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Life 365 | Week 46

Monday, November 8, 2010

Today was Beth’s first day as a Daisy Girl Scout. She was so excited to participate and get her uniform. I hope it is something she will enjoy! We all went to her special Investure meeting tonight where she received her daisy pin.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Beth’s having a great week. Today when she came home she was honored as one of the Students of the Week! Yay Beth!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

I love the yummy food that is so great for Fall weather. We had potato soup in bread bowls tonight and it was delicious!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Today was Veteran’s Day. I’m so blessed to live in this country and I honor all those wonderful people who serve the United States of America. I really loved seeing all the flags flying as I drove Beth to school.

Friday, November 12, 2010

I’m so grateful for afternoon kindergarten. Mornings seem to be getting harder and harder for me so its nice to be able to go back to bed after JJ gets off to school. I’ve also enjoyed having some one-on-one time with Beth after I get back up – with lunch, conversation, and our drives to her school!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

We had practice for the primary program this afternoon and the kids did pretty good. They loved the pizza party afterwards and then they got to play in the leaves before Aaron and Joey got them raked up and put away. It’s fun to see them enjoy the simple things.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

The Primary program was today. Beth did a fabulous job on her part. JJ did okay – at least he got up there and tried – he was really nervous and you couldn’t understand what he said, but glad he did it anyways. The primary music still touches me and it was nice to listen and join in now that I am a primary teacher.

Life 365 | Week 45

Monday, November 1, 2010

After the weekend of replacing the floor, its nice to see the kids room clean and organized. At least for today!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

We still have leftover Dirt Dessert from Sunday and its such a delicious treat!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

I hate the season of being sick. We have all had a hard time getting rid of our colds completely. These wonderful little vaporizers are awesome!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Our lawn is filling with leaves and I am reminded again that I am totally becoming a Fall person!

Friday, November 5, 2010

More snowflakes today – but it didn’t last long. I spent some time taking some pictures around the house.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A fun Saturday. We took the kids to Megamind and then after the kids went to bed, Joey and I went out to dinner and brought home some Redbox movies which we watched together. I love it when we get to have date night!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

My little JJ is getting so big. After church today, I took some photos of JJ for his baptism program and I was delighted with this one!

Life 365 | Week 43

Monday, October 18, 2010

I love seeing the progression in JJ’s reading ability. It has been very slow in coming, but he is finally reading. It’s fun to see him want to read to his sister too!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

JJ’s loves the special activities and the motivational things they have in his classroom. He loves earning his little prizes!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The kids ditched school today and we went up to Salt Lake City to watch Lane, Colby, and Clint in the State Cross Country. Colby did amazing and got 3rd place. Unfortunately, Lane didn’t do as well as usual and he didn’t place. It was kind of a bummer – it being his senior year – but he did earn Academic All-state and that’s wonderful. It was fun to be with all the family.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The kids have enjoyed doing Halloween artwork this week at school! Holidays really make everything so fun!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Although, its late in the season, I have been wanting to go for a nice Fall Drive and see the colors and leaves. I finally decided tonight was the night. After the kids got home from school, we headed up the canyon – and even though it has better colors earlier in the season – there was still lots of beautiful leaves to gather and enjoy! The kids really enjoyed it.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Joey is spending the weekend in Salt Lake City with Pete doing podcasts and fun guy time. So tonight, pizza was just the thing for me and the kids!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The kids were so excited when Joey got home tonight – they really missed having him home this weekend and couldn’t wait to have him join in their playtime!

Wednesday SayingZ | Leaves Turn

{ This week’s quote }

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.
– Elizabeth Lawrence –

Wednesday SayingZ I am a collector of quotes/sayings/titles and I am excited to share them with you each Wednesday. I hope they will inspire you and make your day a little better! I am also creating pieces of wordart with these quotes and will be offering them to you as a freebie! Feel free to use them in your scrapbooks or just print them out for wall decor!

Project 365 | Week 47

Monday, November 16, 2009
Joey had to take off work today to try and fix things around the house and I am just an emotional wreck. For some reason our finances, the trailer, my computer problems, and everything has weighed down on me so hard and I just feel broken. I feel like I am at a fork in the road in my life right now. I’m struggling with so many personal things and I am really feeling depression/stress set in. Which way is the right way? Where do we go from here?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Beth has really been into having “collections” lately. From rocks to leaves, she has to collect at least 10 of things to have. At least she is seeing the beauty of the earth. I especially loved the colors of this leaf that we flattened in a book for her to keep.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
One of the managers at Joey’s work had a birthday and she sent the balloons home for the kids. They were so delighted!

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Hard hard week. I’m trying so hard to see the blessings (which there are so many of), but my heart still just hurts and their are so many decisions to make. My hubby was amazing tonight. He got his brother to babysit for us and we went out. We really needed a date night to just be together and be away from our problems for a little while. We went to Olive Garden for dinner and then we went to see The Time Traveler’s Wife. I really enjoyed the book and I thought the movie was good too. We got home and the kids were asleep and as I was sitting on my bed, I just got an urge to do something for myself and since I knew Joey has no interest in the Twilight books/movies – and it being the night of the premiere – I just impulsively looked to see if their were any tickets to New Moon available. And there was – for the 3:30am showing and for some reason, it was just what I needed. The kids were asleep – Joey stayed home – and I could just get out for a little while longer. So I did it. It was crazy and I was tired, but I really enjoyed the movie.

Friday, November 20, 2009
Tonight as Joey was headed up to SLC to do his podcast he called and said, “Go outside. You have to see the sunset.” So the kids and I bundled up and headed outside and I’m so glad we did. It was so gorgeous – I haven’t seen colors like that in a long while – deep pink, blue, purple and orange covered the sky! The picture doesn’t do it justice – but it made my heart feel a little better.

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Another down day. It helps to look at beauty like this.

Sunday, November 22, 2009
Popcorn, a good movie, and my family. Life is good. Sundays are usually our family movie night and I really love being with my little family this way. It helps me to keep it together and remember the many blessings I have.

Project 365 | Week 46

Monday, November 9, 2009
It’s getting pretty late in the fall season, but still there is so much beauty to be found. I am loving that there are still trees that have yellow and I’m not even sure what kind of berry/fruit or whatever that this is in the trees – but I loved the contrast of the red with the yellow!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I can feel it. The air is getting colder and there’s snow on the mountains and the contrast of that with the clear blue skies is just breathtaking.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I have a cold and its tough to be a mom when you don’t feel well. But my kids are amazingly helpful and independent when I need them to be. And they made me feel so special when they brought their toys in to play on my bed just so they could be near me while I was resting. Love these special moments!

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Even though I have a cold I have been outside quite a bit lately. As I have walked Beth to school this week, I have really marveled about the beauty of the ending of Fall and beginning of Winter. I’m so glad that I live in a place where I get to see all 4 seasons.

Friday, November 13, 2009
It was really cold today, but the kids still wanted to go outside and play in the leaves for a little while and Beth had to run in and bring me outside to take a picture of this rose. I can’t believe there is still a rose blooming in my yard, but it won’t last long!

Saturday, November 14, 2009
Today we created what the kids called “a little movie theater” and used my laptop to watch movies while we snuggled up in bed for awhile.

Sunday, November 15, 2009
Today was a difficult day. It began at 4:30am when one of our water pipes got lose and filled our bedroom floor with water. After spending a few hours trying to clean it up and everything, Joey and I were so exhausted that we didn’t even make it to church. We had no water all day and of course it would be one of those weeks where I didn’t get the house clean or the dishes done, and we really needed water. At least we had drinking water. We cooked chicken enchiladas and went over to the Casseta’s house to watch the Rivalry of the Century game between the Colts and the Patriots. It was fun to visit with the Casseta’s again since its been awhile since we have been together. And the game was amazing – the Colts came out on top – BARELY and it was a very exciting game! We then came home to our friend (who owns our trailer), yelling at us for not taking care of the house and just lots of stuff that was really hard to take. It was just a horrible end to an emotional day…