Shiny Happy People

Today is a blog worthy day, though nothing terribly significant happened. It is Martin Luther King Day~ so the kids didn't have preschool, and I didn't have to do crossing guard. I'm sad to say I usually go to bed at night feeling completely at a loss at how to parent, and contemplating how I can help my babies be kinder to each other, how I can help my self be less grumpy at them, etc.. (you get the point right?). But this evening is different. Today was such a success. I am not sure how it happened, but the kids got along(for the most part), I didn't get upset with them, they helped me cook and clean, we played games, we visited Josh at work and had lunch without any meltdowns. Our home was a lovely place to be today. Here is hoping for many many more to come. ****And proof to myself that these days actually do happen in our home. :)****

Worth Watching. :)

YAY FOR SCHOOL!!!

*******This entry was written by Josh. :)*******

I received and email yesterday that will soon change our lives forever. I found out that I will be starting the nursing program at SLCC in Aug. 2009. It will have been 2 1/2 years since I've been in school when I start, and the emotions that I have right now are mixed.

I'm excited to be starting the program earlier than expected, but given our current financial situation, I'm scared out of my mind that we won't be able to find a way to pay for it. Pell Grants are an option but I got a letter my last pre-req. semester that said I had almost reached the limit that they would pay for. We'll see how that goes. Luckily we have 8 months to save up for it.

I'm both gitty and terrified that will be going back to school. I greatly miss the constant learning and progression into new knowledge, but I have really enjoyed spending time with my family that I've never had before. This 2 years will undoubtedly be the hardest we have endured yet.
Nursing school (I've heard) is hard enough as it is... throwing on full time work and quality family time will make it a little more challenging.

As I was cradling Babyboy in my arms about to lay him in his bed last night, it occurred to me that he will be 5 yrs old when I am done with the program. He will be the same age as Biggirl is now. About to start kindergarten. Talking in complete sentences with words like "apparently" and "obviously" (as Tenderheart does now). Using logic to determine what is right and what is wrong. He will no longer be a "Baby"boy.

I always wanted to be done with school by the time I started having kids... I find it fascinating that Heavenly Father, in all his wisdom, doesn't really care what we want or when we want it. I have found that He will giveth and taketh away as He desires. The only thing we have much control over is whether or not we understand that it isn't really up to us. He will give it to us when He sees that we are ready.

Hmm... maybe there really is something to this blogging thing. I mean after all, that last paragraph helped me realize that the entire first half of my post was meaningless. In that apparently I have nothing to worry about because my Father knows that our family is ready. Apparently ;-)

Our Winter Wonderland

It has been a VERY cold week- especially to start back to doing Crossing guard. I really enjoyed being able to sleep in(stay in bed and having the kids cuddle me) for a week and a half, but it's nice to be back and knowing I'm making a little money. The kids have been wonderful about it, and have just been excited to watch movies in the car. My Mom has been a huge help in letting the kids stay home in the mornings because usually if they're not up before I leave, they'll sleep till I get home. (Plus she's sweet and doesn't want them out in the cold any more than neccessary. I love you Mom.) We all have come down with a bit of a cold this week with sore scratchy throats, and Tenderheart missed his first day of preschool today because of his nasty fever. Hopefully it will pass quickly!

Above:The handle on Grandma's car. brr!

We got to go visit my Cousin's new home, and on the lovely drive the mountains were breathtaking! I've always loved Timpanogus, my only regret was not having my SLR camera with me to take some pictures.

My kids have asked severl times why the snow doesn't look like the paper snowflakes everyone makes. It's hard to explain that it really does look the same, but lucky for us, it was cold enough yesterday that I got a few shots of real snowflakes after they had landed in our car.

I haven't forgotten about my blog- and I know that any reader's I did have are slowly disappearing! I keep hoping to have something hit me and help me have inspiring things to blog about. But nope.

Life is good for us, we have been so blessed in 2008! We are looking forward to this new year and hopefully we'll continue to grow and learn all of life's lessons that we're supposed to learn. We are grateful for all of our blogging friends/family! Thanks for caring enough to keep in touch with us- we aren't always the best at keeping up our friendships, but I promise we think of each of you often, and are glad to know you. Happy New Year.