The {Wednesday Write Up}

1. This has been a really Crazy and Busy week...I have been in St. George at training for 2 days, all day
2. Ridge had his 18 months check up on Monday...no shots HOORAY!
3. Ryder has pajama day at school tomorrow.
4. Zach found a huge set of deer antlers today with 4 points each
5. Saydee did her first science fair project last week...What makes the best bubbles?
6. Skylar got 100% on her spelling test last week :)  So exciting for her!!
7. I am looking forward to General Conference this weekend.
8. The weather has finally warmed up and I am hoping it stays that way.

18 months

 Ridge is 18 months!

We LOVE this kid!! 

He is the such a Joy

He is a mover

he has earned the nick name wreakin' ball 

everywhere he goes he wreaks the place!

He knows how to get what he wants and he doesn't back down

He Loves:

 reading books

 animals

horses and dogs especially

All the men in the High Priest group

he has taken a special liking to Rick Lunt and Wayne Hartley

shoes

climbing

standing on the counter

being outside-everytime the door opens he is running for it!

Running

playing with cars

 shooting guns

his brother and sisters

to sit in the fridge

unloading the dishwasher

Lookin at deer with dad

cleaning up messes

His grandparents

Ridge went to nursery for the first time last week and he didn't make a sound.  He was just lookin at all the other kids wondering why they were all crying. (our ward has 40 kids in the nursery, so it gets a little crazy) 

Ridge loves his daddy, he gives him hugs and kisses every morning before work and every afternoon after lunch.  He doesn't give his smiles away, you have to work for them, but they are so worth it when you get one!  We love you wreakin' ball!!  I am so glad I get to be your mom!!

Where have I been?

I just thought I'd share this cute picture of the kids with their cute cousins!

Oh my! I have thought about this blog so many times and for some reason it is just not happening.  I am GOING to catch up on this blog someday soon.  Our life has changed so much!  Life is good, we have been so blessed!  But my life is really different and blogging just hasn't fit in.  I might have to start doing it on Sundays or something.  I can not believe how fast my kids are growing up and I have got to document it somewhere so.....I will be back with tons of posts real soon!

St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patrick's day has never been a holiday that I have really ever done anything for but.... last year I was reading my friend's blog and she had done this for her kids and I thought it was such a cute idea, I had to copy!!  The kids each got a rainbow (skittles) with gold (twix) and a bottle of Cream Soda.  They also shared a bowl of "Lucky Charms" for breakfast.  It was fun, I think we might start a tradition

I cannot believe that I don't have a picture of my kids but Ryder picked out his own green clothes and Saydee made sure that Ridge had his green on so he wouldn't get pinched.  The first thing Ryder did when Grandma Liz came to tend was pinch her because she had forgotten her green.  He said he did it really soft so he wouldn't hurt her!

Where to Start?

WOW!!  I don't even know where to start.....I am so far behind and so many changes in our little life in the last couple of months.  We have been really busy.
The week before Thanksgiving I heard of a job that I thought might be good for us to be able to pay off some debt, save some money and eventually get into a home of our own in a couple of years, so I put in my resume.  I prayed and I prayed that whatever was best for our family would happen and Zach prayed and prayed and the Tuesday before Thanksgiving I interviewed for the position.  There were 15 applicants, some a lot more qualified than me.  I really didn't know what I WANTED to happen, so I spent some more time praying that Heavenly Father's will would be done.  I was really scared!!  I LOVE staying at home with my kids and being with them every minute of the day-they are my WHOLE life!!  I have always thought that I would sacrifice anything to be able to do that but sometimes that isn't enough. If I have to work this job was going to be GREAT!  The Monday after Thanksgiving I got the job offer, they wanted me to start on Wednesday, the day before Skylar was to get her tonsils out.  I told them that I needed to have a few days off to be with her and they agreed that would be fine.  I got off the phone and I was sooo EXCITED and I was soo SCARED.  Not only was I going to be WORKING but we had to MOVE!!  I am the On Site property Manager of the Townhome community, Sunset Ridge Village.  The nice thing is (I think) my office is hooked to my home. 
December 1 Start a job
December 2 Skylar has surgery
December 5 start working everyday
December17 the kids are out for Christmas Vacation
and I have not purchased 1 Christmas present yet
December 18 go to SLC for family pictures (they turned out cute, maybe I should post some)
December 24 Christmas Eve
December 25 CHRISTMAS!!  ALL I can think about is everything we have to do so I move some of the girls stuff to our new home.  We had to be completely out of our 4 bedroom home and moved into a 3 bedroom home by December 31.  Oh yea and now I work and Zach works full time and all 4 of our children are out of school and wanting to help.  Everyday it was just crazy!  We went to DI with truckloads of stuff.  We gave away couches, love seats, entertainment centers, clothes, toys, TVs, washer and dryer, junk and more junk.
December 30 I get off work at 1:00 and think I will go and clean my old house for awhile while my mom has the kids and I get to my old house and the door bell rings and here comes 4 ANGELS from my ward. We all cleaned non-stop for 4 hours!!  I would of never been able to do it all myself!!  They helped me finish packing everything and got my house all done.

January 1, 2011: It is a new year and we live in a new home, I have a new job and we have a lot of new goals, We have a new ward that is very different from our old ward and things are so far so good and we hope that it continues that way.  The kids have adjusted  to the smaller home.  My mom (SO THANKFUL TO HER) tends Ridge most days and the other kids are in school while I work 9-1. We are starting to feel at home in our new home.Things have slowed down a little.