What in the world?

I just noticed my counter was at 11,000! When did that happen????

Thank you for the visits and would love to know who's visiting. Please leave me comments! Now I suppose I need to post more eh?

When do you toss those left overs?

Hey, I just came across an awesome website that tells you how long left overs as well as pantry items, frozen and refrigerated items should last or be thrown out. It's pretty cool, check it out!

www.StillTasty.com

There's really nothing new to talk about other than boring things... Things like we moved our living room around again. I know, my life is currently boring! The kids are doing great and Hannah is loving school! She can't wait to go every day and is upset she can't go longer. She's so sweet and smart. Jaidyn starts full time preschool on Wednesday with an open house tomorrow for him to meet some of his classmates. He's so excited and is ready to be like his big sister. He's such a fast learner and loves to know how things work. I think I have some amazing kids and am very proud to be their mother.

For Labor day we went to the Transformers II movie and we loved it. Sure there were cheesy parts to the movie that really didn't need to be there, but overall we LOVED it! It only cost us $2.00 for all 4 of us since the dollar theater only charges. .50 cents per person on Mondays. We'll be visiting more often now!

It's nice to read other's blogs and see how you're doing. I'm sorry I don't post more, things have been a bit hard lately both emotionally and physically. I'm struggling with another miscarriage in August as well as my physical pain due to my cyst. I can't wait for my appointment on the 18th to see what all the problems are. I'm a bit scared as well. Wish me luck!

I hope there's more exciting things in the near future so you'll have something exciting to read instead of posts like this.

Hannah's first day of SCHOOL!

Hannah went to kindergarten today and was so excited. She could hardly wait to leave to go and was merely tolerating me by the end. It's hard to let little ones grow up like that and that they can't stay your "little ones" any more. I'm really proud of Hannah and got the word that she's not shy and had a great day. It pays to have friends work at the school!

Really Fun Giveaway!

This looks like so much fun to do with the kids. They love popsicles and this would be a healthier version for them and fun for them to help make too.

Click HERE for more info as well as your chance to win! Good luck!

This photo is from Sweet Life in the Valley~

Well, now...

There's so much to post as well as time getting away from me. We're camping this weekend as one final fling before things get worse! Hannah's starting kindergarten on Monday and her teacher was very impressed with how much she knew and said she's one of the advanced students in the class. I hope Hannah doesn't get too bored and that her teacher can challenge her. Her teacher has been teaching for over 30 years so I think she'll be great. Jaidyn starts preschool on the 8th and I'll have 3 hours M-Th. to my self! I'm so excited to get caught up on cleaning and self care.

We've been fishing several times and I have pictures to share of those trips, we haven't caught anything but we haven't lost our love or hope of catching fish. Maybe this weekend will be good for us.

Marc's health has improved while my cyst has started to become worse. I have an appointment with another Dr. this next month to see what needs to happen. It causes more and more pain every time it flares up which is more than I like. I hope it doesn't require too much to solve the problem, my mom had a grapefruit sized cyst and they had to remove it with her ovary and found it was borderline cancerous. I hope that's not the case with me, but I do know my cyst is pretty large. So, wish me luck on that one.

Marc's brother is coming home from his mission in November, just in time for Thanksgiving. Out of all the siblings, Marc and Bradley are the only ones to serve missions and we're so happy for him. We can't wait to hear more of his stories. Another of Marc's brothers, Michal, is being ordained an Elder sometime soon and we're really excited for him. Marc has an amazing family of which I'm grateful to be a part of.

So, in a nutshell that's what's happening around our part of the world... I'll post many pictures next week with Hannah's first day of school included. I'm so proud of Hannah and the little woman she's becoming. I'm excited for Jaidyn to get to go to school as well so he can branch out and become a better little man. Jaidyn really is an amazing little man now so I'm excited to see just how much better he gets.

Have a great week!!

SCADshorts: Turbo Heather

I didn't know I had a doll named after me that was so cool! I love it!

Here we go...

So for the past two weeks I've felt like life has gotten away from me and I've been playing catch up the whole time. It's been very frustrating since I feel like such a failure in many aspects of my life. For instance, my calling, I've dropped the ball a couple times and the poor president must be wondering why she wanted me in the first place. I've forgotten to call people, bring necessary items... It's been a bit disheartening for me.

Life has gone nuts as well, I'm in a lot of pain lately and it's drug me down. The house is falling apart and I feel like a failure there too. Where does my time go? I honestly feel like I'm running all the time and have nothing to show for it except a messy house and craziness.
Life also without cable has been surprisingly easier than I thought. We find more creative things to do instead of plop down on the couch and waste the day away. Although right now with Marc working on a project it's hard for me to keep myself entertained and you can only read, cook, not talk or distract for so long... This post has turned into a downer and I'm sorry for those who read it.

We did however go get some fishing poles for all of us and we're excited to get somewhere and fish. We don't though know where we can go that's good up here in Salt lake so if you know of any I'd really appreciate the heads up on where to go. We only know where to go further down south.

Again, sorry for the downer post, I've just needed to get it off my chest and since this is somewhat of a journal of sorts you'll just have to bear with me.

Here's to a better week of calming down!

Grateful

I just needed to say how grateful I am for my husband and tell him and all my readers out there just how much I love him. We've struggled recently and because of those trials we've become even stronger than I ever thought we could be. I can say now that I'm grateful for my trials, ALL of them.
Recently I was asked if I had the chance to go back and do things over again what would I change? I didn't have to think long about that and the answers came easily. I'd finish high school instead of leaving early because of pregnancy at 17. I wouldn't go back and not get pregnant though, just like I said before I wouldn't change many of my trials since they've made me who I am today. I'm grateful that because I got pregnant a wonderful mother and father have two beautiful children. I know Heavenly Father wanted those two sweet children to go to them. I would not have tried drinking, smoking and other bad things for my body. I would still choose the direction my life took me though because every day I become more and more proud of who I am. I'm not perfect and never will be but I strive to be a good person.

I am grateful for the repentance process and the Atonement that makes it all possible to change for the better. Forgiveness is sweet and we must remember to forgive as we are forgiven so readily.

So, I love my husband Marc, I love my children Hannah and Jaidyn, I love me, I love my faith and belief in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

There, I Fixed It...

This is a hilarious site Marc just sent me! I love the creativity people use and the also "what in the world were/are you thinking" people use as well. Enjoy!

Click HERE