Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010

This might be a boring post because not much happened during the past week. But that won't stop me from blogging. I got a new calling. I am now the primary choirster. I love it!! The kids are so fun and singing is the best outlet ever. I love the primary songs because they are so simplistic and genuine. They are also great testimony builders. My calling has me leaving church feeling uplifted, happy, and accomplished.

It seems like there is not a day that goes by where I don't express my love of being a mother and having such a wonderful family. I love watching my kids grow.


Jacinda is getting ready to start kindergarten this fall. We are working really hard on her speech so that she is understandable to others. She is able to read 3 letter words which helps with articulation but anything beyond that gets a little lost in the translation. Nevertheless, I think she is beautiful, perfect, and I am so happy to have her.


Yeah....it is our new family picture. What a great looking bunch!

McCabe is getting ready to start pre-school this fall. He is doing much better with the seperation anxiety issue. He really admires his dad (Tim). In the previous picture, McCabe has a pocket watch (from Tim) attached to his pants. He wore today to church and occasionally checked the time (though he cannot tell time). In the picture McCabe is flustered because he cannot get the watch off his pants so he can put it on his play clothes pants. As a result the typical 3-year-old reaction of crying and moaning takes place. Nevertheless, he is my handsome boy and perfect in every way and I am so happy to have him.


Here is a picture of my girls. Xadia is now six months and has 2 bottom teeth. She gets up anywhere from 3 to 6 times a night. It gets tiresome and I rely on Tim to attend to her needs after about the fourth time of getting up. Nevertheless, she is beautiful, perfect, and I am so happy to have her.


Ok....I am not trying to be vain with this picture. I had Tim take it as a benchmark. April 30, 2010 is the 2 year mark since my last chemo treatment. Here I am two years later so very happy to be alive and to enjoy all that I have. Each day of good health is a marvelous gift from the Lord.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Sunday, April 11, 2010

So last week Tim realized that the kids were not in school and he could work anywhere. So we decided to take a road trip for Spring break. We left at 11:00 pm and traveled 12 hours to Utah. We thought by leaving so late the kids would sleep. Boy were we wrong. They stayed up the whole time in great anticipation to see aunt Mimi. Here are some pictures from our trip.


The kids and Tim are making snowmen. It is great....for spring break we go where the snow is.


We got to visit Brighton, Kerianne, and Bode Bangerter and see her new beautiful home. Chuck visited us on his lunch break. Unfortunately he left before I pulled out the camera.


McCabe and Jacinda said, "hello" to grandma Nalder while Xadia slept in the car. It has been 6 years since her passing and we sure love and miss her.


Here we are posing for a picture with the Johnson crew. Behind us is the water fountain that is near the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was a little windy and cold.


Tim and I took a moment to pose with the temple behind us. Unfortunately it was so windy I had to hold back my hair....that is why my hand is right between us.

We had a great time in Utah. We got to eat at the Lion house (it was delicious) and ate school lunch with the cousins. We also had the easter bunny stop by and bring a basket full of fruit and goodies. Our easter egg hunt had plastic eggs filled with fun cartoon band-aids, stickers, and plastic bugs. There was a limited amount of candy because 2 of Mimi kids are diabetic. I think it is fantastic and I would not mind doing it every year. It seems like my kids are always getting candy.....even if I don't buy it. They are like sugar magnents.


Here we are at home. It is fun going on vacation, but it is even better to be back in our own surroundings.