A few of my favorite things...

My daughter Addison is in a cute little singing group which she absoultely loves. She is always walking around just singing the songs that she is learning or making up some song of her own, it really is quite funny sometimes. Well at least until she starts to rhyme with "lucky", you can imagine my horror with some of the words that she comes up with!!!! Anyhoo...one of the songs that she is singing is from "The Sound of Music"called my favorite things...you know the one "raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...."well, this year I am trying to be more positive and grateful for the blessings that I have instead of what I don't have. Truly deep down I know that I am so richly blessed and so here are a few of my favorite things....

• a wonderful loving husband that tells me several times a day how beautiful I am and that he loves me and I know that he truly means it
• Happy children that play nicely together
• a quiet moment where I can think a whole thought through to the end without being interrupted
• genuine laughter
• my children one on one to talk about thier day, their likes/dislikes, so that I can really see them and who they are without any sibling rivalry
• missing teeth grins!!
• a fresh bunch of flowers from my sweetheart
• leaving Costco without spending more than $100!!!
• a beautiful 4 bedroom home
• a wonderful homecooked meal that my family all enjoy
• healthy competition
• second grade humour
• a warm cup of hot chocolate on a cold frosty morning
• my child receiving an award for respect at school 2 years in a row
• my child receiving an award for fairness and being too shy to go up on the stage to receive it and a wonderful teacher that took him up anyways so that he could be recognized. Thank you Mrs. Glassett.
• my child working his tail off and improving his math percentage by 10% in just 1 semester and doubling his reading words per minute in half a year!!
• waking up before the alarm clock shocks me into reality
• sleeping in on a saturday morning
• a month without a car repair bill!!
• school schedules
• summer break with the kids
• wonderful friends
• fabulous parents and parents in law
• General Conference
• a day that is planned and executed perfectly
• Living within an hour of the Temple
• Date night!
• My kids telling me that I am the best Mom ever and not just so they can get a candy
• clean bedrooms
• Happiness
• kindness
• good examples that inspire me

There is a sneek peek into what some of my greatest joys are at this moment in life. I truly do love my life. There are days that I could pass on and experiences that I don't care to remember but all in all my life is great each and every day I look for one thing....have I seen the hand of God today? Every night I can say "yes". I am living a blessed life.

I am still here!!!!

I know it has been sooo long since I last posted but I feel like I am now at the stage in life that I can submit a post every now and again. Here are some updated pictures of the kiddos. Preston is 7, Braden is 5, almost 6 and Addison is 4, I will post a better picture of Addi soon. so what have we been doing these past three years I hear you ask??? Living life to the fullest. I will give a quick synposis of the kids and start fresh from here.

Preston is 7 and will be getting Baptized April 6th this year. I am so excited for him and the decisions he is making. He is a truly wonderful boy with lots of enthusiasm for life. He is in 2nd grade and is a super duper student. He is a great little reader and has a passion for math. He played his first soccer season this past year and loooooved it, I think that is seriously my favorite sport to watch with kids. He is playing Basketball right now. He is growing fast and loving life as he does.

Braden is 5, will turn 6 February 21st. He started Kindergarten this year and just loves it. He is also a super duper student, he has a very keen mind and an entusiasm for learning. He is a fun, spunky kid and answers to "Bam Bam"! I will let you figure that one out!! He does not like to be in the limelight and is loving following in the footsteps of his older brother in sports. I still love to pinch his cute little chunky cheeks!

Addi is 4 and is attending preschool which she just loves. She is extremely creative, smart and adventurous. She will never be left behind by her big brothers. She loves anything to do with dolls or crafts and she just loves to pretend play, sing and rhyme. She just started a great singing and dancing group called singers company. She loves to Golf with her Daddy and ride on his push cart a.k.a the horsey, she is daddy's cowgirl!

Other than that, I plan to post an update at least once a month. We are all doing great! Life is full but wonderful