When Life gets hard

Sometimes it is easy to think that I have it rough and I wish my life could be a little simpler. Sometimes I feel like I have been dealt with more than I can handle. However, some friends of the family had a little girl who had a heart transplant and what a struggle they had for months. If you are feeling overwhelmed and need a gentle reminder of how good you really have it go to this blog. This is a friend of the friend of the family's blog who has a baby that is in desperate need of a another heart transplant after the first one did not work. They are running out of options fast. Enough said go visit there blog!

http://thegledhillfamily.blogspot.com/ 

Note to self...

When your child is quiet a little too long.... It probably means trouble!

Audrey has a DVD that has a little kid music video and they throw confetti on the video. Audrey decided to throw popcorn all over her floor like the confetti. Then she came running to find me and said come look mom chicken poop mom I made chicken poop!  Kids it tell ya. she was using her imagination. Dennis made her clean it up for a little while so she would see that this was a bad idea. After a few minutes he asked her if it was fun cleaning up her mess and she said " YEAH, YEAH" I think we have our hands full with this little one. This picture does not do justice. It took me a good 30 minutes to clean it all up. I thought I got it all cleaned and then I would keep finding more. 

Funny Moment

Last Sunday we were in the chapel getting ready for sacrament to start and a couple sat by us. We had Audrey in the middle (why I am not sure?) Anyways, this young girl had a coat that looked like the one in the picture. When they were passing sacrament Audrey looks at me and says, "Mommy, I want to pet it!" Please Mom can I pet it." It took me a second to realize what she was saying. When I did catch on I kept telling her to be quite and we can't pet it. So funny and embarrassing.  Why do children say things when it is really quiet? Though I give Audrey props for asking first!

Could Not resist

Audrey was a flower girl for my sisters wedding. I have to share these photos she is tiny and adorable. My sister just got the photos back its a long story. Lets just say don't hire your friends even if they are professional. 

Pictures of the House!

The Living Room

The Kitchen

I love the kitchen. It is one of my favorite areas in the house. It has knotty alder cabinets with granite counter tops. The appliances are all stainless steel. The oven can go to a conviction oven as well. I have not quite figured out how the thing works yet.

The Dining Room  

This is our new table. The table came with some ugly chairs sow we ordered some other chairs so for now it is camping chairs and a bin for audrey!

Audrey's room. She has more than enough room for her toys. I am excited to decorate her room when I get a job and have some money to do so!

The Computer/guest room

It is really nice having the extra room. We have loved having a room to run away to do some homework and be able to hide from Audrey. She knows when one of us are in the room we are doing school work. 

We love our house. It has ample storage which is something you usually fall short of. We are able to store things below the house. It has a 3 1/2 foot crawl space that is huge. We could never fill that thing up. I forgot to take a picture outside. It is so cold so I will wait until I am going outside and bundled to get a picture.

Happy Anniversary

Dennis and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary on the 14th. I wanted to share my thoughts and feelings about Dennis. I wanted to give the outsider a look in on how blessed I truly am.

 When I look back 5 years ago and not sure if we should get married I have to laugh at myself and think how stupid was I.  I am so grateful for the 4 years we have been married. I have learned so much from you. You are one of the smartest people I know. I am so grateful to have you as my best friend. You truly are my soul mate. I would be so lost with out you in my life.  I am grateful for all the sacrifices you have made for our family. I am thankful for struggles we had these last four years, it has really boughten me closer to you. I hope you realize you are a GREAT dad. Audrey really loves you and is lucky to have such a loving father. You amaze me more and more each day. You are caring, compassionate, loving, understanding, humble, smart, I could go on forever... You are such an example to me. When I am at my ropes end thinking I can not handle one more task in the day you are there for me and Audrey. I am beyond blessed to have you in my life. Thank-you for all the laughs and the tears! I am excited to see what the next four years brings into our lives. 

 I love you Babe

Finally!

I know it has been awhile and I apologize for the wait. We are finally settled into our place. I love it here!!! I love our home. Our house already feels like a home. I will post pictures of our place tomorrow. I have been meaning to take some but I have not gotten around to it yet. Dennis and I switched a few classes around but other than that school is going great. There is a ton of school work to do which is to be expected as a full time student at a university. Dennis has found his way around Rexburg. The first night we got here it was -7 degrees.  It has warmed up alot since then though. We have been getting above freezing every day and the sun has come out which makes it feel warmer. There is a ton of snow on the ground. Lets just say we are both ready for spring. Spring here is like summer at home. So, I can't say I am ready for summer when it gets to 115 degrees. Audrey has adjusted quite well. Though she has no idea how far away she is from home. She keeps asking to play with her cousins or go see her aunts and uncles. I have tried to explain that we have to get on a plane to go home but she honestly has no clue. I am grateful to be here and have this opportunity with Dennis. We see each other ALL the time now. There is such a strong spirit here. It has been fun. I miss all of you and hope to come home in the summer!!