Poor hubby!

We were playing Eye Spy out by the fire pit with the kids and my poor hubby couldn't keep his eyes open! To much working and studying and not enough rest! I am feeling pretty grateful for how awesome he is!!

Test #2

Jon got a 93 on his last CPA test!!!!! 2 down 2 to go!! I am a proud wife :-) he has worked so hard and it is paying off! I know we have a long way to go but I can't believe we are half way their. I am so grateful! With each test Jon has taken it has come down to the wire with a research question and they are worth a lot of points. Each time Jon has said a prayer and with 2 minutes left in the test he has found the answer with just enough time to write it down! I am grateful for a hubby who works his tail off and when he has done all he can do he turns to our Heavenly Father for help. I love him!! (Jon and my Heavenly Father) Jon told me the other day that as we had all our children that he didn't know how we would be able to afford it. When he prayed about it he was comforted and felt we would be taken care of. Not only have we been taken care of we have been extremely blessed. It has been such a testimony builder in our lives. I know as Jon is working so hard and passing these exams that Heavenly Father is continuing to bless us. I am so grateful for all we have been blessed with!

To Be A Kid Again

I love being a mom! However I love being with my family because they always give me a chance to be a kid again and I love it. This week in Boise has been incredible and so sad at the same time.

I love the late nights, playing zombies out in the fields (most fun game ever), the long talks, the laughing, the joking, watching movies outside on a screen, my mom rubbing my back in church, my nieces playing with my hair, shopping for makeup at a MALL (yes I even got to go to a mall while I was here and buy makeup for the 1st time in I don't know how long), feeling completely free to be myself. That feeling you get when you go home to visit happens whenever, wherever my family gets together. My nieces are grown up, they are kind, smart, funny, and gorgeous. I miss them! Kage is awesome, such a boy, but at the same time so tenderhearted. I love that kid. Max is such a stud. From the way he talks to his sweet hugs I am so going to miss our monthly visits from them. I can't talk about my Mom, Dad, Shawnacy, Lindsey, and Russ without getting teary. As for Brandon and Lindsay I still hold out hope that one day they will be with me in Phoenix. It has been such a rough week watching Lindsey and Paul getting settled and my mom looking for houses. I am being abandoned! They are so far away. I wish I would have taken more advantage when my mom and dad were close. I should have spent every weekend with them. Life is full of regrets right?

With all that said I miss my husband. Everytime I call he is doing another project so he can show me what he has done while we have been gone. He works harder and loves his kids more than any man I know. All I have to do is give him a hug and I know he loves me. For those reasons I will be coming home. I can't wait to see him.

Conclusion. I will miss the feeling of being with my family. But if there ever was a reason to go home I have it. It is because Jon is there and I am happy to do it! I love our home.

He does it again!

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At the risk of making my blog one of those blogs that sound like that girls life is way to good to be true I've decided to post this anyway. Jon has been sick as a dog for the last few days. Yesterday he even stayed home from work. I can only recall him doing that once or twice in our entire marriage and with this being Tax season it is a big deal. I felt so bad for him that I just had him sleep all day. Seriously for over 30 hours he could not get out of bed. He drifted in and out of sleep. So, he must have heard some of what the day in the life of me was like.

Example: Doing laundry-

1. Fold 2 pieces of laundry
2. Brake up a fight
3. Fold 2 more pieces of laundry
4. Grab a drink for one of the girls and even though they just had one 5 min. ago they will die without another one, but I realize it is not worth the argument
5. Fold 2 more pieces of laundry
6. The boys see the girls with a drink and start ripping it from their hands, the girls scream, I try to find clean sippy cups to give them. and then I get 2 min. of peace.
   
7. Bound and determined to get the laundry done I ignore any sounds for the next 2 minutes and finish folding the laundry.
   
8. I start to go upstairs to put laundry away as I step over the gate to start up the stairs all 3 little ones chase after me and start screaming because they want to come. Generally I say forget it and just put the clean laundry on the stairs and decide to put it away later but today I have a weeks worth piled up so I drag all the kids upstairs with me and start putting away the laundry.
9. After hanging 2 articles of clothing I hear screaming and break up what ever was going on.
10. etc..etc...etc...

So I guess after hearing what my days are like and not being able to help Jon thought pretty highly of me. I love it when he looks at me with amazement. So when he woke up this morning his comments made me feel like a million bucks. "I don't know how you do it babe.", "You can't get sick cuz your the most important one here." He also decided that he was going to by me a vitamixer. I have wanted one of those for as long as we have been married. I haven't decided if I will let him by me one or not but I still feel good that he thinks that my job at home is hard enough that he wants to relieve some of my burden by buying me a vitamixer that will help with dinners. I am so grateful for my awesome husband!

Disclaimer:

As I read over this I realized that I made it seem like my kids are unbearable. That is not the case. This was just a bad moment in a bundle of moments where Allie says, "I yuh you mommy" (I love you mommy). Asking Brooklyn don't you want to play with your friends. Brooklyn says, "No Just Allie and my brothers!" These girls melt my heart. Then the boys who scream for attention and I sit down and give them a hug and I get nothing but laughs and hugs. My children are amazing too!

April 15th or Christmas day?

Which one of these are better to me? This year April 15th hands down. Tax season has ended and I have a husband again. I am so proud of my hubby. He has worked so hard this tax season. Leaving by 7:30 and not coming home until 9:30 or later and still staying up to feed the boys and helping with the dishes. I think I am a pretty lucky girl. Now I get him for more than just one hour a day and I can't wait. YEAH for April 15th. Merry Christmas to me.

Discovering the Beatles

Last night on American Idol was Lennon and McCarthy night and I LOVED it. I know this is lame but growing up in Page AZ has made my knowledge base about music pretty close to non existant. Often Jon and I will be in the car and I will hear a song I like and I ask who sings this. I think it is a current artist and Jon rolls his eyes and laughs at me, tells me in an adoring way that I am a total wierdo and continues to tell me it was a classic song a few decades back by either The Beatles, Michael Jackson, or any other huge name that everybody and their dog has heard of. So as I watched American Idol last night I fell in love with the song "Let it Be." It is now my favorite song and me being the "Wierdo" that I am told Jon that this was a Beatles song I have never heard before and he had to listen to it. As we listened to it he told me I was a wierdo and yes it was indeed a very popular Beatles song. Along with 3 or 4 others I loved and had never heard. So yes this is just another area of my life that my cute husband upstages me in. I am so lucky to have a husband who is so smart and musically knowledgable. But I bet I could still beat him in a little one on one. But we won't tell him that!

The best 5 years of my life

Today Jon and I have been married for 5 years and I can't begin to say how much I love being married to him. I love our anniversary being around Thanksgiving because it is just an extra reminder of how grateful I am for such an amazing husband so here is my very short list (because there are way to many to count) of why I love him.

1 - He is the BEST father to Brooklyn that I could ever ask for.
2 - He works so hard at his job to support our family.
3 - He always is willing to do service for anyone in need.
4 - He takes pride in our home and always has projects to make it perfect for us.
5 - Finally because I have never doubted how much he loves me.

Jon just read over this and said he had a few things I could add to it. But I will keep it short and end with a quote that my mother-in-law always says- " I don't deserve it but I am not saying no" perfect for how I feel about Jon. I LOVE YOU!