Today

So, today is a special day for me... It's the day I gave birth do by daughter and placed for adoption. She turns 13 today, my how time has gone by. I'm so proud of the young woman she has become and very proud of the decision I made to place her with such wonderful parents. They are amazing and I love them as well. It's crazy she is as old as she is, I remember being 13 and being so happy to be a teenager. I really hope she has a wonderful day today with her family.

My son also celebrated his 12th birthday on April 18th. He received the Aronic Priesthood and was able to pass the sacrament as well. I'm amazed at the young man he is becoming. I'm told he is so willing to serve others and is preparing for his mission by doing what he can and learning a lot from his parents. I'm so grateful for him being in my life even if it was just a few short months then when he was born, two short days.

I placed these two with the same parents so siblings wouldn't be apart. Like I have said before, I'm so grateful for the blessing of bringing these two special children to earth for their parents who otherwise couldn't have children. I'm also proud of the woman I have become today thanks to all the many trials I've been blessed with.

Happy Birthday Kennedy and Kaden (April 18th), I love you.

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I've discovered I'm not too exciting these past few days. There's really not much going on with us. We've been hanging out with more of our friends these past few weeks and it's been so much fun to be with them. I feel we have some great friends.

Hannah and Jaidyn are excelling in their own ways. Hannah has had a growth spurt and a lot of her pants are too short, maybe I can fold them to make capri's or something. Good thing it's almost summer so we don't need to get more pants until later. She's been trying Jaidyn's school, UPSTART, and loves it. She's doing a really good job and tested higher than what her age group should be.
Jaidyn is also growing. He's all boy and loves playing in the dirt with his dirt trucks and such. He's also gone through a growth spurt and is turning into a little man. He's also liking UPSTART, but we've discovered he has a hard time sitting for the 15 minutes it requires. He also tested above grade level and is really smart.
We are so proud of Hannah and Jaidyn and the children they are becoming. I'm truly grateful to be their mother since they teach me so much every day.

Jaidyn's pre-school

So I saw a news article on KSL about a controversial pre-school program for children. It's free and it's called UPSTART which is provided through the state with grant money. (which was why it was controversial) I really wanted to get Jaidyn into pre-school, but couldn't afford it.
This was like an answer to prayers. The Waterford Institute supports it and it's really cool. We've just gotten into it, but you first install the software they send you and your child takes a test to see where their strong points and weaker points are so it can cater the learning for your child. Jaidyn is half done with the test and he likes it so far. It's done for 15 minutes a day minimum, or your child can do more if they want to. There's a limited amount of kids that can do it so if you want to try to get your child into it too, here's the website. www.utahupstart.org
I'm excited to see how far Jaidyn can come with this and how ready he'll be when kindergarten comes around.

WOW!

I am amazed at my children! We went to dinner at a friends house tonight and they have a pet tarantula named Shiloh which they pulled out for all to hold. MAN!!! I HATE spiders!!!! My children were so brave and each held the spider. When it came to them asking me to hold it, I promptly started to cry. Pretty embarrassing if you ask me, but that's true fear for you right? We had lot's of fun and really appreciate good friends.

Hannah's growing up

I registered Hannah for kindergarten the other day and I must say I was a bit anxious and sad! She's so excited to go to the big school and I'm excited to have her go as well, it's just harder than I thought to send her to something bigger than preschool. I'm so proud to be her mother, she amazes me everyday. I love my little woman.

Holy Cow

I realized today I really don't have much to say about things.

The one thing I can report is that my heart seems to be normal and the fainting spells and weird heart beats are normal. I personally have a hard time believing that, but I did cut out caffeine and it seems to have helped my heart not beat so differently.

We are so loving the warmer weather, I'm so glad it's finally here instead of the snow in the middle of April! I actually got some sun yesterday and plan to spend a lot of time outside today.

We did hang out with some awesome friends this weekend and it was so much fun being with them, they are good people and we look forward to hanging out again with them. Thank you for the great time you guys!

One of my Favorite Blogs

I just wanted to share another blog that I follow and love. I don't personally know the family but I have been touched by the courage and strength they've shown through their on going trials. It makes me feel humbled about my own life and feel grateful for what I have been blessed with.

Visit HERE for Paul Cardall's story.

I Won! Not really, but it's kinda funny.

Easter Fun!

Today instead of the family party being held, we went to the Salt Lake Bees game! It was so much fun and really beautiful weather. There was a man who proposed to his girlfriend and it was so sweet.

Things have been good here at home, we're no longer teachers in the primary and Marc gets to go to priesthood while I do the duties as secretary in the primary. I love it so far!

Our annual family party was yesterday in the rain and we moved from a park to an indoor location and had the hunt there. I think it would have been awesome to have had it today but then we would have missed the game so in all it worked out great.

Here's some pics from the game, I will post Easter egg hunt pics tomorrow!