BIG 6!

We are celebrating 6 years old at this house.  The most important celebration is the fact that Tim and I survived 6 years of raising 4 kids.  Yay....we made it another year!

The excitement level has been through the roof today.  We started by decorating cupcakes.  Love that sugar high at 8 am!  They turned out really cute:

We had a few melt-downs today (some of us have a hard time handling all the excitement - can you guess who?).

Off to the roller skating rink we go!  They allow the kids to ride scooters (and roller skates) and they had inflatables to jump on.

25 kids, pitchers and pitchers of lemonade, great friends, round and round the roller rink, lots of presents, tired Mom and Dad - a great way to celebrate 6!

A Good Turn

Awhile back, the girls and I hosted a quilting bee with a few neighbor friends while the boys were camping.  We finally finished all the binding on the quilts and took them to the humanitarian center.

Each of the kids carried in a quilt and gave them to the volunteer who graciously accepted them.  I am grateful for her enthusiam and she asked each of the kids questions on how they helped make them.

It was a wonderful teaching moment.

Last Day of School

On the last day of school, Tim and I took the kids on a "Field Trip Friday"!  We went to Salt Lake to spend the night in a hotel.

The hotel had a never ending supply of popcorn and soft drinks.  We had a small snack and headed off to the pool till we were all watered out!

Then we played games and ended the evening with cookies in bed and a movie.

Saturday, we took the kids on the TRAX trains and walked around temple square.

Fun times were had by all!

A few stitches

While at the gym last Friday, I was pumping away in spin class.  All of a sudden, I see one of the daycare ladies standing in the door waving at me.

Georgia was running, tripped, landed on a toy and cut her lip.  When I went into the daycare, the little cut was a HUGE gash.  Off the doctor's office.....they can't do stitches in the mouth, I need to go to the ER. 

Luckily, we live 2 blocks from a hospital.  I called my good friend to come and get my big kids (who waited in the waiting room ALONE because I was back with Peachy - another tender mercy that they were good, no one kidnapped them and for my amazing friend who totally helped me out). 

The doctor thought they might have to sedate her because of her age (and that they had to put stitches inside her mouth), but tried local numbing first.  That sweet Peachy of mine didn't move a muscle while they injected the numbing stuff around her mouth.  If it would have been any of my big kids, the screams would have been heard in Texas.

She got stitched up quickly and loved her hospital bracelet.  I'm so proud of my big brave Peachy.  Stitches come out tomorrow!

Tender Mercies

I feel like we have been blessed with abundant amount of tender mercies lately. Mercies I just don’t want to forget.



1. I took ALL the kids to church by myself. 3 hours. Quiet. Small spaces. 4 kids. I can’t tell you how nervous I was. I take the kids lots of places by myself, but most of those places you don’t have to be super quiet or sit still in a pew. This was a huge milestone for me.


2. We went out to eat at a sit down restaurant. We never go out to eat, but the kids received a “free meal” coupon and we ventured out. Of course, we had our talk about manners, quiet voices, sitting in our seat, but I was really nervous!

It was a lovely and delightful meal. WOW! Tim and I talked about how far we have come and this was actually a fun night eating out. I still don’t think we will eat out a lot, but if we need to we will be ready!

3. One of our kids has struggled with reading. Not that this kid isn’t smart, but it is taking awhile. Tim and I discussed getting a tutor. Wowzer – we would need to sell a kid to be able to afford that. I knew that I had reached my limit as a parent-teacher and wasn’t sure what to do next.

While at the library one night (which is not my regular time), I noticed a sign “Reading Tutoring Spots Available”. I chatted with my librarian friend and asked her for more details.

Our library has a state sponsored reading tutoring program - as in FREE. The tutor is a retired kindergarten teacher. This blessing just seemed to fall right into our lap.

Our child has progressed by leaps and bounds. It is so fun to watch the improvement.

I’m so grateful for tender mercies!

I Like My Hair

I think this video is awesome!



I Like My Hair