Changes Coming!!

Okay so we moved the first week in November and are currently renting a place wihin walking distance from the kid's school. We are really enjoying the area and loving the new ward. The kids are all doing well with the change as all of us are getting ready for some much bigger changes coming up this year. Some of you already know but I am going to have to hold the surprise from the rest of you until it's official!:) All I can say is that we have some big changes coming that we have prayed about and are excited for.

Blessings!

I would have to say that one of my favorite things is seeing all the blessings in my life. It is amazing to me how many small and simple blessings we are given everyday. One of our recent blessings was having the opportunity to take out family to stake conference at the conference center to listen to the prophet speak. it was a great conference focused on the importance of regular temple attendance and serving those who need us.

Another recent blessing was finding a place to live since we sold our house quicker that we had planned. That has been a huge stress for me the past few weeks but we have found a place for the mean time that we feel really good about.

The last blessing I will mention is the sale of our home. We felt that it was something we needed to do for many reasons but it is kind of exciting to know that we will soon be open to do whatever and go wherever the Lord needs us to go. These times are so fun and exciting!

We're Moving!!

Well, I guess we are supposed to move. We put our house up for sale last Wednesday and had 7+ offers on it by Monday. I am not kidding, it has been a bit of a crazy week. We are currently looking for someplace to rent right now until we figure out the job situation instead of rushing into buying another home. At this point, our options are wide open though we are looking for something in the Western states. Yes, Arizona pals, we are considering moving back there. We are not sure at this point but we are planning to stay here and rent for a while until things become a bit more clear. This is all a little crazy and a bit sudden but we are up for it and know we have been so blessed and directed to this point.

New Job

Jason and I have decided that it is time to find him a new job. It has been a rough couple of years with respect to that but we have learned so much in the meantime. I feel that everything happens for a reason and that it is up to us to either, let the tough times bring you down or to learn from them: I choose to learn.

Anyway, it is always exciting to move forward and change paths and we have been getting a little gitty thinking about the prospects. We are not making any announcements right now, but we are willing to go wherever the Lord wants us to be. At this point it has just been fun to spend a couple hours together each afternoon searching for jobs while kids are napping.

Aubrey is in KINDERGARTEN!!

Our sweet, little, Aubrey has been so excited to start school and be able to ride the bus with her big brother and sister. So far, she is loving her class and her teacher and she has already made some new friends. It makes me so sad to have her gone but she was so ready!!

Here is her first trip home from school riding the bus. She had so much fun and felt so big. This was her first day, though I had to take her to school in the morning and get pictures, she would have been fine to ride the bus by herself. She did not even seem a little nervous.

(Please excuse these un-edited photos.

Our picture editing program is not working so I

could not crop any of these.)

3 in school and still a full house?

I can explain. The week Sadie and Porter started school, I started babysitting 3 other, little buddies. Two of them I have Mon-Thurs. and one I have on Tues. & Thurs. They are all really good kids and it is helping me to remember what it is like to have a bunch of toddlers again since the ages of the additional children are, 4, 3 and 17 months, not including my own, almost 2 year-old and 5 year old. I may sound like I am a bit crazy, and I might be, but it is working out quite well, and surprisingly, still gives me time to spend, one-on-one with my own kids. All I can say is that Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways, because this has been a real blessing for our family, for which I am grateful.

Girl Talk

I just have to say that I love moments that are not planned when bonding happens. Tonight, I got Sadie out of bed to come and look at some things I had seen on the computer that she might like. Well, we ended up coming to this blog and reading a bunch of the entries and of course had to laugh and giggle about the memories that came back ofter reading. It also gave me a mother's "teaching moment". She had just asked me about keeping a journal and she said she wasn't very good at it so, after laughing and crying about all the memories we read about, we promised each other that we would both be better at writing and recording so that we can keep a record of our lives like the prophets did for us.

Okay, so part of the incentive was for her to show me, and herself that if she can keep a journal for year, then I will let her record on her own, "private" blog. She thought i would be fun to add her own pics and thoughts to it. She's so good at sticking to what she says that I think she'll do great at this challenge.:D