Remember headscarves??

Headscarves and aprons kinda belong in the same group, things of days gone by! Not a lot of people wear aprons or headscarves the way they used to! Tonight when Keleigh was having play time with me, she was playing with a scarf, and she kept trying to put it on her head, so I put it on her and usually she pulls things right off her head but she thought this scarf was great...it takes me back to my own childhood, we always wore headscarves in the winter!!! My mom still does!

Lifes a changin...

so many changes are happening this year! It seems we've had a lot of change in our lives over the past 18 months to 2 years. We've lost jobs, got jobs, then lost them again. We have had 4 new babies (Keleigh, Jordan, Kaden, & Macey) added to our family, plus Tori a little over 2 years ago. Of course Keleigh and Sarah have lived with us and now that will be a big change as Sarah marries and starts her own little family. Sad and heartbreaking but exciting too, and of course we know it is how it is supposed to be, that's life! Now we are planning a big move, selling out and heading to Oregon!

I guess really there has been a ton of change for both of us in the past 10 years! You know they say more than 3 big changes in your life in a short span causes a great deal of stress. I've recently been seeing a doctor who deals with hormone therapy, now this isn't just estrogen like the internal medicine doc or ob-gyn will prescribe, but he looks at all your hormones and so he looked at my cortisol, or stress hormones, which I think is cortisol. He said I have had an overload of stress and depleted my system tremendously! So I'm taking something to remedy that, and today is the first day I've felt really WELL! I have some energy, and I feel like there is hope, something I hadn't seemed to have a lot of lately!

Hopefully these 10 years worth of changes, will not be the end of me! I hope now I can handle the changes we are about to experience, a lot better than I did the last 10 years worth!

Invitations...check! Flowers...check, backdrops...

I checked off the invitations on my list of wedding stuff to do! I finally ordered them today from a place in Utah county and I'm hoping they can do them as quickly as they say...so we can get them out at the beginning of next week! Yes I procrastinated and this whole wedding just sneaked right up on me! Got a call, they have them finished already!!!

We've been doing a lot of preparations...centerpieces are done, except for the real flowers we will add the day of the wedding. Tablecloths and decor ordered, I'm loving all the backdrops we found! Flowers ordered! Dresses purchased (very pretty indeed)! Need shoes!! Photographer scheduled! Cake,,,,well that's another story, going to practice doing that this week, Sarah wants simple so I know it will be easy, she is just doing three rounds, with lilac roses and some kermit mums, and her topper is so cool, it is a Willow Tree wedding topper! Bridals will be done next week, she has her hair appointment on Monday so Tuesday is the day! I'm excited to have a bridal portrait of Sarah to hang next to Jennifer's! All my children will be married after March 20th! It's exciting and sad all at the same time. I'm gonna miss my daughter but I'm gonna have withdrawals from missing Keleigh

I'll manage to get it done...I remember planning Jennifer's first and second weddings and how hectic life was, and at the end of the night I was completely exhausted...I'm sure this will be no different! Except I do have Jennifer helping a lot too, and lots of help from ladies at church also...hope it all is beautiful for her! We just want her to have HER day and have it be a beautiful wedding for her, it's been a long time coming and we are thrilled she is happy!

Primary Childrens Hospital & Keleigh

Yesterday Keleigh had to go to the hospital for an Upper GI and chest X-ray. She has been sick so much since she was born, and her pediatrician referred her to a pulmonary specialist. This specialist feels like her reflux may be causing all the illness but wanted to get a look at her esophagus to see if she has something anatomically wrong causing her issues. I keep thinking how sick Sarah was as a baby, she had allergy shots at 10 months! I think she has a daughter just like her!

The test was awful they wrapped her with ace bandages to a board to hold her still and she was hysterical. It was awful to hear her calling out for help. She cried so hard, it was so so sad. They gave her a sticker...compensation?? hmmmm

Chad's Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Chad!! Chad is 53 this year! He spent his birthday working on our cabinets trying to get them redone so we can get our house on the market! I was babysitting for my daughter Jennifer while she was in Mexico for her Anniversary! She and Scott went to Cancun for a week and Sarah and I stayed at their house and took care of the children...boy it's been a really long time since I had to do all that running around and schedule stuff!

Anyway we celebrated Chad's birthday and Valentines day on Sunday after church. We exchanged gifts and had a nice dinner and some really good conversation, I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder!

February Birthdays!

February is full of some important dates for us!

Chad has a birthday on the 12th!!



My mom has a birthday on the 13th!



Courtney has a birthday on the 19th!


Tina has a birthday on the 24th!


Happy Birthday to each and every one of you! We love you all!!

Simplifying....

I'm a little overwhelmed to say the least! Before I married Chad I lived in a small apartment with 2 bedrooms and one had just my desk and computer in it! Now we live in a 3 bedroom plus...with garage and basement full of stuff...now I really don't believe we had all this when we moved in here. Chad did have a lot of stuff in his storage that he put in there when he moved from his house in Liberty to his sister Pat's, so maybe he had a lot but I had really simplified back when I got divorced and moved from Texas to Oregon. As a matter of fact I left Texas with my clothes and that's all! My ex got everything but me :)

Anyway, now we are most likely moving to Oregon for work and we have got to simplify our belongings. Now don't get me wrong I am not in the least bit sad about this, I'm excited about it, I've always wanted to simplify, it's my style. I am a very organized person and things have been a bit chaotic since I remarried, moved into this house and started school in 2004! So it's way past due time to get things ORGANIZED, and simplifying what you have sure makes that an easier task.

Now to my issue, I look at all there is and I have no idea where to start!? It is really overwhelming to look around my house and not know what to do first. We are going to sell some things, well I'm sure a lot of things. Because for a while we will not be living in a house as large as we have now. So some things must go. We don't know whether to put stuff in storage or whether to just sell out and start over with just the bare necessities. Anyway I'm just writing this because I thought it might help me feel better about how I'm feeling.

I am really excited to go on this adventure with Chad! I think he is nervous and scared but I think he is excited to, he is the one who called it an "adventure" first!!!