Wow. I forgot about this blog for a very long time. My kids recently wanted me to find it. So we looked it up and reviewed pastnposts and decided this was a good way to journal memories. Too much has gone on to update every aspect of my life. So, I will point out a few things only:
- We are in the middle of a pandemic. It has many silver linings and really stinks at the same time. Some will argue that this is a governmental conspiracy. But this is my blog and I will say what I want. Nope. I don't believe it. All I know is that covid-19 worries are no fun and that I am sick and tired of not being able to hey toilet paper in my monthly subscribe and save order from amazon.
- We have 8 kids between the ranges of almost 20 and 2 years old. Boy is it a handful. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Big families are the coolest chaos ever. So, this is me being blunt again. Small families miss out. I don't blame them for not wanting more. But I am SO glad we have 8 kids!
- I am OH SO blessed to be married to the best man in the planet. I love the guy. It has been 21 years of ups and downs and everything in between. No better life could be had by this chick!
- I totally miss seeing family. We moved here to be by my in-laws. Being the family that we are and having the issues of the wanderlust that tend to be prevalent here, they all moved away. Bummer.
- We own a business. It is a handful. But I don't take the credit for being so successful there. That all goes to my husband! He is totally amazing.
Anyway, enough updates for now. Here is a video of two of my girls singing a song. Footsteps is the name of the song. One of their teachers had a father die. They had sung this song for a school assignment and put it on video for this teacher. Anyway, the teacher loved their recorded video of the song so much that she played it at her dad's memorial service. Over zoom, because that is how we have to roll now with all the social distancing and crud in place. I will post the video when I can figure out how to.
Life is good. :)
Saturday, July 4, 2020
So, I am back. After FIVE years. We decided this was a super cool way to keep a journal. My kids begged me to find my blog. And surprisingly enough, I did. Much has happened and it would take me way too long to update every single aspect of life. So, this will be highlights:
- We have 8 kids now between the ages of almost 20 and 2. We have 6 girls and 2 boys. The only thing I don't like is that they are growing up and moving out too fast. Big families are amazing!
- Jared and I took a trip to Italy in 2017. We visited family in Vicenzia. It was absolutely EPIC!!! We visited Venice, Florence, Verona, and Rome. When I say it was a once in a life time trip for me, I am not kidding although I wouldn't mind going again. It was nothing short of insanely awesome! We saw the mini and regular colloseums, Spanish Steps, Trevei Fountain, David Statue, and several other places too. We walked through castles and ate some amazing REAL Italian food. It was sweet!
- We are in the middle (or maybe not quite to the middle since I don't know when the end is) of a global pandemic. Coronavirus (Covid-19) is definitely leaving it's mark. Many feel it is a governmental conspiracy. This is my blog and I doubt anybody is reading this but my posterity. So, I don't post my opinion for debate. I hate debate. But I don't believe in the governmental conspiracy theory at all. Not one little bit! It came and it is kicking our behinds and that is that. So nowadays, masks are a common sight. So is plexy glass at the checkout lines at just about every store you can imagine. Hand sanitizer is out of stock all the time and I am really getting sick and tired of not getting the case of toilet paper that is in my monthly subscribe and save with amazon. Social distancing has kept us out of church since the beginning of March and we have home church, which also includes the sacrament with the Bishop's permission. It has been very special for our family. My only complaint is that I haven't been able to see my parents since September 2018, which is when they left for their mission in the Philippines. They are home as of the end of March. But because of the dangers of Covid-19, I can't go see them quite yet. It absolutely stinks. But I am trying to remain positive. They weren't supposed to be home until September, but the pandemic sent them home early. And it also ruined my trip to see them at the end of March in the Philippines. Bummer.
- We have 8 kids now between the ages of almost 20 and 2. We have 6 girls and 2 boys. The only thing I don't like is that they are growing up and moving out too fast. Big families are amazing!
- Jared and I took a trip to Italy in 2017. We visited family in Vicenzia. It was absolutely EPIC!!! We visited Venice, Florence, Verona, and Rome. When I say it was a once in a life time trip for me, I am not kidding although I wouldn't mind going again. It was nothing short of insanely awesome! We saw the mini and regular colloseums, Spanish Steps, Trevei Fountain, David Statue, and several other places too. We walked through castles and ate some amazing REAL Italian food. It was sweet!
- We are in the middle (or maybe not quite to the middle since I don't know when the end is) of a global pandemic. Coronavirus (Covid-19) is definitely leaving it's mark. Many feel it is a governmental conspiracy. This is my blog and I doubt anybody is reading this but my posterity. So, I don't post my opinion for debate. I hate debate. But I don't believe in the governmental conspiracy theory at all. Not one little bit! It came and it is kicking our behinds and that is that. So nowadays, masks are a common sight. So is plexy glass at the checkout lines at just about every store you can imagine. Hand sanitizer is out of stock all the time and I am really getting sick and tired of not getting the case of toilet paper that is in my monthly subscribe and save with amazon. Social distancing has kept us out of church since the beginning of March and we have home church, which also includes the sacrament with the Bishop's permission. It has been very special for our family. My only complaint is that I haven't been able to see my parents since September 2018, which is when they left for their mission in the Philippines. They are home as of the end of March. But because of the dangers of Covid-19, I can't go see them quite yet. It absolutely stinks. But I am trying to remain positive. They weren't supposed to be home until September, but the pandemic sent them home early. And it also ruined my trip to see them at the end of March in the Philippines. Bummer.
Anyway, for now, this is all. I will try to be better at updating. But here is a video of my kids singing a song called Footprints. This song was sent in as a school assignment to one of my girls' teachers. This same teacher had a death in the family (her dad) and loved this song so much that she asked my girls to allow her to use the video of them singing it for her dad's memorial service via zoom (because that is how we roll nowadays with a pandemic in the cards). Very cool. We all love this song. I will post the video when I can figure out how.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Thoughts and Blessings
I think it takes a certain personality to keep up with a blog. And when I started this blog, I thought I had that personality. Well, I have since changed my views. Every blog I read has cool stuff on it. Great ideas on what to post about. I don't (for the most part). Nor do I want to mess with taking the time to post. Good thing my personal journal is more plentiful than this blog is. :) I am going to use this post to type up some of my inner thoughts and feelings the last few weeks/months/whatever.
I have six kids. It's a HARD job. I have felt the weight of a mother more the last six months than ever before. How my parents raised nine children, and my in laws raised eight children, and both sets of parents stayed relatively sane, I will never know. So far, so good. I love each of my children. And I pretty much owe my entire being to mine and my husband's parents. Parenting isn't for wimps. It's a tough job. My kids are awesome. They love each other, they love us and respect us for the most part, and they do so well in school. They strive to do what's right and they set goals and work hard. So, my kids are awesome. No health challenges to worry about other than the occasional sickness. No allergies. No serious problems. It's just hard. I recently heard a comment (I can't remember who said it) about families. Whomever it was said that raising a big family is much harder than raising a small family, but that the rewards for raising a big family are much more plentiful because of the number of people that we grow up with and get to love like a brother, sister, and friend. Truth. That quote keeps me going.
I recently attended the LDS temple in my area to do temple work. It was on a Friday night, and our ward was assigned to clean afterwards. The cleaning shift started at 9 PM and went til around 11 PM. It's a two hour drive, so I seriously debated on whether or not to go. That would have put me home at 1 AM. It's hard to be a mother when you're in a "coma" because you're so tired that your head is swimming and it's hard to function. I debated and debated on what to do. I decided to go anyway. Not only did I get to do a session, but I also got to do more temple work for five more people before the cleaning started. And my sister had given me family names to take through, so I did those. What an experience that was! I am so glad I went. It felt so good! The temple is the neatest place on earth to be. I'd spend every waking moment there if I could. I love that place! The cleaning ended up lasting until 12 (midnight). So, that put me home one hour later than usual. I was wide awake the entire time and actually took a little bit to get to sleep when I got home. I'm still tired from it. But, it was such an awesome experience. I am so glad I went. Sometimes the hard things pay off the most in the end.
Lately, on the social media web site I'm signed up with, many people have been putting up pictures of their siblings for National Siblings Day. It had me thinking about mine. I'm number four of nine kids. I'm so grateful for all my siblings! They all live far away from me, but this year, I've had three of them visit as well as my parents. I miss my family! I love them so much! It's bitter sweet when I receive a text from one of them talking about an upcoming weekend pot luck when they are all getting together, or a family party that's coming up. They text me to keep me in the loop, and I really appreciate that. It makes me happy that they get together often because that's what families should do. But, me being the only one that lives far enough away that I can't just visit for a weekend is super tough. I am so grateful for those texts/emails because I see how well we work together as a family. We have great family relations with each other. Everybody loves and watches over everybody else. I don't know how I was so fortunate to be born to two awesome parents and have such awesome siblings! I also don't know how we have been so fortunate to have such awesome spouses and kids in the family as we've all grown up! I love you guys! Seriously! A ton! I didn't post a picture of my siblings as some of them would prefer not be on those kinds of web sites. But, I sure did draw up a picture on paint of just the faces and names and post it. :) I am praying for my family. Between the past and present, we have had a few members in our family suffering from cancer on both sides of the family. It's been tough to watch. I am praying for every member of my dear sweet family. Families really are everything!
I live in such an awesome place! I have so many friends around. And my in laws (at least some of them) are all around me. We have a wonderful ward that we attend full of people that just flat out love and serve because they want to. I have nothing negative to say about my ward. They are absolutely the best! I have a friend down the street that takes the time to come visit me. We get together and watch movies and she is always checking up on me. She has no kids at home and her husband is on the road as a semi driver. She's amazing! I have another awesome friend that I exercise with every Friday morning. She keeps it going and comes with some pretty awesome work outs. And she inspires me to keep exercising. One lady works at the office (my husband's work) as a billing specialist and I get to visit her sometimes when I come in the office. She and I have been good friends. I work with another lady as we teach the three year olds at church on Sundays. We have such a great time. Another lady here in my ward: we used to work in a presidency together. We go on walks together just when we can make our schedules work. She also sews and has made clothes and blankets for my kids and myself. She was also teaching one of my kids to sew. Every Sunday, I get to go to church to see people that I genuinely love and care about. And I know they genuinely love and care about me too. I have another lady not of my faith that I talk to a lot. She passes off extra food to me that she can't use. And she calls me to check on me. And I do the same for her. So many people show me by example the way to live a Christ-centered life. It's such a great blessing to be part of it all. I only hope I am serving others as much as they serve me.
Also, I'm so thankful for the Internet and the means of keeping in touch with family and friends in other places. I have pretty close friends that live other places. They helped me through some pretty tough times of my life. They spent hours and hours serving myself and my family as we endured 2009, which ended up being probably one of the hardest years of my entire life. I swore up and down that I would never move away. But, things happen. And we ended up moving away. I miss them so much! And not just them. I think about college and friends there, and when I was growing up and the good people there. Good people are everywhere. It does my heart good to know so many neat, loving people who are doing what they do because they have warm and pure hearts. To all of you mentioned (specifically, or not so much), I miss you. I'm so grateful for you. Your examples, your love, your friendship, mean everything to me. I'm so grateful we can keep in touch.
Anyway, that's all for now. Life is good. And God is good too. :)
I have six kids. It's a HARD job. I have felt the weight of a mother more the last six months than ever before. How my parents raised nine children, and my in laws raised eight children, and both sets of parents stayed relatively sane, I will never know. So far, so good. I love each of my children. And I pretty much owe my entire being to mine and my husband's parents. Parenting isn't for wimps. It's a tough job. My kids are awesome. They love each other, they love us and respect us for the most part, and they do so well in school. They strive to do what's right and they set goals and work hard. So, my kids are awesome. No health challenges to worry about other than the occasional sickness. No allergies. No serious problems. It's just hard. I recently heard a comment (I can't remember who said it) about families. Whomever it was said that raising a big family is much harder than raising a small family, but that the rewards for raising a big family are much more plentiful because of the number of people that we grow up with and get to love like a brother, sister, and friend. Truth. That quote keeps me going.
I recently attended the LDS temple in my area to do temple work. It was on a Friday night, and our ward was assigned to clean afterwards. The cleaning shift started at 9 PM and went til around 11 PM. It's a two hour drive, so I seriously debated on whether or not to go. That would have put me home at 1 AM. It's hard to be a mother when you're in a "coma" because you're so tired that your head is swimming and it's hard to function. I debated and debated on what to do. I decided to go anyway. Not only did I get to do a session, but I also got to do more temple work for five more people before the cleaning started. And my sister had given me family names to take through, so I did those. What an experience that was! I am so glad I went. It felt so good! The temple is the neatest place on earth to be. I'd spend every waking moment there if I could. I love that place! The cleaning ended up lasting until 12 (midnight). So, that put me home one hour later than usual. I was wide awake the entire time and actually took a little bit to get to sleep when I got home. I'm still tired from it. But, it was such an awesome experience. I am so glad I went. Sometimes the hard things pay off the most in the end.
Lately, on the social media web site I'm signed up with, many people have been putting up pictures of their siblings for National Siblings Day. It had me thinking about mine. I'm number four of nine kids. I'm so grateful for all my siblings! They all live far away from me, but this year, I've had three of them visit as well as my parents. I miss my family! I love them so much! It's bitter sweet when I receive a text from one of them talking about an upcoming weekend pot luck when they are all getting together, or a family party that's coming up. They text me to keep me in the loop, and I really appreciate that. It makes me happy that they get together often because that's what families should do. But, me being the only one that lives far enough away that I can't just visit for a weekend is super tough. I am so grateful for those texts/emails because I see how well we work together as a family. We have great family relations with each other. Everybody loves and watches over everybody else. I don't know how I was so fortunate to be born to two awesome parents and have such awesome siblings! I also don't know how we have been so fortunate to have such awesome spouses and kids in the family as we've all grown up! I love you guys! Seriously! A ton! I didn't post a picture of my siblings as some of them would prefer not be on those kinds of web sites. But, I sure did draw up a picture on paint of just the faces and names and post it. :) I am praying for my family. Between the past and present, we have had a few members in our family suffering from cancer on both sides of the family. It's been tough to watch. I am praying for every member of my dear sweet family. Families really are everything!
I live in such an awesome place! I have so many friends around. And my in laws (at least some of them) are all around me. We have a wonderful ward that we attend full of people that just flat out love and serve because they want to. I have nothing negative to say about my ward. They are absolutely the best! I have a friend down the street that takes the time to come visit me. We get together and watch movies and she is always checking up on me. She has no kids at home and her husband is on the road as a semi driver. She's amazing! I have another awesome friend that I exercise with every Friday morning. She keeps it going and comes with some pretty awesome work outs. And she inspires me to keep exercising. One lady works at the office (my husband's work) as a billing specialist and I get to visit her sometimes when I come in the office. She and I have been good friends. I work with another lady as we teach the three year olds at church on Sundays. We have such a great time. Another lady here in my ward: we used to work in a presidency together. We go on walks together just when we can make our schedules work. She also sews and has made clothes and blankets for my kids and myself. She was also teaching one of my kids to sew. Every Sunday, I get to go to church to see people that I genuinely love and care about. And I know they genuinely love and care about me too. I have another lady not of my faith that I talk to a lot. She passes off extra food to me that she can't use. And she calls me to check on me. And I do the same for her. So many people show me by example the way to live a Christ-centered life. It's such a great blessing to be part of it all. I only hope I am serving others as much as they serve me.
Also, I'm so thankful for the Internet and the means of keeping in touch with family and friends in other places. I have pretty close friends that live other places. They helped me through some pretty tough times of my life. They spent hours and hours serving myself and my family as we endured 2009, which ended up being probably one of the hardest years of my entire life. I swore up and down that I would never move away. But, things happen. And we ended up moving away. I miss them so much! And not just them. I think about college and friends there, and when I was growing up and the good people there. Good people are everywhere. It does my heart good to know so many neat, loving people who are doing what they do because they have warm and pure hearts. To all of you mentioned (specifically, or not so much), I miss you. I'm so grateful for you. Your examples, your love, your friendship, mean everything to me. I'm so grateful we can keep in touch.
Anyway, that's all for now. Life is good. And God is good too. :)
Monday, May 12, 2014
Mothers
Best Mothers Day tribute ever! To my own mother, whether you see this post or not, thank you isn't enough. I'm not sure what is! There are NO words!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3xM93rXbY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3xM93rXbY
Sunday, October 13, 2013
DJI Phantom - Niagara Falls
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this video! The music is BEYOND awesome, and the view is breathtaking at a minimum! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Oh, and if you know where to find this music, comment! I LOVE it! Oh wait! I posted it below too! It deserves at least two looks!:):):)
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
SWEET Video
Hello!:)
A friend of mine sent me an email with a video in it. I have spent WAY too much time watching this five minute video and have yet to find a flaw in it. The music is absolutely STUNNING and the view is breathtaking. Watch it. Tell me what you think. If you enjoy water falls (Niagara Falls), this is a video you will NOT want to miss. The music, well, you'll just have to see for yourself. But, I think it's nothing short of completely AWESOME. Literally.:)
I feel energized; kinda like I could take on the world. I love inspiration from spectacular views and very inspiring music. I am in awe this morning.:)
HERE is the video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
A friend of mine sent me an email with a video in it. I have spent WAY too much time watching this five minute video and have yet to find a flaw in it. The music is absolutely STUNNING and the view is breathtaking. Watch it. Tell me what you think. If you enjoy water falls (Niagara Falls), this is a video you will NOT want to miss. The music, well, you'll just have to see for yourself. But, I think it's nothing short of completely AWESOME. Literally.:)
I feel energized; kinda like I could take on the world. I love inspiration from spectacular views and very inspiring music. I am in awe this morning.:)
HERE is the video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Our Candy Family
So, we just got back from a family reunion from my parents place. SOOOO much fun! It was actually kinda tough to leave. Love my family and friends up north. And boy, do I miss every single one of them! We had such a great time! I have other pictures, but I wanted to post one right now. My mom played this game where she bought some candy bars and presented them to us and asked who's personality they fit. Here is our "candy" family:
I think this is totally classic! I love the new ideas that come up every year. We had fun and I'm totally looking forward to next year!
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