I finally was able to get rid of the nasty rug we had in our living room. We bought it when we moved to Philly at Ikea b/c it was cheap but we were dumb and didn't consider the fact that it was CREAM colored. Three kids, a bazillion playgroups, 2 kids potty trained, and a few months as a winter doormat later the thing probably should be burned. I did my best to clean it but there is only so much you can do.
I was given Amazon $$ as a Christmas gift and was thrilled when I happened across a rug that I loved (and had seen on pinterest :) for exactly $2.00 less then my Amazon money. Here it is in my crappy phone picture...I know it doesn't look that cute but in real life seeing it makes me happy :)
Now on to the GOOD:
*The Weather!! We have had a wonderful mild winter. 2 small snow storms of just 6-8" that melted within a week and then handfuls of 50ish degree weather! It has been nice. Not that I don't like snow...I have kind of missed it but since I have to do all the shoveling it has been nice to have less this year. I do have a great neighbor, Enrique, who just happens to be coming out to shovel his sidewalk when I do. We have a double lot so lots of sidewalk, and the driveway where the cars are parked and the alley way. It takes me HOURS to do by myself and I get so sore. Enrique always finishes his quickly and helps me with the rest of mine which has been such a blessing!
*Birthdays! This has been a fun month for us. 2 birthdays in our little family.
3 more in the extended family. and 3 friends parties for the kids.
The first birthday we celebrated this new year was Ben's. He turned the big 32! His schedule this month has sucked AND he was out of town in Florida for 5 days (I wish I could say he was in Disneyworld but no. He was in class from 7am until 8pm everyday...boring.) He flew home the day after his birthday so we didn't do a whole lot for him. We made one of his favorite meals: homemade mac n cheese and had a brownie sundae for dessert. He got a cool photo program for his computer from his parents and I bought him a new running shirt and some weights since he is trying to squeeze in some exercise time. I know not very fun, but everything "fun" for him is expensive and we just bought him a new laptop in dec that counts for his gifts for at least a year. Happy Birthday Ben! We love you :)
Here are the kids at their friend Benson's party. He is Evrett's age and had a Train party. The kids' lunches were packed in napsacks that they carried on a stick. It was really cute. Evrett has been talking about it since.
*My darling brother Braden sent up a Christmas package that my mom and I just died over. He is so cute and thoughtful. He bought my sister's and I bags. My mom got a "wallet thing", my dad got a tie, my kids got some sweet hand carved slingshots, and the older boys got keychain things. He put such thought and care into what each person would get and labeled everything so we'd end up with the right color, etc. He will make a great husband one day!
*And then I was able to go downtown with my parents, brother Cameron, and Brannon to see my cousin as the lead in a play. It was her first professional & paid performance as the little girl in The Secret Garden. She did a great job and Brannon & I were amazed at what she does as an 11 year old kid! Brannon sat through the whole thing and loved it and couldn't figure out how she remembered all her lines. We all forgot our cameras and my phone doesn't have a flash so the pic is crappy but she is the girl on the poster in the back.
The BAD. And it's been really really Bad.
1:00pm church.
It is SO SO SO hard to try to keep it "sabbathy" in our house all morning when your kids wake up before dawn and then suddenly need to dress & feed them, clean up lunch, and get out the door all within a one hour time period, then off to juggle primary with potty training Evrett who hates nursery and Ben rarely makes it and THEN sacrament meeting at the END of church. We get home and it is dark. We are starving and I'm too tired to cook. Then. THEN. THEN Evrett always falls asleep in the car on the way home and WONT WAKE UP. Here is a picture of him one Sunday, No it was MONDAY morning at 1:30am. We were having a movie party with cheese and crackers. I had desperately tried waking him up after church but he wouldn't do it, so I moved him into his bed hoping he'd just sleep through the night. Well, as I was getting ready for bed at 10:45pm he comes walking out of his room with a huge smile asking "Where my dinner at mom? I hungry!" So we were up until 2:30 watching TV and playing games until he got tired again.
The next week I fed him hand sanitizer to wake him up. NOT on purpose! I made him wake up for dinner and sat him at the table and squirted the stuff on his hands to wash away the church germs but he was so out of it he LICKED HIS HAND! That jolted the poor kid awake real fast.
Then he was sick and stayed home last sunday so it wasn't a problem. I'm totally at a loss as to what to do the 11 months we have left at this time!
With all that complaining said I'm just grateful for the testimony I have and for my older kids support so we can just keep on going despite the difficulties because we really do feel a difference (for the worse) when we don't go. Colin and Brannon were not mentioned earlier b/c they have been such great help at church. They do a lot to make things easier for me and I am grateful for that.
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