tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245295792409135902024-03-13T11:01:48.211-07:00the W* familystories of usthe W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1013125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-42135969726740732312019-08-17T22:47:00.000-07:002019-08-17T22:47:31.498-07:00Saturday Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you look close, you can see that Adam played the piano today at a baptism, and he did an amazing job.<br />
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Seeing him share his talent with others makes all the fights over practicing the piano when he was younger (and, boy, were there fights back in the day) worth it.<br />
<br />the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-64672378611418378432019-08-17T22:43:00.002-07:002019-08-17T22:43:32.957-07:00Saturday Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So... Sam is the absolute sweetest guy on the planet and totally cool and relaxed and 'go with the flow'...</div>
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Until you push him too hard and then he explodes.</div>
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I (hear) he may take after his dad that way.</div>
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A couple of weeks ago he got super mad and threw a video game controller at the tv and broke it. </div>
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Which brought an end to our pizza and a movie night.</div>
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So, I decided we needed to go and do something fun as a family on Saturdays instead.</div>
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We used to do parks/libraries/activities ALL the time as a family.</div>
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Several years ago, our car died. </div>
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We didn't have a car for months, which brought an end to family activities that didn't involve a bus.</div>
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And letmetellya, riding the bus isn't very much fun.</div>
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Then we got a great car, but it didn't seat all of us.</div>
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For over three years, Mike and I rotated park days, library time, Christmas light drives, etc. with the kids. We didn't do things as a whole family during that time.</div>
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I mean there were a couple times we all squished in the car (like on the way to church or trick-or-treating), but we tried to avoid it for the most part.</div>
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About a year ago, an incredible friend gifted us a car they didn't need anymore, but we were out of the habit of just doing stuff together.</div>
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I miss it and want to try and get back to it.</div>
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Doing stuff on Saturday nights as a family will be a fun start.</div>
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Tonight we took both of our cars and packed a picnic dinner and played at the park and had a fantastic evening together.</div>
<br />the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-86190079953655830292019-08-17T22:34:00.000-07:002019-08-17T22:34:07.756-07:00I Made It!I worked 46 hours last week between the temple and my other job AND wrote a couple of orders for clients AND took care of my kiddos and house AND did my calling.<br />
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All on 3 hours of sleep a night.<br />
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By the end of the week, I was pretty darn weepy.<br />
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Because that's how I am when I get tired.<br />
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But.. I did it!<br />
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My other job is at CaptionCall, where I will work at captioning phone calls for the hearing impaired.<br />
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It's a pretty cool service based out of Salt Lake City.<br />
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There's a lot of rules and regulations around it and training takes two to three weeks.<br />
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I know it probably sounds silly to work as a temple housekeeper and at a call center when I have a degree and could get a job in PR or marketing or as a copywriter.<br />
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But, then I wouldn't get to hear about Adam's day on the way home or stop at the park after school and play with my kiddos or help with their homework or volunteer in their classes.<br />
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Someday I will get a job doing something I absolutely love, but for now, I'm thankful that I get to be with the ones I love the most.<br />
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And if that means taking a few silly jobs during the late night/early morning hours, I'll do it.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-54414389311243343182019-08-17T22:26:00.002-07:002019-08-17T22:26:44.032-07:00First Day of School Part Deux<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Adam had his first day of being a JUNIOR on Monday.</div>
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His schedule was messed up, unfortunately, and he wasn't assigned a fourth period.</div>
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By the time he was seen by the counselor (the problem with having a last name at the end of the alphabet), only Chinese 1, Ballroom Dancing 2 and Cafeteria Employee were left for electives.</div>
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He went with Cafeteria Employee.</div>
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He is going to make $5/day AND get elective credit.</div>
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He is also taking Intermediate Piano, AP Econ, Algebra 2, US History Honors, English 11 Honors and Physics Honors. He opted to continue taking lunchtime seminary (duh).</div>
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They survived the first week!<br />
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So we celebrated with shaved ice.<br />
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On Monday Adam goes back. And I start my new job. I will be working a total of 9 hours per day and taking care of my family/house on about 3 hours of sleep each day.<br />
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It's going to be rough.<br />
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So we spent the weekend cleaning and de-cluttering to make my time a little less stressful.<br />
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Hopefully.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-68773560603460637492019-08-07T17:32:00.001-07:002019-08-07T17:32:46.940-07:00First Day Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Grace, Josh and Sam started school today! Grace is in 8th, Josh in 4th and Sam is in Kindergarten.</div>
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Sam never went to an official preschool. Just a few classes at the rec center and working at home with me. He and I are "cuddle bugs" and he is the biggest Mama's boy (besides Josh) that I've ever known.</div>
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I was expecting sadness and tears, but he did great and loved it.</div>
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Here's to an awesome school year!</div>
<br />the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-32971203013450669952019-08-05T00:29:00.001-07:002019-08-05T00:29:57.710-07:00Cub Scout Day Camp 2019Josh was able to attend Cub Scout Day Camp this past week and had the best time. He got to climb rock walls, shoot BB guns and arrows, make crafts, play Gaga ball and 9-square in the air.<div>
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The last night was "family night." Mike, Sam and Adam went and enjoyed a barbecue and lots of fun activities.</div>
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He worked sooo hard selling Camp Cards to earn enough money to go. We are so happy he had such a fun week!</div>
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<br />the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-26928216453698487352019-07-29T03:22:00.000-07:002019-07-29T03:22:51.845-07:00Temple ShutdownWe're in the midst of temple shutdown here.<br />
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Which means I work earlier doing things like carpet cleaning stairwells for four hours straight.<br />
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And though I tend to exaggerate from time to time, that is not an exaggeration. It takes four hours to clean a stairwell properly. And I've done four of them the past two weeks.<br />
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We also do a lot of upholstery cleaning during shutdown. Every chair/couch/cushion gets cleaned.<br />
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It's hard and exhausting, and I tell myself I'm going to quit every time.<br />
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But, I don't, because not only do I get to be in the temple five nights a week, I have made two of the best friends I could ever ask for and I feel so darned blessed.<br />
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This next week is volunteers week, which means I work much earlier than usual AND Josh has Cub Scout Day Camp all week AND Grace will be gone at Girls Camp.<br />
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It's going to be a crazy one, but we will survive!<br />
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The temple re-opens in early August for a month, and then closes for two and a half months.<br />
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I won't be working for most of that, so I have an interview this week (because the week wasn't busy enough) to help during that time.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-89296498962321869002019-07-21T01:28:00.001-07:002019-07-21T01:28:17.634-07:00Corn Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The "corn man" peddles his bike and cart past our home each evening, and Sam is always dying to buy some corn from him.<br />
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Every once in a while, I throw caution to the wind, and let that guy buy some corn.<br />
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He had butter and Parmesan cheese on it, and he thought the cheese was a little strong, but he loved it all the same.<br />
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It was the perfect summer treat.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-84522693693889867782019-07-21T01:26:00.001-07:002019-07-21T01:26:19.120-07:00Weekly DatesI'm try to be better about spending one-on-one time with my kiddos as they grow up, because, man alive... they grow fast.<br />
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This week was Adam's turn.<br />
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We went and grabbed some Chick-fil-a together and teenage boys eat so fast, that I couldn't even grab a picture until we were back in the car.<br />
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Adam is so fun to hang out with and talk to. He's stinking hilarious, and he loves to debate and he knows pretty much anything on any topic.<br />
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I try not to get mopey about my kiddos growing up, because I'm genuinely happy for them, but it hit me the other day that I only get to do back-to-school shopping with him one more time, and I turned into a sad puddle.<br />
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Trying to make the most of these next couple years before he goes out and does amazing things with his life.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-53477425720220692322019-07-21T01:22:00.000-07:002019-07-21T01:50:53.573-07:00Pioneer Day 2019The North Stake in Las Vegas throws a huge Pioneer Day celebration every year with a fun carnival, food, games and the best fireworks show. They raise money for the youth camps in their stake and up-keeping of the baseball fields with the proceeds from the event.<br />
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I don't know if he really does have strep or not, but we're loading him up on vitamins and good stuff to help him kick whatever is going on with him.<br />
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If he still isn't feeling well in 2 weeks, the doctor wants to run some labs.<br />
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When he fractured his skull a few months ago, they ran every test known to man on that kid on the account of him being so incredibly out of it, and all of the tests were normal, so I am hoping the vitamins and force-feeding him some vegetables will do the trick and he will be back to running and skating and jumping soon.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-17382253274010576832019-07-20T00:14:00.004-07:002019-07-20T00:14:34.055-07:00For SchoolNot counting shoes or socks or uniforms or clothes or backpacks or lunchboxes or water bottles or the pens/pencils/highlighters I got on sale on Amazon... THESE are the supplies necessary for my four kiddos to go to school this year.<br />
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I have been using my writing job and buying the rest of the school stuff all summer, but today we decided to knock out the actual supplies (before the rest of Las Vegas does), and man alive, it was a lot of stuff.<br />
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Also, I took all four kiddos with me to buy all of the said stuff, and they were all an amazing help and it made up for the constant fighting I had this morning.<br />
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So I decided to keep them one more day.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-24030208406688380222019-07-14T21:03:00.000-07:002019-07-14T21:03:07.171-07:00SundayA week and a half ago, the Bishop stopped by our house and released me as Primary music leader and asked me to serve as 1st counselor in the Young Women presidency.<br />
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I was incredibly sad to part with my Primary job, because being chorister has been such a great experience. I was also a little bummed because I've been in Primary in a variety of callings since I was pregnant with Josh, and I adore Primary.<br />
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But, on Saturday, we had an awesome presidency meetings that got me pretty excited. Today was my first day with those sweet girls, and it was pretty great too.<br />
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I love those girls so stinkin' much already.<br />
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Every Friday I order groceries from Smith's and pick them up on Saturday mornings.<br />
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I keep that ClickList business alive, I tell ya!<br />
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They usually throw in a couple of freebies for us, but this week they outdid themselves: they threw in an extra container of ice cream, two extra bags of tator tots and an extra pepperoni.<br />
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I was thrilled about that little blessing.<br />
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Tonight we had the missionaries over for dinner, and I had planned on making pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, cantaloupe, tator tots and root beer floats for dessert.<br />
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When they came over, we talked awhile and then they asked if they could invite a little girl in our neighborhood over for dinner as well. Then went and got her while I set an extra plate.<br />
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A few minutes later, the missionaries frantically called and told me that the family had misunderstood and that they were ALL coming over for dinner.<br />
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Because we had gotten those extra things, we had enough dinner and dessert for everyone, and it was such a beautiful reminder of how Heavenly Father has His hand in everything.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-73987397993431813462019-07-13T21:10:00.000-07:002019-07-13T21:10:10.529-07:00An Adventurous DayBack in February, I got a call from the radio station, where I was told that Grace had been chosen as Kid of the Month and that because I had nominated her, they wanted to talk to both of us on the radio the next day.<br />
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The only problem was I had no idea what she was talking about.<br />
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When I asked Grace about it, she promptly burst into tears and told me she was sorry and that she had nominated herself.<br />
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And, honestly, this girl is such a HUGE helper that I would have been more than happy to nominate her.<br />
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I just ask that she tell me about these things in the future so that I don't seem like a crazy person to the radio station manager.<br />
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But, anyways, we got an interview on-air and we got to go into the radio station and meet Mercedes and JC (our favorite morning radio hosts). It was so fun.<br />
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The second part of her prize, though, was a birthday party for 12 at the Adventuredome. The party expired at the end of July, though, which is a month from Grace's actual birthday. We went and had a fun "summer" celebration together. They had a pizza and ice cream party, gave Grace a shirt and everyone got wristbands to ride the rides all day at the Adventuredome. Grace invited her very two best friends, Matilda and Katelyn; Katelyn's sister, Reagan; and Adam invited a few friends to hang out.<br />
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<br />the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-90122234246457617832019-07-11T21:36:00.000-07:002019-07-11T21:36:07.731-07:00Patriotic FiresideAdam stinkin' LOVES the United States of America.<br />
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He stands every day for the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem in school (though he usually is the only one), has read the Constitution several times, talks often how this is the greatest country in the world and is always respectful of the flag.<br />
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And if you ever mention wanting to go to another country, he will give you an earful about how you should never want to leave because we live in the best place you can be.<br />
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He is very conservative and loves him some Steven Crowder and Ben Shapiro.<br />
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But, that's a different story for a different day.<br />
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Our stake asked him to speak at our stake Patriotic Fireside.<br />
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And he did a wonderful job.<br />
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He talked about how much he loved this country of ours and how proud he was to be an American and all of the freedoms we enjoy because of those who gave their lives.<br />
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It gave me so much hope about the next generation.<br />
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<br />the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-10235191833776320052019-07-11T21:22:00.000-07:002019-07-11T21:22:35.149-07:00While at Scout Camp, they "Helped"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in early June, Mike and Adam headed off for a week of Scout camp at the Great Basin.</div>
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And while they were gone, I decided to check the oil level in the car to make sure it was all good for the week. It was a little low, so I added so more oil.</div>
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Grace and Josh have helped Mike check and change the oil plenty of times, so when they asked if they could check the oil in our Taurus, I agreed and went inside to wash my hands.</div>
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They ran in later and let me know that they had added a quart of oil to it, but were a little worried that they had added it to the wrong spot.</div>
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And, yup, the radiator is definitely not the right spot for oil.</div>
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When Mike got home, I got to let him know how his helpers had helped encourage him to do a radiator flush in our car.</div>
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Lots of siphoning and flushing later, it was all good.<br />
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And now they most definitely know where NOT to put the oil.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-74557519554706308282019-07-11T21:16:00.001-07:002019-07-11T21:16:36.540-07:00Summer Fun Part I: 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rather than doing a million posts to catch y'all up on our summer, I'm just going to dump it here.<br />
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Summer is never easy.<br />
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I mean, I love sleeping in, and I love not having hours of homework, and I love spending more time with my kiddos.<br />
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But a couple of my kiddos (though they don't believe me) crave the schedule and routine that comes with school. All that freedom in the summer makes them a little cranky.<br />
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SO, though it's never easy, I still always love it.<br />
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Here's the fun we've been having this summer:<br />
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And life was so very busy that we never had time to use them.<br />
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I promised Sam that we would dye eggs, and I kept the egg dyeing kits on my dresser as a reminder.<br />
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Not that I needed them, though, because that sweet kid bugged me almost every day about it.<br />
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So... back on June 26th, we finally got around to dyeing eggs, and man alive, we had fun doing it.<br />
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I think traditions are SO important in a family, and they aren't always going to work out perfectly.<br />
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It's been a really, super long time since I last blogged.<br />
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And I missed it.<br />
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The kids and I have so much fun reading past blogs together, and I love that I have this record of our early years in one place.<br />
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For the past few years, I've been using social media to record our family happenings and stay in touch with family.<br />
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And social media can be great, but I also greatly dislike it.<br />
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Social media makes me grumpy. It makes me jealous. It makes me wish that I was a better mom/wife/daughter/person. It makes me agonize over every post that I write and worry about the wording and who is going to see it and if I'm going to make someone feel bad. And though there is nothing wrong with being inspired to be better, it's gotten to the point where I've been avoiding it altogether.<br />
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No social media makes for a happier me and a better mom for my kiddos.<br />
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Yeah, I know it's not social media's fault. It's mine. But I'm a work in progress, and I'm okay with that.<br />
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I was thinking tonight about how to keep in touch with family and how I really didn't want to go on social media... and I remembered this blog and how much I love it and how since the entire world doesn't read it, I don't feel anxiety when I post.<br />
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So, this is where it's all gonna be for awhile.<br />
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And the thought of having this journal once again of the people I love most of all makes me so very happy.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-87271726244330630882015-04-19T14:31:00.000-07:002015-05-26T14:50:53.274-07:00Our Family in 2015: Week of 4/13-4/19This sweet boy turned 15 months old this week!<br />
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He has turned from the world's most docile baby into a boy who throws his head back and screams the second he doesn't get his way.<br />
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He loves to be "helpful" by throwing things in the trash, and has added "Mom" (finally!) to his vocabulary. He loves to sing "Happy and You Know It," too.<br />
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He has not been as interested in eating lately.
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Dinnertime is always fun around here. Everyone talks about their day and we laugh.<br />
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In early March I volunteered to sew for Adam's school musical, not realizing how difficult the dresses were. I sewed three and they turned out pretty good! <br />
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I have the pattern down by now, so I'm hoping that Grace chooses to be Rapunzel for Halloween.<br />
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The swing is still the hot item around here.<br />
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Mike has been working on the yard (yay!).<br />
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He conconted his own weed killer of vinegar, salt and dish soap.<br />
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I made Mike a huge batch of oven-baked chimichangas for him to take to work.<br />
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Everyone loves helping make pizzas every Saturday night for movie night. Grace did the sauce and cheese all by herself this time around.<br />
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Adam decided to start his own little YouTube account with his piano songs, including the song he is playing for the talent show, "Don't Stop Believin.'"<br />
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On Monday, we had our traditional after-Easter-FHE of dyeing the eggs.<br />
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They all had so much fun coloring those eggs!<br />
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Josh made the world's cutest horse at pre-school.<br />
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Two years ago I bought a tree swing.<br />
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The kids have been begging Mike to install it ever since.<br />
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He finally did!<br />
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These kids would rather swing than do anything else, so everyone's been having fun and getting exercise on it!<br />
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Sam attacked the eggs again.<br />
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More park play.<br />
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This time while Grace was at volleyball practice.<br />
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We had parent teacher conferences this week. I had to get my annual routine labs drawn early in the morning, and we had a little time to kill before conferences, so we went to the park.<br />
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This time Dad got to come along, so it was extra fun.<br />
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He pushes them way higher on the swings than I ever would.<br />
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Josh was invited to his first birthday party!<br />
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Mike has been super-busy (he's Young Men's president) getting ready for the annual youth camp fundraiser. Our ward has a dinner and an auction, and it's a blast.<br />
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My cute Activity Day girls and I made masks and capes to donate.<br />
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On Sundays I teach the older Valiant class (10- and 11-year olds). Our lesson was on keeping the Sabbath day holy, so I brought some donut holes as a class treat. (Holes/holy).<br />
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Each night we talked about what happened, read the scriptures, and then did a small activity or watched the video (from the Bible videos on-line).<br />
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We taped them up in the kitchen to remind us all week.<br />
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On Monday, we had a Family Home Evening lesson about preparing for General Conference.<br />
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I had all of the kids write about questions they had or things they wanted to learn more about, and asked them to pray about them throughout the week.<br />
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This week was Spring Break!<br />
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Our power steering had gone out in January (both the pump and rack/pinion had broken), the belt tensioner was broken, and it had a horrible oil leak. So after praying and talking about it, we decided to use our savings to get it fixed.<br />
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The van was being worked on most of the week, so we spent a lot of time hanging out at home.<br />
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Grace came crying to me one evening about "accidentally" making a mark on her floor.<br />
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An 8-inch asterisk in blue crayon isn't<i> exactly</i> an accident.<br />
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Josh has been wanting to try "egg-in-a-hole" for lunch, ever since reading about it in one of the Pioneer Woman Charlie books.<br />
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I decided since we would be stuck at home during break anyways, that the four of us would do yard work everyday while Sam napped, and that there would be a special reward for especially hard workers.<br />
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Grace lets Sam sit up with her while she practices piano.<br />
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She is so patient and sweet with that little monkey.<br />
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Another day we walked down to 7-11 after our yard work, and grabbed some small Slurpees.<br />
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Sam most especially liked that day.<br />
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On Thursday I decided it would be neat to begin a new tradition of having the Passover, and talking about its special meaning.<br />
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It wasn't 100% authentic or anything, but it was really neat.<br />
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Afterward, we watched the video about the Last Supper and Atonement in the Garden of Gethsemane.<br />
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Most of the time I can't get these kids to sit still during scriptures or family discussions.<br />
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But for that little moment the Spirit was so strong in our little living room, that even Sam was quiet.<br />
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We (finally) got our van back on Friday, so Mike planned a little activity for us after he was off of work that night.<br />
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We decided to hit as many parks in Henderson as we could... and we found some insanely awesome new ones!<br />
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Afterward we went to Freddy's to share a basket of fries.<br />
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On Saturday and Sunday we listened to General Conference.<br />
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I really enjoy going down to the Stake Center to watch, but since I had no desire to get everyone ready, we listened at home instead.<br />
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On Sunday after the morning session of conference, Mike hid the big basket of eggs that the Easter bunny had left for us.<br />
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Afterward, we headed to the park to try that new kite of ours.<br />
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It was so fun and worked great!<br />
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Mike had fallen asleep before shopping the night before, so the "fancy" Easter dinner I had planned was changed to sandwiches with canned pineapple.<br />
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I missed our traditional little dinner, but sometimes I get so caught up in making holidays "just right", that I neglect getting to enjoy them.<br />
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It was a good reminder to me to simplify and enjoy this sweet family of mine.the W* familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911674135820249830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424529579240913590.post-66687410534652432912015-03-29T12:18:00.000-07:002015-05-26T12:47:54.777-07:00Our Family in 2015: Week of 3/23-3/29Adam picked up this toy gun from D.I. a few weeks ago, and Sam thinks he is oh-so-cool when Adam lets him hold it.<br />
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After dropping off the big kids and Mike one morning, I had to stop at Target. I decided to let Sam out of the cart to check out the toys.<br />
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Pajamas and bare feet and all.<br />
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He was one happy kid with all of that freedom.<br />
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Josh's friends at pre-school taught him the fun standing-in-doorway trick that he's been dying to try at home.<br />
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Now at any given moment we can find Josh climbing up various doorways.<br />
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Our sweet strawberry plant is still holding on after 3 years!<br />
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I really want to make a big raised garden bed for it, because then it will really take off.<br />
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For now it produces about 10 berries a year in its little pot.<br />
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This boy has been walking for weeks now. Whenever the front door opens at all, he's off down the driveway and down the sidewalk.<br />
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It makes me so nervous that I am constantly checking the door, and asking the kids to check it.<br />
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Our allergies have started to let up, so we've started venturing out to the park again.<br />
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We are loving this gorgeous weather (and being able to breathe again).<br />
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Josh loves to sleep in our bed.<br />
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He always has.<br />
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And as tired as I am sometimes of carrying his sweet body back to his room when I finally make it to bed, I try not to complain.<br />
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Because it doesn't last forever.<br />
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Lately he's been coloring himself to sleep there, rather than reading.<br />
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He's my sweet Mama's boy.<br />
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Who is growing up way too fast.<br />
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On Friday, Grace and I got to attend the stake Activity Days activity.<br />
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It was a Mexican Fiesta with amazing food, provided by the Spanish ward in our stake, along with dancing.<br />
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We had such a fun time together.<br />
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On Saturday, Grace and I got to attend the General Women's conference.<br />
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In our family, we always have a treat after the women's and Priesthood conferences, while we share with the family what we learned.<br />
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After conference, we went to the grocery store and picked up some cans of cream soda. We thought it would be fun to do an object lesson about the "can" story given during the conference, while we told the boys everything we learned.<br />
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We were even able to find the videos showed on-line (they are fast!) so we could share those, too.<br />
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It was so much fun to spend time with my sweet Grace.<br />
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