Mom's are Busy and Insane.

I have seen a lot of cute cartoon pictures on facebook lately about being a mom with more then one child.  They seriously have me laughing out loud.  Because they are absolutely true!  I atomically share them on my facebook page and immediately my other mom friends are laughing and posting the picture on their own pages.

Yes, being a mom of 4 (soon to be 5) kids can make me go absolutely insane and want to scream at everyone, but honestly, I would not change it for the world.  Sure the "I love yous" are fewer then the "I hate yous" and the messes are more then the neatly organized home I have in my head.  Sure I want to crawl into bed more often then I want to get romantic with my husband (hey no judging, I'm 8.5 months pregnant).  But at the end of the day, when I am oiled up and in bed ready to pass out, I think how blessed I am to have all 4 of my little girls.  And how blessed they are to have each other.

I thought it would be fun to add some of my most favorite pictures to this blog on Insanity and Thankfulness.  So I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.

My loves!

Keeping the girls busy with art

Brook after she fell into the fountain at the mall. A proud parental moment.

The last few weeks

This past week, my little Brooklyn was spotlighted as her classes Star Of The Week. I really wanted to make it a BIG deal because I am seriously slacking in the mom department with my Kindergartner.  I have missed or forgotten so many little things that have gone on in her class (I blame pregnancy brain).  I feel like such an A@@!  So I really wanted to do this week up BIG!  We made a poster all about Brook!  We had so much fun going through all of her old pictures and talking about all of them.  She was so sweet to sit and listen to her life in pictures.

On her first day as SOTW, She got to wear jewelry!  That was such a big deal for her.  She promised to mot touch or play with it through class, but to just wear it pretty, and she did.  

Brooklyn had to opportunity to go up in front of her entire class and perform her favorite nursery rhyme.  She did Jack Be Nimble because she thought the "burned his toe" part was hilarious.  Her class agreed and burst out in laughter.  LOVE HER!

This is my little doll about to take her poster into class on her first day of SOTW!  She was so excited and so very proud!!!!  I am so proud of you my Brookie Cookie!

Oh it has been so stinking cold here in Orem Utah!  Blah!  My girls and I are having serious cabin fever.  Yesterday it was a warm 32 degrees and I let them play outside.  I had to.  We have been so trapped indoors lately that I just had to let them out.  I am so glad I did.  They had fun being outdoors.  We did a few activities indoors to keep the girls busy.  For the most part they all worked.  Some of the fun things we did.....

Crafty Wood Cutouts.  We painted Conversation Hearts.

Baking Soda, Vinegar and food coloring fizzy fun.

2013

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!

The Livin is Easy

Yes it is summer once again.  This will be our second summer here in Utah.  I can't believe that it has been a year.  Once year since our life just up and changed on us.  Boy has this past year taken us in all directions.  It is super crazy to even stop and think about it.  

I say it every time I write a post, I am so sorry for being a slacker.  My days have just been non stop busy.  I am not complaining, because I find blessings in all things, just it is super crazy.

I have been traveling so much these past few months.  I was invited to participate in doTERRA's Diamond Club.  Basically, Diamond Club is the Amazing Race of Network Marketing.  LOL.  I stole that from another Diamond Clubber.  It can be hard to explain what Diamond Club is to people.  An yes I get asked all of the time what it is or why I am traveling so much.  I don't mind, but it does get old.  So that is what I have been doing for the past 2 months.  I am half way.  Two months down, two more to go.

My kids are having a super summer thus far.  They have done everything from slip and slide, camping, horse back riding, sleep overs, trampoline fun, park hopping, trips to Vegas with mom, bug catching, swim lessons (begins in 2 weeks) library visits and so much more.  Eddie is amazing with them.  He keeps them so very busy.  I love the attention he gives to his girls.  He is so involved and I am so blessed to have him as a husband and father.  Those girls have such a wonderful example of what a good man is.  Thank you hon.

And now I say goodnight to you all and leave you with a taste of our summer so far.

Angela

Madison's Baptism

My oldest daughter Madison turned 8 on November 22nd 2011.  In my religion (LDS) when a child turns 8, they get to choose if they want to be baptized.  Madison made that choice with such drive and purpose. She was more then ready!!!

It was such a very special day.  Grandma and Grandpa Burgess came out from California to be there for the baptism.  Grandma played the piano for all of the songs and she also gave a wonderful talk on the Holy Ghost.  Daddy gave a talk about Baptism and it was so special.  Brooklyn, Jacquelynn and Madions all sang a song together.  Although it did not go off as rehearsed, it was special in its own special way!

Daddy performed the baptism while Uncle Josh and Uncle Kim were the witnesses, and it was wonderful.

It was a very beautiful and special day!

So very behind!

We have been so busy in our home.  So busy that I have put off my blogging.  Luckily Eddie has been keeping up the Daddy's Outnumbered Page on Facebook.  That is another great way to keep up with our family.

So this past Christmas we put together a list of all the fun, festive things we wanted to do as a family.  We had a wonderful Holiday Season.

My most favorite thing we did was, going to Temple Square to see the Lights.  Eddie and the girls had never been to see the lights at temple square.  So off we went.

Basically how it went was, Crowded, freezing, beautiful, freezing, too many people, COLD!

So there you have it.  It was awesome, but it was FREEZING!

I am still here.....Just moved around a bit.

Yes, I am still here.  Yes I am still blogging about my life and my family.  I just found a fun blogging app on my iPhone.  Tumbler.  I love it.  So I took to blogging on Tumbler.  But I realized that not everyone knew that I was blogging on tumbler.  Then when I tried to post my Tumbler address, I had no idea what it was and how to find it.  So here i am back on blogspot.  I may just try to merge the two.

Well, Christmas has come and gone and here we are going on our second week of 2012.  That sounds so very strange.  Eddie's birthday is tomorrow, Madison is getting baptized on Saturday, our doTERRA business is taking off and life is, well, just as crazy as ever and I love it.