Tim, Sasha & Family: February 2009

Monday, February 16, 2009

This past week contained Valentine’s day. We celebrated it a day early. It was so nice to be unconventional. The kids were dropped off at the sitter’s house while Tim and I walked around Lake Sacajewea. It was a bit chilly (43 degrees) but we dressed warm. It was nice to have a break from the kids but all we did was talk about them as we walked the lake. What can I say they are the majority of my life right now.

Saturday we took family pictures. That was an adventure that only comes once a year for a good reason. We had planned to take two sets of pictures, one in formal attire and the other in jeans. We only got the set of pictures in formal attire. It was too difficult controlling McCabe. We had to bribe him and if you look close enough in some of the pictures he has a lollipop. After an hour in a half of battling McCabe, we decided to look at the pictures and they passed our approval.

Today was an off day for me. The kid’s nagging wore me down. They always needed me at the same time for different reasons. As the work day drew to an end, I thought “success” because there was not one blow up between myself and the children during the day. But I knew something was awry when Tim informed me that I put my pears on the rice and nearly put the beef stroganoff on my cottage cheese. I was so occupied dishing up the kid’s plate that when it came to my own I was not thinking. I got a good laugh…there is always a first for everyone.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Here I am walking on the treadmill watching the snow fall outside. I thought it would be a good time to update the blog. We had a great past week. Tim took 2 days off from work. One day he spent building a chicken coop and the next day he spent recovering from his handy man efforts. We got 3 chickens. Jacinda named them carbuncle, blueberry, and bacterial. I know where she got the first two names but bacterial really surprised me. Carbuncle is a result of my endless attempts of calling her white with red spots toy dog that name. The name Blueberry was inspired from a strawberry shortcake character. It is really fun having the chickens. Jacinda feels the need to check on them every hour. She gets extremely excited when they lay eggs. We get about 1 or 2 a day. Jacinda also likes to feed them bread. I have noticed that my bread is disappearing much faster since having the chickens.

Having chickens is also great for Tim. Just a few days ago Tim played a trick on the kids. When they were not looking, he put a plastic purple candy filled egg next to the eggs that were laid. He had the kids go out and get the eggs. He followed with a camcorder. McCabe’s reaction was sheer obliviousness. Jacinda stood there for a moment thinking about a purple egg next to the brown eggs and then she caught on. When she shook the plastic egg she just laughed and said, “there is candy in here.”

Sunday, February 1, 2009

It has been about 2 weeks since my last entry. Life as a mother does not slow down. I got to talk today in Young Women’s about “finding joy in my divine potential.” I was asked to talk about my life without kids and then the life I have now. Basically I discussed events in the past 10 years and how they have helped me to realize the potential I have as a daughter of God. The events in the past 10 years that played such a pivotal role in my life include, my patriarchal blessing, my temple marriage, getting an education, the death of my mother, the birth of my children, and cancer. No matter the trial or the great experiences I have on this earth, God’s hand is always involved. No matter the circumstances I still feel very blessed and know that I am a daughter of God. He loves me and sent me here to have joy. I am having a great life and I don’t want to disappoint Him. I am trying to do my best to raise and nurture my children in righteousness by teaching them gospel principles so that we can all return to Him.

This past week the kids made cookies, got some haircuts, and had cousins from California visit. We have been very busy being creative and developing our culinary skills. Jacinda has been on a picture kick lately. She is taking pictures of everything, the chair, her family, the wall, and her toes. McCabe is big into copying mom and dad. Today he needed to put perfume on his wrists just like his mom and likes to shave (with the lid on) with his dad. It is so much fun watching these kids grow.