Elementary Sluff Days

Thursday morning I woke up and thought "I don't want to be home alone today" Who better to spend the day with than Nikki and Conner. When they woke up I asked them if they wanted to have a sluff day with me! :) We called Scotty and he came home too. We all went to Sundance for the day. It was a blast! We really shouldn't have so much fun out of school because we are sending them the wrong message! :O Scotty even called in to the school and told the secretary the kids were sick, sick of school that is! We all got a huge laugh attack out of that. It was a great day and I'm going to let the little ones have a few more "sluff" days before it becomes too hard. Once they hit Jr High it's really hard to miss school. So sorry Sid and Austin!

Hard Emotional Week but THANKFUL

This week for personal reasons was one of the hardest weeks I've faced. A few days this week I just wanted to hide away in my room, with my covers over my head and cry. I proved to myself I'm stronger than that. I have a great husband, family, friends and soooooo much to be thankful for. We have been living a life I used to dream of as a girl and I am so blessed and lucky to have the family I have. We had adult Stake Conference last night and I really am so happy we went. I love President Facer and President Hughes. The messages they gave last night were things I really needed to hear. Thank You for the gospel and my Father in Heaven who know how much we can endure and let's us endure it to show us WE ARE STRONG!

Back to School for Mom

Now that my baby Conner is in school all day I decided I would try out school again. I was in nursing school when I got pregnant with Jess and we decided we would work hard to get Scott through school first. I always thought I would go back to school earlier but got busy being a SAHM. I LOVE being a stay at home Mom and wouldn't change a thing. Now that my kids don't need me as much physically I decided to take two classes online and try it out. I also started a BOM class on campus. I keep missing it though. I don't think at this time in life I am ready to be on campus but the online classes are really fun.

Sidney Can Dance

Sidney just competed in Canyon View Jr. High "So you think we can dance" competition. She won the whole competition. It was so fun to see her perform in front of a filled auditorium of her peers and rock it! She showed so much confidence on stage. I was so proud and happy for her. Sidney has a sparkle about her that makes everyone happy around her and I love it! We celebrated the win with our favorite treat...."McDonalds hot fudge sundaes."

Jacuzzi Sundays

Almost every winter Sunday night our family gets in the Jacuzzi together. We talk and laugh and relax from a week of activities. It is becoming one of my favorite times of the week. When we have fresh snow we play truth or dare. Which I want no part of because it involves getting out of the Jacuzzi and running around in the snow or making a snow angel in your swim suit....Brrrrrr! I always say truth. A few weeks ago Sidney asked me my truth question " Mom, have you ever cheated on Dad?" Only my Sidney in the Jacuzzi with the whole family would ask such an inappropriate question. We all died laughing and luckily I could truthfully answer. "NO"

Our family night services

One of our New Years goals is to do more acts of service this next year for family night. I feel now that my kids are older we are really able to help and get a lot accomplished. This week we made blankets for project Linus. They were the same blankets we made last year for Austins Eagle project so it was pretty simple. We are also going to earn our free day at Disneyland for finishing them so it was actually a service with a great reward.

We are making Humanitarian Kits tonight for the people in Haiti. I was just going to donate some money but realized buying the supplies and having my children put these together would mean so much more to them. I spent $60 to make 10 humantarian kits.

Smart Shopping

I have been coupon shopping for years now but this year we really need the savings. My shopping trip a few days ago for 21.32 was one of my best. The kids were even excited when I showed them all the food.
4 gallons of milk
2 half gallons chocolate milk
5 capri suns
4 loaves wheat bread
2 jars of tostita salsa
2 bags of tostidos
1 jar rasberry jam
8 bags of nabisco cookies
1 gallon orange juice
2 50 count Dixie plates
2 toaster pastries
5 easy mac
2 pringles

You can see why my kids were so excited. It is all high processed bad for you food but heck I feed a million teenager at my home and they love this stuff! I don't recieve the newspaper this is all done with rebates, online coupons and shopping the sales.