what makes the world go round?

well for me its a big tall cold dr. pepper. my friend katie calls it her sanity. i call it heaven in a glass, mug, bottle, or can..,(depending on the day and where it came from). sometimes it is my stress reliever but yes i love my dr. pepper and that makes my world go round...

snow......

so today it snowed again and why not..its idaho and november almost december. but we did get out of church early today because of all the snow. it reminded me of when we had all the snow during my high school years where it took us 6 hours to shovel out the cars etc. i shoveled twice today. it was the powdery stuff which made it really easy. i think we got about 6 inches. well it made the day interesting. we shall see if the kids have a snow day or not but off to bed.. A-

i am grateful....

so this year we did thanksgiving with coreys family. we had a really good time at his moms house. everyone was there except for his 2 sisters and there familys. it was a ton of fun to visit, eat a ton and watch the kids play with there cousins. it is also a time of reflection and helps me to realize that even though this has been a really hard year we have some how made it through. i am blessed with a home and a wonderful husband and provider. i am lucky to be a mother of 5 even though somedays are hard and challangeing. i am blessed with the things that i need even though there are many things i would love to have, i do have what i need. i am lucky and so i am grateful. i just pray that next year will be better...A-

blizzard

so today we have a blizzard. the kids have a snow day from school which is kinda a rare thing around here but it was worth it. it is snowing and blowing really well. hope u enjoy the view..
also if u are not in idaho send me warm thoughts i am going to need them. it is supposed be only a high of 7 degrees tomorrow.. A-

snow...snow.. and more snow

so it started snowing some time sat morning and it snowed most of the day. it did stop and then it started again on sunday. we probably have a good 6 inches on the ground. ugh winter is def upon us.. but hey atleast they will go out and play in it..

6 months

so with everything going on and all the party planning, emmett turned 6 months old. he is 20 lbs and 8 oz and 28 inches long. still at the top of the charts but hey i love my big boy. he is almost sitting up, loves to laugh and babble. still rolls all over the place and has fun when he plays with dad or his siblings. i still cant believe he is 6 months old.

surprise

so corey turned 35 this year and i wanted to do something fun for his bday. so i threw him a "surprise" bday party. so by the time the party came around he new something was up but he did not know the details. we did the party at my moms house and had family and freinds there. we had music, food and rock band in the basement. everyone seemed to have a good time and i am glad that corey had fun. he was still a little surprised by it all and i got him good. now hopefully a good year ahead.

happy birthday corey

so today my husband of almost 11 years turned 35 today. still cant believe we are in our 30's. where did the time go. anyway happy bday baby. love ya

happy birthday carter

so carter turned 5 yesterday. i still cant believe that. we had cake and ice cream and pizza for dinner. well and he got his remote control truck as his gift from us. he also has birthday money burning a hole in his pocket. we shall see what he buys. also he started preschool today and he loved every minute of it..

snow

so yes idaho is receiving its 1st snow fall this fall. yeah, well i mean ugh. its pretty but that means a long, cold, winter is upon us. yuck. i need fall back..A-

he passed

so with a crazy week of studying, me getting strep and having our laundry room get flooded with poo water my husband passed his 2nd year of his apprentiship program with an 88%. i am so proud of him. this means a raise and now 3 more years to go. i am feeling better, the water is gone and the cleaning just about done, what a week. now off to another one..A-

fall leaves

today we took advantage of the last of the good weather to go play in the leaves. my mom and dad have these huge trees in the front yard, in turn makes great leave piles. the kids played for about 1/2 hour and then they were done. mostly cuz of the weather. but we had fun and that is great because it is supposed to snow and get cold here by the end of the week. now that sucks..

rasberries

emmett has learned something new. he has learned to blow rasberries. it is really funny once he gets going. sometimes he will do it for 1/2 hour. the kids think it is funny which in turn gets him going even more. he as also learned to say ba ba ba. i still cant believe this kid is 6 months old. ah gotta love him.

buddies

samantha and carter have these great playmates micheal and christan. i think we play almost every day with them. it has been such a nice fall that they have been able to play outside still. i finally had a chance to take pics of them.

HALLOWEEN

so this year with colds and boogers this was all we did. our ward does a trunk or treat and we went and had a good time. the kids got plenty of candy and we saw and visited with friends. we even had hot dogs from one couple that serves them every year. also lots of hot chocolate..