Working Man

Yesterday, Caleb went to work with Mitch for the first time. At Mitch's work you have to be at least 12 years old to be able to go out and be on the power plant work area. Caleb got up at 4am and spent all 12 hours out there with his Dad. Mitch said he was really interested in everything but also was bored for some of the day when Mitch had to attend to his Waste Water board. When Caleb came home I asked him how it was and he definately came home with a greater appreciation for his Dad and realized how hard he works for us. I am glad that they were able to have this experience together. I thought the picture above was so cute how Caleb was reading the newspaper:) He fits right in!

Giving Thanks

What a week it has been! First off, we all got sick. Except Mitch. It all started last thursday for Aubrie and just made its way through our family, one person at a time. It hit me and Caleb the worst. I thought there for a moment that I was dying. But I didnt die and I have been feeling much better today. Finally. The sickness however, did take such a toll on me that prevented me from being  able to cook Thanksgiving and host it at our house this year. But my Mama came through and cooked a wonderful meal and we all had a great time at their house. Thanks Mom and Phil! Thanks Grandma for making delicious pies and yams.

But through this whole week of being sick and feeling depressed because I was sick- It made me realize, all that I have and all that I need, is provided for me. The sweetest, most patient husband a gal could have took care of us all and is just the best thing to ever happen to me. Our kids that have blessed our world beyond measure, are by far the most wonderful people to grace my presence. I feel so grateful and feel such awe at times for what beautiful human beings they are and still have the capacity to be. I have great family and friends that I feel privilaged to be a part of their lives and feel such love for each of them. I have been given the knowledge of a Heavenly Father who I know loves me and roots for me on a daily basis to do good. I feel tremendoulsy grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. Without its solid foundation, I would be lost and would not know who I am and where I am going. Changed my life forever. After I thought of all of these things that are near and dear to my heart, I couldnt help but feel complete. Thankful. Blessed. Two of my favorite words.  

Friday Favorite's

I took these few pictures this morning for fun and I thought they would be nice to share for my Friday Favorite's because these two people are a few of my favorite people! Carly is just oh so adorable and snuggly.
Another Friday Favorite is mine and Mitch's date night fridays which happen every other friday. Tonight we are going to dinner and to see Breaking Dawn with some of our favorite friends Monique and Jason. Yay! Happy Friday Everyone:)

I have FUNNY kids...

Just had to write these few things down so I dont forget. Last night, we were all talking and the topic was head lice. Yes, I know we have interesting conversations in our house. But head lice seems to be going around alot in the schools lately and Aubrie has been really paranoid about it and wanted to know more about it and to see pictures. So we googled it and started looking through pictures. Unfortunately, we came across some pretty nasty pictures and I had said to Mitch that I didnt realize that head lice was the same as "krabs". I forgot that the kids were present and Brynley said right away "Thats is so gross, I am never eating at Red Lobster ever again!" I died laughing.
And Aubrie keeps referring to head lice as head litis. Funny.

Caleb made me laugh on the way home from our trip yesterday. We were coming out of Bernallilio and there are a ton of houses that all look the same. He asked me if that was a suburb. He said "Thats so boring. Hi, I like your house. Oh, Thanks I like your house too." Which to me was hilarious. Since all the houses look the same and  his voice made it funny too.

Carly sat in church with the hymn book open on her lap as we were singing and Mitch said she was trying to sing, only it was all just gibberish coming out of her in a nice little tune.
Love my kids.

ABQ

This past weekend, I took Caleb down to his baseball tournament in Albuquerque. Just me and him. It was alot of fun for the both of us. The baseball games were pretty rough, we lost all three games. But despite that Caleb had an awesome catch in right field. He "reeled" it in like he was fishing. It was pretty cute. We did some shopping and ate at some yummy places. I found it hard to stick to my diet perfectly but I did pretty darn good considering. I got to go and see my friend Steph and her sweet little family. She was very pregnant, expecting her next baby this week sometime. I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to my mom for keeping all three girls for us while I was away and Mitch worked. They all had a really fun time! Another THANK YOU to my Dad for getting us a room at the Marriot.
I was grateful for the opportunity to be with Caleb. We talked and laughed alot together. He is such a good kid, I cant help but smile when he is around. A kid on his team who is a little younger than Caleb, his mom, was telling me how much her son looks up to Caleb. She said "you can just tell that he has a good heart." That means more to me than any hit or catch this kid can do in baseball.  Lucky me.

Made my day better...

I came across this HILARIOUS video of Caleb that I took a few months back when him and his friends made a "car" out of a box and his skateboard. I have had a rough morning and seem to be pretty grumpy today but this STILL made me laugh and smile:) I am off to the gym, which is my morning ritual for the last 12 weeks but I am grateful I can go to thr gym and that I have the ability to workout. Yeah, I have to look at it this way or I just might sit on my couch and snuggle Carly all day-which I will still do AFTER  the gym. Happy Thursday! I hope everyone has a great day and smiles:)

Meet Rosie

 A few days ago a good friend of mine came by with a dog they found a few days before. The dog was super cute and seemed like such a good, well trained dog and Roxanna wanted us to adopt him since they werent able to find his real owners. She knew our kids had been wanting a dog and thought that we would make a good match with this cute little guy. Well, after much discussion, Mitch and I decided against taking the dog. We have four kids which kind of equals having four dogs. Ha. We like animals we just arent pet people yet. We have gone down that road and each time we have had to give the dog away because we just cant handle it. Mitch cringes at the fact of having dog poo all over our yard. Even after you clean it up, it will find its way onto someone's shoe and will be tracked in the house. More expense that we dont need with already having four kiddos. Needless to say, our Bini was quite disappointed. She loves animals and really wanted a dog. I felt so bad that yesterday I took her to Walmart and I let her pick out a fish. I think its a pretty good compromise for now. She was thrilled and is still so in love with her Beta fish. He is a male and I told her that but she said "He looks like a girl fish, so I will name him a girl name and we wont tell him K" She named him Rosie. Since he is red. At first his name was Bella for about an hour and then she settled on Rosie. Cute.
Bryn is very caring of him and so maybe someday we will cave  and get a pup but Rosie will have to do for now.

Boots

Sundays have gone from being my least favorite day to my favorite one! I have tried to embrace the sabbath more with the kids and we have been having much better mornings before church. Since our church doesnt start until 1pm, we have alot of time to just hang out and enjoy the morning. These mornings I have come to cherish this fall, because every other day seems to be full of hustle and bustle even Saturdays had been like that when soccer season was going. But Sunday's have just a whole new meaning for me. I dont allow the TV or video games to be on until after church so it is such a nice change for our kids and family as a whole. Also we can sleep in, I usually make breakfast, we have time to play games, read our scriptures and have a nice lesson and we just love being together on these days. I dont have to rush around trying to get everyone ready for church, I have plenty of time for everything.
Today, with the weather getting colder, Aubrie found a bin full of scarfs, mittens, gloves, ear muffs and boots and the girls were trying things on and playing in it all. Carly is too small for most of the stuff but Mitch got a pair of boots for her to run around in just like Bryn and Aubrie were doing. It was cute to see her wanting to be just like her big sisters. I hope they always look up to eachother and are good friends in life.  PJ's + Snow Boots= New Style