We were Blessed!!

We had an awesome Christmas and I hope you all did too.. Other than Atazia was sick with the flu. The kids all got what they wanted for from Santa..

Qwade - Nerf Gun and target

Atazia - Makeup

Kristosha - a baby doll that laughs and shakes..

They had a lot of fun opening presents and eating all their candy from their stockings.. It was a very good and fun day... However Chad and I got the best surprise of all... Drum roll Please!...... We got a house in ID on 12 acres for just a little more than what we're paying here it has 5 bedrooms and three full baths.. We are so excited we'll be moved in toward the end of next month!! Yay finally a new place that isn't covered in mold, mildew and oldness... The plugs work, the wind will stay outside for a change and it's bigger than 900 sqft...(oh and it's not over a 100yrs old) So excited I can't even wait in fact I haven't slept very well because I keep imagining where I'm going to put all our stuff and how I'm going to decorate etc... Also we have some more great news... Chad is officially a Herboligy student as of last Monday.. He is more excited about that then the house, probably because he won't be spending as much time at the house as we will... that and he's been waiting many years to be able to do this... We're all so excited in fact this morning Qwade woke up at 5am to start packing all his stuff he even went into the garage and got some boxes to pack all his stuff in! When he was done he came into my room and asked what he can pack next he wanted to do all the movies.. I chuckled to see him so excited that he was willing to work !! (shock..LOL) But to be honest I kind of feel the same way I think we're all very ready to move..We are so blessed, Life is great and things are finally moving forward for the better... (I'll take some pictures of the house when I get moved in and post them so you can all see what it looks like...) Have a great day and happy new year!

Christmas Traditions!

Tradition!

We have kept some of the traditions that I had when I was a kid and when Chad was a kid and I thought I'd share some of them with you. On the first Saturday of the month we decorate our tree except we do NOT string popcorn (I hated doing that when I was a kid) Chad wasn't there but my mom came over and helped us. My mom loved it and so did we...

Then Last Night we made our homemade ordiments that we do every year!!

Qwades - Atazia's - Kristosha's - Chads -Mine -Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas season so far... I know we are in spite of not having chad home but we're praying he'll be home for Christmas.... Have a wonderful day!

I put curlers in Atazia's hair last night.. thinking that since her hair doesn't hold curl from the curling iron that this would give her a wave... UH No it's more like kinky curly central..Not what I was expecting and then of course there was the frizz factor included..

SO here's my little girl who looks like she just put her finger in a socket, Qwade and kristosha laughing their heads off and it took everything I had not to laugh my head off. Poor kid considering I'm the one who made her that way..LOL

But after a couple of mins of putting some frizz stuff in her hair and putting a couple of berets....Her hair looks Much Much better... What a cutie pie.. Even if she does look a bit like Shirley Temple..

Funeral.

Grandma's funeral was on Tuesday but i didn't get home until late last night.. It was a wonderful service I learned so much about my grandma and how wonderful she really was.. I wish I had known her in her younger years I think we would have been great friends. I will miss her but I'm happy for her....

Grandma Dot...

My wonderful Grandma Gough died this morning at 3am... Its bitter sweet, I am so glad to see her completely out of pain and back in the arms of my grandpa... however it's sad to see someone we love move on. My grandma Dot hasn't known who I am for many years however i still remember her and how sweet and wonderful she always was to me.. She seemed at times to be the only one who understood me as i was growing up.. Oh how i love her, I never went to visit her when she was put in an Alzheimer hospital because i couldn't bear the thought of her not knowing me I wanted to remember her like she was before. With her face all lit up because she was so happy to see me we would talk for hours about anything and everything.. I'll treasure those days forever. But for now I am happy for her she is whole and happy of this i have no doubt. Good-bye grandma until we meet again you are forever in my heart.

I'm back....

It's beging to look a lot like Christmas.....
It's been a while I know... I meant to post a couple of months ago but life took hold and hasn't given me a break but I decided that today was the day to start again although I only have about 15 mins before I need to get back to school with the kids. So I'll make this quick...

Most years I dread this time of the year because we never have enough, of you know what, to buy the things we'd like. However this year has a different meaning for me.. My perception has changed, this year I realize how much I really do have, and that all I really want is my husband home and my family safe and sound. I look back on the years of my married life and I am so grateful for all the secret Santa's, gracious people, family and ward members who have come to our need whenever we wondered when our next meal would be or how we would buy diapers or buy clothes for our children.. Today I have a special prayer of gratitude in my heart for the thoughtfulness of others and the many, many blessings in our life... Although our life has taken a totally different turn than I ever imagined I realize that it has made me a more happier, loving, forgiving, faithful and compassionate person then I ever was before I married and because of this I wouldn't trade all the heartache and trails we've had for the world. We are truly blessed, I am truly blessed...
It is my hope that this year we all focus more on giving more kindness to those in our wards or neighborhood not so much material things but a genuine hello, or a hug or even just a phone call to let them know your thinking of them. Believe me I know how much that would mean to know you haven't been forgotten in all the hustle and bustle of the holidays.. Merry Christmas every one and be safe this season....