fyi

i deleted my followers gadget, not because i don't love and appreciate you all.. but because i have 2 new followers that i have no idea who they are and i've heard rumors about followers with bug... even though my apple is safe, i don't want to risk worms in it :)  i'm still following those i was before. i guess i will ust have to asumme you are all still out there, in blog lad, following me!!

THANKS, NEIGHBOR!

So on wednesday, our neighbor, mark, rang our doorbell. it was dinner time and we had just gotten back from another neighbors house (pimpin gramma (as the kids lovingly call her).... there's a story there...). anyway, we answer the door and mark asks if the kids have pets. i blank on the 2 cats we have (oops) and say no. He then asks if we want whats in the box... can you figure out what it is?

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meet Gerard. a turtle.

Emma really wishes he was a little more cuddley!

He won't be staying long

funny thing is...Katelynn wanted a turtle sooo badly when she was about 10. 

It was quite a bit of money to set one up. Now. 3 days before her 15th birthday, we get one. What are the odds. Now she can say we had a turtle for a pet.

He is now happily living by the river!!!

Happy Birthday Baby!

 

I can't believe that I have been a mom for 15 years! I know crazy, huh? I'm not old enough to have a child that old!!! Thank you Katelynn for helping fulfill my calling in this world. I love you! I can't wait for 15 more years and then we'll be best friends! You can't escape that!!!

spontaneous!

mom and I are running (well, not literally) to Utah tomorrow. It's a business trip. I wish I had time to stay and play with all my new and old friends. We're coming home Sunday. I plan to take my kids back this summer to play with cousins. I promise to hug each of my frineds then.

I'll miss these guys

If you want to know why I'm going, I'll tell you. We are meeting with the Ceo or his counterpart of a business that we are joining. It is a BioTech start up company run by a fortune 50 guy. He's like a grampa! Here's the website. I am so excited for the possibilities that this company holds.... and it's like getting in at the beginning of Tupperware!!!

See you all soon!

I'll miss this guy, too! 

Thanks for being the best dad/husband ever!

Happy Easter!

 

I finally got Picasa to work!

We went to the greatest park after Easter dinner. What a blast to spend time with my little ones! They make me laugh. ALOT, Especially the boy one! Oh my! He was one one.

They are my life's work. Thank goodness I still have time left with them!!! 

procrastination..

this is right outside my front door. the smell is divine. 

it is even more open a fragrant now, then in the picture. it's jasmine, by the way!

So, it's been awhile. I just haven't been too much in the bloggin mood. I guess now that I'm driving (can I get an woo hoo!), 13 weeks later. I drove home from Chico last weekend. It was pretty liberating. I've felt like being a little more active. Which leads to a tired leg at the end of a day, but a happy husband, now that he's not the sole driver!

We've been pretty busy. Baseball and softball. Easter parties in school. Spring break this week. Working. Dentist office visits (trying to use it up so I can quit paying for cobra). Been trying to stay out of stores. I saved A LOT of money not being able to leave the house on my own. (I just got back from Target, all by myself. I have a new outlook on shopping. Don't go if you want to not spend money. But it's all good)

I agreed to teach a lesson this week in Relief Society. On Easter Sunday. Singing in the choir. Teaching my Sunday School class, too. (I'm just gonna practice my RS lesson on them:) 

I want so much to be a better person. I am working on it. I want to me my true self. Sometimes I don't let her out or acknowledge her. Even though I know she deserves to be present and in charge. (sounds weird, huh? but it's not) I am working on being present with myself. It can be scary sometimes. I have to just BE. Be in the present. be in the moment. there are lots of things that i could be freaking out about right now. But,   I'm not. I know that the power of my Savior is with in me. I have and continue to give IT to him. Sometimes not all the way, but I'm working on it. A few of you have helped me along the way. I can forgive my self for not being what I think I should be and accept myself for being who I am.

I am so thankful for my Savior and His atonement. I know that when I fall short, He picks me up and makes me whole!

Happy Easter!