Christmas

 Well, Christmas is approaching rather soon. My little boy said the cutest thing last night. He said he is ready to have Christmas be over. I was a little surprised by his comment. I asked him why he was ready to have it be over? He said because he already has enough toys and doesn't need any more. I thought that was the sweetest thing. I guess that what we've taught our kids about the true meaning of Christmas, really did sink into our youngest. You never know what they think or understand, but they understand more than we give them credit for. I'm grateful for such sweet and understanding kids! I hope everyone has a merry Christmas!!

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Sorry about the different text styles in the previous post. I want the entire post in the cute font, but it will only do parts of it. It's really annoying and weird! It seems to have worked on this post.

happenings at our house

Well I can't believe we're already into September. Austin got his drivers permit when he turned 15. He doesn't take drivers ED until Feb/March, but he is suppose to have the permit six months before taking drivers ED. We let him drive Jason's car the day after he got his permit, and let me tell ya Scary!!  
 He already wrecked the car. We had to replace the front right quarter panel, and we have to buy a new headlight eventually, the one we have is broken in a spot behind the headlight but at least Jason was able to get it to stay in place for now. He also popped/ripped the right front tire. The new quarter panel is  black primered, the rest of his car is white, so I call it the cow car. Oh well, the car will eventually be Austins anyway, but not for a while. He wanted to drop out of drivers ed after that, but that thought only lasted about a week. Now he wants to drive again. Do we dare????  I want to say just kidding but in a way I'm not. We've let him drive again, he needs lots of practice in a Big parking lot with no cars. He'll get it eventually or so we hope :)

Cameron is taking band this year. He wanted to play the trumpet and so now we get to hear all the loudness that comes with those. I'm glad he wanted to learn an instrument. Nothing dramatic with Cameron, and that's just fine.

Ashlyn and Cole are both at the same school. I'm happy for that, she is just like a mother to him. She gives him a hug and a kiss on the cheek when she takes him to his classroom,and tells him to have a good day. I think that is so sweet, I'm glad she watches over him for me while he's there. He's just in kindergarten so he's not there to long, he's having lots of fun so far. Ashlyn is having fun as well!!

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Well, it's been probably 9 months since my last post. Summer is half way over already, I can't believe it! We've been staying busy. Austin went on trek last week, he was run over by the cart/wagon he was pulling. They say it had probably 100 lbs on it, he was being watched over because all he sustained was  a little scab on his elbow and a bit of a sore leg. He was a real trooper. He had a great time. His birthday was on the day they left and so we celebrated it the night before. He's 15 yrs old, where is the time going?  Now he and Cameron are at scout camp all week this week. I only have the little ones at home and its been a lot quieter believe it or not. 

Cole will be in kindergarten this school yr, so I will be in the car the majority of the day. Kindergarten is the yr I kinda dislike in a way because you just drop your kid off and have to turn back around an hr later to go back and get them. Oh well, I'm having a bit of a difficult time grasping the fact that my youngest is going to be in school. It's crazy how attached you get to them being with you at home all the time. He's been my little side kick since Ashlyn started going to school and now I'm going to be all alone. I had a hard time when Ashlyn went to kindergarten too. It wasn't as hard sending Cameron and Austin though. I'm guessing its because I knew I still had two other little ones at home with me and so I wasn't alone. Now that Cole will be gone that just reassures me that my kids are growing up and getting older and so am I, (well the getting older part). I want to treasure my time I have with them. It's as President Monson said enjoy the hand prints while they're there (or something like that, can't remember exactly how he said it). I love being a mom though it's not always easy, it is such a blessing. 

 

Fall time!!

Let's face it, I will never be a great blogger. I feel like I never have anything fun to post, but I need to write a few things for memories.

To catch up from what happened during the summer, we ended up buying a home. We didn't know if we were suppose to stay in Utah or not, but because of how things kept going and how it all turned out we realized we are meant to be here, we will probably never know why, but that's how life goes. We have been in our home a little over 4 months now and we enjoy it!!! It has been the best thing for the kids. It's amazing the things you don't know about in your home until after you have lived in it too, but it's still totally worth it, at least I hope so :)

The kids are growing up so fast too. Our oldest Austin is 14 now and I NEVER thought I'd understand why animal mothers eat their young, now I do!!!!!!!! These teenage yrs are driving me bonkers, he's a way good kid but, we'll just leave it at the BONKERS!!!! He's in 9th grade this yr and is able to take seminary which he absolutely loves!!!!!  Cameron is 12, and is in 6th grade. He has all the stinkin girls hot on his trail and he loves it. He even had a girl give him a dollar because she didn't want it. We had 6 or 7 girls show up at our house a couple months ago asking for both Austin and Cameron, and there have been a couple other times they've shown up just for Cameron, they brought him a soda pop after school about a week ago, so not to long before he'll be driving me bonkers too, typical teenagers is all I can say, but I still love em' most days ;)  Our Ashlyn is going to be turning 8 next month and she is ALL girl, she's so much fun and I just love to get girly things for her, she's my only girl gotta spoil her a little bit. Then we have our little Cole who isn't so little anymore. He'll be starting kindergarten next school yr, and boy is he a smart little whipper snapper, he's a true little boy that's for sure!! We've been blessed with wonderful children. They all have the desire to stay strong in the gospel and I'm grateful they have that desire, especially in times like these that we live in now.  We can't believe how quickly life goes by, and what life also has in store for us. I feel like our family is a grab bag and we never know what we're going to grab next. I know we've been blessed so much otherwise we wouldn't be where we are today.

camp

So, I am preparing for the never ending task (it's what it seems like) of getting ready for girls camp. As a young woman I never realized how much my leaders did. I'm sure most of us didn't realize what our leaders did for us. This will be my 3rd yr going to girls camp as a leader, but only the 2nd one I've gone to. Last yr I was out of town during girls camp. I do have to mention though that when I got back home from vacation, I went to youth conference which was a three day camp. So I could still consider this my 3rd time going. I hope that things will come together smoothly. It's getting the YW to cooperate and come to all the planning activities that is difficult. I have a great group of GALS to work with and it should be fun to get to camp and just let loose. It's amazing how much more you get to know  those you work with when you spend 3 nights and 3 1/2 days with them. 

Lets get the party started, (I have to be positive here)!!

(Shanilee, if you see this, I saw your comment, I was going to respond back on your blog, but you have it private)