and pleading. So this was pretty monumental! He read the whole book, Robot Zot, and then helped me fill out the Book Report worksheet to describe what happened in the book! It was amazing! I'm still in awe. He loved it even. Took lots of time to draw his picture on the back. Oh, I'm just so excited for him! I hope he loves doing it and does a whole bunch more!
4. Bradley's prayer. He blessed the girls to feel good about their science fair projects and that they would be "proud of their work". What a cool little brother and how insightful of him to know that they might need a prayer for that. He really is impressing me a lot lately! All day in fact. He helped the younger boys, help him, clean their room. He was doing Simon Says to get them to do it and they were all having so much fun! I loved it! He did too :) he said, "I hardly had to do anything!" What a cool kid.
5. Noah was happy.
6. Charity was getting all anxious and excited for her Maturation program tomorrow, I can't wait!!
7. Interviews with the kids went so well. We were interviewing them to find out what jobs they want this month, but I loved being able to sit and talk with them just the three of us! They are always so happy with the attention and I feel like it's very productive and worthwhile. I enjoy it immensely! Hopefully jobs can go even better this month. They really did well last month overall. We'll see.
I loved this evening. And now it's time to go to bed :).
1. ice cream. good stuff.
2. Erika voluntarily went to bed and actually stayed in it, and went to sleep a half hour before "bed time" (I use quotation marks because nobody else even went to bed at bed time tonight, it was almost an hour and half later that they were all down... so a half hour before is pretty amazing!) She's our toughest competitor when it comes to bedtime stalling. She was tired. That is a good thing at night.
3. Luke decided he was going to do a book report! They are optional and I guess he's seen a few kids do them at school, so he wanted to do one!! This kid does not love reading, and only reads scriptures with us after a lot of begging and pleading. So this was pretty monumental! He read the whole book, Robot Zot, and then helped me fill out the Book Report worksheet to describe what happened in the book! It was amazing! I'm still in awe. He loved it even. Took lots of time to draw his picture on the back. Oh, I'm just so excited for him! I hope he loves doing it and does a whole bunch more!
4. Bradley's prayer. He blessed the girls to feel good about their science fair projects and that they would be "proud of their work". What a cool little brother and how insightful of him to know that they might need a prayer for that. He really is impressing me a lot lately! All day in fact. He helped the younger boys, help him, clean their room. He was doing Simon Says to get them to do it and they were all having so much fun! I loved it! He did too :) he said, "I hardly had to do anything!" What a cool kid.
5. Noah was happy.
6. Charity was getting all anxious and excited for her Maturation program tomorrow, I can't wait!!
7. Interviews with the kids went so well. We were interviewing them to find out what jobs they want this month, but I loved being able to sit and talk with them just the three of us! They are always so happy with the attention and I feel like it's very productive and worthwhile. I enjoy it immensely! Hopefully jobs can go even better this month. They really did well last month overall. We'll see.
I loved this evening. And now it's time to go to bed :).
Jounaling
- Saturday was Spectrum testing for Bradley and Charity. (I'm still kicking myself for not just registering Kelly for it... I kept waiting for her teacher to send home the form... ) They were at opposite ends of the district unfortunately, so Nate took Charity, I took Bradley, Kelly babysat, and then Nate hurried off to work. I think they did well, they were both exhausted afterward! I can't imagine what it would be like to have my kids in different schools, away from each other. I secretly hope they don't pass. But either way. I know they're smart. I don't need a test to tell me that. So do they.
- Monday we took the car in for what we thought was an alignment problem and found out that it was actually the tire separating. There was a big bubble formed between teh outer and inner layer of the tire. It was a pretty big deal I guess, and a miracle that it didn't pop/shred on the freeway during one of the many times we drove it. We're SO blessed. Then Gary, our Elder's Quorum President, who manages the Big-O gave us a KILLER deal on some really nice heavy duty tires. I mean a REALLY good deal. Another blessing. I really like that Heavenly Father takes such good care of us. I am not sure we deserve it, but I'll take it regardless! I spent the day trying to get a chance to clean my house. I did get about 9 loads of laudnry folded, a couple more washed and dried, a couple loads of dishes done, and a few other random chores, but seriously, it is hard to do housework with a baby. Even when I don't have a car or anywhere to go.
After school, I took Luke to his well-child visit. It was nice to hear that he is still growing, even though he doesn't eat. And then we had his 5 warts frozen off. Poor kid!!! I hated seeing him go through that. I hope with all the hope in my little heart, that he doesn't have to go back to have anything else done to them! 2-4-13
- Since our car was all better, we were able to drive out to South Jordan for Grandpa Russ's 68th birthday. We all met at IHOP for dinner. Everyone (with the exception of the out-of-towners) was there! It was lots of fun. 2-4-13
- We found out this week that come April, Nate will be losing a day a week. This will bring our monthly income down about 20%. It's only supposed to be until October, so hopefully it's not too bad, but it's a little frustrating with all that we've had planned. A house, Disneyland... etc... I am trying to not look at it as a wo is us kind of thing, but it is a huge bummer. At least he still has a job though. He will also be losing all of his annual leave, and personal leave. Just sick leave will be left. We'll see how it goes I guess. Hopefully it doesn't really happen. Who knows with the Government.
- I spent most of the day Tuesday driving my Mom around because she was stuck at home and babysitting. We brought them home with us. Then that night, we had Chris and Stephanie over for dinner. Good food, good convo, and good news- they're having a baby! Due early September. We're excited for them.
- Wednesday was 8 Cow Woman night. For Relief Society. It was a lot of fun. I wish I had a talent to show off. And I think I might try to get back into couponing again. We'll see. It's like a part time job and I don't know if I'm up for that.
- Thursday was the Science Fair! Kelly's been working on her project for a few weeks. She did one where she tested plants growth with different liquids. She found oiut that Coke helped it grow as much as water did. And the lemon juice, energy drink and carrot juice did not. She was so cute about her project, did the WHOLE THING! all by herself. I was SO impressed! I can't believe how much initiative that girl has. Charity did a project as well (they both did them by choice, they were not required). Hers was testing the resistance of different metals to electricity. Very cool. She had a good time. She did a great job as well! Hers required a little more help from Nate, but she did well. We missed the drawing and announcement of the winners, but Charity won something in the drawing. I think they should do winners for the 4th and 5th graders, even though they do not have to compete, and cannot move on. Just for fun. Oh well. Kelly was slightly disappointed. It was a little anticlimactic for her I think. But she's still planning on doing one next year, so I think it was okay! I'm so proud of them for doing extra curricular activies like this. I love it! They're just so awesome. We went out to ice cream to celebrate! Grandpa Hatch joined us even though he'd missed the Fair.
2-7-13
- Monday we took the car in for what we thought was an alignment problem and found out that it was actually the tire separating. There was a big bubble formed between teh outer and inner layer of the tire. It was a pretty big deal I guess, and a miracle that it didn't pop/shred on the freeway during one of the many times we drove it. We're SO blessed. Then Gary, our Elder's Quorum President, who manages the Big-O gave us a KILLER deal on some really nice heavy duty tires. I mean a REALLY good deal. Another blessing. I really like that Heavenly Father takes such good care of us. I am not sure we deserve it, but I'll take it regardless! I spent the day trying to get a chance to clean my house. I did get about 9 loads of laudnry folded, a couple more washed and dried, a couple loads of dishes done, and a few other random chores, but seriously, it is hard to do housework with a baby. Even when I don't have a car or anywhere to go.
After school, I took Luke to his well-child visit. It was nice to hear that he is still growing, even though he doesn't eat. And then we had his 5 warts frozen off. Poor kid!!! I hated seeing him go through that. I hope with all the hope in my little heart, that he doesn't have to go back to have anything else done to them! 2-4-13
- Since our car was all better, we were able to drive out to South Jordan for Grandpa Russ's 68th birthday. We all met at IHOP for dinner. Everyone (with the exception of the out-of-towners) was there! It was lots of fun. 2-4-13
- We found out this week that come April, Nate will be losing a day a week. This will bring our monthly income down about 20%. It's only supposed to be until October, so hopefully it's not too bad, but it's a little frustrating with all that we've had planned. A house, Disneyland... etc... I am trying to not look at it as a wo is us kind of thing, but it is a huge bummer. At least he still has a job though. He will also be losing all of his annual leave, and personal leave. Just sick leave will be left. We'll see how it goes I guess. Hopefully it doesn't really happen. Who knows with the Government.
- I spent most of the day Tuesday driving my Mom around because she was stuck at home and babysitting. We brought them home with us. Then that night, we had Chris and Stephanie over for dinner. Good food, good convo, and good news- they're having a baby! Due early September. We're excited for them.
- Wednesday was 8 Cow Woman night. For Relief Society. It was a lot of fun. I wish I had a talent to show off. And I think I might try to get back into couponing again. We'll see. It's like a part time job and I don't know if I'm up for that.
- Thursday was the Science Fair! Kelly's been working on her project for a few weeks. She did one where she tested plants growth with different liquids. She found oiut that Coke helped it grow as much as water did. And the lemon juice, energy drink and carrot juice did not. She was so cute about her project, did the WHOLE THING! all by herself. I was SO impressed! I can't believe how much initiative that girl has. Charity did a project as well (they both did them by choice, they were not required). Hers was testing the resistance of different metals to electricity. Very cool. She had a good time. She did a great job as well! Hers required a little more help from Nate, but she did well. We missed the drawing and announcement of the winners, but Charity won something in the drawing. I think they should do winners for the 4th and 5th graders, even though they do not have to compete, and cannot move on. Just for fun. Oh well. Kelly was slightly disappointed. It was a little anticlimactic for her I think. But she's still planning on doing one next year, so I think it was okay! I'm so proud of them for doing extra curricular activies like this. I love it! They're just so awesome. We went out to ice cream to celebrate! Grandpa Hatch joined us even though he'd missed the Fair.
2-7-13
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Luke is SEVEN!!
Luke has always been my little baby Luke. He is such a sweetheart! I have loved watching him these last couple years, with starting school and all, and seeing how much he has grown. He is such a neat kid. I am thrilled with how well he is doing in school. His reading has just picked up like crazy. He rarely needs help with words even during Scriptures! It's amazing. I love that he has lots of friends, that the kids love him. I knew he would do well socially. He is such a fun kid. I love how sweet and gentle Lukey is. He is a good little boy and always tries to please his Mom. He'll go to great lengths to try to do what he thinks I want him to do. It's adorable. He's very energetic. He has really loved playing with Buddy. They're kind of the same age right now, so they get along really well. They wrestle. He's totally sweet with his baby brother and as always, very respectful and loyal to his brothers and sisters. He is just very pleasant to have around. He loves his wii games. Mario is of course his favorite. He would choose to play Mario over anything else I think :). He does love playing outside a lot though. Especially on his scooter and now his motor scooter. He loves to snack. Anything snacky is good. All veggies are not so good. He still hates potatoes. He has gotten pickier with his eating but we're letting him earn snacks for the next day by eating his dinner and he's done really well so far. He is always hungry. His best friend is Carter. Friends are really important to Luke. He does what he can to make his friends happy. It's fun to watch him share and be really generous with his compliments to his friends. He gets very attached to friends as well. He has a lot of love for each one. He LOVES playing board games. Monopoly especially. He loves the buying stuff part. And he quits playing if he can't have Boardwalk :). He feels like the cheaper properties are not even worth having. I see this kid going big :). Luke is a precious little piece of our family. He is the very center. It's nice to have him on our side and to have him playing on our team. He is a kind and loving little person. I love him so much! Happy Birthday Luke!
Jackie Boy
Look at those beautiful eyes!!
I keep wondering if they will stay blue.
And of course the one day I think of, and have the time to take pictures, he has a scratch from Buddy under his nose. Buddy jumped up on Nate tonight while Jack was in his arms. So sad!! But he's still cute :). And stuff under the nose has rarely stopped me from posting pictures in the past- right :)
Whenever he smiles his whole body convulses, so it's difficult to get a good shot :). He's SUCH a fun little boy!
He's always got to have something in his mouth. I wonder when he's going to start REALLY sucking on his fingers. I keep wishing i could get him on a binky... he has other plans apparently :).
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