Our little Connor is going in for an Orchiopexy Wednesday morning. I don't know if very many people read my blog anymore....but if you are reading for this...keep him in your prayers. I am a little bit (okay, a lot bit) nervous about him going under anesthesia.

Thanks!

this picture has nothing to do with this post...but that's okay!

Today is the last day of school! How crazy is that? Kaitlyn will be in third grade and Addie will be in kindergarten come fall. I don't even know what life will be like with two kids at school and two kids at home! Not that half day kindergarten really counts in my opinion. It's 2 1/2 hours long...but I don't want her gone longer than that anyways. Kids need to be home as much as possible in my opinion. Not so I can control and protect them but so that I can teach and guide them. That's what I try to do anyways. My kids my think otherwise!

Kaitlyn has loved her teacher Mrs. Sims and so have I. I haven't spent time in the classroom helping out but when Mrs. Sims husband died a couple months into the school year, we were able to go to his funeral. I got a glimpse into their lives as her nephews talked about her and and husband. They are just great people plus, Mrs. Sims just raved about Kaitlyn at her last parent teacher conference. (Anyone who loves my kids and sees the best in them ranks high in my book!) I was thinking about that today. Kaitlyn really is a great girl. She has her hormonal moments...but she is well rounded. Smart but doesn't make other people feel like they don't know as much as her. Witty but not at inappropriate times (mostly), pretty but she doesn't stare at herself and fuss over her appearance. She's kind and loving, and responsible....but not too much so that we don't know she's normal!

Really, I do have great kids. Even when they are grouchy and whiny and poopy and messy...they still are great. I gotta be honest and say that as much as I love 'em...I am not sure what do to to keep us from driving each other nuts all summer long!

p.s. i loved THIS. watch the one titled :LIFE

just wastin time

why do the days seem so much longer....but I feel like i still have so little time to get things done?

life can get overwhelming for me...and the feeling will last for a few days and them be gone....only to return without warning....

...today....I have so many things to get done : clean out the fridge, get Weston out of his pull up because he stinks like pee, make beds, pick up messes, dishes, laundry, vacuum, pull weeds, mow the lawn, clean out the kids medicine cabinet, do my hair, make meals, and be patiently kind and pleasant.

right now i just feel like wasting time on the computer and ignoring it all....luckily I realized what I was doing (hiding out) before I'd wasted more than a half hour and so now I am going to go to something productive....hold my little one year old baby....and then maybe call a friend so she can talk to me while I do my chores.

....what are YOU hiding from while you sit there looking at the screen?

after thoughts

I have thought about my last post a little bit....and I have something more to add.....and that is...it's not just the pull of blogging that can prevent me from living my life to it's fullest. It's every other things that distracts me too...wanting a clean house (not just clean but perfectly spotless...which ain't gonna happen....but I still want it.) or wanting to be kind and slow to anger but getting frustrated at a grouchy child...wanting to say my prays on my knees but being so tired...wanting to exercise but wanting sleep more....

I think that maybe what I am trying to say is that there are SO many ways that Satan tries to distract me. Blogging can be one of them. Texting, tweeting (not that I've ever done it), talking on the phone, watching TV or even good things, like having a clean house or going to the Temple (if it is excessive) can get in the way of me fulfilling my duties if I'm not careful....whatever the pull is...the key is balance....and knowing Who turn to for help.

A good friend told me a little while ago that I need to take more pictures of my kids. I had to laugh and tell her that I do take pictures....she just doesn't see them. This has made me think: just because I didn't blog it doesn't mean it didn't happen. I think some of us might get stuck with the mentality that we have to blog EVERYTHING in some effort to preserve our lives and our families life. Often this very act of preservation is taking away valuable time from the very thing we are trying to preserve.


But, today, I am bloggging. (gasp) I haven't felt like doing this....(sitting at the computer and typing about my lif)e in a long time. We haven't had a computer and we haven't had internet and it's amazing how you can survive and thrive without the two! I have realized how much time I wasted looking at this screen...looking up facts that really didn't improve my life. (There's so much information on the internet!) and looking at blogs...(peoples lives written mostly from an idealistic point of view). I love you all but really....my life has been richly blessed by not peeking in on peoples blogs every day! In fact....now that I am sitting here typing this, I am not really sure if I want to blog anymore or not. I have realized that the people whose influence greatly enrich my life have kept in touch with me and I have been just that...greatly enriched by them these past months.

Anyhow!

Our kids are growing and changing......(sometimes with the help of scotch tape...try it! You are sure to laugh!)

 

Connor has 4 teeth with 2 that have been trying to come in for a few weeks. He is as adorale as ever, if not more!

Weston is hitting that stage where you can tell he is trying to develop his critical thinking skills. He comes up with some humorous observations and definately provides us with plenty of comedy relief!

 
Anyhow....I just thought I'd post a couple thoughts and pictures! :)

howdy!!!!

Hey! I'm postin' from my MIL's computer in Mesa.
(I've missed my blogging buddies.)
 Life is goin' good for us. We're keeping busy doing things to our house:....painting, carpeting, adding a door, creating a pantry, reorganizing our brains out and now that things are starting to warm up, there will be yard work to keep us busy too.
 All good stuff.
I thought I'd post my contact info.... just in case anyone would like to K.I.T. the old fashion way! :)
928-229-0198 (cell#...i TEXT now! yay for me!)
928-536-7991 (new home phone#)

xx,
Jen

I haven't posted in a million years....and probably wont for a million more.

We're living life Internet and cable TV free and LOVING it! But, I know that realistically...it can't last forever because Internet is just a part of life nowadays....but we are enjoying the lack of distraction.