I'm Back!

Okay for those of you who have been so diligently hounding me to get back on the blogging band wagon take a moment to sit down, take deep breaths and let the heart rate come back to normal after the shock of seeing me update my blog after over a year. It is not that I have not been around because I have. I have been thoroughly enjoying all of your blogs, they have made me smile and have helped me feel connected to all of you that I love.
So to give you just a brief explanation as to why I have not been blogging...because life has been crazy!!!!!! To say the least. Over the past few years we have been experiencing what I like to think of as "The Refiners Fire". Hopefully we are now heading towards that part where all of the blessing are poured on us after the trial. Okay so maybe we have been bless immensely all along the way, I think that I am just hoping for a little bit of a reprieve from the trials.
Through everything I have experience incredible awakenings of understanding. I have also relearned the same lesson that I have been taught many times before and will learn over and over again for the rest of my life and that is that my Heavenly Father loves me and walks with me daily through this life. He has blessed me immensely and during times of trial it is so beautiful that if you choose you can see him in everything. I love him and I am so very thankful for him and his son. Also, for the knowledge I have of what they have given me. They both have been very patient and long suffering with me. During my tantrums they would let me get if off of my chest and then would lovingly show me the errors of my way. I am so very thankful for my life, for the hope I have for the future and for those around me who lift and love me along the way.

Now with all that mushy stuff out of the way, my hope is to keep up better with this blog. Everyone keep your fingers crossed, if you are still with me!

Halloween

 

This year Halloween was so much fun for me because I was able to take my kiddos to my old neighborhood where I used to go trick or treating and also because we got to spend it with lots of family. The kids seamed to have so much fun and are already talking about next Halloween.

Happy Halloween!

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Halloween Breakfast

 
 


For Halloween breakfast I planned some horrifying delectables of Giant Eyes (bagels, cream cheese and jam) Goblin Toes (sausages) Monster Mouths (apples with almond teeth) and Pumpkin Blood (orange julius). I was so excited about making such a fun breakfast and was hoping it would put us in the right Halloween mood. Well unfortunately the breakfast didn't go over well with the kiddos. They were not interested in any way with the food. So the kids had marshmallow mates and orange julius, which they did add a couple of spiders to. Well,I tried. What are ya gonna do.

Halloween Parade

 

This is Drew at his schools Halloween parade. He was so nervice we couldn't get him to smile, but he was so cute in his little G.I. Joe costume. TJ and Abby had so much fun watching all the kids go by. Infact I think TJ could have sat there all day watching it.

Blessed

I am not really sure exactly what I would like to say here or exactly how to express all of my feelings but I am just feeling such gratitude for all that I have and all that I have been given. Over the past couple of years life has been a roller coast there have been ups and downs and then some loop-de-loops. Right now I am still on that crazy roller coaster and I am not sure where it is going to go next but I am able to look back and see the path that I have been on and truly I have been so greatly blessed in so many ways and by so many people. I am so thankful for the knowledge I have of where those blessings come from and I am so thankful for my Savors love for me. I am also so very thankful to all of you (you know who you are and if you are thinking I wonder if it is me then the answer is YES)who have helped me and been there for me. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love you all so much.

Wordless Wednesday

 

Thank you Cylee!

 

Many thanks to Cylee for giving me the opportunity to be able to take this picture. Not only did she take the boys for me while I went and got my hair cut but she also completely wore them out. I have not had them both take a nap at the same time in a very very long time, it was an amazingly sweet moment in time for me

Drew's Birthday

About Drew at the age of 5:
-Very sensitive
-Peacemaker
-Giving to brother and sister
-Very silly
-Saying new things and in very different ways (unfortunately for today it was "I don't like you", I am sure I will hear that a lot in the years to come)
-Still loves Star Wars
-Loves to spend time with his Dad
-Loves being with friends
-Still our little Romeo

Drew, I love you in so many ways. I am so thankful that were my first child, you set such a good example for your brother and sister. I know that I can always count on you to help me and to be patient when I have to help one of the other kids. You are such a loving boy

Day at the park continued

Day at the park.

Throwback Thursday Funny

So the last Throwback Thursday I did was suppose to be video clips, but I did it wrong and just realized it (not a big shocker... apparently I am slow). Here are the clips from that post. Hope you enjoy the show!

Motherhood

Recently I heard about a blog a mom started to talk about all the fun of motherhood and thinking that it would give me a good laugh I logged on to check it out, boy was I terribly disappointed.  Not only was the blog very negative I left it wondering why this person every had kids if all she was going to do was to complain and even curse them. For me being a mother right now is incredibly challenging with a 5, 3 and 3 month old. Some days I have to admit I wonder how I ever thought that I could be a good mom (today is defiantly one of those days). I might not be perfect, I might not get out of bed until after 9:00 and I might have shared a breakfast of teddy grahams with my kids today (and I wonder why I can't loose this baby fat!) but I totally love them and am so grateful for my kids and what they are helping me learn in life. Each child brings me different challenges and each child helps me to feel joy in different ways. I am very grateful for the gospel to help me have the desire to strive to be better and to work harder. I love my kids!!! Now I am off to tackle my ever messy house!

By request this is a picture of my beautiful mom. Her handsome accomplice in the picture is Drew at about 5 months.

Throwback Thursday

This is our third Thanksgiving together, but our first that we did all on our own.




Yes, it is true I left a packet in the turkey. But in my defence I
did check the bird before cooking it.