Horoscope!

My horoscope said I would "turn heads with my beautiful words"... So I figured I'd blog... Not much to blog about, we have been painting the house since Monday night and I am starting to see an end to all this maddness!!! We decided to paint "the entire" house... Big chore! Peyton has been quite a trooper, she wants to help but instead she just entertained herself and made our lives a little less stressful! She is quite the girl. I'll post pics when the job is comlpeted. My life us great I couldn't ask for anything more!

My Monday

Today started out to be a slow day... I didn't really want to even get out of bed. I hit the snooze like 3 times and then decided I better get going... Work was good... I had all the ambition I needed to get things done. But part of me kept watching the clock... I had lunch plans with the girls for a friend's birthday. We met up at 11:45 at Pizza Factory... it was a fabulous lunch with beautiful people. I have some of the best friends anyone could ask for. After my 2 hour lunch I went back to work and I must have left my ambition at the restaurant... cuz I didn't have any anymore. So now I just watched the clock till it was time to go home. I was excited to come home for 2 reasons... my family and I knew I got to go see my friend Brenda and her family for a little visit. I truly had a FABULOUS night and couldn't have asked for a better evening or end to a day. My heart aches for my friend but knowing they are "healing" though their faith makes it somewhat easier for me. Peyton cried tonight because she misses her friend Rebecca and Rachel... it is hard to explain to a 3 year old that her friends are with her Father in Heaven but she will see them again some day. I cried along with her just remembering their little faces and their smiles... that truly melted my heart and those around them. I had a great visit and look forward to visiting them more. I love them with all my heart and my thoughts and prayers are with them constantly! Thank you to all my family and friends for all you do and who you are too me. Love Alway Forever No Matter What...

Ok Ok Ok... I'm so bad at this

Ok, so I honestly have to be the worst Blogger on earth. I think I get too "involved" with facebook. There have been so many things going on in our lives it is hard to know where to start. Christmas was AMAZING... we had all three kids for Christmas Morning which made for one early start. It was a great day that turned well rather boring with Chance and Kelcee being with their other family for the rest of the day... all in all it was a great day!

Valentines day came and Justin and I decided that we were going to get the kids something and that was it. I picked up a couple of cute blankets for the girls (which turned out to be a big hit) and some chocolate kisses for Chance. Peyton loved her blanket so much that she has replaced her "baby blanket" with her new "big" blanket. We spent the day in Bear Lake and just enjoyed time together as a family. The week before had been a "rough" one and we needed a little get away. Not sure if any of you knew but our little neighborhood had a tragedy hit. Our neighbors lost 2 of their sweet little girls. They were taken to the hospital with problems with their breathing and later died. They were the cutest little girls you have ever seen. We will greatly miss them and their smiling faces. Our entire neighborhood has been affected by this tragedy and will always feel their loss. Witnessing this tragedy first hand has given me a whole new perspective on life. I have made a few changes in my everyday life, I'm trying to be more patient with my kids and just hug and hold them a little tighter. My love for the Gospel and my Savior has doubled in size. My testimony of Eternal families has been strengthened through the testimony of the family. I know that Families are Forever... and I look forward to the day that Justin and I can take our little family to the temple and be sealed for Eternity. Life is short and there fore I will hold on to it with everything I have. When Peyton wants me to lay with her at night for just "a minute" I take that minute and maybe a little more... the dishes can wait the clothes will still be there when I am done. When I send Kelcee off to her mom's I hold on just a little more and give a few more kisses than "she would like". Chance gets hugs and kisses before he heads off to school and I hold on just a litttle tighter to my honey when he leaves for work in the mornings and when I get home from work in the evenings. Life is great! I couldn't ask for a better family and set of friends. I am truly blessed in my life to be surrounded by such an abundance of LOVE! To all my friends and family who read this... please know I love you all and feel very blessed to have you in my life. To my friends and family who have lost loved ones please know they are in good hands... and that we will see them again soon! Love to all and ((hugs)).... Just hold on to LIFE!

Thankgiving 2009

This year for Thanksgiving, I hosted dinner at my house. Those in attendance were Ray & Audrey Smith (the in-laws), Wayne and Gaylene Keetch (My parents), Darlene Sorensen (Grandma in-law), Curtis and Nikki, Kenzi, Morgan and Sidney (Brother and Sister-in Law and nieces) as well as Justin, myself and Peyton. I started the Turkey at 9:30, and then put the ham in at 1:30. We were supposed to eat at 4:00. Curtis and Nikki drove in from Nucla Colorado and arrived here at 12:00. We all were excited to see them. Peyton was especially excited to see Kenzie. Those two have quite the connection and they love spending time with each other. All Peyton talked about for like 2 weeks straight is how she was going to go swimming with Kenzie and how she wanted to have a sleep over with her...Even though they didn't get a sleep over they enjoyed the time they had with each other. The twins are growing up so fast. It is hard to beleive that they are 16 months old. Seems like just yesterday they were newborns. Anyway the girls all are so cute and fun to be around.

Dinner went great. Turkey and Ham were delicious as well as the stuffing, potatoes and all the salads. Everyone pitched it to help cook and to clean up. It was just an awesome day. Mom and dad left around 6:30 to head back to Logan as they had to be to the Temple at 5:30 to work. Curtis, Nikki, and thier girls were staying at the La Quita Inn (mostly for the pool)... So we all went and took the kids swimming. Petyon and Kenzie Loved it. Morgan and Sidney enjoyed it too. We swam for over an hour and then headed home. Peyton bearly made it home, she fell asleep on the couch right after we got home.

Nikki talked me into going Black Friday Shopping with her... so I was up at 4:00 am. We met up at 4:30 and went to Toys-R-Us first and then hit Target. We go nearly everything we were looking for and were home by 6:30 before Justin had to go to work. I've never realy ever gone shopping on Black Friday so it was an experiance to say the least. We had a great time and I hate to say it but I actually had fun and may do it again.

After getting a few hours of sleep, Curtis and Nikki and the girls came back to the house to hang out. Dallas and Jaci (brother and sister-in-law), joined us and just hung out. It was just nice to enjoy each other's company. Curtis and Dallas actually offered to go to Salt Lake to pick up Chance for me so I could spend time with the ladies. I have some of the best sister -in-laws anyone could ask for. We spent the evening back over at the hotel swimming... This time we had Chance and Kelcee join us. Kelcee was only with us for a few hours but it was totally worth it. I love spending time with each one of them
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Family Pics

We had our family pictures taken again by Heath Roberts... he did an excellent job once again. I was really excited when I found out that we would get Cheyenne for the pics. We decided to dress in black with blue jeans. It all went so well, all the kids cooperated like they should and did a great job listening to Heath and Claire. I would totally recommend him to anyone. I just cannot believe the change in each one of the kids... it amazes me how much a year changes them. Cheyenne is growing into quite the young lady, Chance is a handsome young man and Kelcee is growing up so fast. Peyton is well she is 3 and I still love her!

Chance at Karate

Last night I took Chance to karate class and had the opportunity to sit and watch as it was Parents week. While the class was learning a new set of moves, the first move was made and Chance was the only one who Kiahed (meaning to let out a loud yell as you hit and object). Anyway out of a class of 35 Chance was the only one who did as he was supposed to do. Master turned and was like what the heck... Chance was the only one who Kiahed. He told the rest of the class to drop and give him 20 pushups. Chance stood at attention waiting for he class to be done. Way to go Chance, I was a very proud mom as I sat there watching. Chance is now a second level Blue belt and will soon be testing for his red belt. Keep up the good work, I love ya!

And the Crying began

So yesterday was Wednesday and we had Kelcee from 5:30 to 8:30. We always enjoy every minute and second we have with Kelcee... Well so does Peyton. Peyton totally loves her sister more than anything, she misses her terribly when she isn't with us. So last night when we were dropping her off, Peyton begins to cry saying... "I want my sister"! and Cries so more.... she didn't stop crying till we were 1/2 home and even then she was still really sad. She said that she wanted Kelcee to stay with us. We have tired to explain to her why but how do you explain to a 3 year old that her sister lives in another house with a different set of parents. The cutest thing is that every night Peyton says her prayers she always blesses Kelcee and Chey. She truly loves her siblings and would spend every minute with them if she could. We all miss Kelcee and Chey when they aren't with us. And Yes I even shed a few tears last night too... I truly feel blessed to have such great kids and a husband to go with them.