Family Pictures

We had my sister-in-law and her family help us take family pictures. They did a great job and they were so understanding with my little kids. Thanks for all your help Price Family. We love you guys tons!

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Mothers

Today I am writing this post while half of my family is at church. Ariana woke up to day and decided to throw up everywhere. What I mean is that she won't stay in one place where I can put a towel and a bowl nearby. She has to be racing up and down the stairs and then pause to throw up. She has to be dancing in our bedroom and then pause to throw up. See what I mean by everywhere. So I am at home trying to convince her to sit still for awhile and not throw up. Mothers can't choose when to be a mom. They have to stay with sick kids and love them. I grateful for my husband because he did most of the cleaning...okay all of the cleaning of the throw up this morning. He offered to stay home while I went to church because he knows how much I love going, but he teaches the 6 year olds at church, so he needed to go. I get the task of convincing her to stay still for a few minutes. All mothers do this and all mothers sometimes wish it were not so, but it is a great blessing to be a mother. I am grateful for my children and the opportunities that they bring to me.

Blue Berry Pancakes and a Smile

Today i woke up and made pancakes for the kids. I love that on Saturday we normally don't have anywhere pressing to be so we can take it slow. I make 8 regular pancakes and then the last three I added blueberries to. They were yummy. It was fun to see the family listening to music and dancing. Everyone set the table while I cooked. I also loved how everyone helped clean up. It put a huge smile on my face. This morning a felt like smiling from ear to ear with graditude. I have a lovely family and home. I am so blessed and I am humbled by how wonderful my life is. I have wonderful friends and family that love me and I we are doing great.

Leaves and Insanity

I love my home. Really I do. In the fall I am a mad women trying to keep up with the leaves. We have 5 mature trees with a billion million zillion (really...it's true) leaves...EACH. Also, we lots of little bushes and smaller trees. So for this week I have spent 7 hours on the yard and raked up 17 bags of leaves. And I'm not done yet. Oh, I didn't tell you that the front leaves haven't dropped yet. Yep, it's true. So, at this point I think I will go roll in the leaves while laughing in an insane manner. That way the neighbors will be scared of the crazy lady. I will be known as the crazy leaf lady. HA HA HA

Debt

We all know debt is bad. Chad and I have more debt than we should. Some is due to life circumstances and some of it is just that we wanted something. We have our house debt and student loans which are okay, but then we have credit card debt. Yesterday we decided to close our accounts. We still have to pay the debt but we are not going to be addig anything eles to it. Our plan is to be free of all credit card debt in five years or less. It's a challenge. I admit we are scard. We have always have our credit cards to make up the difference if we were lacking, but now we really have live within our means. This takes faith. We are trusting the if we do our part and are wise with our money the Lord will provide. Not only do we need faith but graditude. We need to learn that happiness dosen't come from having things but rather from being greatful for what we have. Wish us good luck!

Fall

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So, we tried to do the Trunk Or Treat this year. I didn't like it at all. We bought a ton of candy and it was gone in 30 minutes. Plus We didn't get to talk to anyone. It was a rush to give out all of the candy without getting to talk to our neighbors. I think we will do it differently.