I Hate Spring

Yes. I hate it. It is a mucky, confusing, disappointing, ugly mess. Just drive anywhere and see all the garbage in the ditches and against the fences. Hey, it's 60 degrees! Let's go outside! Hey, it's 25 and snowing, we're freezing! See what I mean? And don't get me started on the mud. I need a mud room. I am so sick of the front door and all the muddy wet spots from the shoes! Even the flowers aren't stupid. The bulbs I planted haven't even poked their heads up yet. They probably won't until June!

Hello!

Okay, I didn't realize how long it has been since I posted. The holidays were so crazy! On Christmas Eve, we had to take Ryan in to get stitches, then he puked all Christmas morning because of the anesthesia. The day after New Years, David, Ryan and Chase all came down with the flu. They were completely down for a week. Hannah and I had to play nurse, and we never got it thankfully.
Then in February it was Chase's ninth birthday. He had a football party with his two best buddies, Talon and Brady.
Now we are into March, and I had my clogging competition at Pocatello. Two first places for us! Now we qualify for Lagoon in May. My kids were so excited. They just hope I do good so THEY can go!
My dad is really suffering with his Lyme Disease. He had a huge setback last month, and they are just now getting him back to feeling better. Why can't they find a cure for this? Are they even trying?
Well, that was a lot to cover, and I promise I will keep up better from now on!

Disneyworld

We just got back from Disneyworld. That place is huge! We had to take a bus, ferry or monorail just to move to different parks. But OH WHAT FUN! I got to ride Tower Of Terror 3 times. I would have done more, but we ran out of time!

It was cold! We had to wear our coats every day but the last day. I even had to buy some gloves because I couldn't keep warm. But who's compaining? We were at DISNEYWORLD!

We also got to go to Universal Studios. Not as fun, but I did get to go to Suess Landing. I have always loved Dr. Suess. I also got a picture with a Who!

Wind

I got all of my christmas lights and stuff up while it was so warm a while back. Well, I woke up this morning, and they are blown to *$@#! I am so sick of wind. I can't decorate for anything unless I wire, solder, nail, bolt, or set it in concrete! I'm moving!

We are done

David is on his last week of Knoxville time. Now he will only travel periodically through the year. I can't believe we made it through! I think that we are all the better for it. It was a sacrifice on both our parts, but we made it work, and we got some great benefits from it. I sure don't want to do it again though! Especially through the summer.
I am thankful for my family. I couldn't have done it without my Mom and Dad. They watched the kids more times than I ever thought I would have to ask for. They were always willing to help no matter what. Even when my Dad was having some really bad days with his disease. My parents have always been there for me, and I am so glad they live close by so that I can spend my time with them.

Life lessons...

We went to conference this weekend. Sunday morning session. We were not as early as I would have liked, and when we got there, it was chaotic. I was instantly MAD. (you all know how bad my temper is) Anyway, when we finally got through the door, every seat in our section was taken. So they sent us to the next section. Unfortunately, there were about 1,000 others in the same predicament. This went on for 15 minutes. They held us up and said we needed to wait until they could find a spot for us. Meanwhile, people were just slipping past the usher and getting seats. I got madder and MADDER!!! So much for the spirit residing in me for the great spiritual event to happen. Finally, I stalked off, dragging Chase with me, David following, and went up (very angrily, I might add) to a lady usher actually daring to look in my direction. I said "all they are doing is sending us somewhere where we have no chance of even finding a seat. Where are we supposed to go?" She said, "I have 3 seats right here," and pointed to them. Get this, they were on the very back row in the handicapped section, where we had extra leg room, and were able to get out easily. Plus, it was right in the middle of the conference center, so we had a straight on view of the speakers. Can you say HUMBLED? Here I was, fuming mad, giving dirty looks, not even trying to be nice, and the Lord blesses me anyway! As we sat down, David pulled out his ticket, and it said if we weren't in our seats by 9:00, they could be given away to someone else. Well, we didn't even get in until ten after. And here I was being a jerk! I learned a great lesson that day, and I won't forget that my Heavenly Father loves me no matter what. (or maybe he just loves Chase, and I benefited from that) ;)

October!

It is finally here! The month I look forward to all year. I love Halloween, I love fall, I love everything about this time of year. As soon as we get back from Conference, I am putting up all the decorations. Look for some new ones this year! Happy fall, y'all!