Lessons as a Mom......

I learned a lesson tonight that I wish I never had to learn as a Mom. Sometimes your kids get hurt and you are powerless to prevent it! I have worked so hard to keep my kids safe and comfortable, but I suppose they are not suppose to be safe and comfortable all the time. It's so hard to watch but I know it is for their own good to go through hard things. Tonight Shelby missed an activity she really wanted to go to because she didn't take the time to verify when it was. She was very sad and I was sad for her, but on the other hand I was glad she (hopefully) learned the lesson that if you want to attend something, you sometimes have to be proactive and find out details. You can't wait for other people to do it for you (namely Mom).

She also got bucked off a horse tonight. Scared the SH*# outta me! My stomach is still in knots which is why I am up posting at 11:20 at night when I need to be up at 5:30 am! It was another lesson for me in being powerless to keep her from harm! She is going to run into so many potential dangers as she starts to come into these teenage years, and I can't protect her from that! I have tried to teach her, but that is where my power ends! I guess this is so hard for me since she is my oldest and these lessons I have known in my brain, but they have just hit my heart! My baby is growing up! She will get broken hearts, hopefully no broken bones, she will get hurt, but she is tough she can handle it! Now lets see if I can!?!

TIME!!!

I finally took the time to change my background and font color, next I need to take the time to actually post, I got a few pictures I want to post........

Maybe I will get a chance this week.....

Or it might be another 5 months before I have time to even look at it again....!?

SPRING!!

I love spring, I had to post on this beautiful first day of spring. I love to hear the birds singing again, I LOVE that I can kick my kids outside a LOT more often, they get much needed exercise and fresh air. I get a much needed break from fighting! Every spring I am so grateful to start my garden all over again, look forward to summer swimming and playing in the wonderful sunshine! Spring is by far my favorite season, even if it means we get gale force winds 5 out of seven days for the next two months!

My 'baby' is 11!!!

What to say about my oldest turning 11??? I AM NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR THIS!! But then again I just noticed (while I was looking through pictures to find the cake picture) that I am getting some pretty DEEP crows feet!!!

I had to post Shelby's cake because it was her brain child! She said 'Mom we should do a pet shop bowling on top of a cake since we are going bowling for my birthday' UH OK....how do we do THAT??

This is how we did THAT:

Not bad for an amateur and an 11 year old! (dad stepped in to help too, when we couldn't decide how wide to make the bowling lane)

Sitting rocking....

a sick baby this morning...praying that she would get feeling better, when it occurred to me I was wishing that I could take her pain away even if that meant that I would feel her pain. That is a small glimmer of how much the Savior loves us, he took our pain, so that we wouldn't have to experience and suffer the full effects of ours sins......for no other reason then He loves US!

Home Improvement!

We have been in our house a year and a half, but this is the first chance I have had to decorate, and paint walls. It has been soooo long since I got to paint walls the color I wanted. This was a little bluer then I planned, but I am happy anyway!


The curtains I made! I was so proud of them, I am NOT a sewer, so this was a huge feat!!
LOVE the pillows Brian picked out!
This has been an ongoing project, but I had not taken any pictures yet we took out a propane/gas fireplace and put a wood burning stove it. I love the heat of a wood burning stove!! No we just have to find some pipe, that's the expensive part!!

Ramdomness!!

This one is for you Vicki!! Enjoy!

Ashely was so excited to play soccer......at first! Then she decided, Shelby was right.....its NOT fun! Says she is not playing again, we will see when spring comes!

Kailey Rockin out!
Just thought this was too cute....she thinks she is a big girl now, at dinner time she climbs into a big girl chair and waits! She thinks she is too big for a high chair now!