Tuesday, April 12, 2011

SPRING!!!

It's Spring even if the snow doesn't want to agree, IT IS SPRING!!!

I know this because it's spring break. A week without school the highlight of most of my life.
This Spring break my adorable babies are hanging out with their Grandma.

This means;
1. I got to sleep in.
2. Woke up and watched what I want on TV(witch turned out to be nothing).
3. I took a LONG shower with no interruptions.
4. I got to shaved my legs and didn't have to maneuver around a slippery child who thinks "it's her turn to have the bath tub now!!"
5. Painted my Fingers and Toes :) while talking on the phone for as long as I wanted to my big sissy.
6. Got a deep tissue massage (thanks Randi)
7. Listened to Country Music LOUD and broke into line dancing while I cooked my grilled cheese on JalapeƱo bread with the crust on!
8. Hung out with my Man :)
9. Went shopping and had dinner with my besty (love you Katie)
10. Ended with an awesome night at the ranch where I found a new level of JOY( thanks Kris and Em)
Basically I'm Trin and that feels so good.


This time of year I tend to look back on the darkness of Winter in comparison to the light and promise of Spring. Winter/Spring has brought a lot of changes but I noticed for every bad there is a good. For example Lori leaving for another adventure in New Hampshire(2,440miles away) and Stacy moving to Heber to capture her dreams (only 36miles away). Lynsie & Alan moving to Germany(?miles away google maps says"unknown error occurred)and Bella moving to Provo for school(9miles away). My car being broken and having to drive to Emery County to fix it and spending time in my home town feeling connected to my roots and getting to see my Mama and my Dottie (I love these two women so much God knew what he was doing when he gave me my Moms).

Snow falling on my beautiful new blossoms seeing my girls in there snow gear.

My Blossoms got bit by the cold but are still beautiful!

The horrible thorns through out my house and the pretty green and yellow ground covering in my front yard.(They are flowering weeds before they are thorns)

As spring arrives I am full of hope for the summer. The joys of longer days full of family and fun. I can't wait to have family over in my back yard for a BBQ. I'm sure there will be more posts about my yard as I figure out this wonderland the Hewetts left for us!

As I have said the best part of Spring is being outside and I am now officially a soccer mom! Malachi is on the Blizzards and Abby is a Pixy. Abby's first game she got out there and ran after the ball and ended up with a bloody nose now she is more cautious. Kye is very good at listing to his coach when his coach tells him where to be he goes there. It's so fun I love going to game! So bottom line, life is good. The end :)

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

a little of this a little of that...

The month of November was huge in our house! I started a new job Sam was in school full time and we had more birthdays than days of the month...ok so that's a bit of an exaggeration but still there are a lot.

We started the month with yard work and tons of it....
I helped a small amount but Sam did most of the work.
When we moved in the weeds were taller than me!
Ed (the owner) came and mowed us a walk way and that's how it stayed until Sam got a brake from school. He couldn't wait to get his hand dirty!
He did all of this with the kids whining behind him.


Let the party begin...
we had a very PINK very FANCY party for Abby! I have tons of CUTE photos but because they are of her friends and not just my kids I won't post them here.
My 6year old!!!


THANKSGIVING...
We had our 1st thanksgiving this year!!!
Everyone came to our house I LOVED having wall to wall beds.
It was defiantly my favorite Turkey day ever :)
I got to use a table cloth from Grandma George,
dishes from Grandma Sammie and Grandma Nina's table.
It was so wonderful to have a piece of each of them!
We went simple and used plastic cup and forks ;)
We had countless "Thanksgiving Miracles"

Monday, November 1, 2010

Life in the fast lane

Ok so first off my wireless card had a battle with Ellie and lost...so I haven't been on line for a while. Only when Sam can spare his computer for a few min which is not much between math and midterms.

There is a spirit to this new house of ours. It has been such a blessing to have a home for the 1st time. I want to clean this house it makes me happy to see the beauty of it. I want to bake and cook for real. I love doing yard work.
The spirit in this house is ENERGY...

October was a crazy month! We started of this
month with loss. We said good bye to a very special Grandmother and felt the pain of a whole year with out Dad.
The spirit of this house is LOSS and COMFORT...

After 3 months of soul searching and telling God what I wanted him to do for me I gave up! I finally had to come to terms with the fact I needed to go back to work. So I grieved the loss of my "stay at home mom" title put on my big girl pants and went back to work!!! Sam has been so understanding and loving. Giving me time and helping in anyway he can. Now I'm relying on the experience strength and hope of those around me both living and passed. I know I can do this.
The spirit of this house is COURAGE...



We have been spending more time as a family whenever we can. We spend the weekends doing yard work. Trimming trees, pulling weeds, mowing the lawn and cutting out all the sunflowers. We ended all of our hard work with a fun little marsh mellow roast!
The spirit of this house is HARD WORK and FUN...
Abby actually let me do her hair!
The spirit of this house is BEAUTY...

Crazy hair day:)

We have had countless Tea Parties...
Abby had to find something to do with the sugar
since she didn't need it for her hot chocolate.
Mmmm it made the brownies extra yummy!
and Princess Tea Parties.
The spirit of this house is ENCHANTMENT and IMAGINATION...

Princess Ellie with "Tea" on her belly
We ended the month on our feet with friends and
family all around.
The spirit of this house is LOVE!!!
Em and Syd came over to carve pumpkins.
Happy Halloween bring it on November!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Abby's 1st day of Kindergarten

So we woke up with one of those mornings where everything is just wrong. I told Abby to go dress herself while I helped Kye get ready for school(I though Abby didn't start school until the next day). I had to have Kye to School by 9:00am and Ellie to the doc by 9:15. I called and told the school Kye was going to be late after deciding I couldn't get him to school before I had to take Ellie to the doc. So I went to grab my keys and head to the doc and...NO KEYS. I txt Sam who was at school and asked if he had seen them to witch he replied "I'm sorry I grabbed both sets". Ok no problem Aunt Em to the rescue right?? Nope no answer. So I debate the idea of just keeping Kye home but decide to cancel the doc instead and walk Kye to school. Poor Abby is coughing all the way there. I told her once we got there we would try Aunt Em again so she wouldn't have to walk home. (side note we live 1.5miles from the school so we don't make the 2 mile cut off for the bus but the people across the street do.) When we get to school 45 min later the office lady says "we have Kye Excuse but not Abby?" I said "Well Abby is in kindergarten and hasn't started yet." She then informed me it was the 1st day of school for Abby. So I took her to class with a cough 45min late and started to walk home. I finally got Em and she came to the rescue (I should have just kept trying her, she was home but didn't hear her phone ring). So this is how Abby looked her 1st day of school. =( The 2nd day of school she was so sick she had a fever of 103. I called the doc and yup that's when we found out she had PNEUMONIA! Poor girl. This week we tried the first day of School again she felt much better and this is how she looked....

Saturday, August 28, 2010

I'M BACK!

When I got on Facebook I totally stopped blogging and didn't even notice. But after blog stocking a few friends this week. I remembered how much I like to blog. So here it is....

It has been 15 months since my last post. So in that 15 months we moved from Mount Pleasant(we miss you all so much) to Spanish Fork. Where Kye went to 1st grade and is now in 2nd grade. Abby went to preschool and is starting Kindergarten. Elli is walking, talking and having a ball with life! On Kye's last day of 1st grade he asked "mom where are we moving to now?" (we have moved every summer since he can remember) I laughed and promised him we wouldn't move this summer. Witch brings us to...THE NEW HOUSE! :)

In May we found out Lynsie, Alan and were leaving us (we shared a duplex with Sam's sister). It was sad news but we knew they were off to bigger and better things! Anyway before Lynsie left she put in a good word for us with a family in the ward she knew was looking for renters. They gave us a call and as fate had it we ALL fell in love with the house as soon as we saw it! The kids called it "The Terabithia House" because of the wild tree house in a huge yard with an orchard. We started to plan our move just to find out it wasn't going to happen. Sad but content with our house we decided to move on. Until one morning I got a phone call from Alisha("Terabithia" home owner) she said "We have prayed about it and woke up feeling like you should have the house" (ok there is more to the story than that but this is the short version) I cried and ran out the door to tell Sam! So for the 15th time in the last 10 years I packed up everything we own, and with 13 boxes a small truck and trailer, Lori and I moved most of the house(Lori came to the rescue she and the boys spent a week with us). While Sam survived finals week (oh yeah he is back in school but that will be another post). As soon as Sam finished his finals he jumped in and moved all the hard stuff!

So now we are moved in YAY! 3 bed rooms, an office in the loft, a storage space bigger than our storage unit, a beautiful kitchen 3 times the size of our old one, and a yard...Oh the yard!!! The yard is a post of it's own!!!! We are blissfully enjoying all of our space and for now cleaning is one of my favorite things to do.

The next 3 posts are photos of our home it is the quirkiest lil house but we love it!



HOME SWEET HOME :)

Kye and Brady best buds!
We woke up and couldn't find Brady.
He fell asleep with Lori on the air mattress but woke
up in Kye's bed :)

Our Front Room!!!

Ellie loves to sit in the window!
Sam's reading nook.
My built in China hutch
Our TV Room (sorry it's a bad pic)
There are no hallways in this house.
All the rooms just run into each other.
This is the row of bedrooms

My KITCHEN!


The old Kitchen all of it...

The new kitchen 1/4 of it...
it's so big I can even get it all :)
(this is a cell Phone pic)
Sneak peak of the yard ;)