{ Me thinks }

 

For my little life.

Its another Monday and other week and almost another month seriously where does the time go... today I felt like I was going to blow if I didn't sit down and blog it out so finally here I am taking a few minutes to sit. Feels like the world is crazy and crazier everyday and here we say were all going to slow down and do what matters most ........but we still find time to fill our time with less important things don't we.....

Well in this home here are some of the important fillers:)......

Happening around here...

I got away on a girls trip to SLC utah with my sisters in law and my niece joined us too:) for some of it. 

{D held down the fort with the help of K and a good friend:)

We enjoyed the SLC Temple and city creek....swig.... Shopping and eating out a favorite things party and hours in hobby lobby ......down time & laughing at old home movies...we sure missed the four that couldn't come....but it was a great week with these beautiful people...

while I was gone D did our closet and got it organized feels amazing compared to how it was! ps he does have a lot more clothes then that they weren't all hung up yet!

Got home and felt all christmasy so I started with my porch:)

......and last night we started on the tree but it was more frustrating then anything haha so we all went to bed happy;) some things just don't go as perfectly planned as they are in our heads..... such is life

so it will be a work in progress:)

....and then K's football season enders they made it to semi-provincials and sadly lost that game but they made it so far! and that is an accomplishment! He had a great learning year proud of him!! And now he made the basketball team and is looking forward to that!

Great kid can't believe he will be 14!!! Thats when I feel like I've been blogging for a long time seeing them all grow up through these posts is crazy!! Time please slow down!!

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Me thinks.

Then there are so many crisis' all around the world right now and fear and hate and offense for every living thing!! It can be so overwhelming knowing what to do sometimes or what to say and how to help in some cases, with so much swirling around everywhere everyday.  I fear for what is to come but I am also calm in knowing that I'm trying to do everything I can in our home within our walls to make it truly a heaven on earth {minus the putting up the tree kinda days;) but we are given a new day everyday! 

To start again right!

A cute little missionary serving in Finland right now wrote this:

" As the world gets more evil, the righteous are becoming more righteous! Seriously, I think the black, gray, and white lines are fading. It’s becoming either so black or so white!"............

I completely agree looking around even within our own families its so hard to see people waver and drop off or find themselves doubting things they have known and believed their whole lives. And deeply struggling with it. It hurts to watch it happen. I guess I was born a strong believer  deep to my core the deep, spiritual things that have happened in my life are a part of who and what I believe with all my heart. 

Nobody is perfect the past is in the past. I heard this the other day and I feel the same .........that if the Lord wanted the past to be perfect he would have made it so.... 

but I believe it is for our day the dividing of the wheat and tares and there is no longer a middle there is no gray. You, for yourself have to decide what you will let falter you, what will make you stumble and fall and whether it will hold you down and shake you. 

All things happen for a reason and in the end the puzzle will fit perfectly and divinely all together and we will see that and the why's. If we gather our faith and doubt our doubts and not our faith. 

Hold on because it will only get worse before it gets better, we all know that. 

Be the wheat--not the tares.

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Okay how about some favorite things right now around here:)

Getting some decor up and finding some good finds fitting for this house BUT SO excited for my kitchen island which is being built and almost ready to install can't wait! 

Loving this lotion from B n B and the jingle all the way but my tops are still twisted peppermint and vanilla noel:)

 

Loving these free printables loving the plaid tread this year :)

found here

 

Loving plaid as I said;) and trees:)

 this recipe is awesome and quick and all my kids love them just throw in chocolate chips or raisins whatever you have a little bit of energy and not fuss to make:) found here

 and thats it for now:))

Have the best week ever!!  

Happy Thanksgiving .....Count your Blessings we are a blessed bunch:)

Question:)??

 What is your Favorite Christmas music? or Favorite things right now?

{ Life. Matters. }

Wow seriously this is becoming like my actual journal where I sit down to write and go oh another month has passed but here we are its been crazy & busy and crazy. But we are still plugging along and its November that is insane how has the year flown by SO fast!  I think the older the kids get the faster the time flies always running and always trying to find the things in life that matter  most and make time for it and memories that last forever because it goes. by. sooo. fast....

So read this next paragraph from the dish diva on FB this morning and loved it mostly because of halloween this weekend but because we had our YWIE last night on "sweet is the work"..... loved this post because it is so true......

"Today at church our Bishop talked about how last night as we trick or treated and went door to door seeking the 'sweet stuff', that this relates to life sometimes. We want the good stuff, the best times, and it's hard when things aren't 'sweet', and don't seem easy or perfect. It's easy to look through Instagram and see the 'highlight reels' of the lives of others, and not see the big picture. It's hard to see happy families, perfect clothes, beautiful food, and huge homes. And then wonder how or why, and start to feel insignificant. But we have so many 'sweet things' in life. So much to be grateful for. Finding the 'sweets' in our lives RIGHT NOW is more important than looking for it in all the wrong places. Love that crazy family, be grateful for that ugly messy house, represent Walmart clothes like a boss, and find joy in today. Life is sweet my friends, I promise!" 

 ......of course its not all sweet but thats what life is sometimes we are disappointed, frustrated,hurt...... our kids fight, we cry, we hold grudges, we don't work hard enough for what is most important and we suffer the consequences , we blame others for our faults and hurt people...... we don't try hard enough.... we compare to much to what others are doing or have, but when we do what matters most in life LIFE can be sweet one day at a time...

because we can do hard things...

Life. Matters around here...

This week consisted of youth activity and a ward party I was in charge of with some awesome helpers! and I learned a good committee is important and helpful we can't do it all..... then there was Halloween.... young women in excellence ....parties...football.....everybody was tired exhausted and spent and the extra hour didn't help any now my kids get up even earlier ahhh!! 

 traditions where is at;) the kids love it...

I saw this, this morning and it kinda made me think the older kid trick or treating thing interesting anyway....

"I overheard a conversation of some people being annoyed with teens trick or treating at their door and being annoyed because the holiday is for children. I saw this shared today and it is a good way to look at it and really puts things in perspective 🎃

"Not to get too personal here...but I was just thinking about a Halloween memory. I was in 6th or 7th grade and had plans to dress up as a baby and go trick or treating with my friends. Plans changed when we were told we were "too old" to go trick or treating. Bummed out we went to a party instead. There was no candy and giggling, there was making out in closets and alcohol.
If you get teenagers at your door tonight don't make them feel stupid for holding onto their innocence for one more year. Give them candy- not the smallest bar you can find either. (I save my best candy for teenagers) It's really not up to us to decide who's too old for fun and who's an appropriate age. Get over yourself, and enjoy the holiday- awkward teenagers and all!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!"

made me think anyway:) What do you think?

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I have the worst luck sometimes.

2 more cavities and a chipped tooth and receding gum lines  how awesome eh so need to get filled and fixed then hopefully after the two root canals I've had this year I can keep em good! 

My new treadmill came in last week LOVE IT! and so happy to get back into routine was feeling a little lost since running in the dark isn't my greatest thing to do I'd do it after the kids left but I love having it all done and being ready before they  wake up in the morning... 

Hate the time change business my kids woke up before 5!! Well two of them who shall remained unnamed though its not hard to guess who;)

I subbed half a day last week and loved it it was right back in preschool where I left off 14 years ago weird feeling but it was nice to get out and feel useful:)

Getting away on a sister in law 4 day getaway soon can't wait! Just us shopping not having to cook or clean heavenly ahhh can't wait

November is ADOPTION awareness month and..... well I don't know where we'd be without it and our 4 kids. Couldn't love my four anymore 4 beautiful babies... 4 different personalities..... 4 bonds...... 4 eternity.

 I count my blessings every single day. I feel so so blessed to be their mother and so so thankful everyday for every single person who made it possible that we could 4 times.

Because of them I am a Mother.

Life matters.

Have a beautiful week:)