Random rambling

I usually consider myself an overall good person but do you ever have those days that you feel like you suck at everything. Maybe its hormones? I decided to blog but realized my life is pretty boring, yet I feel so busy everyday but really nothing worth writing about. I went to Jackson this weekend and enjoyed hanging out with mom and dad. Jake is on a ski trip with his brothers and Sandra is headed on a cruise, so it was just me and the kids. I took 2 days off work because I wanted to not rely on someone else to take care of my precious little ones...they (my babies) really are my motivation and encouragement most days. Lately, I have been contemplating not going back to work after I have the baby but my problem is that I feel the need to work. It is gratifying to me and helps my self esteem but it is also exhausting. So, I feel fickle about it. I know either decision would be okay and I do not feel like me working makes me a worse mother. I work night to be with my babies during the day and still try to be involved in the girls schooling but I am tired. Yet, I like to be able to do nice things for my kids, although, I know that material things are not nearly as important as time and love.
Oh, also we bought another car....the best part is that we were able to pay for it, so wahoo, we have eliminated a car payment. It is a nice little car and we feel that we paid a fair price for it. It is a 2004 Nissan Xterra, nothing fancy but it runs well. We have to adjust to not having power windows and doors but the price was right and mileage not too high. The only drawback was that the previous owner was a smoker, so we have been trying to eliminate the smell. It is much better but not perfect yet.

Wireless internet

Can I just express how much I enjoy wireless internet? As I blog right now, I am sitting in the motor vehicle inspection lane, in which I have been for about 45 minutes so far and most likely will be for another 45 minutes....it is a bit frustrating...but, thank goodness for wireless internet. I am able to pick up someones or a local businesses server. The internet is helping me to stay entertained but is not helping Will any. Yet, he is being quite the trooper and I am surprised he is actually being this good, I would not be. I am going stir crazy and am not in a car seat. The kids are all doing well. Ginny has pulled almost all her teeth up top and looks a little crazy but she likes being snaggle tooth, she seriously has one tooth up top and that is it. Aubree is good too. She is learning math and school and really seems to excel in it. Math was not my favorite subject but Aubs gets it and likes it. Will is Will. We were planning to try to potty train since I have the nxt two days off but have not got on it as much as I should. I feel so busy all the time and need to take the time to do it with him....I know I will be glad when it is done and I bet he discovers that he feels fresher...

Where is Will?

My little boy loves to hide and and sometimes can be a little crazy trying to find him. Yesterday, I went to fold clothes and heard a little boy squealing. So, I ventured to find him. Usually he is in Ginny's closet behind the clothes or under the kitchen sink. So, to my dismay, you can see my surprise when I found him in the dryer. Here is my little stinker in his new hiding place.

Snow Days

The weather has been crazy lately. Last week, we had a nice little winter storm, it was beautiful. Yet beauty, in that case can be dangerous. However, the ice everywhere was breath taking, especially when it glistened off the tree branches in the sun. The earth truly is beautiful. Then a few days later, we woke up to about 5 inches of snow. The weather people did not see it coming because there was no talk nor warning but the kids loved it, and Jake may have loved it more. School was canceled and they till awoke early and ventured out to play and build forts and a snowman. The cute thing is that Jake and Aubree got so into it that they built snowman family. Ginny came in to help me because she was tired and we prepared hot chocolate, eggs, bacon, and pancakes. We created a fun family memory.

Jake and the kids working on the fort.

My angels

The snowman family

Gratitude with stress too

Aubree got this neat little game for Christmas and the girls love to play it. You have to guess what you are by asking yes and no questions to others. They are actually pretty good at it. We play it almost weekly. We lost power last week, during a little storm and found entertainment, sitting by the fireplace playing this. As for Will, he has learned to strip down all of his clothes.
He loves to be naked. It is too darn cute but we have to watch him closely too or he may just strip in public too. Currently, his favorite movie is Madagascar 2. He loves it....it is the only things he will actually sit down and watch.
As for life, in general, I still gratitude that my family is safe from the accident but they have totaled the car and car shopping stresses me out A LOT. There are days, we think we have found something and something comes up (it is sold by the time we get there or the ad is misleading). I know it is stressful on the family. Jake and I are ready to find a vehicle and I am sure the kids are tired of us consumed with looking. We are trying to be wise in our decision but a part of me just says, the heck with it. Jake has had a headache almost daily as well and is sore in his lower back. Ginny, too has had several headaches. We finally took both the girls to the chiropractor and both are very tight and inflamed. Aubree has yet to complain about anything, yet her x-rays were a little worse. I am very glad my little family is okay but this little accident through a wrench in our lives but thank goodness it does not effect our happiness and it only temporary.

The tender mercies of the Lord

Lately, I have felt overcome by the tender mercies of the Lord and for the safety of my family, love ones, and self. This feeling of gratitude became more apparent a couple weeks ago when a co- worker went missing from work. She has been missing for two weeks but was found this week in a creek near our home. Authorities believe she slid on ice and went into the creek on her way home. She is deceased and they believe she drowned . It would be selfish of me not to acknowledge the Lord's hand in my safety each night coming home and that I come home to three children and a husband all safe and snug in the bed. Yesterday, I was even more overcome with feeling the tender mercy of the Lord. On the way to take the girls to school, Jake was going straight and a car turned and hit him on the driver side and pushed him into another car, so both sides of the car were damaged significantly. The car had to be towed but to the astonishment of everyone involved and the police officer, the injuries were minor. Most damage to the car happened in the rear where the girls sit. They each have knots on their heads and Ginny has an abrasion on her eye but we feel extremely blessed that our girls are okay. Jake has a sore back but feels more guilt than anything that he was involved in accident with the kids. Fortunately, the accident was not his fault but as a parent, I think you still feel guilt when one of your children is harmed or put in harms way.
So lately, I have felt the tender mercies of the Lord more abundant in big ways in my life. I know daily, His tender mercies are here in my life and evident. I know that Heavenly Father knows me and is mindful of me and my lived ones.

The minds of little girls

The other day we were driving in the car and the girls were chatting away, mainly about their new names they will have if something happens to Jake and I. Sandra will rename them each to incorporate her name or so she says. They were also telling me they have picked out their wedding dresses and then Aubree tell me that her wedding "is going to be perfect". She proceeded to tell me that she and her dad were going to dance to hoe down throw down by Miley Cyrus.
Ginny has begun to plan her baptism, of course the plans change daily on who she wants to do what but she is excited for March to get here. Currently, her favorite Primary song is also "Baptism". Aubree loves the song "Follow the Prophet" and "I am a child of God".
Will is all boy but loves the color pink. He is into everything and loves to help clean up, although it usually turns into more of a mess but at least he is trying.
I am excited to see what this year holds for us. I know we will be adding another little man to our family, baptizing our oldest baby, and who knows what else.
Here is a cute story. Aubree said the closing prayer for FHE tonight and afterwards, she freaked out and said she needed to pray again because she forgot something. We asked her what she forgot and she forgot to pray for Michael to do good on his test he has coming up. Aubree proceeded to say, not the Michael with brown skin but the Michal with skin like mine. How cute is she to be so concerned with others....