Welcome to our World

It’s hard for me to believe it was a full ten years ago we announced on Facebook we were expecting baby M to arrive the next month. Where has the last 10 years gone?!? We have four children now instead of two, we live in a different house, attend a different ward, all my children are in school full time instead of being home full time, both Hubby and I drive different cars, none of us wear the same clothes we used to, I don’t eat dairy and wheat anymore, have many more smile lines, I have an iPhone and Apple Watch and air pods instead of a flip phone and even my dog passed away and I have two new ones. For the most part, I am much more calm and have learned tons in the last ten years. I miss certain parts of the last decade but am so grateful for the life I have now. February is packed! Basketball and volleyball and Girl Scout cookie sales and horse back riding and puppy training classes and volunteering at the elementary school and planning for summer activities. Natalie lost h...

We’ve survived the coldest month of the year once again. Volleyball tournaments, basketball games, gearing up for Girl Scout cookie sales, orthodontist appointments, hip hop, lots of sick days, taking care of and cleaning up after our puppies and Hubby’s birthday stand out to me as I look back.  We were late to our first ever cookie rally because we were playing at the park and meeting the new student in M’s class, but she was still able earn two Junior badges and win a prize at the rally.  I call that a win!  My guys had a good start to their basketball season with winning both of their games in January. My son is really liking his first time being on a basketball team and is looking forward to the rest of the season.  D is loving the fact that his dad is the coach!  The day we realized our smaller puppy is the same height as our 6.5 year old.  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day the guys went skiing/snowboarding at Winter Park and loved it. ...