Finally a post!

I might have turned into the worst blogger. We are all a year older. A little wiser and a little chubbier! Alexis just started 2nd grade and is in Mrs. Beard's class again since they loop. Megan will start her first day of preschool of Tuesday with Mrs.Cook (she is in our ward and has a fabulous program.) Britt is working for Selland Auto Transport after 2 years of craziness. Alaska, long haul, and leasing a truck out of Portland. Britt and I just went on a great trip to Key Largo, Florida with Keven and Shiree Pine. We went snorkeling and saw sharks, turtles, tropical fish, and the Christ of the Deep. The water was clear and about 85. It was awesome. Our next trip that we are saving for is Disney Land with the Pine's (I think the Schaubs too!) We have chickens! 6 girls and a pretty sweet coop that we built. There is something great about having a garden and chickens, we feel like we are providing for ourselves! I am still Primary President, still!

A quick update

I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated this blog. I have bunches of pictures but they are mostly on my phone. We are good. I have started to work a little, a few hours every day. The neighbor girl comes over for 2 hours before school and then a little 1 year old comes in the afternoon for a few hours. It has given us a little bit of play money and helped out a few tight months. I am grateful for it. Alexis is doing really well in 1st grade. She had her art work chosen to be displayed at another school and got a certificate. She is so proud of that! Megan is turning out to be a serious climber and can scale the kitchen cabinets with ease. She loves to dress herself and usually ends up with her clothes on backwards or inside out. Britt bought a car hauler so we are in business for ourselves. It is frightening but a good change. He is home everyday and every Sunday.

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I am thankful for my calling. I just love the kids and getting to teach them and learn from them is the best. I get to be in meetings that can be boring, but I learn so much from those around me.

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I am thankful for my parents. They are always there to help me and support me. They take my kiddos so I can do my calling and get out of the house while Britt is gone. I was truly blessed with goodly parents.

Thankfuls

I really want to do the thankful thing, but I am super forgetful. I will give it a shot.
1) I am thankful for my hubby. He works so hard for us. Sacrificing sleep, eating and family time so that we can survive.
2) Alexis loving to read. Last night she read for an hour and a half in level 3 books with almost no problems.
3) baptism. We had 4 child of record baptism in our ward today.  So grateful that I can repent and be clean.

Camping Trip

I know another collage but hey I am all caught up so ha! Camping trip to Cove Resort on Fish Lake. You can't swim in Fish Lake so we drove 5 minutes down the road to Lake Wenatchee State Park. Great lake, clean and clear, cold as can be but on a hot July day it was perfect. We had a great time and are excited to go camping again in a month! 

Zoo Field Trip

Kindergarten Zoo Field trip! I am sorry all of these are in a collage, but hey at least they are here finally!

Posing in a dress that I played dress-up in as a little girl!

The rest of the pictures. She is so funny! 

Alexis the photographer 

First friend party

 

 

 

She put her cupcake in the water.

 

 

 

 

Megan turns "2"

 

 

 

 

 

Has it really been since April that I posted? We have had a few changes such as Britt going back to work for KT Auto Transport and Alexis finishing Kindergarten and Megan turning 2. Britt is now working away from home going to California, Utah or Arizona.  They are getting him home every week for Sunday though so it is way better then him being in Alaska all the time.  Alexis' last day of Kindergarten was kind of sad for me and her.  She loves her teacher Mrs. Maloney and I do too.  She has learned how to read from her, write stories, and math. Alexis at age 5 can read almost anything we put in front of her. She is amazing, even reading subtitles during movies(all of them before they go off the screen!) I am truly impressed with her abilities and hope she continues to love reading.  She now helps us read the scriptures and is understanding them better because she follows along.  I have pictures to post and will have to do a whole post or 2 for them of the Zoo field trip and her getting her award. I really am so surprised at how fast these girls are growing up and love them so much. 

Megan at 2
*She says lots of things but her most favorite phrase is "I want__________."
*She also throws little fits when we say no that includes stomping and swinging her arms, screaming and grunting, holding her breath and spitting all while saying what she wants or doesn't want in between each action.  I think it is pretty funny how upset she gets so I usually just walk away or wait until she is done.
*Diapers are not her favorite but then she doesn't want to go potty either. So
She spends a lot of the day running around naked because she has ripped her diaper off and ran away laughing. As long as she doesn't have accidents I consider this pre-potty training.
*Loves outside. Digging in the dirt, playing in water, swinging, riding bikes, climbing in the play house, sliding, running around and playing with the dog.
*injuries. She likes to fall on her head, namely for forehead. Poor little lady seems to always have a bruise or scratches. I watch her run and know why it is her head. She leans forward so when she falls her head leads the way.  It is so sad. She is a petite little thing weighing only 22 pounds and is skinny. I think her head is heavier then her body so it goes down harder too, haha!
*Still loves mommy the most.
*loves climbing the bunk bed and waking Alexis up.
*LOVES BABIES. everything about them real ones, fake ones, pictures, bottles, Barbies, seriously loves them.  She got 3 new ones for her birthday and a stroller, playpen and a highchair/swing. Heaven on Earth for this little momma.
*Loves stories
*Loves candy (threw a fit last night because she couldn't have any!)
*Pushes chairs around to get things off the counters
*Loves yogurt
*Daddy says she is like a cannon ball and just throws caution to the wind and goes with reckless abandonment! This really describes her very well.
*She is so gently to babies and animals
*Calls all animals except horses, dogs and cats animals.  It is really cute.
*Likes horsy rides on daddy
*She is very serious and doesn't go to just anyone. There are is a man in our ward who is in his 30's and has a mental disability, who we just happen to see a lot around town when we shop, on Sunday he was walking down the hall and put his arms out to her and she ran down to him and hugged his legs and then smiled when he picked her up. I was really impressed because she seriously doesn't do that for many people. I hope she always is kind to others especially those people who are kind and sweet to the core like this man is. 
*loves Nursery class.
*Loves to snuggle with me in bed in the morning and gets mad if I sneak out after she falls back to sleep.
*Likes play dough
*helps with the laundry and dishes
I know there are more things she has mastered at age 2 but right now my mind is full of the images I have put down already! We love our little Meggers, Nutmeg, Meggy, Meg and Megan so much!

I guess I didn't take any pictures from the reception. bummer it was so sweet. There was also something on the lens that I didn't notice. I can get the spot out if I take the time.

We went on a walk today for FHE. Megan never gets to walk because it takes forever, but tonight we let her try. She tried to go down every single driveway we passed...it was so frustrating.  At every one we would have to pick up kicking a screaming.  We cut through the park in our neighborhood which has a slide that is very Washingtonized(covered in green junk and moss from the winter.) so we hadn't planned on stopping, but Megan had.  We kept walking and she detoured. We tried waving and saying bye which caused her to pause, cry but continue on her way after a few seconds. At one point she was stomping her feet and crying, but she decided to climb the ladder anyways. So Daddy got her down and was leading her to me with his hand on the back of her head.  She kept shaking her head to try and stop his hand from touching her and crying until she got to me.  Little stinker. She is sleeping in a bunk bed with Alexis now.  It is so cute to see her tiny little body in such a big bed. Alexis is on the top bed and is loving bedtime right now.  We still need to switch the rooms around and make the other room a play room.  So far it is working good!  

Hopefully tomorrow I can get pictures up of our spring break. It was great!

Alexis has been saying the funniest things and i kick myself for not writing them down right away. I did tonight though. She got home from school and I checked her lunch since she has to be on such a restricted diet. She didn't eat the chicken. When I asked her why?  She asked if chicken comes from animals. when I told her it did, she said no way am I eating that. Later she was doing her online homework stuff and called to daddy "Come look it is going to crack your life up Daddy."  Megan was trying to grab something off the counter and slipped off the box she was using and kind of cried. Alexis jumped up, ran over to pick her up and then turned on us and asked us in the most accussing voice she could muster "what is wrong with you 2 parents, she is hurt and you didn't even get up to get her." She lovingly brought the injured child to me who promptly stopped crying and got down to run off and play. Haha she got played by  a baby.