Don't be so shocked! I am actually blogging. I think I missed out on all of last year. LOL. I can't say I am upset at myself for not keeping my blog active, I just had way too much stress to worry about blogging. Last year.....well, the last 2 years really, have just been the most difficult of my entire life. I think I wanted to quit life 85 times just last year alone. But I pushed forward and did my best to smile and keep on keeping on. I am a big believer in knowing that the Lord will never give us more then we are able to handle. Well, the Lord has tested me and I am still here. I have my parents to thank for that. I am not sure where I would have been if I did not have their love and support (in so many ways). I think the literally picked me up and carried me through some of the hardest days of my life. For this I am forever thankful. I know that my trials are no where near over, but they are at least getting better and I can see a tiny glimmer of light at the end of the far, far, far off tunnel.
What is the biggest thing I have learned through all of this? Be thankful for everything you DO have. Don't ever complain about your husbands job or where you live or that you live in an apartment and not a home. Because one day, all of that can vanish. Without warning, just disappear. I will never be ungrateful for the blessings that I have ever again. That is for sure.
So onto bringing this blog up to date.
It is freezing here in Utah. This morning when I woke up it was a freezing 1 degrees. YIKES! We don't leave the house much as it takes like 45 extra minutes to bundle everyone up. So we stay inside and figure things out to keep everyone busy. My girls have become very much addicted to Plants vs. Zombies (thanks a lot grandpa). But at least it keeps them busy.
I am now 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant with our first baby boy. We have still to settle on a name. But are looking forward to meeting him and beginning to balance out our home. I am in the stage of constant back pain and inability to sleep. Weird, weird, weird dreams every night and undying thirst. I love it because I love what all of it will bring.
Eddie started a new job and he really loves it. We are going to enroll him in Real Estate School within the next month. I think it is a step in the right direction. I am contemplating Massage Therapy School after the baby comes. But that is still very much up in the air. I have wanted to do that for some time now.
Madison, Jacquelynn and Brooklyn are all in school! 4th grade, 1st grade and Kindergarden. They are all doing well and keeping me busy with everything they are involved in. Madison has been asking to be home schooled lately. I am not sure where this idea came from, but she seems serious about it. I am not opposed to it, I just like having a somewhat quiet house during the week days. Who knows how I will feel about it once a new baby arrives. I told her just to finish out the year at school and then if she sill wants to home school, we can talk more about it.
I have pictures to add, but they are all on my phone. So in an effort to cross blogging off my "to do" list, I am going to publish this and then add pictures later.
And that's a wrap!
What is the biggest thing I have learned through all of this? Be thankful for everything you DO have. Don't ever complain about your husbands job or where you live or that you live in an apartment and not a home. Because one day, all of that can vanish. Without warning, just disappear. I will never be ungrateful for the blessings that I have ever again. That is for sure.
So onto bringing this blog up to date.
It is freezing here in Utah. This morning when I woke up it was a freezing 1 degrees. YIKES! We don't leave the house much as it takes like 45 extra minutes to bundle everyone up. So we stay inside and figure things out to keep everyone busy. My girls have become very much addicted to Plants vs. Zombies (thanks a lot grandpa). But at least it keeps them busy.
I am now 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant with our first baby boy. We have still to settle on a name. But are looking forward to meeting him and beginning to balance out our home. I am in the stage of constant back pain and inability to sleep. Weird, weird, weird dreams every night and undying thirst. I love it because I love what all of it will bring.
Eddie started a new job and he really loves it. We are going to enroll him in Real Estate School within the next month. I think it is a step in the right direction. I am contemplating Massage Therapy School after the baby comes. But that is still very much up in the air. I have wanted to do that for some time now.
Madison, Jacquelynn and Brooklyn are all in school! 4th grade, 1st grade and Kindergarden. They are all doing well and keeping me busy with everything they are involved in. Madison has been asking to be home schooled lately. I am not sure where this idea came from, but she seems serious about it. I am not opposed to it, I just like having a somewhat quiet house during the week days. Who knows how I will feel about it once a new baby arrives. I told her just to finish out the year at school and then if she sill wants to home school, we can talk more about it.
I have pictures to add, but they are all on my phone. So in an effort to cross blogging off my "to do" list, I am going to publish this and then add pictures later.
And that's a wrap!
