Happy Birthday Angels

Five years ago, I had the most wonderful experience (yes i can say that NOW!!!)giving birth to my angels. The last five years have really taught me so many lessons. I learned that I can live at the hospital and still be a mom and survive (thanks to so much help). I learned that pollution is very bad and not to take a green air day for granted. Health is everything and the hardest thing for a mother is to watch her sick child suffer and only wish I could go through it instead. Feeling left out is not always a bad thing (yes, my boys love playing with each other and sometimes mom is NOT welcome). Learning that life does happen fast and watching my babies grow up with knowing that this experience and stage will not be repeated wants me to keep them little as long as possible. AND THE BEST THING I JUST LEARNED TODAY!!!!! Caleb does learn by example (thanks Dave) and teaches his brother how to snore properly.

New Year 2010

The new year has officially arrived.

Kids are back into school and starting to get back into a positive routine. As each year comes to a close i reflect on that year and what took place in my life. First thing i must say is I am soooo glad 2009 is over with. Last year was a challenging year from some health problems to family problems. But last year was filled with HIGH's (david coming home) to the Lowest of lows (personal issues).

This year my goal is not to focus on the problems of last year but to leave those behind. This year is already looking positive due to me graduating with my Bachelor's Degree in June. I am so looking forward to that huge event in my life. Also, in 2010 Colten will get his drivers permit, finish 9th grade and become an official High Schooler. While my Coby will finish 6th grade and move onto Jr. High. I cant believe how old my kids are getting. Thinking back to when Colten was a baby, I thought his life would go by slow and now I cant believe how quickly he is growing up. So my resolution is to spend more quality time with each of my children because before I know it, they will be out of the house.

Live, Laugh, and Love is the motto I am focusing this year on.

2010 Here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update

Things have been crazy. Halloween has come and gone and now we are looking forward to Thanksgiving. Chasten has had some issues we are trying to resolve and then we have the other family issues such as school, cleaning, and life's little chores.

Our life has been living one day at a time due to the military. We were going to go active and were told we would be moving by Oct. 1st to either Ft. Hood or Ft. Bliss, but God had other plans. Instead, the military told David he would leave on Nov. 10th for training and then me and then kids would be moving in Feb. Now, as of today, we are staying for another two years.

This yo-yo made me think about God's plan for us. Maybe when we first felt it would be best to go active, it was. But God said, thanks for listening but that was not my intention. Now think about your life and figure out your next step. So we have. David has decided to change schools and go up to Weber State and join the ROTC program. This is a two-year program for him and when he graduates, he will then be an officer and commission active duty then.

In the meantime, I have decided to help out and go back to work. So I am currently looking for employment. I am just taking this until I finish my Bachelor's program in June when I can get employment in the field of my choice. Then it looks like I am going straight into my Master's (scary).

The plan we have right now is scary because my children are getting older and by the time David commissions Colten will be close to graduating High School and begin his leg of his life. Its scary how fast time fly's and how important it is to cherish the moments we have because they go past so quickly.

Life is hard but I know God has a plan, we just have to really put away our wants and listen. Having faith in what he has in store of us is hard but will hopefully be worth every second.

Out of the mouths of Babes

The other day, I was on the phone with Tiffany and Chasten started having this conversation with me. I laughed and couldn't believe how much faith a young child really has. It went something like this.

Chasten: Mom, Jesus died?

Mom: Yes, Jesus Died

Chasten: When did Jesus die?

Mom: A long time ago chasten

Chasten: No, at church

Mom: Yes, chasten we talked about Jesus at church

Chasten: Not right

Mom: ok chasten what are you asking.

Chasten: When Jesus died with nails?

Mom: Yes, Chasten Jesus died with nails.

CHasten: No, wrong answer

Mom: Huh?

Chasten: Come here (walked me to the fridge, where we have a picture of Christ resurrected with angels). There mom.

Mom: Yes, Chasten Jesus is with the angels.

Chasten: He is alive?

Mom: Yes, Chasten, Jesus is alive.

Chasten: who made him alive?

Mom: God did

Chasten: Huh? who?

Mom: Heavenly Father

Chasten: Jesus a kid?

Mom: No, Jesus lives in Heaven, like grandpa.

Chasten: And Mojo

Mom: yes with Mojo.

And he walked off to bed. Out of the mouths of babes!!!!

Life is a Roller Coaster so Hang on!!!!

Yesterday was one of the biggest up and down days I have had in a veryyyyyyyy longggggg time. I learned so many different things first, never put off what's important today for tomorrow (this does not include dishes and cleaning), and second, dont believe anything until it is in writing. We wanted to tell everyone differently about our news but things don't work out as planned. To keep things as simple as possible this is how the story goes. David come home from deployment. Something happened out at the deployment (dont want to go into much detail). Went back to work and did not find the same satisfaction as before. We prayed and discussed what we both thought and decided it was time to try and change to the Active Component of the Army. This is where I learned dont believe anything. He sent in the paperwork, guard released him, put it into active and we were told that he would remain in Aviation and we would move before Oct. 1st. So we called our landlord (actually a few weeks before he gave us an ultimatum) and told him we were moving. I have been packing up everything in the house we wont need to take with us and waiting for hear where we will be heading. Yesterday, David went down to MEPS and everything changed. Army does not have a position in aviation open for him in his rank, so they told him he can go artillery or cav-scout. He decided to go Cav-scout and will leave on Nov. 10th to go to training, leaving me and the kids here until he is done (our original plan until we were told we would be gone by Oct. 1st). We will then get our PCS orders and learn where we will be moving to. Yesterday, the only thought that went through my head was "we are going to be homeless". David called up my landlord and we can stay (even though he had someone lined up to rent the place) small miracles do happen. So everyone in Utah is stuck with me and kids until Feb. The good part is with trainings he can come home for Christmas. So instead of unpacking (haven't packed the clothes yet) we are just going to leave everything in boxes and live this way for the next few months. One more winter in Utah. So yesterday I went from moving, to homeless, to back to where we started living in our house. What an emotional day and week. Now it is time to focus on saying Goodbye to Gramps and relishing in his life and what an inspirational man he was. Close your eyes and hang on...life is full of fun, being scared, and wondering what comes next but at the end it all levels out. (Sometimes its a little ride and sometimes its a big one). Just remember to have fun!!!!