Vic's paintings

Here are a few of Vics AMAZING paintings!

Sunday we had my father in laws memorial service, so many friends and family were there to pay tribute to this wonderful man and show their support. It was an amazing evening where the spirit was felt by everyone. After the service we all headed to Uncle Ron's to visit and eat. I feel so blessed to have married into this wonderful family! I could not ask for better. Vic will be greatly missed but we are not sad for him, we know where he is, and what a reunion it must have been with his loved ones on the other side! How thankful i am to have the gospel in my life, the knowledge of eternal families and to know that we will see our loved ones again!

carving pumpkins

Here we all are ( minus my two oldest ) carving our pumpkins.
They made such a mess! It was so fun :)

So i have not blogged for over a month, alot has happened in this time so over the next few days i guess i'll just get you all up to date :)
First lets start with HEE HAW
Nate ( the guy im dating ) :).. his kids and me, savannah and sam all had a great outing at the hee haw farms, the kids played and then we went in search for the great pumpkin! man we found some big ones!!

All say cheese....

what can i say.. we are all just a little weird.. but oh man we have so much fun doing it :)

nana's new hair cut

Brooke cut savannahs hair yesterday ( thanks again Brooke your awesome! ) I just think she looks so beautiful!! but

dont you think it makes my baby look older!? :( She is growing up way to fast!!

She said to me when she looked in the mirror, Mom i kind of look like auntie Amber now :)

my family

I love love love my family! I have to say i married into the best family in the world! Thanks for always loving me and excepting me and when ever i need you your always there!

 oh and our bunny's name is Lola :) like the song.... and the dog likes her, she likes to lick her :) hahaha Not sure Lola likes it though and she HATES the vacuum! 

IT'S A GIRL!

Well we have a new addition in our home, A BUNNY! She is a 6 weeks old mini Lop. We read alot abt bunnies and they seem like great pets, i guess we will see.. if she bites  I have heard they are pretty good eaten! ( haha oh im so kidding!!! ) Am I crazy?  but how could i resist this face?? 

So for awhile now i have been really struggling with what i want to be when i grow up.... :) i have gone back and forth so many times its driving me a little crazy!  I want something that makes me feel fulfilled and like i am giving back, also i want something that can and will be flexible because I really need to be home when my kids are. oh oh and get paid good money :) AH am i wanting to "have my cake and eat it too"??  but really who has a cake and then doesn't eat it??  

So what do you want to be when you grow up? Have you ever had a dream or have something your good at that you just never have had the guts to explore? 

And if you have any ideas for me.. please i sure need all the help i can get! :)

It's official

I AM OLD! 

Most of the time when I go anywhere with Sara we are always told that we look like sisters, and people cant believe i am her mom... I have to admit it feels kindof good :) But yesterday we were shopping at harmons and sara made a comment abt something and the clerk looked up and said wow you ALMOST ( almost being the key word here ) look like sisters but i can tell you are her mom! WHAT?! Oh no!!

The Glass Castle

I finished this book in two days, its one of those books you can not put down!

 It really made me think abt my life, the simple pleasures of just being able to take a shower anytime i want or if I'm to cold turn up the Thermostat.

One min you cant believe what you are reading and how a family could live like this, that these children survived and then the next min you think wow what a lesson to be learned here!

I realized that we choose everyday what we will become, want, and do.

To bloom where we are planted!  

And that not only do our choices affect us but our children too!

One word of advise the dad in this book swears alot. 

Im not the best at giving a book review sorry :) 

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Well we made it to school! This year however all 3 of my kids are not happy to be there, savannah does not like her teacher at all! Sam has already been made fun of and Sara well she just gets bored. I really dont know what to do abt it though, If you know savannah she is a dramatic child and also has a strong will and personality. She says her teacher yelled at her and the other kids dont want to play with her. My heart aches with the thought that that might be true but im not to sure what to believe. She says everyday i just want to be home schooled mom PLEASE! ah! I dont know what to do So here is where i want some advice. Here i am a single  mom, i wanted to start school in the spring, if all my kids are in school i can do that, but if i decide to home school savannah that cant happen.. can it? and if i take her out can i really home school? Do i want to? i kinof of like the free time i have to myself.  Is that being selfish?  Oh my my what to do?? if any one has any advice i so need it now! :)

Anyway here are a few cute pics of the first day.

We  had to get one last trip in before school started, so we went to Mirror Lake with my parents in their RV, what a way to camp! our camp spot was so close to the lake and what an amazing view!

As you can see by the pictures savannah caught her first fish, on her first try too! she was so excited, not scared so bate, unhook the fish and all that stuff. She is now begging me to cook it! um.... 

We played games, hiked around, ate good food, and just relaxed. it was a fun mini trip and now its back to school...

and some more pics....