LIfe and FrieNDS

Lately i have thought a lot bout what the true meaning of living is. To some of you this may seem weird but i really have struggled with a few things lately. Like why do children get sent to earth to be abused or taken for granted or why do people get taken away when it seems like they were living there life right. So many questions come and go throughout my day but threw others testimonies and others experiences some of these things are starting to make sense.
Its crazy how others can influence us whether right or wrong. Crazy how others can interpret things that I myself don't understand. Life is full of challenges and we have to be able to rely on others and our own self during these times. Maybe that is why the Lord has put certain people in our lives at certain times. I believe strongly that people come into your life at certain times for certain reasons. Maybe to help you or maybe to help them but I strongly believe that we are all here to help each other get stronger and get through those tough situations.
Living is this life has gotten to be so hard with the world around us. How many times I drop my children off at school and wonder what someone else is going to teach them (possibly something good and possibly something not as good) I worry that they will be influenced by those bad things and pray that I have taught them enough or good enough that they will choose the right decision but shutter to think that i may have left something out. This is when I feel as though i know how Heavely Father feels, he showed us the example and told us how to return to him, but how many times do we choose that wrong path and go a different way.
I am so grateful that i know that I can be forgiven and pray everyday that i can reach out to that person that HE has brought to me to help out. On the other hand i pray for that person that is suppose to ease my burden that they will also choose that right way, weather it be for my childrens sake or myself.
then at the end of the day i think to myself I THINK TO MUCH!

OCtober Is OVer (where dID IT gO)

This month has been crazy with Kambree's birthday, Halloween and normal day to day stuff we have had a lot on our plates. Here are a couple pic that are just randoms of our month in a climps

Kayden posing for the camera with his candy from Grandma Bailey

We also decorated cookies it was a lot of fun we had friends over and the kids said it was the most fun they have EVER HAD!

we were recovering from this aweful flu that has been going around so on Halloween night we stayed home carved pumpkins ate pizza and handed out candy it was very relaxing

Jon getting the "guts" out of the pumpkin

Kambree and her pumpkin

Katelyn and Kyleigh pose for the camera at Kambree's birthday

THat iS What I mEANt to SAY

So one my dear friends posted this and since she is so good with words i decided to copy it over. I feel exactly like this a lot, i can't help but wonder if HE is really trying to get us to "REFOCUS" otherwise we (meaning me) might go on and on and never totally "FOCUS" life goes by so fast and we miss so much when we live in the normal everyday world instead of putting things into perspective like they should be. thanks again friend you are phenomenal in your writings.

sometimes....


i feel i catch myself thinking~ rather than living.
by nobodies fault, but my own.
i think about many things.... but i don't think it is until night time that i actually HEAR myself think.
sometimes i wish i could just switch the flip. Switch it to OFF, mute, pause OR some how
....just put my mind to rest!
this is why I don't read books very often. this is why my husband sometimes, umkay... a lot of times... gets ignored after the kiddos have gone to bed. this is why i don't remember movies. this is why i often times fall asleep earlier than i was planning. this is why i may wake to a sleeping husband on the couch and a dog laying beside a pool of urine (in the sun room). this is why we don't tend to leave the house very early in the mornings. this is why i don't always find the time to get the laundry put away, this is why the kids didn't get a chance to go to the park, color that picture, or do what shoulda, woulda, coulda been so much fun!
this is why some days seem as if they fell short of something.... something that i just mulled right over, without even thinking twice~
ironic BECAUSE at the same time i was thinking too much about something else.
CONFUSED????
this isn't ALWAYS THE CASE, but my point is that MANY cherished hours have been spent.... THINKING.
I think about the kids. I worry about the kids.
I wonder about this... wonder about that.
ONE WORD BEST SUMS THIS UP.
LIFE.
ok, another one... especially in my case.
MOTHERHOOD.
oddly enough, i believe that it is through all this THINKING....
that i have become capable of keeping what is most important in my life
IN FOCUS.
thus i have made adjustments, learned the importance of change, and recognized new personal capabilities.
YOU SEE?
maybe i have just recognized the purpose.
ALL of this for some personal growth i suppose.
That must be it!


As i write this post... i can't help but wonder? .....was i thinking too much again?

WarD PArTY

Tonight we went to our ward party the kids had a great time playing games eating candy and running threw the church like little monsters. We really had a great time.

Kyleigh loved being on the wicked side tonight she is such a little tease. This costume fit her will. She loved her costume however she is even more excited to wear the wig we also got but didn't want to ruin before the BIG night. She is such a kind spirited little girl we love her

Kayden had a great time tonight he won all those wonderful prizes all by himself and he was so so proud (we won't tell him that Kasyn all contributed) he also choose to get two white ghost painted on his face he was full of it tonight (quess all those big muscles got to my big brown eyed sweetheart)

Kambree had a lot of fun as well, since she had a billion suckers, cupcakes, and candy she was as happy as i think i have ever seen her, her little dimples make this little sugar puff hard to resist (at least for me)

Isn't Kasyn the cuttest little eorye you have ever seen, i love this little guy.

FamILY PICtures!

so we had family pictures and i haven't gotten them back yet but here are a few of the "sneak peeks" that she let me see. They turned out really good. I am really excited to get them back!

Kyleigh is growing up so fast she is now in 2nd grade and is a very good student, just yesterday she missed one on her spelling test and she was so mad becasue she got a 97 instead of her normal 100. She adds a lot of drama and love to our family.

Kayden is now in kindergarden and is doing very well, learning everyday. He recently started showing his "daddy side" meaning his funny comedy side. He also has a new girly friend and loves to show off for her.

Kasyn is now 2 and he shows his attitude lately. He started talking a lot lately and it so fun to figure out what he means, however if you quess wrong he will also let you know how he feels about that. He loves 3 things his mommy, his daddy and chocalate milk.

Kambree is now one I can't believe it she got old so soon. She is one of those children that you always know where she is at. She is a very loving sweet girl that loves everyone and waves to most strangers.

inspiration

Today was one of those days, the ones that you sit back and think about the true meaning of life. It is crazy how we all go from day to day and forget about the little things that are truly the most important. You know the thinks like having the opportunity to learn and change and teach those around us. I know I forget to sit down and think about all the blessings I receive every day of my life. I get so caught up in the small things like hoping my house gets clean and making sure I get good grades that i forget about the small things like letting my kids know how i feel about them. Life goes by so fast that we have to force ourselves to breath and remember all those things that can get lost.

I can't believe my baby is 1

Kam playing with her new toys

Kam and her cake

Me and My baby

KAM and her cake!

here is KAM with her new baby (she loves the ones with hair)

In memory of our sweet ROXIE

Well our sweet dear puppy died this past weekend, making the weekend not as enjoyable as we would of liked. The tragedy began when we took her to get her shots and microchip taken care of, the little bit of bleeding this produced internal ended up killing her. We found out late Saturday night that our sweet girl actually had a rare blood disorder in which her blood did not clot, so with the little shot and blood her body just kept going. We buried her at my dads and have cried a lot since. One of the hardest parts about the whole situation is Kasyn doesn't understand so everytime we come home and Roxie is not waiting he asks where she went? We cant decide if we should try to replace her or keep her sweet memory as long and fresh as we can, right now i think we are going to wait awhile.

All ABOUT KyLeiGH

Kyleigh and her pinata at her birthday party with the Thomas family. I can't believe i have a 7 year old daughter it's crazy to believe she was once my little baby and now she is almost old enough to get baptized. She has a personality like i i have never seen or met before (good and bad) and she comes up with things that i would never thing of. Kyleigh is a very smart little girl and we love her very much.

Kyleigh's first day of 2nd grade. She was so excited to see her friends and teacher again i could barely get her to hold still for this picture.

*Intrducing the NEWEST member of our FAMILY!

so we finally bit the bullet and got a dog, she is a really good dog and has made our house more complete with her extra love and playfulness about her. We named her Roxie and she is a brindle boxer (so hopefully she can protect us when jon is working)

I can't believe how big my little baby is now days the other day i took her and got her ears pierced and she is eating normal baby food i just want her to stay little and it seems like she grew up faster then my other babies did.

THanKSgivING poINT (dINO MUSeum)

JON TEACHING THE KIDS

MY CUTE BABY GIRL

KASYN PLAYING WITH THE DINOS

KYLEIGH AND KAYDEN POSING FOR ME

ME AND KY WAITING FOR THE KIDS

KY PLAYING AT THE EROSION TABLE

JON AND THE KIDS GETTING ATTACKED LOL

KAYDEN FINDING FOSSILS

WE WENT TO A 3-D MOVIE IT WAS OKAY

KAM READY FOR THE MOVIE

SHE DIDN'T LAST LONG!

Busy BUsy BusY!

This week was very hectic we had a lot going on my cousin got married on Friday which was also the day Kyleigh turned 7 can you believe it she is already that old she will be going into secound grade awww! For her day she choose to go to Wingers and then pick out her own gifts from the store and we also went to McKees to visit the animals we had a lot of fun.

My kids

Kyleigh feeding the goats

Kayden begging for a new dog

daddy and Kasyn looking at the animals


My baby Kambree is getting so big i can't believe it (ain't she cute)

kasyn and a donkey

Kyleigh posing for the camera

Kyleigh got a baby alive and a new bike for her birthday she was so excited this is us in the parking lot she wanted us to give her money and her pick out her gifts its crazy when they get old enough they want to do everything

Kasyn went and got Kayden's helmet so he was just as big as the others of course

Kyleigh with her new bike she was so cute she tried every surface she could with her new treads

here is Kasyn riding on Kyleigh's "old" scooter (according to Kyleigh)

we took Kasyn's binkie away and holy moly he i s a talking boy now (this picture he is trying to tell me something) however we don't always understand what those words are lol

*#*SwiMMing FuN*#*

myself and the kids went up to Rexburg to celebrate my cousins birthday with a pool party the kids had a great time and it was a beautiful day to be outside.

my mom and her grandkids

Kasyn fishing
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goggle kids

Kasyn on the slide he went down about a hundred times

Kyleigh doing tricks

my mom and kambree

my mom with the girls

Bailey (jeralyns daughter)

Kayden

^*^ZoO FuN^*^

We went to the big old Pocatello Zoo on one of Jons days off for family fun. However we didn't plan very well and went at noon so not only was it very hot most of the animals weren't out but we (for the most part) had a fun time. Next time i think we will just go more in the evening.



Jon was really happy to be at the zoo at the hottest hour of the day lol

Kasyn was amazed with all the animals it took forever just to pull him away from one animal to the next he loved it

Kambree getting her look at the animals

my girls

My boys

Daddy and Kam enjoying the zoo

towards the end we all were going to get drinks but the water was a little questionable yikes








The kids had a great time on the toys at the zoo.

**WAterFiGhT**

On Jon's days off we finally had a little fun we went to lunch in the park the zoo and then came home and had a bbq and a water fight of course the water fight was a little off since we only had one hose so everyone else got wet but Jon. We had a great time.


Jon scarign everyone with the water

Kayden Kambree and myself hiding behind the tree trying to not get wet


Kayden said this was his "hot tub" lol

Kasyn lovin the water

my kids actually playing TOGETHER


Kyleigh and Kambree loving the water

Me and Kasyn after our family water fight

CaMping WEekENd

So this past weekend we decided last minute to go camping we had a great time we went to american falls and camped. we went boating and played all weekend it was me and my kids and my dad and his cute little family we had a blast. I even pulled our camper up and back even though a few times i almost peed my pants from fear of hitting things but it was all good and we had an awesome weekend


Kyleigh and Kambree getting ready for smors

my kids on the boat -minus kambree she was crying

Kambree and Joann getting ready to go boating

Kaysn had a good time on the boat

We got to play on the beach and Kambree loved the sand (in her mouth YUCK)

Kayden tried the tube unfortunaly it didn't end good (he hates water)


Luckily both babies took naps while boating

brotherly love


I finally got to get in the water and play however my babies were not happy bout this they screamed the entire time.

This is where Kambree loved to be this weekend if she wasn't with me (it was a nice break)

Good old Kayden always keeps us on our toes



The kids took the camera when i wasn't looking and took these cute photos

The grandparents on our walk it was very pretty (the famous butt shot)

This is what we had to do to keep the mosquitos away i don't know if really helped but it was a good laugh lol

Here is my dad and Joann with the kids we really had a great time.

So we went on a late night walk and got eaten alive by mosquitos (seriously) but we had a fun time and got some of the kids energy out.

OUr WEekeND

So jon took a day off and we got to go out to american falls and do a little boating with the thomas families we had a good time getting out and enjoying the heat.

Kyleigh she has recently turned into fish she loves the water in her face hair nose it doesn't matter she keeps at it. This is obviously something she got from her dad

Kayden and his new hair cut this little man is always full of it sometimes its funny sometimes its not so funny but you can always count on him for a hug or laugh


Kambree is my easy going baby (as long as i am somewhere around) she hung out at the beach going from person to person eating whatever they would give her. She is such a character.

Jon took all the three older kids on the boat and i got some time to myself with just me and Kambree i acutally got to sneek away and play volleyball it was awesome to do a little something for myself.

Kasyn and his cousin cydnie they had a good time running yelling and playing it was nice to have someone entertain him he is so outgoing.

My kids they really didn't think it was a good time to be taking a picture but they are cute anyways.

Kayden and Kambree can you tell how much this little guy loves his little sister

***ThE FOurTH***

So of course Jon had to work over the fourth so me and the kids packed up and drove to Rexburg to my uncles house for a day of swimming eating and fireworks. It turned out to be awesome (I will admit i was worried going with four kids) We had a really good time and wish we could repeat the day over friends family love and fun all wrapped up in one.

Kasyn and his amazement look

Kyleigh had a great day all in all and i truely believe she actually never got into trouble (which is truly amazing in itself lol)

Kayden, he was a little worried at first about the burn but eventually was comfortable with the open flame you gotta love him

Kasyn and Paul figuring out the fireworks

Kambree and my mom (everyone wants her to walk except me)

Kasyn he wasn't as happy bout being at the pool

Kambree Grandma and Conner loving the water

Kayden (notice how his hair is dry)

Kyleigh swimming

Fathers day Camping

Well for fathers day Jon of course wanted to go camping in his mothers day camper! So we went to Downetta for 3 days it rained the most of the time but a few minutes of a couple of the days the sun came out. We did everything from feeding horses, swimming, dutch oven cooking with friends to playing in the sand. We had a blast even though we weren't in the sun.


camping again

my beautiful kids

my girls

my boys

The kids went daily and saw these horses
And of course there were plenty of bugs to look at and squish

Kasyn and his posing skills isn't he the cutest kid.

My baby Kambree she wasn't such a fan of camping

while camping the kids attracted a lot of sand but at least they were entertained

Kayden took everything in us to get it to get this close to the water (anyone that knows Kayden knows he is terrified of water)

Kyleigh doing some sort of pose she is a true girl.

Kasyn loved this toy at the pool and was good at squirting people by the end it was hilarious to watch.

Swimming at Downetta it was finally nice enough to do something outdoors and we even got a sunburn. We spent all day at the pool it was a great time.

~PARTY~

This weekend Kayden will be 5 I can't believe it. We decided since a bike is hard to wrap or hide that we would do his birthday early. So here is his new bike and new helmet (with him the helmet is a must have). He was the happiest little guy in the world.



Kambree if you look close you can even see she finally has enough hair for a pony tail, she is such a sweetheart.

Kasyn as usual also had a great time and screamed as we yanked him off the games. HE loves this place. RUN RUN RUN

Kyleigh had a great time she got the Jackpot and got 1000 tickets she was so excited. The tickets just kept coming.

Jon of course also had fun but then again he always does.

Of course Deal or No Deal was played by dad and his family (That machine always has someone playing) My dad has an interesting way of picking of who he deletes (he says its all about the looks).

WE HAD A GREAT TIME

May is over bring on summer break

Well May has come and gone by so fast I didn't even notice crazy how that works here are a couple pic that show what we did this month. For mothers day JON GOT A CAMPER ya Jon. We went camping to Heise it was a lot of fun and the kids loved it. The kids are out of school and we are loving sleeping in and staying up.

Kasyn's 2nd birthday

kasyn had a great time for his birthday we went to the park, which was warm when we got there but then it got real cold real fast so we had a short and sweet party with dad and joann at the park. but all in all i think everyone had a good time.

Coupon baby

you know you are a true couponer (is that a word) when your baby is even into it. Some say that i have gone a little overboard with couponing but i can't help it, its so fun to get such good deals. The look on the cashier says it all when she says the total.

The kids are great AHHH

Crazy tonight Kyleigh comes out of her room (after i put her to bed of course) and tells me that her mouth is bleeding, not surprising since she is losing teeth left and right. Anyways so I told her to pull her tooth out which i didn't expect her to and sure enough she went in the bathroom and did it i cant believe it. only negative now is that my beautiful daughter looks like a vampire missing her front two teeth. i will post pictures tomorrow since she is now asleep waiting for the tooth fairy.

family pictures updated

easter

we had a great easter and this year obviously the bunny didnt forget us. we also managed to get some family pictures its amazing

enjoying the outdoors (for one day)

update

here are a couple pic that shows us in a nutshell we have been very busy and thought we could update everyone on what we have been up to.