texas

Well it has been a wonderful birthday week for Mya and I.  We got her ears pierced last week and she got to have a date with mom and bobba and molly! She was a happy gal shopping and feeling special.  She will be getting baptised next month and is very excited.
We celebrated early because I was leaving for texas on friday and missing her special day. We came to texas for Kyles wedding to Ginger! She is a great gal and has 3 beautiful daughters. So they have joining families and now are a total of 9! Kyle seems very happy and we had a great time being together and laughing and playing games. We ate delicious food and visited wonderful places. I am missing my kids at home and my husband and can't wait to see them.
Hudson is growing every day and squealing with delight to communicate and get attention.  Hazel and the cute guy were lucky to join us and had a fun time with all their aunts and uncles playing with them.
Brekin, Kennedi, Peyton, and McKay were gorgeous and had a great time with all of us and we loved having one on one time with them. I am so blessed to have my family and to not have to go through divorce. Such a hard time for these girls and a lot to take in. I pray they will be strong and communicate with their mom and dad to let them know what they are feeling.
I am thankful for this season and blessed to have all that I do. Here is do being better and serving others more!!!!

happenings

Well we had a busy summer and back to school in Aug.
Jaxson is in 5th grade with Mrs Norwood. He is doing very well and is a straight a student. He is always busy with soccer and baseball , fit club, choir, piano, homework, and playing Uno with his sisters!
He just got his arrow of light in cub scouts and had a birthday and now is in 11 year old scouts.  He is a sweet sweet boy and loves to be busy and garage sales every Saturday with his grandpa and dad!

Mya is loving 2nd grade and Mrs. Kaiser and she is a wonderful student and friend.  She has also been busy with fit club, hip hop cheer , cheer club @ school, and taking wonderful care of her new brother! She is turning 8 soon and will be baptised in the beginning of December.  She is so excited about her birthday week and will be having lots of special time with her aunts and Bobba and mom! She is a fantastic organizer and even though she does a very long thorough job she is mom's  biggest helper! She is the most tender sweet  girl always so compassionate and caring and we love her to pieces!

Whitney is our firecracker! She has had a busy summer and started her second year of preschool. Her teacher is Aunt Kiersten and she has a lot of her friends in her class. Emrie, Afton, Miles, Emmi, and Dillon are a few. She is a great smart cookie and know how to count and do beginning math.  She is great at coloring too! She has had a wonderful season of soccer for the first time and made a goal in the second to last game! She is so athletic and fast at running! She loves her baby brother and enjoys her special time with mom and dad while the kids are at school.

Hudson is 5 months old now and is the sweetest! He is starting to roll over a bunch and almost can sit by himself.  He is so funny and laughs a lot and rise to coo and talk to you. He is about 14 pounds and loves the bath and shower.  He sleeps with mom and dad still and loves to snuggle.  He started taking some rice cereal but no baby food yet.  He is loved and gets lots and lots of kisses from everyone in our family and we are so blessed to have him!

Dad has been working very hard on the business and hopes to grow even more in the next year.  He loves to coach the kids sports and is a great daddy when mom is at work.  He and Jaxson went on their first hunt together and shot an elk in the beginning of October.  What a proud dad he was of Jaxson and a great experience for both of them. We have a freezer full of meat 150 pounds thanks to them!

We have had a busy year of happiness and trials but are grateful for our savior and so blessed with all that we have. We are coming into the wonderful season of Thanksgiving and Christmas and I am so lucky to have the family that I do! Here's to slowing down a bit and remembering the true meaning of the year and serving those around us!

A lot has happened this year! We started our business, I worked full time, we had a sweet new baby, and we just started school with jaxson in 5th grade and mya in2nd. Whitney is in preschool at aunt kierstens and I am still off work until next week.
We had a busy summer with swim team for jaxson.  We went to the library a lot, had swim days at Bobby's every Friday, and had a wonderful trip to mexico with  all of our lichlyter family.  It was full of beach time, dance time, yummy food, and 14kids!! Very noisy but so many memories!
This sweet Hudson baby is in my arms right now sleeping soundly.  The kids will be home from school soon, and off to piano get dinner made and mutual tonight. I am the beehive advisor, and the girls are so sweet. So for now I just hold and stare at my last little baby he is growing so fast and will be 3 months soon. I love being a mom and hope everyday that I am good enough. I want them to be happy, friendly, know of the gospel and love it, we'll rounded kids.  I hope and pray daily for help and guidance!

Back to this journaling wish me luck!!

"...If we are to search for real light and eternal certainties, we have to pray as the ancients prayed. We are women now, not children, and we are expected to pray with maturity. The words most often used to describe urgent, prayerful labor are wrestle, plead, cry, and hunger. In some sense, prayer may be the hardest work we ever will engage in, and perhaps it should be." --Patricia Holland



I hope I can pray like this this week and help my children to pray more also!  Our heavenly father knows us and will help us if we ask. 

Pondering

Our family has gone through a lot of changes over the past few years and has allowed us to grow closer and change some bad habits. We are pregnant with a sweet baby boy and due in May.  Our life has been different in that Adam has a primary house husband role and is doing very well with that.  He is also substitute teaching on my days off and trying to start up a home business.  He is a hard worker and is a super dad and loves our kids more than anything.  Their favorite time of the day is jumping on the trampoline after school.  They turn up the music really loud and jump and wrestle and play and laugh.  Those are the times I watch out the window and smile and cry and am so happy to see that joy!
 I cry all the time lately and am very sensitive -HORMONES!!!!  I am so thankful for a good job and healthy children, and a home!
With this new year I would like to focus more on caring, praying, and serving others more. Mainly my own family but also those in our ward and our neighbors.
I would like to pray for more opportunities to serve and love others.  I want to teach my children to be as the savior would. 
Here is to the new year and alot of new beginnings! I pray for help and guidance to do my best as a mom and wife and be patient and loving!

I am not so great with keeping up on this so my new years resolution is to make this a personal blog now. So  happy new year hope all is well!